The case brought against City Hall by the former City Administrator Candice Miller, came to end this afternoon around three-thirty after days of gruelling arguments and counter arguments from both sides. Closing submissions were held on Thursday and by this afternoon; Justice Courtenay Abel was ready with a decision. The justice ruled in favour of […]
Today, members from both political parties were back before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser on a series of challenges of voters registered in a division where they do not reside. In the morning session, which concluded just after midday, the case brought against Deputy ComPol Edward Broaster was heard. Broaster, according to the voter’s list has […]
The House of Representatives met in Belmopan today. One of the significant actions involved the controversial forty- thousand dollars loan motion granted to Joshua Perdomo. Perdomo, the son of Cabinet Secretary Carlos Perdomo, was approved twenty-seven months study leave to pursue a master’s degree in Forensic Genetics at the University of North Texas and was […]
A six-point-eight U.S. million dollars loan motion was presented during the Sitting of the House of Representatives. The loan was offered by the Caribbean Development Bank and the monies have been earmarked to assist Belize Electricity Limited to reduce B.G.B. emissions and improve the reliability of the supply of electricity to Caye Caulker, with increased […]
Tonight there is another home invasion to report in San Lazaro Village in the Orange Walk District. A woman was attacked while she rested in her bedroom, rendered unconscious and woke up on her kitchen floor. It happened on Thursday night and is one more frightening assault coming out of the village, leaving residents scared. […]
There was a shooting in the city just before eight o’clock on Thursday night which fortunately was not fatal for the victims. It happened on Santa Barbara Street where a trio of men were socializing. A car, reportedly carrying taxi license plates, drove up and someone from inside opened fire on Justice Richards, Jamal Elijio […]
A ninety-year-old man was the victim of a broad daylight robbery earlier this week. Just seconds after Llewellyn Tillett had withdrawn money from the Saint John’s Credit Union on Basra Street, he was jacked of two thousand dollars. The robbery was captured on surveillance camera and today, twenty-two-year-old Aaron Munnings was arraigned in the Belize […]
Tonight, two Belize City men, well-known to the courts, pleaded guilty to being a member of a gang to avoid jail time. Police say Edward Saldano and Tareek Malique Goff are gang members. In the case of Goff, who was the first to be arraigned before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson, he is accused of being […]
One of the string of bills passed into law by the House, is to cause the removal of Belize from the European Union’s blacklist. In March of this year, Belize was one of many jurisdictions blacklisted as tax havens by the E.U. According to the E.U., Belize, like the other countries, has shortfalls when it […]
A portion of the Philip Goldson Highway within the city’s limit is being rehabilitated. If you are entering Belize City through the north you might have some complaints about the conditions of the highway in the last couple of months. Works between miles three and eight on the highway continue but residents along the highway […]
Government announced today that the Ministry of Natural Resources will be implementing the Partial Remission of Land Tax Arrears Programme which is also known as the Land Tax Amnesty Programme. The programme was passed in the House and Senate in September, but there was debate about who was benefitting and the fact that while government […]
Life at La Inmaculada R.C. Primary School in Orange Walk Town is slowly returning to normal. The school administration had to adjust its class hours as they struggled to deal with the foul smell that emanated from the highly polluted New River in recent weeks. Teachers and students began falling ill and swift action from […]
Five days of meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development in Belize wrapped up today. CARICOM hosted the regional meetings to discuss and plan for trade, agriculture and fisheries related matters. The sessions, led by CARICOM secretariat representatives, as well as ministers of member states, included participation of private sector partners, other policy […]
Another matter that came out of today’s conclusion of the COTED meeting, was the region’s recommendation on how to approach African swine fever. It is a virus that spreads rapidly, is resistant to heat and chemical treatments and it can kill large volumes of domestic pigs. The virus has spread in parts of Asia and […]
Another issue that was discussed and recommendations put forward for the region to monitor is a soil fungi that devastates crops like bananas, plantains and related species. The fungi called the Fusarium T.R.-Four can wipe out fields and can remain active in soils for more than twenty years. Back in the eighties it was detected […]
The U.D.P. Leadership convention is four months away and is to be held in February 2020 at the Civic Center. Deputy Prime Patrick Faber and Minister John Saldivar are the two contenders for leadership; no one else is expected to contest. Both have been campaigning across the country and say they are confident that they […]
The Belize Port Authority held its maritime educational expo today at its headquarters at mile four on the George Price Highway. The event featured speeches, an award ceremony and several booth displays. Students from Belize City were invited to attend to learn about the maritime sector. News Five stopped in at today’s event which commemorates […]
