In the wake of government’s acquisition of public utilities, U.S. based financial services company Standard & Poor’s downgraded Belize’s credit rating from a B to B minus in early August. But the outlook for Belize’s financial future was stable until this week, when S&P downgraded it to a negative and confirmed that the country’s rating […]
P.M. Barrow returned to the country on Sunday from Miami where his wife, Kim Simplis Barrow, is receiving treatment for stage three breast cancer. Simplis Barrow is scheduled to undergo a mastectomy having had two tumors detected in her left breast. P.M. Barrow says he will be out of the country more frequently in the […]
US Capital Energy has been conducting seismic testing in a national park in the south. Several NGOs have voiced their opposition to the licensed granted to the company for testing in the Sarstoon Temash National Park. Recently, testing resumed and the Belize Institute of Environmental Law and Policy, BELPO and the Association of Protected Areas […]
Twenty-seven year old Kevin Lara, a radio Disc Jockey who is known by the nickname DJ Motion, was charged along with three others for burglary and handling stolen goods that were from the house of Kevin Morris and the business of Leon Fulgham. The incident allegedly happened on November ninth, and the disc jockey and […]
Inside the Courtroom of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Lungole Awich, family members, including Ann Marie, the wife of Rhett Fuller, waited tensely for what appeared to be the last chance for freedom for the wanted man. There have been hearings as far as the Privy Council and more recently before the Foreign Minister, to stop […]
Twenty year old Guatemalan illegal logger, Evelio Adelso Romero will be spending more time on this side of the border. Romero was detained over the past weekend by Friends of Conservation rangers, B.D.F. and Police who found him armed and logging illegally in the Chiquibul National Park. Earlier today he was taken to the San […]
While one illegal logger is safely behind bars, there is another report of unease along the Belize/Guatemala border. Residents of southern Belize told News Five earlier today that the Jalacte border is closed. It is an area where cross border trading is brisk between Belizeans and Guatemalans. The closure follows an incident that reportedly took […]
There’s bleak news to report on the financial front. Belize’s foreign currency credit score was downgraded by Standard and Poor’s in early August following government’s acquisition of the Belize Electricity Limited. The country’s credit rating went down from a B to a B minus because, according to S&P, the nationalization added to the country’s fiscal […]
Tonight’s question is: Would you support legislation to enable same sex marriage? 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 Canadian, who is a retired investor residing in the Cayo District was detained at the Western border and threatened with arrest by Immigration officials on Monday as he returned to the Jewel. The allegation is that no explanation was offered and the retiree’s passport was seized by immigration officials. Despite numerous requests for the […]
The debate is heating up on a legal challenge on homosexuality. In two weeks litigation in a novel case brought against the Attorney General’s Office by Caleb Orozco and the United Belize Advocacy Movement, UNIBAM, to decriminalize homosexuality is set to begin in the Supreme Court. Represented by a team of prominent lawyers, including senior […]
While the revelry was taking place down south in celebration of Garifuna Settlement Day, in the west a teenager lost his life in a dangerous stretch along the border. The victim is sixteen year old Esvin Ernesto Reyes who along with his father Estevan and mother Teresa set out along the Mopan River heading to […]
Up north another murder has been reported. A resident of the San Victor Village in the Corozal District was killed during a hit and run incident last Thursday. The driver of the vehicle has been charged with murder rather than manslaughter. According to police reports, the death was the result of an argument between two […]
Illegal logging activities continue unabated in the Chiquibul. This past Friday, the Chiquibul Joint Enforcement Unit, comprising of Friends of Conservation and Development rangers, B.D.F. and police personnel, surprised a group of loggers well inside Belizean territory in what is called the zone of influence. According to FCD which co-manages the area the group of […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow returned to the country on Sunday. The PM was in Miami where his wife, Kim Simplis Barrow is receiving treatment for breast cancer. Simplis Barrow was diagnosed with stage three cancer two weeks ago. She has been hospitalized at the Baptist Hospital where she has received a first round of chemotherapy […]
In Dangriga this morning a police officer was stabbed while on duty. The incident happened at the station and the accused is the ex-common-law of Delia Hyde. Kent McKenzie also known as “Ninja Mac” reportedly walked into the station armed and inflicted the stab wounds on Hyde who is hospitalized in the Southern Regional Hospital. […]
Aside from the murders in the West and north, there is another heinous crime to report this time in the south. A twenty-four year old domestic of San Pedro Columbia Village, Toledo, claims that her boss raped her on three different occasions. She has just reported the incident which allegedly happened on three consecutive days; […]
P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca called his first meeting of the national executive this morning at Independence Hall. The main agenda item was the configuration of his new executive. Fonseca asked the executive to authorize him to make pertinent changes. He then presented a proposal of how he wanted the new executive to look. With the […]
In 2003, Jerome Flores was working setting up cables when he fell off a forty feet post that almost claimed his life. Flores was lucky enough to survive the dangerous fall, but he was paralyzed and left without the use of his legs. Flores never gave up hope and today he remains an inspiration to […]
On Tuesday we asked our viewers for their thoughts on the ongoing exploitation of national parks. The question was on why government acts powerless in the plunder of our national parks. One; lack of resources? Two; no political will? Three; Involvement of highly connected figures? The viewers responded in this way: forty three percent polled […]
And in reference to our top story on the People’s United Party, News Five has just confirmed that Sidney Campbell has declined the post of treasurer in the PUP.
You have heard about an arsenal of weapons that went missing from the B.D.F. and earlier this week eight pieces of priceless silverware went missing from the national collection at the House of Culture. Well tonight there is another story to report of a missing item. It is not as grand as the arsenal or […]
It’s common to hear of office workers moonlighting as musicians. But have you ever heard of the radio DJ who was a burglar in his spare time? Well, twenty-seven year old More FM Disc Jockey “DJ Motion” whose real name is Kevin Lara, along with a seventeen-year-old Disc Jockey, thirty-year old Ronald Michael and twenty […]
The high season in tourism is kicking in just as the figures for the third quarter are being released. The industry is one of the top income earners so the numbers are closely watched. The stats show that for the period July to September, there was a small increase in arrivals and overnight stays. Cruise […]
There has been a spate of sexual abuses on minors and in court today a convicted sex offender was committed today to stand trial. Forty-three year old, Lee Henkis will face trial for committing an unnatural crime at the January sitting of the Supreme Court. He is charged for committing an unnatural crime and grievous […]
