The northern part of Belize was on alert for the best part of twenty-four hours due to the approaching Hurricane Rina. Rina has now diminished to a category one storm and we’ll have full coverage of how residents responded to the threat. But first, there was a terrible accident on the Highway during the lunch […]
Turning to the hurricane, there is a sigh of relief tonight. NEMO declared an all clear from Hurricane Rina at four o’clock this afternoon. Throughout the night, Rina remained on a westward path but as it shifted north this morning it also lost strength, gradually reducing to a category one hurricane. At news time, Rina […]
With the threat called off, NEMO is winding down its operations and students are expected back in the classrooms on Thursday. Residents who evacuated from the cayes are also to head back home. NEMO Coordinator, Noreen Fairweather, gave us the update via phone from the Belmopan Headquarters this afternoon. Via Phone: Noreen Fairweather, NEMO Coordinator […]
The threat of Hurricane Rina has been called off but there are many stories that show the preparedness of residents. At San Pedro, the prime tourist destination, residents and visitors took precautions. Those that stayed on the island boarded up their windows and stocked up their pantries, but thousands left the island for high ground. […]
In news from Belmopan, there is a major political move in the United Democratic Party. Word to News Five is that Minister of Defence and Immigration, Carlos Perdomo, is stepping out of the political arena. Perdomo, who is the area rep for Caribbean Shores has had a stormy tenure as a minister. He was stung […]
The owner of Eagle One Hardware at mile four on the Northern Highway was murdered during a brutal robbery on October seventh. Thirty-five year old Wendell Reimer was gunned down after three assailants robbed the business. Reimer lay dead outside his store while the robbers ran onto the highway with the money from the cash […]
The two big stories for today have to do with the ninth amendment, which is now in effect and Hurricane Rina. We’ll have the latest on the hurricane that is moving slowly but closer to Belize, but the ninth amendment to the constitution, which is really the eighth, is now law. Ninety-four days after it […]
Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith, who along with Queen’s Counsel Lord Peter Goldsmith represented Vaughan Gill and Ricardo Castillo, told the media that legal challenge of the passage of the Ninth Amendment has been exhausted. However, if Gill and Castillo wish to proceed with litigation at the Supreme Court level then GOB will have to answer […]
Weeks after the B.D.F. armory was broken into and an arsenal of weapons stolen, no one has been held accountable. So tonight’s question is: Who do you think should be held responsible for the forty-two stolen weapons from the B.D.F. headquarters; the minister, commandant or officers? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones […]
The northern part of the country, stretching from Belize City to the northern border is under hurricane watch and it looks that Rina, a category two hurricane can further strengthen. With winds of up to one hundred and ten miles, and moving at three miles per hour, it can become a hurricane a category three […]
As we said at the top of the newscast, evacuations are taking place from San Pedro and Caye Caulker, bringing residents to the mainland. Residents from the cayes were transferred to Belize City today from where they are heading to higher ground. Most persons we met were calm and glad to get out of harm’s […]
It’s a most unusual, in fact from we know, the first time that the court of appeal was convened over an entire weekend and as early as six o’clock in the morning. It is also a first time that the court is being sought to stop the Governor General from enacting a law. The legal […]
The appeal session was to start at eleven-thirty this morning, but was quickly moved up to eleven o’clock. Senior Counsel Denys Barrow assumed charge of government’s argument before the full Court of Appeal bench. Jules Vasquez “You made the argument in court that now that the full court is convened, the temporary injunction should be […]
At a quarter to six, the attorneys came out of the Court of Appeals. Denys Barrow, the government’s lead attorney on the case said that it all boils down to two p.m. on Tuesday. At that time the court should have made a decision since the injunction expires at four p.m. Denys Barrow, Attorney “The […]
The attorneys for Ricardo Castillo and Vaughan Gill are holding onto what pundits believe is a shoe string before justices Dennis Morrison, Manuel Sosa and Duke Pollard. They faced a tough day in the Court of Appeal, but Godfrey Smith says the case is good for democracy. Godfrey Smith, Attorney “The injunction is in place—that […]
The nationalization of Telemedia has led to the ninth amendment and just when the Government thought the litigation was dying down, another lawsuit has landed at its doorstep. On Friday, whilst the ninth was being debated in the House, Fortis filed a constitutional challenge against the nationalization of Belize Electricity Limited which took place on […]
There’s a hurricane watch in effect tonight from Belize City to the north. At this time, NEMO has declared red one. Tropical Depression number eighteen formed on Sunday afternoon and by the end of the day, it was named Tropical Storm Rina. This afternoon, Rina intensified even further to a category one hurricane and the […]
While the Court of Appeal was hearing submissions on behalf of Vaughan Gill and Ricardo Castillo, in Belmopan the Senate was meeting as scheduled. By midday the Ninth was ratified albeit with a slim majority. Here is how that happened. Two senators did not make it to the Belmopan and a third seat was vacant […]
Just after the four o’clock this afternoon, the ninth Amendment Bill to the constitution, which was touted around the country in a highly politicized road show, came to pass. The governments super majority in the House, all twenty-four voted yah, there were three no’s from the Opposition’s side, and one abstention from Orange Walk East […]
The P.U.P. held a meeting at Independence Hall in Belize City in which it was decided that Fort George Area Representative Said Musa would appear as Leader of the Opposition for today’s House Meeting. But Musa did not receive a majority support from three of the elected parliamentarians and so today there was no Leader […]
The new Leader of the P.U.P. will be Francis Fonseca. Fonseca will be officially installed on October twenty ninth. But the Freetown Area Representative, even though he only had the company of Said Musa and Florencio Marin Junior, rose to give his perspective on the ninth. Unlike the trashing that Barrow eventually gave to Musa, […]
The House meeting could not have concluded without the usual mudslinging. As we said earlier in the newscast, Barrow was kind to Fonseca but saved his trashing for Fort George Area Representative Said Musa and the unaffiliated Marcel Cardona. It was vintage Barrow as he pointed out that the three absent P.U.P. representatives did not […]
In light of the recent burglary at the Belize Defence Force weapon’s store as well as previous incidents where firearms went missing from the B.D.F., we asked viewers if they have confidence in our armed forces to protect our borders. Seventy-five percent of persons who participated in the online poll said no, while twenty-five percent […]
It has been nine days since it was disclosed that forty-two weapons went missing from the Belize Defence Force headquarters at Price Barracks in Ladyville. While it is considered the biggest theft, to date none of the weapons have been recovered from the streets. On Thursday police released the name and picture of ex-BDF soldier […]
The injunction to stop the ninth amendment from becoming law until after a referendum was rejected this morning by the Supreme Court. We’ll tell you more on this later, including a last minute attempt to reverse that ruling. There was also another move to take the bill to a referendum before it is passed and […]
