There was a fourth person that was granted bail. He is the notorious acupuncturist Kevin Lee, who has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison since November fourteenth on one count of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature. The complainant is a twenty year old woman, who was allegedly a client at his Freetown Road, […]
The Chiquibul forest has turned out to be a lucrative source of income for Guatemalans, who, for over a decade have been carrying on illegal activities. Earlier this week we reported on the logging, xate harvesting and the poaching of the Scarlet Macaw. Tonight, we focus on the settlements established within Belizean territory by Guatemalan […]
There are more movies made in Belize, than you probably know of. They don’t make to the big screen, and the actors are usually not the big names. But location and low costs make Belize an ideal place for B-movies. Dragon Wasp, is one of the latest movies by Sci-Fi that has been produced locally. […]
The Marine Parade monument was inaugurated this morning by the Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya; the councilors mostly stayed away even though the event is one of her last as sitting mayor. The monument stands about twelve feet tall and is a replica of a Mayan site but it is surrounded by canons. Smack in […]
A minor from Dangriga will be spending the Christmas and New Years away from his family but safely behind bars. Because he is underage, the name of the sixteen year old will not be released. He was arrested and charged earlier today for the crime of murder, after he fatally stabbed twenty-one year old Randy […]
Three men are expected to be arraigned on Wednesday for the murder of Nigerian national, forty year old Abayomi Olatunji. Olatunji, who was employed by J & B Security Firm, was viciously stabbed fifteen times and his body was dumped in a feeder road at mile three on the Western Highway, where it was discovered […]
The forty thousand dollar Christmas assistance program; who really is benefiting? In an interview with the media last Friday, following the Sitting of the House, Prime Minister Barrow confirmed that his administration launched the Christmas Assistance Program for disadvantaged families during this holiday season. The PM said that area representatives are being granted up to […]
The Scarlet Macaw may arguably be the most magnificent bird of the parrot family. They live in higher elevations and riparian forests, where they form their habitat in tall deciduous trees and lay about two to three eggs for the year. Only a small population of the endangered species remains in Belize. In the Chiquibul, […]
Tonight’s question is: Are you better off this Christmas, than in previous years? 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 questions@channel5belize.com.
It’s the countdown for Christmas and murders aren’t letting up. The latest took place in Dangriga over the weekend where Randy Vasquez lost his life when he tried to break up a fight involving one of his friends and a minor. The area is a known hotspot where many at risk youths hang out and […]
The Urbinas, Rosendo Junior and his wife Becky, along with a domestic, were assaulted by armed masked men as they were exiting their secluded estate in Honey Camp on the evening of December fourth. The extended family, including Rosendo Senior, the current United Democratic Party standard bearer for Orange Walk South, took flight to the […]
The Chiquibul Forest in the west has come under sustained plunder. We’ve seen the images of the illegal logging taking place and tonight, we’ll look at the lucrative xate trade. Xate are leaves from three Chamaedorea palm species. The palms grow naturally, in abundance and are harvested in the forests of Belize, Mexico, and Guatemala. […]
Five teachers and five students were involved in an accident on December fifteenth. The students were going to join over ninety others on a excursion to a new planetarium that recently opened in Chetumal as part of a program called Best Students. The van that the students and teachers were travelling in did not get […]
The Ministry of Education’s Belize City Office was burglarized over the weekend and the culprits managed to escape with thirteen thousand dollars in electronic devices and equipment; all property of the Government of Belize. And while two of the three suspects managed to escape, police nabbed nineteen year old Frank Trapp, who lives three blocks […]
Two men, who were convicted of Attempted Murder on December twelfth, were back in the Northern Session of the Supreme Court today for sentencing. But only one of them is in prison tonight after a decision by Justice Denis Hanomansingh. Darwin Diaz was sentenced to twelve years in prison, while Wilbert Cuellar was discharged by […]
The House of Representatives met in Belmopan this morning; two bills were introduced and passed, but we will have more on that later. The sitting ended by midday and we were gratefully spared of the usual theatrics. Outside the House, the Prime Minister fielded questions on a wide range of issues. In our newscast on […]
The overabundance of local currency will predictably have an adverse effect on the availability of foreign exchange, particularly U.S. dollars. The Central Bank of Belize which is the supervisory body for commercial economic activity is expected to regulate says the prime minister. Dean Barrow “I have signaled long before this last time that I believe […]
When will elections be called? There’s a guessing game that the next General Elections will be early and that Belizeans will be going to the polls long before the term of government expires in 2013. While the precise date of the big dance is always a surprise, the Prime Minister gave somewhat of an indication […]
The state of affairs within the beleaguered rice industry remains a hot button issue for farmers across the country who continue to suffer major financial losses on excess tonnage of grain presently held in storage around Blue Creek. At least one producer, Uncle John’s Rice, has been forced into closure. At the center of the […]
In the south, over a thousand five hundred rice growers are similarly irate because of a delay in final payment for their crop which was due on Thursday. According to Dennis Usher, chairman of the Toledo Rice, Beans & Corn Production Association, the Ministry of Agriculture and the BMDC have failed to live up to […]
You’ve heard the Prime Minister say that you can expect general elections by the end of 2012. But on Tuesday we asked our viewers if they would vote for the current government if the election was held before its term expired in 2013. The results show that fifty-six percent of participants in our online poll […]
On Thursday night, the government-owned Belize Telemedia Limited held its annual general meeting; its chairman Net Vasquez declared dividends of fifteen million dollars. That translates roughly into thirteen million dollars that government will be earning on the seventy percent shares it holds. As we reported Thursday night, however, industry analysts say that the financials are […]
We start tonight’s newscast with a story on the economy. It is safe to say that at this of the year consumers traditionally spend more. But for months commercial banks are turning down fixed deposits because requests for loans have gone down considerably. The local banks fear that they will have to pay interest on […]
In the past month we have reported on turmoil within the rice industry in the north. The soaring cost of local production and the lack of demand on the domestic market have driven several producers, including Uncle John’s Rice, to close their doors permanently. But while grain growers in Blue Creek are suffering from poor […]
The future of the Belize Math Olympiad is still hanging in the balance tonight. We reported on Wednesday that the Social Security Board’s decision to change the requirements of entry into the competition was turned down by the Belize Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (BAPSS). In October, S.S.B. informed BAPSS that students in first […]
