Four hundred and seventy-nine police officers, constables and sergeants took promotional exams on November twenty-seventh in Belize City. The results are slowly coming to light and are considered dismal. The exam is divided into two parts: subjective and objective, each worth a hundred points and the passing mark is sixty-five percent for the objective and […]
Still on the police, the family of a businesswoman from Chattanooga, Tennessee, is accusing the department of corruption. The woman came to Belize in December for a three week Christmas vacation with her family. But she is getting an extended stay because she is facing two charges following a traffic accident at the junction of […]
We asked Minister of Police, Doug Singh, to comment on the matter and he says Boutz cannot expect special treatment just because she is a tourist. “I am not aware of the details of the case. It is something that I am going to get up on. It is my understanding from the information I […]
Twenty-seven year old Honduran National, Cesar Geomar Castro Romero, has been living in Belize illegally for over three years and now he gets to spend an extra five years in the Jewel… but at the Central Prison. And it’s not because of immigration offences; today he pleaded guilty to two counts of Robbery. On November […]
Three men were charged today for a nine millimeter pistol found in an SUV that they were travelling in. But twenty-two year old Brandon Leslie, who was driving when they were pulled over, says he didn’t know the weapon was in the vehicle nor did his friends, twenty-two year old Phillip Smith and nineteen year […]
Belize National Energy is one of about a dozen registered oil companies in Belize. It has the distinction of being the only company that has found oil in commercial quantity. The oil taxes play a significant role in the country’s revenues; in fact BNE is the biggest tax payer to government. BNE has found oil […]
The Christmas season is over. However there is one festive tradition every year in January. It’s called Epiphany Day, Dia de los Reyes, which is a Mexican celebration that fuses different traditions. Primary school students were invited to the Embassy of Mexico this morning to partake in the event. Marcelino Miranda, the Embassy’s press officer […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley with this week’s serving of sports Monday. The special investigation committee convened by the Ministry of Sports to examine the Football Federation of Belize election processes is hard at work interviewing the various organizations that function under this particular umbrella. We spoke by phone to Miley Garcia National Sports Administrator […]
Both Carnival and Royal Caribbean cruise lines have agreed to, for now, to hold back on a new policy on tendering. How long the delay will last is not known, what is, is that there is bound to be displacement after the new policy kicks in. That’s the message Prime Minister Dean Barrow brought back […]
While P.M. Barrow was not sure whether the former CEO knew of the change in policy well in advance, EuroCaribe Shipping Services, the agent for Carnival in Belize, has come forward to say that they only just found out of the changes. Today News Five spoke off camera with the Director of Maritime Estates Ltd. […]
Nine days into 2011, the first murder occurred over the weekend in the city. The victim is well known to the law and was gunned down a minute’s walk from his house. Michael Malic had stopped to buy cigarettes when he was ambushed and at least sixteen bullets found their mark on him. Malic survived […]
The UDP Corozal Bay Convention was held on Sunday and from the looks of it, it appeared like a race for national elections. Money was flowing and the placards and billboards were visible throughout the constituency. Ministers were at every turn and by and large, they were supporting the incumbent. Three contested the convention including […]
While the race was easily won by Marin and Campos is looking at his options in the party; his campaign manager, Chairman of the Corozal Free Zone Chairman, David Akierman, said that the incumbent had the edge because of last minute registration of voters by the Elections and Boundaries Department on the eve of the […]
While the mercury level at the UDP Corozal Bay convention was running high, in the west, the temperature was much cooler. PUP treasurer Julius Espat was nominated and endorsed as the standard bearer for Cayo South at a convention attended by a respectable crowd of the party’s hierarchy and supporters. Earlier in the week, there […]
