There are more revelations to report in the immigration scam that was cracked since early October. We have so far followed the paper trail on how the Chinese and Sri Lankan nationals make their way to Belize as part of an international human smuggling ring. Tonight our continued investigations take us to Somalia, a country […]
Tonight question is: Do you think that the cocaine seized in last Saturday’s major drug bust on the Southern Highway should be destroyed before it turns into flour? Get involved by emailing your comments and responses to questions@channel5belize.com or by sending a text, using SMART phones only, to 8686. You can also participate in our […]
Dangriga police continue to look for a suspect in connection with the brutal murder of thirty four year old Sheline Martinez whose body was found on Sunday morning on the steps of a residence on George Price Drive in that municipality. But while police try to close in on their suspect, Martinez’ mother, Helen Cayetano, […]
Due to the volume of news on Monday night, we did not include our report on the accidental shooting of a seven year old school boy. The standard one student from St Mary’s Primary School has been unable to attend classes since the beginning of the week due to the shooting. Keron Coleman is at […]
A thirty-four year old private tutor will now pay the price for getting too close to a ten year old student in April of this year. Andrew Lord was found guilty late Friday evening of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature but he was spared jail time today when Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie fined […]
When Ricky Valencia was granted bail on October twenty-ninth, it took him four days to come up with the eight thousand dollars. But today the twenty-seven year old Belize City resident, who is accused in the June first shooting of Attorney Rodwell Williams, was sent back to Hattieville. One of the bail conditions was that […]
Corruption in the ranks of the police, that’s an allegation that has been around from time immemorial but the stench of corruption hit eerily close to home this past Saturday when a sophisticated drug operation was busted in the south. Four police officers, including the driver assigned of the governor general, and a custom officer […]
As we told you earlier, five persons have been arrested for Saturday’s drug bust. After the beechcraft was dusted for fingerprints by the BDF and police, a white van was intercepted at the San Juan Bus Stop near the Bladen Community. Corporal Renel Grant attached to Belize City Traffic Branch was found behind the wheels. […]
In related news, a plane which resembles the drug plane on the Southern Highway was stolen on the night of November seventh from the Armando Escalon military base in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. According to the official reports from Honduras, the plan to steal the twin engine plane was put in motion two weeks prior […]
National Security is steadily becoming a major concern due to recent illicit activities involving airplanes in northern, central and southern Belize. The plane that landed over the weekend in the south had a cocaine cargo estimated at one hundred and forty million dollars. But there are other incidents involving planes. As you are well aware […]
Last Friday, a peeved Prime Minister told the House of Representatives that the Bar Association has gone PUP. The comments were made by PM Dean Barrow in response to a statement made by Freetown Area representative Francis Fonseca in which he described the perilous state of the judiciary. Now, as it is well known, the […]
A horrific crime took place over the weekend, also in the south. A homeless pregnant woman was raped and stabbed to death in Dangriga. She was found lifeless on the steps of a house on Sunday morning but there are signs that the heinous murder took place elsewhere. News Five’s Marion Ali reports from Dangriga. […]
The House of Representatives met in Belmopan today and by two-thirty this afternoon the session was over. The two big agenda items dealt with Telemedia and immigration but there were also a number of side events during the proceedings. The nationalization of Telemedia continues to be the Achilles heel of the prime minister and he […]
There is huge public outcry on the immigration scandal that is embarrassing the government of the day because it is alleged that the ring leaders are highly connected. The leader of the Opposition John Briceño made remarks at today’s house meeting making specific recommendations to clean up the mess and according to Briceño, he has […]
There is still no word on when the Belize Sugar Industries will be able to make the third payment to cane farmers for the crop year. In the House today, the Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, noted that the gravity of situation has caught everyone’s attention except the government. Instead, GOB’s focus has been […]
Thursday night’s question on the proposed amnesty for twenty thousand immigrants drew plenty responses on our blog. Seventy-five percent said no to government’s decision to grant permanent residency status to the illegal immigrants residing in Belize while twenty-five percent did not have a problem with the amnesty programme. One of our viewers noted that “our […]
For some time the Prime Minister has been at odds with the Bar Association. That tension went up by more notches today when the Prime Minister publicly chided the fraternity of lawyers. It happened when Freetown Representative Francis Fonseca raised the issue of the state of the judiciary in the House. Fonseca expressed concern that […]
And who will be the new president of the Court of Appeal? That’s the million dollar question for today. In response to Francis Fonseca’s statement on the state of the judiciary, the prime minister went to lengths to explain that Justice Boyd Carey and the former president Elliott Mottley were too old and had served […]
It was emotional day at Saint Hilda’s Primary School, students and teachers were grieving the sudden death of one of their own. Eight year old Kean Vasquez was killed in a traffic accident on Wednesday night on the highway in front of the Georgeville Football field. The young body was heading home from church when […]
As we told you on Wednesday, Glenn Tillett, a contributor to the Social Security fund, is asking the court to make a declaration that the decision by the S.S.B. to invest in Telemedia shares is illegal. The basis for the claim is that there is a clear conflict of interest and is contrary to the […]
A thirteen year old minor has accused a man almost twice her age of sexual abuse. What’s even more disturbing that the accused is a police officer attached to the Punta Gorda Police Formation. The child is alleging that Thomas Gamboa had sex with her on September fifth, but the matter wasn’t reported until October […]
Tonight’s Question is: Do you support GOB’s plans to grant amnesty to twenty thousand illegal immigrants? 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 has been no official word on government’s decision to soon introduce an amnesty programme. Twenty thousand illegal immigrants are on their way to achieving permanent residency status in Belize. According to Cabinet Paper number one hundred and nineteen of 2010, the plan got the green light from Cabinet back in August but government has […]
The programme is being quietly pushed forward by government and is a move that many political insiders believe could swing the outcome of a future election because those who get residency will eventually qualify for nationality. It could also open the doors for a number of undesirables to slip through the net to become bonafide […]
The Social Security Board made the decision to use fifty million dollars of the people’s money to buy shares in Telemedia. It did so over the objections of the social partners: the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, the Belize Business Bureau and the Belize Chamber of Commerce. The social partners have not gone beyond […]
