Psu Says Chief Pharmacist Has Been Victimized By Health C.e.o.
Sharon AndersonThe pharmacy dispute surrounding the appointment of a Minister’s daughter remains on centre stage. Danini Contreras is the daughter of U.D.P. Minister Erwin Contreras. Contreras, who is...
View ArticleLand Dispute Between Bws And Cet In San Ignacio
There is growing discontent in San Ignacio tonight over one acre of land. The land is a portion of a five acre plot on which the Center for Employment Training sits. The institution doesn’t own the...
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View ArticleMother’S Day Cheer For U.d.p. Area Reps.
<p><span style="font-size:13px;">News Five can confirm tonight that seventeen U.D.P. representatives have received fifty thousand Belize dollars each for Mother’s Day programs and...
View ArticleActing Solgen Charts The Way Forward
Nigel HawkeFollowing the CCJ’s decision, Acting Solicitor General Nigel Hawke told the media that the legal victory for Tomlinson is simply the beginning of what will be a protracted argument from all...
View ArticleCcj Rules That Gay Activist Can Challenge The Immigration Act Of Belize
A reserved judgment was handed down today via teleconference in the case of gay activist Maurice Tomlinson. The Caribbean Court of Justice which is the highest judicial institution for three CARICOM...
View ArticleProcurement Manager Caught By The Mouth; His Email Circulated About Chief...
The decision to allow three other persons, including Danini Contreras, to approve Customs entries of pharmaceuticals was made on the strength of one email. That email was circulated on April eleventh...
View ArticleThe Embattled Health C.e.o. Goes On The Offensive
Sharon AndersonAfter weeks of sustained fire by the Pharmacists’ Association of Belize, the Ministry of Health called a press conference this morning to allow C.E.O. Peter Allen to answer serious...
View ArticleA Brazen And Daring Robbery At Scotiabank In Belmopan
A brazen, mid-morning robbery took place at the Scotiabank Branch in Belmopan when numerous customers were conducting business. It happened like this. The robber, who is well known to the law, stood...
View ArticleHealth Minister Says He Is Not Expected To Micromanage Hospitals
Pablo MarinAt a press conference hosted by the Ministry of Health last Friday, media personnel were informed that each media house could ask only two questions. Calling a press conference to show how...
View Article3 Honduran Nationals Rescued At Sea
Three Honduran men set out to sea last Tuesday heading to Placencia but they never got to their intended destination. Their vessel apparently experienced mechanical problems and the trio drifted for...
View ArticlePg Woman Is Murdered On Mother’S Day
Janice VargasAs women celebrated Mother’s Day, the life of a twenty-eight year old mother was viciously taken in the presence of her two year old daughter. It was a callous crime because Janice Vargas,...
View ArticleFinal Report From Auditor-General On Immigration Department Still Pending
Candelaria SaldivarThe Auditor-General’s department has been inside the Immigration Department since October 2013, allegedly to get to the bottom of the corruption. While the public remained unaware, a...
View ArticleGodwin Hulse Comments On Police Investigation Into Immigration Department
Apart from a private prosecution of Elvin Penner by COLA, the disgraced former Minister of State Elvin Penner has escaped all scrutiny. The COLA case has been negatively impacted by what seems to be...
View ArticleHas The Passport Issued To Won Hong Kim Been Cancelled?
Today, Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse was corralled by the media and subjected to a grilling usually reserved for Prime Minister Dean Barrow. We have it all, but first the passport which was...
View ArticleNew Us Ambassador To Belize Approved By Us Senate
Charge d'affairs Margaret Hawthorne is still holding over as the top official at the US Embassy. That's because the new ambassador designate Carlos Moreno was nominated in the middle of last year...
View ArticleChristian Ebanks Is Charged For Firearm Offenses, But Is He Wanted In Ecuador?
Christian EbanksIs thirty-nine year old naturalized Belizean Christian Ebanks also Floyd Wendel Ebanks Jurado, one of Ecuador’s most wanted fugitives? That’s the million dollar question, and tonight...
View ArticleGovernment Retains Control Of Utility Companies
Eamon CourtenayThe Court of Appeal also ruled interestingly on the Eighth Amendment. Respective counsels did not delve into the details of the judgment, and that is fair since neither has had time to...
View ArticleCourt Of Appeal Decides Who Owns B.t.l. And B.e.l.
A small crowd packed into the Court of Appeal this afternoon at two o’clock to hear the long anticipated judgment of the Court of Appeal in the cases involving the nationalization of Telemedia and...
View ArticleMinister Santi Speaks On $50,000 Mother’S Day Cheer
Santino CastilloJust before Mother’s Day, the Ministry of Finance gave seventeen U.D.P. Area Representatives eight hundred and fifty-thousand dollars. Those Area Representatives then handed out fifty...
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