At midnight on Tuesday, the vehicle of Deputy Prime Minster, Patrick Faber went up in flames; police are looking for a suspect caught on camera. He was seen jumping the fence, gouging the vehicle and setting it on fire, all that happened in a matter of seconds. Police believe that a person of interest will […]
There are no arrests so far nor have police uncovered the particulars of a getaway vehicle. Late this evening the government seemed to be linking the arson to the ongoing strike. A release read “The Government strongly condemns the actions of those persons who put the lives of the Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Patrick Faber […]
The inaugural meeting of the Senate Special Select Committee to investigate the Immigration and Nationality Department was held this morning in Belmopan, on the heels of a special report by Auditor General Dorothy Bradley which exposes a hustle of visas, nationalities and passports. The first session, a portion of which the media was allowed to […]
It remains unclear, following today’s meeting, who will preside over the Senate Special Select Committee. According to U.D.P. senators Aldo Salazar and Doctor Carla Barnett, neither of them was inclined to lead the working group because they are both of the belief that the committee should be headed by a representative of the three social […]
Perhaps the most controversial representative of the social partners, Pastor Ashley Rocke, whose position on two occasions has angered the churches, declined chairmanship of the Senate Select Committee for fear of his personal well being and that of his family. According to the clergyman, he has received numerous threats in the wake of his contentious […]
When the chair could not be appointed, the focus of the meeting then shifted to an agreed process through which a budget will be created to finance the undertaking. At what cost will the senate investigation into the goings-on at the Immigration and Nationality Department during April 2011 and September 2013 come to taxpayers? It’s […]
The strike called by the Belize National Teachers’ Union will go into its eighth day on Thursday. But whether it continues after that will depend on a key meeting between the Union’s Council of Management and Prime Minister Dean Barrow. This evening the Government Press Office issued a short statement confirming that the B.N.T.U. has […]
While the Belize National Teachers’ Union will be meeting with the Prime Minister on Thursday, a press release issued today announces that, as confirmed by police, members and supporters of the United Democratic Party will be picketing outside the B.N.T.U. headquarters between eight-thirty in the morning and twelve-thirty in the afternoon. While the Union is […]
After an early morning meeting at their headquarters, about one hundred members of the Belize District Branch of the Belize National Teachers’ Union headed out on foot into Southside Belize City. They were out to continue their public education and awareness campaign, on this, the seventh day of industrial action which commenced last Monday. There […]
News Five has confirmed with organizer of the picket called by the United Democratic Party, Alfonso Noble, that it has been called off. The Prime Minister meets with the Union as scheduled on Thursday afternoon at two.
At this time the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is holding a special general meeting to determine the extent of its participation on the Senate Special Select Committee. The Chamber has registered several concerns with the composition of the government appointed taskforce and members will vote on whether Senator Mark Lizarraga will take part […]
In part one of the story of the scandalous land deal at Mile Five on the Philip Goldson Highway, we reported that Andre Vega, the son of the former Deputy Prime and Minister of Natural Resources, Gaspar Vega was compensated four hundred thousand dollars for a one acre parcel of prime land. That portion of […]
According to Belmopan police, two prisoners escaped from police custody while being held in the capital around midday today. The prisoners have been identified as twenty-five year old Lincoln Bejerano, accused of the murder of taxi driver Isidro Suar in January, and twenty-two year old David Cruz, one of four suspects charged in the robbery […]
Eighteen persons were initially charged in connection with the December 2015 home invasion at the house of a businessman Sarkis Abou Nehra in Burrell Boom Village. At least six persons ransacked the house and stole a number of items including guns, jewelry and cash. During the horrific incident, a domestic employee was violated but the […]
The Belize City Council has been tackling for the past two years the issue of an overflow of taxi licenses in the Old Capital. It issued a moratorium on issuing licenses in 2014 and has been meeting with taxi unions and individual operators, especially for the last six months, to develop further regulation and ensure […]
What was supposed to be a routine traffic stop on Northside Belize City this past Friday night became an explosive instance of alleged police brutality. The complainant is a young woman who was on her way to drop off a friend when she arrived at a police checkpoint along Newtown Barracks and was asked for […]
The People’s United Party is calling out Senator Godwin Hulse for casting a vote during the last sitting of the Senate on September thirtieth. The argument here is that Hulse’ participation in the process constituted a conflict of interest since he also serves in the capacity of Minister of Immigration. Furthermore, opposition senators Valerie Woods […]
Senator Godwin Hulse has been adjusting to his responsibilities as Minister of Police since being assigned the additional portfolio during the last Cabinet reshuffle. The process has been shaping out rather quickly and today Minister Hulse was the keynote speaker at the passing out ceremony of a new cohort of officers. But what’s in store […]
According to Hulse, there is a need for reform within the Belize Police Department particularly where it concerns criminal prosecution. Godwin Hulse, Minister of Police “The whole crime scene investigation gathering mechanism is very loose in a sense, files are missing and all sorts of things. We have to tighten that and we have […]
