In February of 2013, six Belize Water Services employees were terminated for redundancy, or at least that was the official company story. Those employees claimed that it was victimization, though, and took the company to Court for wrongful termination. It took more than two and a half years, but today Mark Menzies, Don Gillett, Michael […]
It was a triumphant moment for the six employees who have faced real hardship following and based on their termination from the utility company. Today, they told us that against all odds they stayed the course and can now serve as an example to other employees facing victimization at BWS. Michael Novelo, Former BWS […]
The hierarchy and rank and file of the Belize Police Department were out in force at the Supreme Court this morning. The occasion wasn’t a high profile case, but to show support for one of its own being called to the Bar. It’s an honour earned by very few Police Officers, and Senior Superintendent Chester […]
Williams says that he has no intention to leave the Police Department at this time and plans are in place to recognize his achievement through a promotion and salary adjustment. Sr. Supt. Chester Williams, Called to the Bar “There are still certain things that need to be worked out, as it relates to my […]
While Senior Superintendent Chester Williams was being called to the bar this morning, twenty-three-year-old Ibrahim Smith was being put away behind bars after being sentenced to seven years in prison. In November 2010, a student of Sadie Vernon High School was accidentally shot and killed at home after a man she knew accidentally discharged a […]
The Consumer Price Index for the month of October 2015 has been released by the Statistical Institute of Belize. Those figures, as well as data pertaining to inflation rates by municipality were all made available during an extended press conference this morning. Last month’s records indicate that the prices of goods and services purchased by […]
The External Trade Bulletin for October reflects a three and a half percent increase in goods imported into the country, while domestic exports are down by as much as sixteen percent. Stephanie Vasquez, Statistician, S.I.B. “In January to October of this year, Belize’s imports were valued at one point seven billion dollars, up three […]
What’s next for embattled vice-principal and teacher of Wesley College, Melvin Hewlett? He is accused with drug related charges after he was allegedly caught throwing suspected crack cocaine wrapped in a white paper into the school’s compound. The thirty-five career math teacher has been teaching at the church-state institution for over thirteen years during which […]
Melvin Hewlett is out on seven-thousand-dollar bail bond after appearing before Magistrate Deborah Rogers and pleading not guilty to the charge of drug trafficking. The school board did not wish to speculate on the allegation, but Right Reverend Roosevelt Papouloute says a preliminary meeting has been held with Hewlett. Rt. Rev. Roosevelt Papouloute, President […]
Late this evening, the Ministry of Education issued a statement on the developments with respect to the arrest and charge of Melvin Hewlett for drug trafficking. The ministry cites sections of the Education (Amendment) Rules, 2012 which deals with criminal proceedings. It says that a Managing Authority, in this case the Methodist Board, may start […]
International fugitive David Nanes Schnitzer, alias David Banes, remains at large tonight after skipping a mandatory check-in at the San Pedro Police Substation on Monday. There is no confirmation, but there is reason to believe that he has already left the country. San Pedro police would only say today that they had heard a report […]
Collusion within the various government departments remains a serious issue for the P.U.P. In this case, it has been reported that the signatures on Nanes travel documents were the same ones that appeared on Citizen Kim’s passport, facilitated by former Minister of State Elvin Penner. A motion, according to Senator Lisa Shoman, will be brought […]
In an update to a story we have been following closely since Monday of last week, twenty-two-year-old Analiz Perez Gutierrez, whose infant daughter was removed from her custody by the Department of Human Services, has been granted visitation. The toddler remains in the care of a foster parent while the ongoing custody battle between Perez […]
And tonight’s question is: Do you believe that international fugitive David Nanes should have been charged for fraudulently acquiring Belizean passport and other documents? 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
A pair of Camalote men have been arrested and charged for the execution-style murder of sixteen-year-old Ivan Choc who was mercilessly shot and killed inside his home on November thirteenth in the village. Earlier today, twenty-year-old Damien Bowden of Young Bank area and eighteen-year-old Justin Banner were arraigned for the crime of murder in the […]
Where is international fugitive, David Nanes Schnitzer tonight? He is wanted in his home country of Mexico for his role in defrauding investors of millions of dollars, as much as much as forty-two million U.S. dollars. On Friday, he was granted bail by Justice Denis Hanomansingh when he appeared in Supreme Court. Nanes was being […]
After a relative calm, there were three shootings over the weekend in the city. The first was a brazen daylight shooting on Saturday afternoon on Orange Street near the entrance to Taylor’s Alley. Notorious figure in the criminal underworld, Kenneth Flowers, aka “Big Tom”, was targeted by gunmen who are reportedly affiliates of the Taylor’s […]
Three major sectors in the agriculture industry are in deep trouble. In the shrimp industry, thirty million dollars has been lost due to a bacteria that has infected upwards of fifty percent of the farms. The banana industry also in the south is faring no better as hundreds of workers are losing their jobs as […]
The B.S.C.F.A. held its Annual General Meeting on Sunday where key agenda items included the passage of a resolution to seek an increase in the cost per pound of sugar sold on the local market. According to Alonzo, all efforts are also being made to commence the 2015/2016 crop on time to avoid a recurrence […]
Has former Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega surrendered his precious office space to his successor at G.O.B.’s Cohune Walk Building? News Five has been reliably informed that the erstwhile head of the Lands Department is indeed holding on to his workplace. Since being removed from that ministry, a portfolio Vega has held since 2008, […]
The vice principal and a teacher of Wesley College, thirty-five year old Melvin Newton Hewlett, is in plenty trouble with the law tonight. Last Friday morning, the Gang Suppression Unit was in the area of Yarborough Road when they spotted two men, an alleged drug peddler and another individual who turned out to be the […]
A father and son left their home on Allenby Street, Belize City, for work this morning; two hours later they got a distress call that their house was ablaze as smoke bellowed in the neighborhood. The two storey concrete building is located next to a primary school which had to be evacuated to ensure the […]
Forty-seven year old Mexican- American national David Miguel Nanes Schnitzer is out on bail tonight. Nanes is wanted in Mexico in connection with what is known as a Ponzi scheme in which investors lost forty-two million U.S. dollars. But Nanes has been living in Belize for over two years and was able to acquire a […]
At news time tonight, we can confirm that arrangements are in play to deliver two year old Nina Charlotte Barrera-Perez into the care of foster parents in Orange Walk. It’s been one week since the child was removed from the custody of her mother, Analiz Gutierrez by the Human Services Department, acting on a request […]
There are many questions surrounding the death of an elderly American visitor who lost his life on Tuesday afternoon when he drowned off the coast of Caye Caulker. Sixty-one-year-old Karl Edwin Simmons was discovered floating face down in the Caribbean Sea sometime before one o’clock after reportedly attempting to rescue his wife who suddenly began […]
