At least half an hour of the two-hour long press conference this morning was dedicated to Petrocaribe, the controversial project which spawned the controversial Loans Act and Bill. The Opposition has led the charge to declare the government’s use of the funds without approval from the House as illegal…from the very start. Prime Minister Barrow […]
The matter of the illegality is still before the courts, but where the outcry from the Opposition, VIP, church, business sector and unions is concerned, the Prime Minister isn’t at all concerned, and neither is he ambiguous where Petrocaribe is concerned. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “Petrocaribe and its bountiful infrastructural, social assistance and job […]
Amidst all that was said about Petrocaribe this morning, there were only a couple things we hadn’t heard before. One is that those glorious monies will be rolling down south to citrus farmers, and we’ll have more on that later in our newscast. The other is that the Petrocaribe monies from the start of this […]
As we mentioned earlier, Petrocaribe monies will be used to bail out C.P.B.L. It’s not the first time the company is being assisted, so to speak, by government. In fact it happened just last year when U.D.P. insider, Doug Singh, was placed at the helm. But the company is in trouble again, and apparently have […]
The murder count went up by three in the past twenty four hours. In San Pedro a taxi man was killed in his van, while in the city another cabbie succumbed at the K.H.M.H.; he is a casualty of a shooting on Sunday. And on Monday night before eight o’clock twenty nine year old Wayne […]
At eight-twelve on Monday night when the medical officers would pronounce Wayne Rocke dead, they were called to the bedside of fifty-five year old Egbert Hemmans to record his death. Hemmans was admitted in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on Sunday morning when he drove himself to the Emergency Ward after […]
The forty-third murder of the year happened in broad daylight this morning in the San Juan Layout of San Pedro. At around ten this morning, popular taxi-man, forty-two year old Jose Rigoberto Beltran, was found lying in his van off the road, shot once to the back of the head. The grisly execution-style murder has […]
And our question for tonight is: Do you believe that the government should repeal the Petrocaribe Loan Act? 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
Prime Minister Barrow has been away on official business in Miami where he met with representatives from the Bank of America and Carnival Cruise Lines to discuss separate issues pertaining to Belize’s investment and tourism sectors. He returned from his working visit this afternoon and gave the media an impromptu briefing on the outcome of […]
Will the controversial Petrocaribe Loans Act be repealed by May nineteenth? That’s what Leader of the Opposition Francis Fonseca and P.U.P. Deputy Party Leader Julius Espat are anticipating, following an ongoing effort to stimulate social partners into petitioning an abrogation. The Barrow administration, through Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and legal advisor Michael Young, has undertaken […]
During an appearance in the media earlier today, Leader of the Opposition Francis Fonseca said that the stipulations within the Petrocaribe Loans Act were made by PM Barrow in order to avoid charges and court action for criminal wrongdoings. While openly stating that he would not respond to the allegation, PM Barrow says that if […]
Breaking News: Word to News Five is that a man was shot and killed a short while ago on Reggae Street on Southside, Belize City as he was. Police are currently processing the scene of this latest homicide, but News Five understands that the resident of Jane Usher Boulevard while working on a vehicle in […]
From our count, there have been forty murders since the start of the year with April being the deadliest month with sixteen murders. It’s nine more than the same period last year. Between Saturday night and this morning, there were four murders, all in the Belize District. Two men were executed in the city on […]
The first of two murders in the City was a broad daylight shooting on Iguana Street which claimed the life of thirty-one year old Mark Medina and left a fifty-five year old taxi operator fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Egbert Hemmans had taken Medina to a house on Iguana Street […]
The murder of Mark Medina was followed by another in the City where three hours later, thirty-four year old Tyrone Neal was gunned down likely for a small quantity of stolen marijuana. Neal, whose rap sheet is a long one for minor offenses, suspected that someone was out to get him. He moved out of […]
And if three murders in one weekend weren’t bad enough, there was another early this morning…this time at the community of Mahogany Heights near Mile thirty on the George Price Highway. Forty-year old Kevin Flowers was gunned down in a remote area of the community, as he took a shortcut through the bush to reach […]
There are rats at the Western Regional Hospital – a lot of rats – big rats, medium-sized rats and little baby rats – entire rat families. But it’s no laughing matter, because those rats were found in the room where food supplies are stored at the Western Regional Hospital…food supplies which the kitchen, located right […]
Late last week, Treasury Department Second Class Clerk David Enriquez was arrested and charged for three counts of theft. Authorities believe that he diverted half a million dollars into private accounts. It’s a startling bold hustle, and one we found out today was done with the greatest of ease. In fact, Enriquez had already gotten […]
Two persons have been arrested and charged for their roles in a half-a-million dollar Treasury Department scheme. The internal fleecing was brought to light, at least officially, by Prime Minister Dean Barrow last week. And today a very confusing and brief police release announced the arrests of David Enriquez in Belize City, for theft, and […]
This morning, if you passed by the Los Lagos junction, you probably saw a B.D.F. Jeep lying on its side just off the road. That vehicle was in a collision at around six-thirty, and it flipped twice, seriously injuring the female B.D.F. private who was in the passenger seat. Preliminary investigations indicate that a factor […]
Tonight, police are still unable to say whose badly decomposed body floated up into the mangroves near Mile five on the Phillip Goldson Highway. But there is more information emerging as they ask the public to assist in the identification. The discovery was made when a caretaker of a property just past the Haulover Bridge […]
The month of April has been a record month for 2015 when it comes to fires. Across the country, there have been several fires since the start of April, gutting a spiritual temple in Baranco and many other homes of numerous families. While most are still reeling from the disaster, on Thursday in Belize City, […]
Twenty-nine-year-old Kendoll Ottley, a construction worker of Belize City, has been found guilty of burglarizing the home of his ex-girlfriend after their relationship turned sour. He was accused of forcefully entering the residence of Nadine Gordon and in a fit of rage allegedly took a standing fan and threw it at her newborn grandson. That […]
A fisherman of Sarteneja Village is tonight serving a four-year sentence at the Belize Central Prison after old fisheries fines dating back to 2003 caught up with him. Earlier today, forty-eight-year-old Sanasermo Torres pleaded guilty to possession of ninety-five undersized conch but that charge was dismissed by Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. Torres appeared before […]
Almost exactly three months ago, two containers of military-grade ammunition were stolen off the secure, guarded B.D.F. Echelon Base in Lord’s Bank. The ammunition, about two thousand, seven hundred rounds used in M-sixteen and M-four rifles, was stored there by the American military for use in their training exercises. At the time, the then B.D.F. […]
