The Belize Bank won the first round of the battle over the ten million dollars U.S. from Venezuela that government is attempting to recover. This morning the Chief Justice issued a stay in the matter and to add to the bank’s victory, Chief Justice Conteh, in delivering his twenty-six-page judgment on the matter, ordered the […]
In other legal issues before the Courts, this morning Justice John Muria heard arguments in the case of Christine Perriott versus Telemedia. Last year Perriott brought a claim against Telemedia saying that she was improperly terminated from her job at the company. Telemedia, for its part, is seeking an interim injunction to restrain Senior Counsel […]
Police threw the book at the alleged grenade bomber, Akeen Smith, who already faces the rap for murder, adding six new charges relating to the same incident in May in which sixteen year old Darren Trapp was killed and eleven others injured. When he appeared in Court today, Smith was charged with three counts of […]
As we reported in last night’s newscast, police have apprehended the man that robbed the Centaur Cable Company at gunpoint on Wednesday. And this morning, the lone gunman, twenty five year old Jesse James Garbutt, appeared in court and was charged with Dangerous Harm, Robbery and two counts of Aggravated Assault. Garbutt pleaded not guilty […]
In more news from Magistrates’ Court, twenty-one year old Marlon Hernandez, an officer of the Belize National Coast Guard, was charged with six offences, including forgery, when he appeared in court today. Hernandez was charged with two counts each of Possession of a Forged Document, Claiming upon a Forged Document and Uttering a Forged Document. […]
Just before expiring, he told police that his injuries were the result of an accident. But today, Benque Viejo police have charged a man with the murder of twenty-five year old Jerson Paguada of the San Martin area in Belmopan. The man charged is eighteen year old Estevan Williams of Succotz Village. Police say that […]
A mother of four is murdered by the hands of her common law husband in Santa Elena. An early morning confession and swift arrest by police does little to dull the blow to the family and the community of Esperanza. Jose Sanchez reports from the scene of the crime. Andre Bradley, Son of Murder Victim […]
Meanwhile, News Five caught up with Alfonso Xis, who is the brother of forty-two year old Angel Xis and the uncle of eighteen year old Marcos Xis, who were both victims in a bloody murder yesterday in Calla Creek Village. Police discovered the men’s red and white Toyota pick up with the bullet riddled bodies […]
The tourism industry got a major boost this morning that is expected to further grow confidence in the industry. It’s a new investment worth fifty million dollars which, when completed, will upgrade and modernize infrastructure and the fleet of Tropic Air in the island of San Pedro. Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali “This is how […]
The budget for the financial year 2008-2009 is to be presented on July fourteenth, and already there are murmurings of displeasure among government ministers. Delayed because of the February seventh elections, the first budget to be presented by the Barrow administration is expected to be lean, mean and free of new taxes. Minister of Tourism, […]
Fifteen more Belizeans will be furthering their education in Cuba courtesy of scholarships from that government. According to a release from the Cuban Embassy, the students will be pursuing degrees in Technology in Health, English, Sports and Physical Education, Law, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Education. The scholarships cover tuition, fees, room and board, […]
The Belize Carnival Association gears up for this year’s season. While finances are a problem, the association promises that the carnival will be as grand and vibrant as ever. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Every September, thousands of Belizeans line the streets from Ceasar Ridge Road to Princess Margaret Drive to watch […]
