The way forward for Paumen, Modiri and Dark Night caves seems fraught with obstacles, even with the judgment handed down in the Supreme Court today. Modiri claims that in an ideal scenario, access to the caves would be opened up to local tour operators so that one man doesn’t make all the money. It sounds […]
Fifty-nine-year-old Julia Arana, a domestic of Trial Farm Village, remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Friday night. The 2007 Toyota Hilux that knocked down Arana was driven at the time by Orange Walk South Area Representative Jose Abelardo Mai. According to Mai, he was driving along […]
In the wake of the unfortunate incident, there has been talk that Arana may have attempted to take her own life by stepping into the path of the moving vehicle. Her son flatly dispelled those rumors today. Nissan Arana, Son of Accident Victim “Up to now, well I noh gaan myself personally fu gaan […]
Is the national university, the University of Belize, in complete academic disarray where students go through programs without learning anything, but still getting straight A’s? Former lecturer Marcio Augusto has written a scathing article that was published in today’s edition of the Amandala Newspaper which he makes that assertion. In the editorial, the Portuguese professor […]
And our question of tonight is: Do you believe Pastor Scott Stirm should apologize properly to the Garifuna community? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com
The curfew for minors is a topic that is being hotly debated across the land. ACP Chester Williams believes that it is the answer to keeping minors away from urban crime and gang activity. But in many sectors, it is out rightly rejected because it is in contravention to the rights of the child and […]
On Holy Saturday, B.D.F. Staff Sergeant Richard Lambey was shot as he led a patrol to a water source near Valentin Camp in the Chiquibul. After undergoing treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, he was released and is recovering at his home in Punta Gorda. But five days after the shooting, a confidential report […]
The last time News Five travelled to the small community of Selena in the Cayo District, it was to cover the gruesome murder of Canadian producer Matthiew Klinck. Tonight, one man is dead and another is clinging to life after a brutal chopping in Selena, and police are hunting for two suspected murders. Preliminary investigations […]
Trial Farm resident Julia Arana remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after she was hit on Saturday night by Orange Walk South area representative Jose Abelardo Mai. Arana received injuries to the head and is in an induced coma. Mai has been served with a notice of intended prosecution. The accident happened near […]
Julia Arana is the mother of well-known cyclist Nissan Arana. News Five spoke with him by phone this evening and he told us that he does not know much about the incident since he was not present at the time of the accident, nor has he had an opportunity to speak with Mai or Orange […]
Debate continues to rage over remarks made by Evangelist Pastor Scott Stirm eight months ago comparing the Garifuna dugu ceremony to witchcraft. Scott has issued a light-hearted apology which has been flatly rejected by the National Garifuna Council. But last week, the National Evangelical Association of Belize came out in full support of Stirm at […]
Appalling remarks made by Pastor Scott Stirm during his testimonial abroad continue to reverberate across the Garifuna community, in Belize and in the Diaspora. While he has been candid in his convictions, as well as his perspective on the Dugu ceremony, Stirm’s description of the sacred ritual as witchcraft has raised the ire of many, […]
Details are extremely sketchy and law enforcement authorities aren’t talking officially, but News Five has been able to confirm that at least eleven illegal immigrants were detained on Saturday night in Benque Viejo Del Carmen. Sources tell us that the intelligence-driven operation led Police to the home of an elderly man where they found the […]
The government has not said much concerning the shooting of Staff Sergeant Richard Lambey that took place in the Chiquibul on Holy Saturday, but tonight, News Five has received further details on the report made by the B.D.F. to the Ministry of National Security. That report is dated March thirty-first, 2016. According to the B.D.F., […]
Tonight, Pastor Scott Stirm remains in the eye of a storm for disparaging comments he made that have enraged the Garifuna community and other sectors. Stirm is well-known as a vocal and passionate advocate on a number of issues, including his stance against same sex relationships. This time, however, he’s seemingly taken aim at Garifuna […]
Today, the association held a press conference to clarify those statements, saying that it is not against the Garifuna culture or its people, but against the spiritual practices and beliefs of the Garinagu. Now the dugu, a world renowned spiritual practice of the Garifuna people, to honor the spirit of their loved ones who have […]
On March thirtieth, Stirm issued a release as a reaction to a letter from the National Garifuna Council. In his response, Stirm says that the video was manipulatively edited and posted on social media to discredit his character due to his strong stance that he and other church leaders have taken against moral and social […]
For the past two weeks, the National Assembly has been occupied with the annual budget which came into effect today. The fiscal plan has been presented and carefully taken apart in the House of Representatives and the Senate. But, while all attention was focused on the Revenue Appropriation Bill, less emphasis was seemingly placed on […]
The purpose of the proposed pieces of law is unclear since Minister Hulse has full powers. Courtenay surmises, however, that it may be one of two reasons: either to give rise to a junior minister with special powers or to create one minister of state with extraordinary capabilities. Eamon Courtenay, Opposition Senator “I said […]
Investigations continue into a fatal traffic accident in which Dean Dawson was hit and killed by the highly connected Director of the Press Officer, Dorian Pakeman who was heading from Orange Walk to Ladyville at around eleven-thirty on Wednesday. Pakeman maintains he has been working closely with the police to bring closure to the tragedy. […]
A mechanic was killed just before midnight on the stretch of highway that traverses the village of Biscayne on the Philip Goldson Highway. The mechanic and resident of Gardenia is a former employee with the National Fire Service; Dean Dawson was riding his bicycle when he was hit by a government pick-up truck driven by […]
There is a firestorm building over controversial remarks made by Evangelical Pastor Scott Stirm. Tonight, the Garifuna community has come out strongly over recent remarks made by Stirm in reference to their spirituality. The firebrand evangelist appeared before an international congregation where he spoke undesirably about the spiritual practices of the Garifuna people, particularly about […]
Well-known Belizean historian and Garifuna activist Sebastian Cayetano has also weighed in on the controversy. While expressing disappointment, Cayetano also makes a striking observation in respect of the gradual breakdown of certain aspects of the Maya culture. Sebastian Cayetano, Garifuna Activist “I am particularly disappointed by the statement because we Garinagu we believe in […]
On Saturday, Staff Sergeant Richard Lambey was shot on the hand and abdomen while he was on duty at Camp Valentin in the Chiquibul. Lambey was assaulted by a group of men, believed to be from the community of La Rejoya, Guatemala. He was at a routine water supply and administration task when he and […]
The national culture policy took five years to formulate. It was launched today at the Biltmore Plaza at an event attended by stakeholders from across the country. At the centre of the policy is the diversity of the Belizean ethnicity and how their values and richness will propel their economic development. But on the heels […]
