The Belize City Council has been mired in numerous controversies of a financial nature. The latest to surface involves employee salary deductions intended for banks, business houses and even the Family Court. The Council employs close to three hundred persons who are the breadwinners for their families, a majority who have authorized the Council to […]
The non-payment of employee deductions isn’t the only concern for councilors; the other hot button issue at Monday evening’s caucus was a proposed salary cut. This was first floated publicly by Prime Minister Dean Barrow last week Wednesday. The P.M. said in an interview with News Five that the councilors should consider taking a pay […]
The City Council is not the only body plagued by controversy. The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has also been making the news with its own share of scandals. When the Commission of Inquiry resumed today, the first to take the oath was Dr. Jose Guerra, an obstetrician and gynecologist at the hospital. Guerra confirmed that […]
Dr. Jose Guerra was followed by the President of the Belize Medical and Dental Union, Dr. John Sosa. Sosa led the charge back in June against the alleged misspending at the hospital. It was Sosa’s opinion that while there is generally more access to medications, the situation is still far from acceptable in specific cases. […]
Earlier in the newscast we reported on the testimonies of Doctors Jose Guerra and John Sosa in the ongoing Commission of Inquiry. The last to testify today was Dr. Ricardo Fabro. His name surfaced persistently when the scandal first broke because the B.M.D.U. claimed that there was conflict of interest. That’s because Fabro’s wife, Maria […]
San Ignacio police suspect foul play in the death of a man whose corpse was retrieved from near the banks of the Mopan River on Monday. The discovery was made in the Water Pump Area. The victim, fifty-eight year old Jorge Noe Mejia of San Pedro Town had what appeared to be a small cut […]
In Magistrates’ Court, a cop who was convicted in July of this year for a string of robberies in Orange Walk, was convicted for other charges relating to a traffic accident on Monday. Magistrate Aretha Ford, found Selwyn Griffith guilty of Causing Hindrance to the Free Flow of Traffic and Grievous Harm upon fifty-three year […]
While Griffith is going back behind bars, a young mother walked away from Keeping Unlicensed Ammunition charges and a possible jail term today. Twenty-three year old Lattiana Choc was detained in August 2008 after police found a nine millimeter pistol loaded with ten rounds of ammunition at her boyfriend’s apartment. While it’s not her home, […]
It is a well known that the number of murders have spiraled. In 2008, the turbulence in the streets of Belize was aggravated by the introduction of fragment grenades. After the infamous explosion on Mayflower Street, stakeholders began to take a serious look at the increase in violence and the arsenal that have been unleashed […]
Carlos Perrote is an accomplished musician, composer and arranger. He has been making music for at least thirty years and for the past ten he has lived in Belize. He has worked as music teacher with NICH and is the current musical director of the Grace Primary School and the Holy Redeemer Marching Band. Today […]
And there were four lucky winners today in the Belize Bank’s second of three raffles at its Market Square office downtown. They scored big, taking home a variety of household appliances and cash prizes just in time for Christmas. It’s all a part of the bank’s annual promotional period, which this year is aimed at […]
The Belize Defense Force was in a celebratory mood today; the occasion was the traditional Christmas lunch at which the soldiers are served by their superiors to show appreciation for a job well done. The troops were joined by other officers also dedicated to service. News Five’s Duane Moody headed to Price Barracks for the […]
