Belmopan City Council Defends Sale of Hilltop to Chinese Businessman

917 views · Published 14 November 2018 · 5:57 · Indexed 30 September 2026

Channel: Greater Belize Media | GBM · 2018 · News & Politics

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The Hilltop headquarters of the Public Service Union in Belmopan was sold off a month ago unknown to them. The new owner is a Chinese businessman from the north who paid significantly less to the Belmopan City Council than what the property had been assessed for. The Union is fighting back tooth and nail to regain its headquarters. Today, Belmopan’s Mayor Khalid Belisle offered his version of the sale. Belisle claims that P.S.U. was simply not meeting its commitments and that triggered the sale to Xin Ni. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was in Belmopan today and files the following report.

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