According to B.E.L.’s Senior Manager of Information and Communication Systems, Sean Fuller, the company supports the decision of the PUC, but it will impact operating margins. That proposed rate reduction will save consumers almost fifteen million dollars in the upcoming year, but will set back the electricity company by five million dollars. Sean Fuller, […]
There is a brutal murder to report tonight; a Canadian woman was stabbed to death at her house sometime on Tuesday evening. Her body was found in a pool of blood in her living room. Neighbors say they heard screams but did not see anyone entering the house of Patricia Lynn Nichiporowich who had been […]
The P.U.P. has reached the threshold to trigger the recall mechanism in Cayo Northeast. In fact, the party has exceeded the threshold and continues to gather signatures. Meanwhile, Elvin Penner is still sitting in his government ride enjoying the perks of his position, with no indication if he will resign. While the recall process for […]
The P.U.P. will be in Belmopan on Friday, and we don’t mean just inside the House. Deputy Leader Julius Espat has confirmed that the party will be organizing a protest in front of the National Assembly to coincide with the sitting of the House of Representatives. It’s not clear if other parties will be joining […]
The man in the visa hot-seat, Minister of State Edmund Castro, continues to dodge the media at every turn. Apart from a lengthy press release in which he remembers recommending five visas for Chinese nations, he has been a slippery fellow. Today, Castro’s attorney, Rodwell Williams, filed a lawsuit against Great Belize Production, but as […]
It has now been forty days since the Wonhong Kim passport scandal highlighted the corruption in the Immigration Department. The matter is of national and even international importance, but while there has been no scarcity of rhetoric, there has been a scarcity of concrete, factual information. It is not even clear if the investigation is […]
On Tuesday, shocking surveillance footage of a police shakedown involving a university student surfaced in the media, following several attempts by the family of the young man to settle the matter quietly. Well, this morning Tyrell Hyde returned to News Five to further vent his frustration with the lackadaisical manner in which the police department […]
Tyrell Hyde is unhappy with the Police response to his complaint. He has presented video evidence which shows the officers involved. He even has witnesses who will corroborate his story. And still the Police seem to be dragging their feet. That’s how Tyrell feels, and it’s probably justified, since aside from his rights being abused […]
The rains are slowing down and in some areas, floodwaters are beginning to recede. In other areas, residents are having a hard time getting in and out of their houses. Gracie Rock off the George Price Highway experienced severe flooding and in one section of the village, residents are maneuvering through the water with canoes […]
On Saturday, Cemetery Lane in Belize City resembled a war zone as armed Police Officers and B.D.F. soldiers galvanized into action. It wasn’t another Operation Jaguar or Operation Restore Belize. Actually it could be called Operation Save Gacho Stand. The law enforcement officers had been dispatched to ensure that a fast-food shack was placed on […]
In June of this year, media personality Glenn Tillett’s case against Lois Young, Nestor Vasquez and the Social Security Board was freed to continue at the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the then-Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich made at an initial hearing. Today, the substantive matter was heard before […]
In the afternoon session, Dr. Lloyd Barnett, who appeared for Vasquez and Young, seemed to suggest that the transaction did not involve B.T.L. directly and that S.S.B. needed to diversify its investments. Neither Vasquez nor Young, he said, gained anything personally from the sale. But according to Tillett, that doesn’t matter. He tells us why. […]
Finally, we asked Tillett whether, if the court rules his way and finds the conflict of interest he proposes, there would be “a chaotic situation” as described by Doctor Barnett in court. He charges that it would be difficult to reverse the transaction which would cause financial loss to the Board and its contributors, the […]
Late this evening, CIB personnel rushed over four Belize City men to court to charge them in connection with a murder and robbery that occurred on midday last Friday. This evening, twenty-one year old Alton Bailey, along with Mile eight resident and contractor, Roger Hernandez, and twenty-five year old Roger Concepcion Middleton, were jointly charged […]
A Belize City bus conductor will have to put up a defense in the Supreme Court for a charge of carnal knowledge of a thirteen-year old school girl for which he was charged with back in July 2012 of last year. The preliminary inquiry into the case concluded before the Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer where […]
The lifeless body of sixty-five year old Carlos Valdez has been recovered from the Mopan River, following a massive search effort by family and friends since the canoe he was traveling in capsized on Monday. Valdez, a resident of Benque Viejo del Carmen, and a fellow farmer were crossing the river shortly after ten o’clock […]
Just after six p.m. on Tuesday, the San Ignacio Police searched a vehicle on the George Price Highway in front of the Ministry of Works in Santa Elena Town. The police found the equivalent of twenty-one point five pounds of cannabis. The drug was found in a black garbage bag in the trunk of the […]
On Monday, the Christian Workers Union was formally booted out of its umbrella organization, following a failed congress over the weekend which should have seen the ouster of President Antonio Gonzalez and well as General Secretary, James McFoy. The CWU’s expulsion from the National Trade Union Congress of Belize succeeds a stern warning issued last […]
