We begin tonight’s newscast with positive news. That’s because Belize is celebrating a pair of victories in the international sporting arena both in football and basketball. In Trinidad, game one of a home and away series played between Belize’s National ‘A’ Team Selection and Montserrat for a shot at qualifying for World Cup 2014, concluded […]
Two persons were injured when a boat exploded near Caye Caulker; one was flown to Belize City by BERT for treatment at the Medical Associates. Shortly after two this afternoon, thirty-three year old Cornel Brown and co-captain twenty three year old Jairo Reyes, were preparing to leave Caye Caulker en route to a resort Brown […]
A protest organized this morning in the Old Capital did not have the numbers that two others had in the past two weeks; only a small group turned out to protest a raft of social ills. The message, however, stayed on course and COLA says it all leads to a big demonstration in the weeks […]
Five pieces of legislation, among them the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Amendment Bill, Belize Constitution Eight Amendment Bill, Indictable Procedure Amendment Bill, Juries Amendment Bill and the Supreme Court of Judicature Amendment Bill were introduced in the House in May. They are a bundle of initiatives by the government to tackle crime and violence […]
While the P.U.P. has rejected four of the five proposed amendments, including the controversial preventative detention, it does endorse the Supreme Court of Judicature Amendment Bill. Francis Fonseca, Deputy Party Leader, P.U.P. “The one that we support has to do with the amendment to the Supreme Court of Judicature Amendment Bill which is the bill […]
Turning to tonight’s question: We have reported that government is considering the buyout of majority shares in BEL, so we ask: should electricity rates go up to avoid blackouts? 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 […]
Celebrations to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Belize’s independence are just around the corner. A logo and theme were unveiled today and this year a number of new events will be incorporated in the revelry. There’s a Prime Minister’s Forum, a National Wear initiative and the carnival will be launched earlier than usual. News Five’s […]
At news time tonight, the Belize National ‘A’ Team Selection, is getting ready to play against Montserrat on Wednesday. The group of nineteen athletes, led by goal keepers Shane Orio and Woodrow West, is in Trinidad where they will play Montserrat at the Ato Boldon Stadium in the first of a home-away series to qualify […]
Cabinet met today in Belmopan. One of the issues that it dealt with was a loan of fourteen million dollars, recommended by the investment committee of the Social Security Board to a company Nature Fresh Belize Limited, which was formed after Fresh Catch, owned by the Mena Group, went into receivership. According to a Cabinet […]
A ten-year old school boy of the Hummingbird Community was hit and killed by a Hilux pick-up truck at mile twenty-six on the Hummingbird Highway on Monday afternoon. The female driver of the vehicle, Martha Flamenco, is from the neighboring village. She was detained and released and charges, if any, will be determined by the […]
There was an attempted robbery at a store in Orange Walk earlier today. The details are still sketchy; however, it appears that New Hong Fua Supermarket, located on Corozal Road, was targeted by at least two thieves. While the store was not robbed, one of the assailants jacked a businessman, thirty-three year old Adan Awe, […]
At least three attempted murder cases fell apart last week when witnesses refused to cooperate and today an accused murderer was set free under similar circumstances. The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a Nolle Prosequi in the case against twenty-three year old Marvin Bradley because the witnesses refused to come forward with […]
It’s the beginning of the summer months and from the looks of it, the days ahead are likely to get hotter as militant citizens take to the streets. Another demonstration being spearheaded by Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action is planned to take place in Belize City this Wednesday morning. Organizers are billing it as […]
Government’s proposed take-over of Belize Electricity Limited has been in the headlines since last week. But how will the government come up with the money to buy Fortis’ majority shares (seventy percent) in the utility company? Government has been making pre-payments of four million dollars monthly for its utility bill, covering a period up to […]
The body of twenty-seven year old Englebert Reynolds remains at the morgue at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight following a vicious slaying at the start of the weekend. On Friday night, shortly before eleven o’clock, Reynolds was riding his bicycle near Waight Street when he was penetrated with an economy of rounds which found […]
The other murder victim was twenty-nine year old Mauricio Cawich, a father of six children in Xaibe Village, Corozal. Initially his passing was recorded as a possible accident, however, Cawich is a known trouble maker and was said to have many enemies. He was last seen alive at around twelve-thirty a.m. last Friday morning. His […]
And though there are two murders since Friday, there is a third person that lost his life during the weekend. Shortly before nine-thirty on Friday night, twenty-three year old Giovanni Baiza was driving his motorcycle from Belmopan to Los Tambos Village behind Spanish Lookout in Cayo. He never made it as he lost control and […]
A daring, mid-afternoon heist at the Belize Medical Associates on Saturday has netted a pair of robbers over eleven thousand dollars in cash and checks. The robbery also landed an employee in detention pending the outcome of a police investigation. Two armed men entered the building’s main office on Saint Thomas Street shortly after two […]
Fortis, the parent company of Belize Electricity Limited has issued a release today on the current state of B.E.L. Fortis, which is headquartered in Canada, pointed out that it has not received any purchase proposal from the government of Belize. Fortis holds seventy percent of B.E.L., which accounts for less than two percent of its […]
The press release from Canada also said, “Fortis owns Belize Electric Company Limited (BECOL), a non-regulated hydroelectric generation business that operates three hydroelectric generating facilities in Belize.” That description of BECOL is one that the Prime Minister squarely disagreed with today. He says that BECOL is a public utility provider over which there is a […]
The next news item is not about the power for your home, but more purchasing power for the seafood prepared in your kitchen. The price of fillet averages about ten dollars and up depending on the type of fish you buy. But students of business learn early on that the term Caveat Emptor means let […]
There is other seaworthy news regarding Belize, but instead of the Caribbean Sea, it’s in Asia. Belize has been in international news over the weekend; unfortunately, not for positive reasons. A North Korean ship, registered in the Jewel, was intercepted on its way Myanmar in Southeast Asia and is believed to have been carrying missile […]
Last Friday we told you about a walk and run campaign that intended to take foot in the old capital over the weekend. Well, apparently it did. Over five hundred Belize City residents got up at the crack of dawn on Saturday to run. The Get Up and Run health initiative aims to inspire a […]
Will the lights go out when Belize Electricity Limited’s bank account dries up? That has been the burning question in many homes since the country’s sole electricity provider declared that it could not meet financial debts with its suppliers on schedule. Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced at his quarterly press conference on Wednesday that B.E.L. […]
And though there are tough words coming from the Prime Minister, it is not difficult for critics to compare it to the takeover of Telemedia. Lynn Young says that he would convey the PM’s buyout message to Stann Marshall, the CEO of Fortis. News Five also spoke to Young this evening but he did not […]
