Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber minced no words earlier today when he openly spoke out against the decision by the Caribbean Court of Justice on Wednesday. The CCJ has ordered the Government of Belize to fork over ninety million dollars to the Belize Bank Limited, after years of litigation in respect of the U.H.S. debt. […]
As you heard in the news on Wednesday, former Prime Minister Said Musa said that the matter could have been settled during his term in office and that government had indeed received funding from Taiwan and Venezuela that would have cleared the debt. But, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber was not having it today – […]
But with all that said and done – the CCJ judgment still stands and G.O.B. must now cough up ninety million Belize dollars. And where will this money come from? DPM Faber says that for now he does not know and that will be up to the Minister of Finance, PM Barrow. But what he […]
The debate about recreational usage of marijuana continues, even after the decriminalization of possession of ten grams or less of the drug took effect earlier this month. While there is some support for tentative acceptance of use of weed for medicinal purposes, officialdom continues to frown on any attempt to make a business out of […]
Closer to home, how have things been going since marijuana decriminalization went into effect on November first? Very well, according to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, who told us that the effect of the law depends on responsible parents and adults to show the way. There is admittedly some lagging in other aspects of the legislation, […]
A persistent question being asked is, if the law can ease up on users of marijuana, what happens to those who plant fields and cultivate and sell “weed” for recreational purposes? As is evident from crackdowns by the Gang Suppression Unit and other elements of the Police Department, those persons remain afoul of the law. […]
While legislators were busy discussing the decriminalization and the reclassification of marijuana from a regional perspective, local law enforcement was proceeding with drug trafficking charges against a cab driver in Corozal. Forty-eight-year-old Brian Young was busted on Wednesday morning with roughly twenty pounds of weed inside a plastic bag. The seizure was made by customs […]
Was the theft of a substantial amount of monies from the principal and bursar of Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Mexico the result of a well-orchestrated heist or did their assailant benefit from a chance hold up? A police investigation into the incident which took place in the Corozal District on Tuesday is ongoing. According to twenty-two-year-old […]
A small house fire in Pinks Alley on Tuesday afternoon destroyed the contents of a cement structure belonging to Lorna Wade. According to twenty-three-year-old Dawn Higinio, she was asleep inside the house when she heard someone calling her name. When she woke up out of her slumber she smelled smoke and immediately noticed that a […]
Around twelve-thirty this afternoon, a large plume of smoke rose above the Haulover Creek in the vicinity of Belize Water Services Limited. An abandoned van in close proximity to a building, which once housed the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association, was engulfed in flames. Residents in the area were alerted by the sound of an explosion […]
Eighty-three-year-old Hubert Richards remains missing tonight, despite all efforts being expended by his loved ones in trying to locate him alive. The elderly man is said to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and has been sighted in several areas along the Phillip Goldson Highway, including Los Lagos and as far north as the Guinea Grass […]
Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Works, Errol Gentle, says that neither roads nor bridges are to be blamed for the fatal accidents that happened between miles thirty-one and thirty-two in Saint Margaret Village over the weekend. Four men died at the same spot along the Hummingbird Highway and relatives believe that the deteriorating […]
And as we reported on Wednesday night, Ministry of Works, Cisco Construction and the Belmopan Police are putting in some remedial work at the bridge in Saint Margaret Village. These works are only temporary but is a part of the Hummingbird Rehabilitation Project that has started in some areas along the highway. Signage will be […]
Solicitor General Nigel Hawke was actually the second of two witnesses called on Wednesday by the Senate Special Select Committee. On Wednesday morning, the senators held a private, in-camera session with Kent Clare, the current Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit. In the afternoon session, Hawke was asked to comment on the state of affairs […]
We leave this week’s hearings with a reminder of just how important they have become in the eyes of some. One year ago this month, the six members of the Special Select Senate Committee convened with a mandate to, among other things, conduct an inquiry into the processes, procedures, regulations and activities of the Immigration […]
Over the next two weeks, a number of anti-violence presentations at schools, as well as health talks and an exhibition by the Women’s Department, will take place as part of the 2017 calendar of events to commemorate the Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. Today, the activities were officially launched with a ceremony […]
The CXC national committee recognized the best and the brightest in the Caribbean Secondary Education Examination and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination for Belize. The high academic achievers from all across Belize received their certificates and prizes at a ceremony in Cayo today. According to the CXC committee, the passes this year are better than last […]
Energy Week commenced this past Sunday, but today, a fair was held at the Biltmore Plaza to showcase the local energy sector and shift the focus on renewable energy sources. “RE-Thinking Energy: Shaping a Resilient Community” – is the theme for this year’s event and News Five’s Duane Moody found out that legislation is being […]
Tonight, Channel Five is bringing back an old favorite. “Veranda Tales” was an original series in the 1990’s which employed familiar faces to read to primary school-aged children. It’s part of our commitment to investing in creating children’s programs that are both entertaining and educational. So we want to promote reading to be fun, a […]
As the end of the year draws near, cooler temperatures will start to set in and our version of the “Caribbean winter” will commence. While a break from the hot and humid days is usually welcomed by all; cooler and drier temperatures bring with it some health challenges. Tonight on Healthy Living: we look at […]
