Media houses, including this station, have endorsed a letter to the Chairman of the Senate Special Select Committee which condemns the unprecedented and unprovoked actions of members of the United Democratic Party against members of the press covering last Wednesday’s public hearing in Belmopan. These included Chairman Alberto August and Sergeant-At-Arms of the House of […]
Chairman of the United Democratic Party, Alberto August, this afternoon told News Five he was taking full responsibility for the attack on members of the press last week at the Senate Special Select Committee public hearing. It appears the media got in the way of his ad-hoc group called “Belizeans against Courtenay” – specifically, Senator […]
August called on Leader of the Opposition John Briceño to remove Courtenay from the Senate, a decision Briceño has said previously he will not make. Courtenay is seen as the member of the Committee most able to draw out vital information from witnesses. It is believed that he is being targeted for his tough lines […]
Even before today’s interview, August appeared on the U.D.P.’s Wave Radio Morning Show on Friday. Not only did he reiterate his intention to return to Wednesday’s meeting, but he challenged Courtenay to call him before the inquiry as he, Courtenay, suggested on May tenth. He even offered to resign his party post if Courtenay did […]
Turning to another incident involving the media…We note that there has been no official statement from G.O.B. in respect of the assault by U.D.P. operatives on Marisol Amaya and other media colleagues. But late on Friday, a release was issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs as it relates to the charges being brought against […]
Two persons drowned over the weekend in separate incidents in the Belize and Cayo Districts. In Bermudian Landing, in the Belize River Valley area, twenty-three-year-old Denia Zelaya was with her common-law husband and two other friends swimming in the Belize River, just behind the Howler Evolution Tour establishment on the main road. The outing ended […]
There is a report from Chicago that a Belizean was fatally stabbed over the weekend. The thirty-five-year-old Jermaine Jones, who also goes by the name “Rasta Jayblood,” lived in south side Chicago and was the son of Dianne Hall. According to the reports, he was stabbed near his house on Sunday night following an altercation […]
This extended holiday weekend saw two fire-related incidents. In Belize City, a teacher sustained minimal damage to his residence, but in Orange Walk, the home of a security guard was wiped out in what was believed to be a deliberate act by his own son. We start at the residence of twenty-eight year old teacher […]
A Belize City engineer is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was accused by a fourteen-year minor of sexual abuse on April sixteenth of this year. This morning, Dennis Haylock was arraigned for a single count of unlawful sexual intercourse. The minor was fourteen years at the time of the […]
Punta Gorda police are still looking for Simon Lino, accused of last Wednesday’s brutal stabbing murder of popular musician Lascelle Martinez. Lino is believed to have fled to neighboring Guatemala; however, police have issued an arrest warrant and INTERPOL notice with their Guatemalan counterparts. Martinez was having lunch when Lino turned up at his house […]
There’s some good news…On the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on May seventeenth, the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Operators (CANTO) has announced that a Belizean won the annual competition for the fourth time since its inception eleven years ago. Eighteen-year-old Jo-Elisa Clarke of Calcutta, Corozal District won with a video demonstrating […]
The Senate Inquiry into the corruption at the Immigration Department resumes this Wednesday. At least two persons are scheduled to testify before the Senate Special Select Committee. Now, the Belize Passport Information System (BPIS) has been a center of inquiry throughout the public hearings of the Senate Special Select Committee. It is the system used […]
As the Senate Special Select Committee swims into deeper waters, questions are rising as to what rights do witnesses who appear before it have and do not have. Two of the Committee’s biggest headaches in terms of giving testimony were Barton Middleton and Elvin Penner, who either outright refused or gave evasive answers because they […]
Do you have a special design or invention that can make lives easier and make money too? Then pay attention to our next story. The Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO) today hosted a seminar on plans to switch Belize from a 1960 Act of nations on intellectual property registration to a more recent 1999 Act. […]
Technical and Vocational Education has traditionally been a field dominated by males, but this year, the program is aggressively proposing to change that to include women. ITVET is holding activities this week to promote equal opportunities. This morning, a group of students from Punta Gorda walked away with the top prize for their product, Xococcino […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
