The Minister of National Security John Saldivar informed the media on Wednesday that the construction of the military facility at Hunting Caye had not been stopped. Hours later, on Wednesday evening, a release from the US Embassy defended the decision to hire Guatemalans to build the Coast Guard installation, calling it best value. But that […]
As we told you, the US Embassy has issued a press statement in which it explained the decision of the US Southern Command to select a Guatemalan contractor to build Belizean Coast Guard facilities. According to the release, the selection is made based on the company that can provide the best product at the most […]
A family of five is without their house tonight after heavy rains and winds lashed the City on Wednesday night. This morning just before seven o’clock, their small wooden house collapsed under the feet of Dawn Phillips and her daughter; other family members were not at home. It is the second time that Phillips will […]
Rafael Manzanero of Friends for Conservation and Development has been making desperate pleas for much needed assistance to co-manage the Chiquibul National Park. Manzanero has told just about everyone who would listen that Guatemalan encroachers continue to rape and plunder the natural resources in the national park. The recent murder of Danny Conorquie is bringing […]
The fuss over the Bobby Chin Birthday Bash Concert has all but been settled. Earlier this week, the attorney for the United Belize Advocacy Movement, UNIBAM, wrote to the promoters of the upcoming concert threatening to seek an injunction if the Jamaican Dancehall Superstar does not refrain from lyrics that “incite, the murder of His […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow has gone on the record to state that the Ministry of Natural Resources is a hotbed of corruption. He probably could have gone further to call it a hotbed of incompetence as well. News Five has been covering a land dispute in Unitedville in the Cayo District since early May. When […]
Two men were formally arraigned for murder this morning at the Punta Gorda Magistrate’s Court. Although the charges were just laid, the murders go back some time. Twenty-one year old Kenner Gomez will face justice for the murder of twenty-six year old Janice Floris Vargas, which occurred on Mother’s Day, exactly five months ago. Additionally, […]
Gary Sewell has been behind bars since 2010 fighting an extradition request by the U.S. On July third, 2014, Justice Michelle Arana handed down a decision to extradite Sewell. But through his attorney, Anthony Sylvestre, Sewell is appealing that decision. Following the denial of the application to the Supreme Court for a habeas corpus, Sylvestre […]
Since taking office in 2012, Mayor Darrell Bradley and the Belize City Council have concreted a total of one hundred and twenty-seven streets across the municipality. This morning, ground was broken for the renovation of Blue Marlin Boulevard in the Coral Grove neighborhood where the existing thoroughfare will be widened to accommodate the two-way flow […]
With another phase of road works set to begin on Monday, we asked Mayor Bradley earlier today for an assessment of the already cemented streets, in light of the recent downpours. A majority of the streets, says the mayor, are holding up quite well under the elements; however, a few thoroughfares are in need of […]
This morning, in the outskirts of Dangriga, a drug destruction operation took place. Two batches of both cocaine and marijuana went up in smoke, all in all, a total of one hundred and sixty-nine parcels of the drugs. It included evidence presented in court for which the cases have concluded as well as drugs classified […]
Bahamian nationals Rohn Knowles and Kelvin Leach met bail of a hundred thousand dollars on October first, for an extradition warrant. The duo and three others are wanted by the U.S. for their alleged involvement in a tax fraud and money launderings scheme. The scheme involved sham companies and stock manipulations worth more than one […]
There’s been much said about the Coast Guard’s Guatemalan constructed forward operating base on Hunting Caye amid furious anti-Guatemalan sentiment in the wake of the murder of Danny Conorquie, the armed incursion and threat to our B.D.F. soldiers. The debate has raged in the House of Representatives, on the airwaves, in private forums and on […]
Atlantic Bank Limited on Wednesday hosted an award ceremony for its fourth annual art competition. This year, primary schools students, who are avid painters, were asked to submit pieces that would display the theme, “My Happy Childhood in Belize.” The Bank received over a hundred and forty submissions from students across the country. The top […]
On Tuesday, officials from the Ministry of Health hosted a press conference to discuss Belize’s preparedness for Ebola and Chikungunya. Belizeans have been preoccupied about the country’s level of readiness to handle the lethal virus, Ebola. Currently, the Ministry of Health maintains that the threat level for Belize when it comes to Ebola is low […]
