An early morning fire has left one man without a roof over his head and his sibling without his main source of income. The two men lost everything when the blaze devoured the two-storey building on Caesar Ridge Road. The brothers are turning to the public for assistance. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports. Andrea Polanco, […]
The Council of Churches has played a major role in the government’s removal of certain ouster clauses that bars access to the courts in the proposed ninth amendment. But the Bar Association of Belize, another powerful group, is maintaining its position against the ninth. In a release today, the Bar recognizes the Church’s efforts, but […]
Another group that came out today against the ninth, is the northern rural branch of the Belize National Teachers Union. The union, in its entirety, discussed the revised ninth amendment at a consultation in Belmopan on Wednesday. While it deferred its official position until October, the Corozal Rural Branch of the union is saying a […]
For the B.T.L. Employees Trust, the dangers in the ninth concern the issue of parliamentary supremacy. The Trust has written to Canon Leroy Flowers as president of the Council of Churches which earlier this week expressed support for the Bill. The trust applauds what it calls the churches’ significant achievement in blunting the edge of […]
Earlier this week we reported on the most recent armed confrontation between members of the Belize Defence Force on routine border patrol near the Chiquibul National Park during which a Guatemalan from nearby San Jose, Las Flores was shot. On Wednesday, the Guatemalan government complained about the incident and today the government of Belize followed […]
Relations with Mexico have significant importance to Belize. That country’s new Ambassador presented his credentials this past Tuesday and this morning Ambassador Mario Velazquez hosted a breakfast with members of the media at the Belize Biltmore Hotel. There are two major issues that were raised with the head of mission: Mexico’s bus line ADO is […]
Four persons were injured in a space of twenty-four hours in Belize City. A couple was shot before midnight as they watched television at home. Hours earlier in the same neighborhood, another person fell victim to gunfire as he rode his bicycle on Marigold Lane. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The bloodstained […]
The views of the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU) have always been a litmus test of the people’s views on issues. The BNTU has not given any comment on the proposed Ninth Amendment to the Belize Constitution. Today in Belmopan the union organized its own consultation process with information and speeches given to teachers by […]
Just before news time, Lawrence Elijio was shot on Jasmine Street, which intersects with Marigold Lane. We’ll have more details on that shooting later, but it is in the area where another shooting took place early this morning. Twenty-three year old Troy Bowen remains hospitalized with gunshot injures tonight. Bowen was fired upon this morning […]
The Belize Defence Force, the Guatemalan military and OAS representatives convened today in Santa Elena, Petén. The meeting is taking place on the heels of an incident along the border on Monday in which a Guatemalan national was shot by a B.D.F. patrol. The B.D.F. has increased presence along the borders because of persistent illegal […]
Frank’s Eddy is a growing community on the Western Highway and the gateway to some of Belize’s many wonders. Thousands of tourists trek through the village and visit businesses along the way every year. But what many don’t know is that for years the village has had to do without potable water. The problem is […]
UNICEF released a study on the status of women and children’s development today. Women and children are lagging behind in education and according to the report school success is hindered by low public awareness due to the lack of supplies. There are also limited opportunities and job skills training. The weak economy and extremely high […]
This Wednesday, the second round of consultations on the Ninth Amendment Bill will take place in Corozal. At the same time the Belize Teachers Union will be meeting in the nation’s capital also on the ninth. The two events will provide a sense of what the pulse of the people is to the amended Ninth. […]
The Bar Association and the Chamber of Commerce initially were against the ninth; they are yet to pronounce their positions on the new version. The opposition from the churches, however, proved to be too much to ignore and the government has taken out offensive or contentious language from the bill that barred access to the […]
There was a huge spectacle when Belizeans for Justice member, forty-seven year old Danalyn Murillo, was arrested and charged for Insulting Words and Common Assault against Police Constable, David Griffith. Today those charges were dropped when Murillo appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. Murillo was accused of approaching PC Griffith during a Port Loyola political […]
Tonight’s Question is: Do you think the government should withdraw the Ninth Amendment in its entirety? 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.
There is tension tonight over the shooting of twenty-one year old Luis Alberto Garcia Pineda on the western border on Monday. Garcia claims that a military patrol by the Belize Defence Force shot and wounded him during a raid in the village of San Jose Las Flores in the Chiquibul, Melchor de Mencos. The report […]
The next Municipal elections will test the popularity of the ruling party, which controls all municipalities. It is also a precursor to the landscape of the next general elections. In the City, the red council has gone from scandal to scandal and will have a tough time convincing city residents that they deserve their votes […]
On June twenty-first international financial services company Standard & Poor’s lowered Belize’s credit rating to a B minus following government’s acquisition of B.E.L. and its re-nationalization of Telemedia. Compensation to the Fortis Group, the previous owner of B.E.L. has not been paid, nor has government paid the previous owners of B.T.L. since acquiring the company […]
The Prime Minister announced today that it is removing specific language on the proposed ninth amendment but is it still dangerous for Belize’s democracy? On July twenty-second, Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s government introduced a controversial ninth amendment to the Belize Constitution in the House of Representatives that unleashed fiery public debate. The bill has come […]
As we said, the Jamaica’s Gleaner, in this Sunday edition, took on the question of the Ninth Amendment, head on. The editorial surmised that Belize was heading down a slippery slope. The Gleaner likened the government’s attempt to the skinning of a cat, which in the end, would result in great collateral damage and at […]
Tropical Storm Harvey turned out, fortunately, to be more bark than bite on Saturday. The big news coming out of the storm were claims that tornados had ripped through the villages of Crooked Tree and San Lazaro in the north. There was an air of both excitement and despair; excitement because tornados are unknown in […]
Harvey made landfall at midday on Saturday, earlier than forecasted, but weakened considerably as it hit Dangriga. The predictions that it would turn into a hurricane quickly dissipated along with the storm. Most areas in its path did, however, experience heavy rains, but damages are minimal. Shelters were opened but few were occupied. Our News […]
Tyrone Crown, a resident of Louise Bevans Street, was executed in cold blood just before dark on Saturday evening. A hail of bullets emptied on his body, caused his immediate death as he headed to his house, a stone’s throw away. Crown, a mechanic, lived immediately in front of where Giovanni Chi was killed last […]
Another shooting took place in the old capital on Saturday night. Thirty-one year old Jorge Estrada was shot three times to the head and has survived so far. But he remains hospitalized in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Estrada was rushed to the KHMH by BERT ambulance after he was discovered […]
