There are major developments to report in tonight’s newscast. But first, the Belize Chamber of Commerce met in an emergency session this afternoon and reversed course on a bicameral investigation into the special audit on immigration. Joining the meeting was the Belize Business Bureau, the other arm of the private sector. The session was called […]
There was another emergency meeting held this afternoon. The ten branches of the Belize National Teacher’s Union met to debate and take decisions on the scheduled delay of Government’s salary adjustment for teachers and public officers. Other national issues, such as the call for a Senate inquiry into the Immigration scandal, were also on the […]
But the Ministry of Education is at odds with the B.N.T.U. over the convening of today’s meeting without following protocol. The Ministry issued a release prior to the meeting, which complains about the lack of sufficient notice following the 1997 protocol, which it says does not contribute to enhancing industrial relations between the B.N.T.U., the […]
President Luke Palacio was asked whether the Ministry’s suggestions affected turnout to the meeting. He said he could not say for sure, but he believed that teachers were ready and willing to make the necessary “sacrifice.” Luke Palacio, National President, Belize National Teachers’ Union “I cannot say with any degree of certainty that it […]
A thirty-two year old unemployed man from the San Mateo area of San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye is dead tonight. Police in Ambergris Caye told us the evening that the victim has been identified as Elton Polonio. Police have also confirmed that the deceased was stabbed during a confrontation inside a hardware store on Angel […]
A Belize City youth was gunned down in the city on Monday night minutes before the live news broadcast. Today, three days after his execution style murder, Belize City police have levied a single charge of murder against twenty-year old Keon Usher, a resident of a Chancellor Street, Belize City. Usher was duly arraigned before […]
The Auditor General’s special report into the issuance of passports, visas and Belizean nationality names quite a number of elected officials, including Prime Minister Barrow himself. He is cited in the seven hundred page document for recommending citizenship for his brother-in-law who lives in Sweden. The audit also names Speaker of the House Michael Peyrefitte […]
The deadly shooting of fourteen-year-old Guatemalan minor Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano in the Chiquibul Forest involved B.D.F. soldiers, as well as rangers from Friends of Conservation and Development. The Belize Defense Force has since been cleared of the allegation that its men were responsible for the fatal rounds that cut down the teenager. While their […]
As for another O.A.S.-commissioned investigation into the fatal shooting, Elrington says that government is quite satisfied with the results of the initial inquiry. All things considered, there will not be another probe, despite a recent request from the Guatemalan president and foreign minister for a subsequent investigation. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs “I […]
Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie was away on leave for some time; in fact, he was out of the country when the entire saga involving accused murderer William “Danny” Mason was unraveling. Mason was charged for the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas whose head he carried in a bucket in his truck. In the midst […]
Accused murderer William Mason returns to court in the next few days, but he once boasted that he had a number of officers on his payroll, including members of the Gang Suppression and the Special Patrol Units. In fact, pictures surfaced of the former head of the GSU socializing at his farm. In an extended […]
As we reported on Wednesday, bus fares unexpectedly went up in for commuters travelling westbound on Westline, Guerra’s, B.B.O.C. and J and J. The hike in price was as much as fifty cents putting a huge dent on the pockets of travellers. But as it turns outs, the increase was not sanctioned by the proper […]
Following a meeting with bus operators in the west, Minister of Transport Edmond Castro met with the Mopan Taxi Association. For months now, the group has been clamoring for the Transport Department to implement measures that would either prohibit or regulate the influx of Guatemalan bus operators into Belize. According to Arsenio Panti, it is […]
This is the second audit that has been conducting by the Auditor General on the Immigration Department. Given the obvious widespread irregularities committed by persons and all that has been revealed in the most recent report, some are of the opinion that the police should conduct a full fledged investigation into the findings of the […]
The House Meeting held two weeks ago, by all scope of the imagination, was epic. Cayo South area rep., Julius Espat was literally picked up and carried out of the Chambers and, when he further refused, was manhandled by security forces. The Leader of the Opposition was also assaulted in the process and a media […]
This morning, the Belize Progressive Party gave the media an update on their ongoing People’s Referendum poll on social issues. The poll takes two forms: an online poll being conducted along with the news outlet Breaking Belize News; and a petition being signed by Belizeans to create a mock referendum on several social issues. Both […]
The Progressives are also planning, among other initiatives, a nationwide tour to take their message to the Belizean people. We hear more from the party’s chairman, Paco Smith. Paco Smith, Chairman, B.P.P. “As the only viable solution to the red and blue debacle that has plagued our nation for the last thirty-five years, your […]
Wednesday night was day one of the annual mas camps that leads up to the carnival road March on September seventeenth. A record number of bands are taking part in the revelry hoping to capture the title as carnival champs. The camps started with a visit to four of the bands. News Five’s Duane Moody […]
The first case of Zika in Belize was confirmed in May of this year. The sample which was sent to the CARPHA lab in Trinidad verified that the mosquito borne illness that had been rapidly spreading in this region was present here – in Belize City. And at this point, there have been more confirmed […]
