Armed robbers carried out a brazen robbery this afternoon around three o’clock; as many as five men, including a minor, pounced on the Belama Branch of the Scotia Bank. At the time, customers were still inside the bank conducting businesses. The investigation is in the early stage, but police have been able to provide some […]
As you heard just now, cops were quick to respond and nab the culprits in the robbery at the Scotia Bank Branch on the George Price Highway. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams praised the officers’ good work. But we asked Williams what can business owners do to avoid becoming targets of robbers. The ComPol […]
The purchase of Scotiabank Belize by Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited, the parent company of the Belize Bank, awaits regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Belize. The initial announcement was made on June twenty-second by Governor Joy Grant in a recorded statement acknowledging that the transaction is commercial in nature between two private companies and […]
The Central Bank is an autonomous body assigned to regulate the financial sector. A majority of its board, however, is made up of members who are appointed by the Minister of Finance, who is also the prime minister. While PM Barrow is on record stating that government cannot meddle in the affairs of the regulator, […]
Last Friday, PM Barrow preempted the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice by publicly stating that government won’t and can’t pay any damages awarded to Belize International Services Limited in respect of the 2013 ship registries takeover. As it turns out, the C.C.J. has in fact ruled that the acquisition of the companies were […]
The road ahead for B.I.S.L. to collect on the damages is uncertain as it will entail another round of litigation once a quantum is settled at the Supreme Court. According to PM Barrow, an appeal of that decision is imminent on either side and whenever the C.C.J. has presided over the matter in the appellate […]
The government owes Lord Michael Ashcroft and his various companies as much as two hundred and fifty million dollars, including the mounting debt from Universal Health Services, as well as pending damages from the recent B.I.S.L. judgment. In 2016, government settled the then outstanding B.T.L. compensation for over five hundred million dollars. Altogether, the Barrow […]
The prime minister’s no-decision view on an oral judgment handed down by former Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin has raised several eyebrows, particularly those in legal circles who argue that the verdict against the Minister of Finance for flouting the Finance and Audit Reform Act is valid despite though it was in oral form. While precedence […]
Police are investigating the case of a man who was shot dead in rural Belize. The report is that it started out as a case of domestic dispute between a husband and wife. But the husband, the alleged aggressor, was armed with a machete and was outside of his in-law’s property after his wife had […]
As you heard in that story, Roy Gabourel is dead and his brother-in-law, Dylon Flowers is detained for the fatal shooting. This all happened minutes after Gabourel allegedly hit his wife Denise Gabourel with a machete and threatened to kill her. You just heard family members share what they know about the incident. Here is […]
Former Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley told News Five today that there is no long-standing agreement between the Belize City Council and Chon Saan Palace. Bradley responded to an interview that the owner of Chon Saan Palace and the U.D.P.’s Standard Bearer for Caribbean Shores Lee Mark Chang gave to News Five earlier in the week. […]
According to Darrell Bradley, the timing during which Lee Mark Chang is attempted to collect a four-year-old debt is interesting, especially since it is two weeks before the U.D.P. leadership race. Chang is a close ally of Minister Patrick Faber who wants to succeed Dean Barrow as the party’s leader. Bradley also had that aspiration […]
The second leadership convention in five months to determine who will succeed Dean Barrow as the leader of the United Democratic Party is less than two weeks away. On July twelfth, at the ITVET Compound in Belize City, some five hundred and sixty delegates, similar to February ninth, will vote again on who will become […]
News Five also asked Chairman Michael Peyrefitte for his take as to why John Saldivar was being permitted to run again for the leadership, having given the party a black eye with the Lev Dermen scandal. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P. “We have to look at it objectively. Minister Saldivar has not been accused of […]
The application process will run for a period of twenty-one days beginning in August. There are specific conditions to qualify for assistance, including the use of those monies to cover the salaries of employees. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “The two million dollars that would be disbursed by way of grants to the micro, small […]
A second cop is named and charged in the fraudulent gun documents at the Belmopan Police Headquarters. He is Corporal Donald Pinelo and he was slapped with six counts of forgery when he appeared in court today in Belmopan. He too was released on bail. Pinelo is the second cop to be name in the […]
Today Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also fielded question about the RTA involving P.U.P. standard bearer Oscar Mira. Williams noted that the cop in question will be facing some charges, but he also made it clear that Mira could be liable. ComPol Williams also told the press that his office is not targeting Mira because […]
The Mexican man who ran out of the quarantine facility in Orange Walk Town has been captured. Twenty-six-year-old Francisco Hernandez was captured on a feeder road between the villages of San Antonio and Santa Cruz, a few miles away from the border with Mexico. Hernandez escaped this morning from the Multi-Purpose Complex. He did so […]
Border jumpers remain a constant challenge for law enforcers patrolling the porous borders. These border jumpers put the health of Belizeans at risk and, according to Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero; they might become the source of a community spread of the novel coronavirus. Several have escaped from quarantine facilities around the country […]
The national university is facing deep financial woes and things are in a state of flux. Today, President Clement Sankat of the University of Belize met with the university’s Board of Trustees as it relates to the university’s financial exigency. To cut costs, UB is proposing cuts in salaries and programmes which will end with […]
News Five is also in receipt of a letter dated July first from the Ministry of Education to President Sankat which is causing consternation to the Union. The letter speaks to the term of office of the faculty representative of the Board of Trustees stating that her appointment ended on February twenty-eighth, 2020. The letter, […]
