Two women; one a government employee, are expected to be charged this Friday in the case of the missing funds the pension fund administered by the Treasury Department. The missing monies, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars, were reportedly deposited in an Atlantic Bank account sporadically since 2007 to present. News Five has confirmed […]
And while the missing monies are rife with scandal, News Five is also closely monitoring the City’s Traffic Department where a similar case is said to be developing. Impeccable sources tell News Five that ticket books and monies have also mysteriously gone missing. Both the Deputy Mayor, Dion Leslie and the Councillor in charge of […]
The Development Finance Corporation was a major government lending institution that went belly up when it lent less to the poor and more to big interests. When it folded, a commission of inquiry revealed that by the end of December 2004, the total book value of non-performing loans had increased one hundred and twenty million […]
If you bought butane gas today from the delivery trucks or the depot, you already felt the pinch. But if you haven’t, you should know that government has approved a five dollar hike in the price of a hundred pound cylinder of the cooking gas. The Belize and Corozal Districts have seen an increase from […]
The Teacher’s Commission that the Ministry of Education is proposing to implement is still getting mixed reviews from stakeholders. There have been poorly attended public consultations throughout the country and last Wednesday different managing school authorities, including the clergy, were invited to a sit down with the ministry. It appeared that the clergy was on […]
The wounds are still raw at the K.H.M.H. and the four week dispute over inflated prices paid for medical supplies, has been overshadowed in recent days by the revelations of more corruption at various public offices. This Friday morning, the B.M.D.U. and the K.H.M.H. board will sit to review a new document which is really […]
In early January, police nabbed Ernest Raymond Jr., as he headed home in a vehicle believed to be owned by a member of the Coye Family, the former operators of MoneyGram, who that at the time had been arrested for money laundering. Police found a nine millimeter Luger brand pistol in the car’s glove compartment. […]
In day four of the trial of Christine Perriott vs. Belize Telemedia Limited, the final witnesses were called to testify today. After another round of cross examination of defense witness, Winston Aspinal, Ramon Carcamo was called to the stand on behalf of Perriott. Under cross examination, Carcamo conceded that under the Trade Unions Act, no […]
He is accused of attacking a Maxboro resident with a machete and today, twenty year old Marlon Alfred Taylor was found guilty of Attempted Murder. It was a unanimous decision from the jury because Taylor did not deny chopping twenty-six year old Leon Leslie, but claimed it was an accident. But Taylor will have to […]
US President, Barack Obama’s nominee as Ambassador to Belize, Vinai Thummalapally, says he is proud to be nominated as the first Indian American to serve as United States’ envoy to Belize. The Colorado-based Indian American businessman, appearing today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation hearing, said he would work to strengthen US […]
New faces are expected to join the Senate. The first has been named as Omar Figueroa, an environmentalist from Cayo who will replace the UDP appointed Deborah Mencias-McMillan. The outgoing senator has announced that she will be moving on to take up an appointment as Associate Director of the Intensive English Institute at Ball State […]
The name Yasser Musa is synonymous with art, in many forms. This Friday on his birthday, Yasser will put on display twenty years of his accomplishments – a repertoire of his works as an art activist, poet, publisher, teacher and promoter of the arts. The multitalented artist takes a look back at his journey in […]
Bob Dylan’s, “When you got nothing, you ain’t got nothing to lose,” was the inspiration for the most recent release of a local literary piece. The author: sixty-seven year old Ray Lightburn says that ‘Nothing to Lose’ is a recollection of the history of Belize through his eyes. Lightburn, who was once a successful union […]
