The Social Security Board made the decision to use fifty million dollars of the people’s money to buy shares in Telemedia. It did so over the objections of the social partners: the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, the Belize Business Bureau and the Belize Chamber of Commerce. The social partners have not gone beyond […]
The political career of Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers has been on a rollercoaster since she was first elected as the city’s first female mayor. Today it was on a high point; she walked free of the last two of a total of twenty-four charges brought against her. The charges of Failure to Comply with City […]
While the legal battles are now behind her and she can breathe a sigh of relief, the past thirteen months have been the most trying time of Moya’s political career. In a one on one with Marion Ali, the mayor revealed that the knocks of life have matured her but she remains committed to the […]
The leaders in the recently exposed human smuggling ring are highly connected persons and there officially seems to be more concern about leaks than about getting to the bottom of the scandal. News Five has been following the paper trail and in our special report on the immigration scandal, we have revealed the details that […]
After the revelation that human- traffickers managed to land three planes at the Philip Goldson International Airport in September and October and their human cargo headed across the border, public outcry began for an investigation. When that scam was busted, we launched an investigation that has shown that a steady flow of Chinese Nationals bypassed […]
The B.T.L. shares were launched for sale on October fifteenth, and from what we gather, the sale to the public is moving at a snail’s pace. Digicel Caribbean had indicated an interest to buy, but as far as we can tell, that has not yet happened. Last week the Social Security Board, by slim majority, […]
Up north, there’s still a quandary over the third payment to farmers for the 2009-2010 that was due this past Monday. Belize Sugar Industries Limited has been unable to come up with the cash because they lost an important source of income when ING bank did not renew their funding agreement in September. A loan […]
We reported on Tuesday night that Denroy Tillett, the principal of the Belmopan Comprehensive School, was arrested for sexually assaulting a female employee of the school. This morning Tillett was arraigned in the courtroom of Magistrate Adolph Lucas Jr. in the capital city. He was represented by, Legal Aid Attorney Philip Palacio and pleaded not […]
Twice attempts were made on his life and twice he survived. Keith Middleton has been before the courts on a number of charges but there have been no convictions against him so far. So who wants him out? Middleton says he knows who pulled the trigger earlier this week while he was at home with […]
Steven Polonio just turned nineteen and already he is a known face at the courthouse. His most recent charges are for Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm and Keeping Unlicensed Ammunition. Police caught Polonio on Tuesday morning as he was allegedly fleeing from a robbery scene carrying a point thirty-eight special revolver. The cops say that a […]
The charges brought by Leanora Rhaburn against her nineteen year old estranged common-law, Dennis Carr, landed him an interdiction and a court appearance. But today before newly appointed Magistrate Kayla Teck, Rhaburn confessed to making a false report and fabricating the story that Carr stole from her and the police department. In an emotional testimony […]
There is late breaking news tonight of a fatal traffic accident in the Cayo District. The incident reportedly occurred in Georgeville Village at around six thirty this evening and the victim is said to be a nine year old boy. We’ll have more on this story in Thursday’s newscast.
You might be hearing a lot of Punta music on the radio as Garifuna Settlement Day approaches, but soon the airwaves will be flooded with Christmas songs. And with Christmas, comes the annual Brukdong competition. So musicians countrywide are called to showcase their talent and submit Brukdong songs that will get the audience moving. Handsome […]
It is one of the leading causes of death in the world and Belize is no exception. This week the Belize Diabetes Association is taking the opportunity to sensitize the public on how to prevent the disease. And because more and more, young people are being affected—primarily with type one diabetes—the Association is focusing its […]
