In London today, the Privy Council handed down a judgment in the case of the Attorney General of Belize, ECOM Limited and Belize Telecommunications Limited versus the Jeffrey Prosser companies of Belize Telecom Limited and Innovative Communication Company… and its bad news for Prosser, but good for G.O.B and Telemedia. For years the Prosser companies […]
After almost fourteen years, two rivals have found themselves back in court battling an old transaction that they signed back in 1994. Today Krem Radio and Sagis Investments Limited were before the Court of Appeal requesting Justices Manuel Sosa, Boyd Carey and Cecil Morrison to review a ruling made last May when Chief Justice, Doctor […]
In the Supreme Court, two men accused of murdering Kevin Parks in 2006 walked free today when key witnesses in the case failed to provide sufficient evidence against them. Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas ordered the jury of ten women and two men to find twenty-four year old James Escarpeta and twenty-two year old Brandon […]
Meanwhile, Jorge “Chapas” Castellanos was not so fortunate and Justice Adolph Lucas today handed down a sentence of seven years in jail. Castellanos, a resident of Benque Viejo, was found guilty of Burglary with Intent to Commit Rape earlier on the eleventh of this month and his sentence is retroactive to that date. Justice Lucas […]
Many controversies plagued the Belize City Council in the past months particularly in the period leading to the March fourth elections. The discord ranged from garbage collection to public squabbles amongst councilors and City Council employees. But now City Hall is attempting to strike a different note and this morning at a press conference, the […]
In other news from City Hall, councilors have been designated their new portfolios. Yesterday we reported that the Deputy Mayor is Dion Leslie. Leslie is also in Charge of Public Relations and Special Events; Roger Espejo is responsible for Sister City Relations, Investment and Works on the North Side; Dean Samuels will handle Works on […]
The debate for the 2009 to 2010 budget in the House of Representatives begins tomorrow and the Prime Minister Dean Barrow hopes to raise thirty million dollars through a fuel tax. But tonight already we can report that the price of fuel has shot up. Premium gasoline is up by forty-one cents and is now […]
Last night we reported on the brutal murder of twenty-seven year old Lacey Rosales and up to news time, no one has been arrested. Though no arrests have been made, the word on the street is that it wasn’t a random murder and Rosales was known to have a habit of leaving the apartment on […]
Three people were injured in a traffic accident between miles six and seven on the Northern Highway shortly before ten this morning. A Nissan Altima car travelling towards Belize City collided with a Chevrolet pickup truck coming from the opposite direction near a deep curve on the highway. The car was driven by twenty year […]
Both B.E.L. and Telemedia announced today that the two utility companies are installing a Communication Cable on the one-fifteen KV Transmission Line between the old and new capitals. The fibre cable under installation is the second between Belize City and Belmopan and according to a joint release, “it provides increased resilience between these two important […]
Earlier in the newscast we reported on the new attitude at City Hall when we spoke to Mayor Zenaida Moya. At the press conference held at CITCO’s conference room, the Mayor was flanked not by councilors, but by local and foreign religious leaders. The council has been in communication with pastors from Canada for over […]
A ninety-eight thousand U.S. dollar multi-sectoral plan was launched to end gender-based violence at this morning’s opening of the fourth Annual Women’s Summit. Belize is one of the six countries in the region to now implement the project on a national level. Regional executors of the venture are the United Nations Development Fund for Women […]
He is known for capturing breathtaking photos in the Belikin Calendars and for his most recent collaboration with the Lifeline Foundation in Project Poverty. And today, noted photographer, Richard Holder, spoke with News Five of a new exhibit entitled Decadence. The exhibit is a repertoire of local and international photographs of people, events and life […]
