A small twin-engine plane landed at the Municipal Airstrip at around five-thirty this morning – before the facility opens at six. There is no sign of the pilot, passengers or cargo in the American-registered Piper Seneca which may have originated in Managua, Nicaragua. In fact, up to this afternoon, police had no clue as to […]
In August of 2015, the Prime Minister announced that he had reached a settlement with Fortis over the nationalization of Belize Electricity Limited. He announced at the time that the deal involved a seventy-million-dollar payment and thirty-three percent of shares to be retained by Fortis. But did Prime Minister Dean Barrow sign a secret agreement […]
Shoman says that the secret agreement serves to indemnify BECOL against any regularity or legal action which may be brought for the next twenty years – and also commits G.O.B. to making good any losses which BECOL may potentially suffer during that period. Lisa Shoman, Senator, People’s United Party “In the event a Court […]
While the People’s United Party was disclosing what it calls a secret deal at Independence Hall, the Prime Minister was at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital attending the handing over of a new unit to the hospital. There, he dismissed the claim that the statement of comfort was not disclosed when he announced the settlement […]
Barrow also told the media that at the time when government took over B.E.L., Belize Electric Company Limited was not on the table and that the government will never go after the Fortis-owned company. When quizzed today, the PM also disclosed that Fortis was being exempted from various taxes, saying there was nothing out of […]
But is this just much ado over nothing? That question came up at the press briefing this morning, since the Prime Minister had made mention of a statement of comfort which he had signed with Fortis. Shoman says that where this deal is concerned, there’s no comfort at all for Belizeans. Lisa Shoman, Senator, […]
A protest was held today in Punta Gorda where another court appearance of the Santa Cruz Thirteen took place before Magistrate Emerson Banner. Supporters gathered around the courthouse in solidarity with the thirteen Maya leaders who were charged on June twenty-fourth for the unlawful imprisonment of Rupert Myles. Myles, the husband of a Maya woman, […]
Mis expressed frustration that Maya communal lands, particularly in the village of Jalacte, are still being accessed and used for public purpose without the consent of villagers. The inauguration of an agriculture office in Jalacte which was scheduled for Wednesday has reportedly been called off after the Agriculture Department caught wind of a protest being […]
The president-elect of Guatemala, Carlos Jimmy Morales, assumes office in January 2016. And since his landslide victory on Sunday, he has been making statements on a number of issues. Belizeans have been paying keen attention on what he has to say about the territorial dispute over Belizean territory. Morales says he will not give up […]
There have been sparks of violence going into the November fourth elections. A fire destroyed the campaign office U.D.P. standard bearer Ralph Huang last Monday and over the weekend, with temperatures running high, supporters of both major political parties clashed up north. This morning, the Prime Minister was asked about the hostilities as well as […]
Next week Wednesday, Belizeans will head to the polls to elect a new government, one year and half before the term of the Barrow administration was to expire. At an event today, the media quizzed Prime Minister Barrow on the real possibility that he and his party may not be returned to office for a […]
The Gang Suppression Unit has come under fire for early morning weekend raids on homes belonging to P.U.P. supporters in the community of San Jose in the Orange Walk District. The victims claim that they were quizzed on their political affiliation, and asked by the GSU officers if they wanted to talk to Deputy Prime […]
The GSU’s weekend adventures, according to Flowers, led them from San Jose to the Belize Central Prison on a hunt for an elusive and perhaps mythical firearm. They never did find it. Because of the allegations of misadventure in San Jose, though, Flowers says that he has asked another officer to determine if the GSU […]
There was a brazen daylight shooting in San Pedro this afternoon, and it happened right next to the very crowded airstrip. Thirty-one year old taxi-man Juan Menjivar was allegedly at the Maya Island Air luggage section when as many as five shots rang out. Unconfirmed reports are that Menjivar was hit three times to the […]
A trio of Belize City men, accused of the November 2012 murder of Belize Defense Force soldier James Noralez, appeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez today where submissions in the matter concluded this afternoon. Twenty-two-year-old Tyrone Meighan, twenty-seven-year-old Orel Leslie and thirty-year-old Brandon Baptist are awaiting their fate when a Supreme Court decision is handed down […]
The Belize Defense Force and the British Army Support Unit teamed up today for a joint training exercise to sharpen the skills of the two armies. Belize offers the right terrain for this sort of warfare exercise and the soldiers met the challenge in Gales Point (Manatee). News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, […]
A unit retrofitted with numerous incubators, quarters for doctors and nurses as well as a waiting area for families was inaugurated at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital as its new Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The death of thirteen babies at the hospital two years ago highlighted the need for the unit. News Five’s […]
