Public consultation on the proposed Stake Bank and North Drowned Caye development projects, multi-million dollar tourism endeavors to be undertaken by the Feinstein Group, was held on Wednesday in Belize City. Since the meeting a number of private citizens and environmental organizations have raised concerns about the physical impact such an initiative would have on […]
Earlier in the week, we told you about Puerto Azul, a project proposed by an Italian group that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. It would be more massive in comparison to the Norwegian Cruise Line Project or the Stake Bank Project that are both currently being dismissed by environmentalists and tourism industry stakeholders […]
There is an astonishing turn of events to report tonight following the charges that were dropped against Minister of State with Responsibility for Gangs, Mark King. The charges of Aggravated Assault, Threatening Words and Disorderly Conduct which were levied against King after a brawl outside a casino in Corozal were dismissed by Magistrate Clive Lino […]
Whylie promised an investigation and swift action…and he has delivered. Tonight, police officer Nelson Ramos is on interdiction and is facing disciplinary action by a tribunal of his peers. The matter has been adjourned until Wednesday, June twenty sixth and northern regional commander, Senior Superintendent Joseph Myvette has been assigned to adjudicate the case. The […]
As mentioned earlier, all eyes were on the case against Minister King and it came as no shock that he would be politically unscathed from the incident. Another attorney felt compelled to weigh his thoughts on the case. Arthur Saldivar told News Five that the whole ordeal stinks of collusion. He says that it is […]
The incident involving King occurred at a casino at Belize’s border with Mexico. While casinos in the Commercial Free Zone have little environmental impact, proposals for large scale development in the country has been emphasized by ambitious hotels, marinas, casinos and airports. Recently, there was a unified no and successful rejection of Norwegian Cruise Line’s […]
Stake Bank is not the only island in Belize surrounded by controversy. Viewers will recall that when we last heard from Government about the plan by Norwegian Cruise Line, cabinet had rejected their proposed cruise port for Crawl Caye, but then suggested that they find another location more suitable. So said, so done…and within days, […]
It’s difficult for NGO’s to stand up to large scale developers, so imagine what it’s like for one businessman to face the Gang Suppression Unit in Court, for attempted murder. It was daunting but Mike Menjivar was involved with a shootout in May 2011 at his home with members of the GSU. Menjivar spent some […]
Menjivar’s month long stint behind bars was without incident. However, two inmates at the Belize Central Prison have been treated and released after they were stabbed during altercations at the facility. On Monday, Domingo Chiquin, who is serving five years for robbery, was stabbed in the upper back in Tango three. He was taken to […]
Minister of State with responsibility for gangs Mark King may be a free man since the charges of aggravated assault, threatening words and disorderly conduct were dropped after the police officer involved in the matter decided not to press charges. One other officer could not identify the Minister of State either. The charges stemmed from […]
Whylie also commented on the Noh Mul charges…or rather lack of charges, since nobody has been held criminally liable for the destruction of the Mayan mound in northern Belize. Our information is that the investigating officer has been diligently collecting evidence on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Today, the ComPol says that […]
Recently, the environmental community as well as the Belize Tourism Industry Association and the Association of Protected Areas Management Organization have been united in their objection to a proposed cruise terminal and development near the Placencia Peninsula. While the Norwegian Cruise Line’s hundred million dollar project is looking for another home, there is yet another […]
The Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize (FECTAB) is once again up in arms over what it claims is unremitting preferential treatment being afforded to Chukka Tours. The Florida Caribbean Cruise Association and the Belize Tourism Board are currently hosting a five-day cruise conference organized by the Platinum Association Membership Advisory Council (PAMAC) in […]
According to Director of Tourism Laura Esquivel-Frampton, the tours being offered by Chukka are all free of charge since a select committee, which includes B.T.B., requested assistance from local members of the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association. Esquivel-Frampton says that FECTAB knew about the conference because its president made an inquiry with them. Laura Esquivel-Frampton, […]
The top brass of the Belize Police Department converged at the Police Training Academy as ComPol Allen Whylie presented the latest crime statistics for 2013 up to the end of May. Major crime, particularly murders have decreased since the start of the year. Mike Rudon reports on the department’s initiatives that appear to have limited […]
Tropical Depression number two which made landfall on Belize on Monday afternoon has resulted in significant rainfall all across the country. But today all eyes were on the flood prone areas of Dangriga and surrounding communities. Because the path of TD2 was south of the country, the coastal and low lying areas that are already […]
Though the projected path was over Monkey River, the sheer width of the cloud cover reached the former capital, Belize City. The City is also experiencing flooding in the aftermath of Tropical Depression Two. The major problem associated with the downpour is the lack of drainage. Overnight, streets that have been recently cemented with proceeds […]
Life for residents of southern Belize, who sought refuge at various shelters during the overnight passage of Tropical Depression Two, resumes normalcy, as the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) reports that most of those people are back at home. At two o’clock this afternoon, TD2 was heading west-north-west away from Belize at approximately ten miles […]
NEMO keeps close contact with the Meteorology Department that is stationed at the Philip Goldson International Airport. An hour after the NEMO advisory, the MET Office indicated that at three p.m., tropical depression number two was located near latitude eighteen point three-eight north and longitude ninety-one point nine west; that is essentially at the Bay […]
And much further north, the remnants of a political storm had expectedly fizzled. There was no need for a forecaster to predict that Minister of State Mark King would be free of charges levied against him earlier this year. In the Corozal Magistrate Court this morning, charges of aggravated assault, threatening words and disorderly conduct […]
And tonight’s question is: Do you have confidence in the health system because the Minister of Health won the village council elections? Yes or No. 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 […]
A young man who had turned his life around was shot and killed on Monday night. Until he was murdered, Delone Vernon was an employee of Youth for the Future. On Monday night, he was at his Sibun Street house with his in-laws when the gunman burst inside and unleashed several gunshots which caught Vernon […]
A Belizean also lost his life to violence in the United States. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the murder of a Belizean American inside his home on Sunday. Two months after visiting relatives in Belize, thirty-eight year old Gregory Bennett also known as Gregory Scott was killed. Bennett was shot three times in […]
Forecasters predict an active hurricane season with eighteen storms of which nine are expected to develop into major hurricanes. And so it is that two weeks into June, the first tropical depression for this season to affect Belize has been causing heavy rains in the south and the rest of the country. While it first […]
The depression has affected schools in the southern, central and western districts while in Cayo District, students were sent home at three p.m. The northern districts, however, have been sparred and classes continued as scheduled. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a report on the schools. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The downpour of Tropical Depression Two […]
