Apr 14, 2021
Belmopan City Council Faces Evection from City Hall
As extraordinary as it sounds, the Belmopan City Council is facing possible eviction from the Belmopan City Hall, and all three additional City Council structures on the property. News Five’s Paul Lopez has more on this dramatic turn of events.
Paul Lopez, Reporting
News Five has learnt that the National Bank of Belize has been granted First Legal Charge of the Belmopan City Hall and three parcels of land in the City of Belmopan, as a part of a one point five million dollars loan agreement with the Belmopan City Council. The agreement was drafted pre-COVID, on January twentieth, 2020 and signed by the former City Council Administration on February fourteenth of 2020. Former City Council Mayor, Khalid Belisle and all six of his former councilors signed onto the agreement. According to the paperwork obtained by News Five, the one point five million-dollar loan at a nine percent annual interest rate