Did purported titleholder Amy Forte lie to Prime Minister Barrow and the media about the fraudulent use of her signature in the latest Andre Vega land scandal? And how would she benefit from being untruthful? It’s a fluid situation that has many baffled, including Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte who is in receipt of a letter […]
The Attorney General’s Office is not in a position to investigate the alleged criminality involving the use of the signature, but can it investigate claims that public funds were used to compensate Vega for a private land transaction? That’s what we asked Peyrefitte earlier and his response is that, on the surface, the business deal […]
While the Attorney General has very little to work with in order to investigate the nature of the reported transaction, he also says that it does not appear to be a conflict of interest for Padron, who at the time worked in the Lands Department and who Andre Vega has claimed is a family friend, […]
Since this story broke last Tuesday with Amy Forte’s letter to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, there has been one largely unanswered question: why would the Ministry of Natural Resources, under then Minister Gaspar Vega, facilitate Andre Vega with compensation for land he thought he had acquired privately? And why would he just as easily give […]
There are more documents from the Ministry of Natural Resources coming out tonight, concerning parcels of land in the village of Carmelita in Orange Walk District. As revealed last November in the House of Representatives, German Vega and Sons Imports Limited acquired up to one thousand seven hundred acres of land along the Philip Goldson […]
Get ready for higher gas prices once again sometime this week, although this time there is some explanation from the government. The last increase came just last week for premium and diesel fuel, with recent increases also reported for regular fuel and even kerosene. This time the increase, the extent of which is not yet […]
The Military Tattoo was back this year to display the readiness of the Belize Fence Force and the Police Department. Hundreds headed over to the Marion Jones Sporting Complex on Friday evening to view the exercise. All was going according to precision, when something went awfully wrong. Today, both agencies provided explanations as to why […]
A dangerous explosive used in seismic testing activities was recovered from the streets of Belize City on Saturday. The charge, complete with a battery and accompanying wires, was found in the vicinity of Vernon Street. The only piece missing from the device is a detonator, which bomb expert, Brigadier General David Jones believes is still […]
According to Commander Jones, the lethality of the device should it have been detonated in proximity of civilians, would certainly leave a body count. Brig. Gen. David Jones, Explosives Expert “The charge is complete, is intact. There is a battery that is used as a power source to set off a detonator that would […]
One more issue on the ongoing investigation into the land scandal involving Andre Vega…This morning, Acting Commissioner of Police Noel Leal fielded questions from the media in respect of the allegation made by Amy Forte regarding the forging of her signature. While he admits to having assigned an investigator to the case, the police department […]
This morning residents of Las Flores in Belmopan gathered at the community primary school, St. Michael R.C., on the first day of classes. They were protesting the decision of the Belmopan City Council to sell two parcels of land which they say have belonged to the school since 1985, to Amy Anabella Chen. Police were […]
This past Saturday, the full quorum of members of the Football Federation of Belize met in an extraordinary session to complete business left over from the aborted general congress in June. While the election of the president and vice-president remains on the backburner for now, selections to the ethics, elections and electoral appeals boards of […]
The September celebrations are off to a start, but tonight the Belize Council of Churches is not pleased that the Tenth Day parade will be held on Sunday, the tenth of September. In a release issued today the Council says that while it recognizes that the national holiday of the Battle of Saint George’s Caye […]
Gareth Jacobs….he is a finalist in KTV, the Remix and has been entertaining the public for the last several weeks of competition. Other than the fact that he is from Toledo, you might not know a lot about this artist. Jacobs has been singing for a little over ten years and is quite the celebrity […]
One of the highlights of the September celebrations is the seventy-seventh National Queen of the Bay competition. The traditional pageant has been running for decades and still draws a multitude. This year, the event was held at Birds Isle where the young ladies competed in swimsuits, answered questions and did the famous curtsy. But as […]
Saturday was chock full of activities. News Five’s Duane Moody also headed to the Marion Jones Sporting Complex for the King and Queen Competition of the 2017 carnival season. This year, sixteen bands were to compete, but for unforeseen reasons, two junior bands, namely Irahunu Mas Band from Seine Bight Village in the south and […]
The September Celebrations is here and the month long festivities kicked off a few days ago – but it was officially launched in Orange Walk Town over the weekend. A host of dignitaries gathered to formally declare the celebrations open to observe the anniversaries for the Battle of Saint George’s Caye and Independence Day. News […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
