P.U.P. Leader John Briceño and his driver, Edwin Hill, are tonight recovering at the Northern Medical Plaza in Orange Walk Town after they were injured in a traffic accident earlier this morning. Around 9:45 a.m. when the party leader was en route to Belize City for work, they encountered an obstruction on the Philip Goldson […]
According to Chief of Staff Stuart Leslie, Edwin Hill has been driving the party leader for eleven years. He is an experienced, defensive driver and was trained by the Special Branch Unit of the Police Department in driving the party leader. Leslie says that the family and the party are confident that Hill would have […]
There has been an outpour of support for the speedy recovery of P.U.P. Party Leader John Briceño. In the aftermath of the accident, social media was abuzz with Belizeans expressing concern about his well-being. We are told that Prime Minister Dean Barrow also checked in on his political opponent and friend. A statement from the […]
There have been many reports made to the Ministry of Transport about speeding on the highways and the need for monitoring and enforcement. Just last Sunday, four Belize City men perished in a fatal accident on the Philip Goldson Highway between miles six and seven; police said that speeding was a factor. Earlier today, Lorena […]
This morning at the Charles Bartlett Hyde Building, government officially launched the Belize Tax Service. The amalgamated department aims to provide optimal services where GST and income tax are concerned. The new management team will work on the redesign of the department according to existing good practices and standards for tax administration and the delivery […]
Financial Secretary Joseph Waight has weighed in on the Ministry of Health issue involving the awarding of a contract for the building of the Central Medical Stores in Belmopan. The contract is for a sum of one point six million dollars which was to have been financed via a grant from the National Health Insurance […]
Today, Chief Executive Officer for the Social Security Board, Doctor Colin Young confirmed to the media that the Board did not receive any communication from the Ministry of Health, asking for grant funding through the N.H.I. fund. Doctor Young says that he heard of the purported request via media reports. The C.E.O. made it quite […]
According to the memo, the request for the grant funding is to build a Central Medical Stores in Belmopan. Doctor Young says that such a request does not fall under the areas that can be funded from the NHI Reserve Fund. Dr. Colin Young, C.E.O., S.S.B. “First off, I don’t envisioned that any contractor […]
An audit of Belize Telemedia Limited to determine whether it owes anything in taxes to the GST Department is underway and nearing completion. Financial Secretary Joseph Waight is on record confirming that a review of the company’s financials is being conducted. Whether the telecoms company is in arrears or up to date on its GST […]
Two days after news broke of B.T.L.’s purported multi-million dollar debt; the resignation of C.E.O. Rochus Schreiber was announced. Via an employee bulletin, staffers were told that Schreiber “has decided to pursue other personal interests and reunite with his family in the United Kingdom at the end of September.” He is departing after being at […]
The Belize Bus Association is not happy with the foreign bus runs happening in Belize. The B.B.A. wrote a letter to the Minister of Transport to say that its members are not in agreement with the buses crossing the border and picking up passengers. They say that this is taking money away from locals and […]
So, what is the B.B.A. prepared to do to resolve this issue? The members have threatened industrial action. That means that most major public transportation will not be operating because majority of the big operators are B.B.A. members. Metzgen told us today that as recent as last week, they had a meeting with Ruth Meighan, […]
A fire destroyed a wooden house in Belize City on Thursday night. It happened on Aloe Vera Street, a few minutes before nine. The house was engulfed in flames for thirty minutes before firefighters extinguished the blaze. Neighbors told News Five that they heard crackling sounds just before they saw smoke and flames inside the […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources issued a press release today to clarify the land issue in La Gracia. The release states that last month, the ministry gave a Superintendent of Police and other Belizeans permission to survey land in the village. The surveyors in La Gracia were private surveyors carrying out the surveys on those […]
Forty-three young men and women today officially entered into an agreement with the Social Security Board for financial assistance to achieve higher education. The eighteenth annual Social Security Board Scholarship Award ceremony took place today in the Old Capital where students from across the country are seeking to pursue their high school, sixth form, vocational-technical […]
The Digi Signature Store was officially launched this afternoon in Belize City. The Digi outlet is located at the Mirab building along the Philip Goldson Highway. In 2018, Belize Telemedia Limited launched its campaign to reinvent itself under an attractive brand that would pull new customers. The new Digi Signature Store forms part of that […]
