Belize Maintenance Limited workers protested the Belize City Council this morning for “under paying” them by a quarter million dollars. But this afternoon, the focus was still on the issue of the under-depositing fiasco that continues to plague Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers, who was again unavailable today for an explanation. And as the situation goes […]
So are the police close to making an arrest at City Hall for the unaccounted funds of close to a quarter of million dollars from its coffers? We asked the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt. She confirmed that she has completed her review of the file and has forwarded her instructions to the police. […]
While Mayor Moya Flowers has kept mum on the under-depositing at CitCo, another problem that won’t go away is the issue of the unpaid debts for garbage collection. For the umpteenth time, employees of Belize Maintenance Limited protested the persistent problem. News Five’s Duane Moody has a report. Duane Moody, Reporting Some seventy employees waved […]
A fire on Queen Street proved to be a double whammy for businessman, Roberto Chee and his family, who experienced a second blaze at their Queen Street residence and store. And while today’s loss in no way matched the previous inferno which totaled their wooden building back in the 90’s, it did create a whole […]
While firemen had put out the blaze, police this afternoon were looking for the shooter or shooters who opened fire on busy Mahogany Street in the Lake Independence area. Classes had just been dismissed and two children and a man were injured in the shooting shortly before four this evening. The two children, nine year […]
Remember NEWCO and the arbitration award totaling about eight million dollars against the Government of Belize? In June of 2008 a group of investors called NEWCO got an arbitration award against the government for unlawfully cancelling its contract to develop the Philip Goldson International Airport and re-awarding the contract to a group which included Belizeans. […]
But in the local courts, the money laundering case of the Coye Family was adjourned today. The case has had some unusual twists so far. First it was heard in court number one before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie, then it moved onto court number two before senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers. But today Magistrate Flowers bowed […]
And a driver of Buttonwood Bay was charged today with an unusual charge. This morning, thirty six year old Jude Pennil of Buttonwood Bay appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford in Court number Four where he was charged with one count of exposing his person in public. Pennil pleaded not guilty to the charge and was […]
Also in the courts, a Belize City youth was charged with attempted murder this afternoon. Eighteen year old Leon Ebanks, a resident of seventeen miles on the Western Highway was charged with the attempted murder of Owen Jimenez and one count of wounding when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers in Court Number Two. […]
Burglars are known to break into just about any place, but one thief has taken it one notch further and broke into a place known to service the dead. Kent Vernon aka ‘Krokus,’ is charged with the burglary of a funeral parlor. This morning Krokus appeared before Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers in Court Number Two. […]
Electricity was interrupted today from just after midday to around four-thirty this evening. And those four hours took a toll on business operations downtown. News Five found that a number of businesses closed up shop while the power was out. The Supreme and Magistrates’ Courts also closed their doors and hearings were postponed. So what […]
Schools around the country are interrupting classes because of the spread of the flu. In Belmopan, however, the reason why Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic School, was closed down today was because teachers did not get their salaries last Friday. News Five traveled to Belmopan and found locks on the gates and not a […]
In other news, Telemedia announced today that the former head of its Marketing Division, Karen Bevans, was moving upstairs at Saint Thomas Street. Bevans is being named as Chief Operations Officer, which means that she will report directly to the Executive Committee of the Board, that mostly being, Net Vasquez and Anwar Barrow, the son […]
The students who represented Belize are back home after a long and uneventful trip at the CODICADER games in Costa Rica. The teams failed to pull off any win and lost every game to the remaining Central American countries. They returned to Belize on a direct Maya Regional Airline flight due to the ongoing conflict […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly glad that you could join us for this rush of Sports Monday. Week eight in the Belize Bank Super League took us to Dangriga where the defending champions Valley Renaissance were attacked inside the Carl Ramos Stadium by the Placencia Assassin. In fact the visitors left no […]
