The litigation war over Telemedia continued by videoconference before the CCJ, today. Despite the objections of the attorneys for the government, Lois Young SC and Solicitor General Cheryl Krusen, the CCJ decided that the application was serious enough to be dealt with during the court’s legal vacation. After listening to attorneys Godfrey Smith SC and […]
Today’s special leave of the Caribbean Court of Justice also brought several important factors that will guide the battle for Telemedia ownership. The Boyce and BCB attorneys successfully argued their case previously on June twenty fourth 2011, when the Court of Appeal’s declaratory judgment said that the 2009 Belize Telecommunications Amendment Act, which gave the […]
On the heels of several organizations who have publicly expressed their opinions, the Belize Landowners Association Limited (BLAL) has announced its opposition to the proposed ninth amendment of the constitution, saying that the bill aims to negate the rights of the people. In its release, the association refers to the sixth amendment bill of 2008 […]
The deadline for the financially embattled Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. to meet its debt obligations to ING and First Caribbean International Bank is inching closer. The cash-strapped company is in the red to the tune of approximately twenty-nine million U.S. dollars to ING alone and there is a degree of uncertainty whether it will be […]
Tonight Ladyville police remain on the hunt for three men who attempted to rob the village’s branch of Atlantic Bank on Monday afternoon. The incident which resulted in two security officers getting shot was caught on surveillance camera. Sometime before two o’clock, three armed men entered the premises when a pair of guards, namely Ion […]
On Monday night we told you about a number of shootings that occurred over the weekend. The shooting spree continued up to mid-day today leaving two people hospitalized. The first incident took place shortly before ten-thirty p.m. on Monday. Twenty-three year old Ryan Davis was standing in front of his home when he was approached […]
The border community of Jalacte, located in a remote corner of the Toledo District, has been featured on several occasions during our nightly newscasts over the past month. The latest homicide in the village involved a minor who was chopped on his head while using an outhouse adjacent to his home. On Saturday night seventeen […]
The Ya’axché Conservation Trust weighed in on the illegal Rosewood extraction that is rampant in Toledo villages on Open Your Eyes. Cristina Coc of the Maya Leaders Alliance was also a guest on the show where it was explained that the MLA, the Toledo Alcaldes Association and Ya’axché are not saying “no” to logging, they […]
Marvin Deras, thirty-seven year old radio DJ and Eco-tours operator, is dead after an accident that happened over a week ago. On Saturday August seventh, sometime around three in the morning, Deras was driving on the Northern Highway, when his SUV collided into another vehicle driven by forty-seven year old Lyndon Guiseppi. When Ladyville Police […]
The forty-second Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), of which Channel Five is a member, is set to commence at the Coco Beach Resort in San Pedro on Wednesday. Media houses from across the region have flown in to attend the three-day gathering to discuss the current state of affairs within the […]
And while the media moguls mingle on San Pedro, one local all around entertainer who is a regular in media circles is releasing his latest project to the press. Berne Velasquez is releasing his latest album, called Dileeyu, which he says is going have the carnival bands as well as the spectators shaking in the […]
Two young students were awarded full scholarship after meeting the Rotary Club of Belize Sunrise Criteria. Today, Mark Laredo Junior and Curt Nunez were each presented with a four year full tuition scholarship to attend St John’s College (SJC). Both recipients are graduates of the St. Martin de Porres Primary School and were recommended on […]
KTV Duets is back for another round of performances that you won’t want to miss. Tonight it’s going to be the Group B duos in the spotlight, singing their hearts out to stay in the race for ten thousand dollars. The six pairs that have survived the eliminations must make each performance better than the […]
