Osmar Sabido, Not Oscar
And on a matter of clarification, Osmar Sabido Junior was sentenced to twenty-one years for killing his common-law wife, Christie Carrasco. Sabido Junior is from Orange Walk and is not related to Oscar Sabido Junior.
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Burrell Boom Continues Battle Against Boat Yard
As we reported on Monday, residents of Burrell Boom village are up in arms that Bradley’s Boat Yard is relocating within their village, introducing them to a potentially cancerous future with the tiny particles of dust from use of fibreglass floating through the countryside air and causing various lung diseases. A group known as the […]
Training in Results-Based Management for SDG Reports
Forty representatives from multiple Ministries are doing a three-day training under the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The participants are doing the training in results based management for countries to better plan and report on the targets that they set for the sustainable development goals. News Five spoke with the trainer of […]
Written on June 6, 2017 | Posted in Miscellaneous,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
Bandits Vs Walter Ferretti in New CONCACAF Club League
In sporting news, there was a victory parade on Monday night in Belmopan for the national football and basketball champions, Belmopan Bandits, owned by Minister John Saldivar. The matter of improper usage of Coast Guard vessels appears to be behind him despite still being on the radar of the U.S. He told us this afternoon […]
Written on June 6, 2017 | Posted in Miscellaneous,People & Places,Regional / International,Sports | No comment
Kaina Says No to B.A.A., Forever
Last week, News Five spoke one-on-one with Kaina Martinez, Olympian sprinter turned All-American at Texas A and M University-Kingsville. After completing her college track career with good performances in the 2017 NCAA Division Two Outdoor Athletics Championships, she told us that she wants to remain open-minded about what is in store for her. But she […]
Couple Goes Missing in Corozal
Anxiety is building up in Corozal where a couple has not been heard from since Thursday night. Search parties have been combing the area around the village of Patchakan in the Corozal District where the vehicle belonging to Zeidy Orozco was found torched after she and Balthazar Lopez went missing. Just six weeks ago, another […]
Burrell Boom Says No to Bradley’s Boat Yard
Less than two weeks ago, someone set fire to boat moulds owned by Bradley’s Boat Yard, previously located in Belize City. It relocated some time ago to a property off the Burrell Boom-Hattieville Road just outside Burrell Boom village. But the move has raised the ire of villagers, who are already complaining that work being […]
H.R.C.U. Offers Grants to School Kids
The school year is not yet over, but parents are no doubt starting to turn their attention to the plans for the coming new one. Holy Redeemer Credit Union Limited consistently ranks education among the top three reasons given for loans to members. Scholarships are active, but for a reasonable means of helping to pay […]
Burrell Boom Day Returns
Residents of Burrell Boom, Belize District revived an old tradition this past Saturday with “Burrell Boom Day,” an occasion to celebrate and recall the history of the village located about fifteen miles from Belize City. Its roots are in forestry, but it shifted to agriculture and much later, tourism. But one thing residents say it […]
ASP Rochelle Chan Will Seek Legal Advice Over Naming in Senate Inquiry
Assistant Superintendent of Police Rochelle Chan has spoken out, but reluctantly, in response to statements made by acquaintance Alvarine Burgess in Wednesday’s public hearing of the Senate Special Select Committee. News Five tracked him down this morning in Ladyville coming out of a meeting. Calling on his twenty-four years of experience as a police officer, […]
Chan Says U.S. Visa Expired, Was Not Revoked
Separate and apart from the allegations made against him by Burgess, reports surfaced that Assistant Superintendent Rochelle Chan had his U.S. visa revoked by authorities. The truth is in somewhat greater detail, according to Chan, and has nothing to do with any Immigration involvement or with this week’s revelations. ASP Rochelle Chan, Denies Involvement […]
The Full Extent of the David Nanes Affair
The confidential report of the Immigration Department and former acting Director Maria Marin on the David Nanes Schnitzer affair has been obtained by News Five. At the end of this past January, the Mexican-American was captured and deported to Mexico to face fraud charges in the Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme. Nanes had been living in […]
Progressive Party Wants Castro Investigated; Saldivar is Wrong Too
The People’s United Party has called for the removal of Minister of State Edmond Castro, following the revocation of his visa by the U.S. State Department. The Belize Progressive Party called for further investigation of the reason for the recent revocation of Castro’s U.S. visas, which he says were about to expire. The B.P.P. states […]
After Drama, B.P.P. Wants “Tangible Results” from Senate Inquiry
We also asked Chairman Smith to comment on the May seventeenth showdown between supporters of the Belizeans Against Courtenay movement, particularly House macebearer Brian “Yellow Man” Audinett, and the press, resulting in his being temporarily banned from the proceedings. He now faces sanction from the National Assembly Staff Committee and his own party, the U.D.P. […]
It’s Still No to the I.C.J.
Last week, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington broke the news that Guatemala expects to have its referendum on taking the Belizean claim to the International Court of Justice later this year in November. Belize, meanwhile, continues its own public education campaign. The Guatemala issue has not been as prominent in national affairs while the […]
Denys Barrow’s Peers Honor New C.C.J. Judge
New judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Denys Barrow, was sworn in to great fanfare and approval on Thursday morning in Belize City. He is the first Belizean on the highest court of the land and the highest ranking Belizean jurist internationally. In the afternoon, it was the turn of Justice Barrow’s colleagues in […]
COLA Tells Robert Montero that Louis Wade Has God’s Protection
Pastor Louis Wade of Plus TV is awaiting his fate in the San Ignacio Magistrate’s Court after being charged on May nineteenth with common assault and use of insulting words against the son of Minister of Works, Rene Montero, Robert Montero. The two men confronted each other outside the Santa Elena Sporting Complex last November […]
CEMO Declares it is Ready for Hurricane Season
We’re two days into the hurricane season, which the Met Office predicts will be above normal with a total of fourteen named storms. On Wednesday, the City Emergency Management Organization held a pre-hurricane season launch on how to effectively manage emergencies. The conference looked at how prepared the city is for disasters, including hurricanes and […]
How’s the Weather? Check the Met’s New Website
At Wednesday’s announcement of the hurricane season, the Met Service also launched their newly redesigned website. The user-friendly website has new features such as the real time display of data from seventeen automatic weather stations. Here’s what you can expect from the website. Catherine Cumberbatch, Chief Met “This website will not only give us […]
C.C.J. Welcomes Newest Judge Denys Barrow
The big day arrived for Senior Counsel Denys Barrow, who this morning became the seventh and final member of the Caribbean Court of Justice and will shortly be off to its seat in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In addition to many years of practice, most recently as the Government’s chief legal eagle, Barrow served separate […]
Written on June 1, 2017 | Posted in Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
P.M. Says No Impropriety Behind Revoked Visa
Prime Minister Dean Barrow broke his silence today in respect of a raft of issues plaguing his administration. First, there is the embarrassing cancellation of Edmond Castro’s diplomatic and tourist visas, despite the reasons given by the Minister of Transport and NEMO to downplay its significance. Castro is on record stating that the revocation of […]
P.M. Distinguishes Castro Circumstances from Max Samuels
In her testimony before the Senate Special Select Committee on Wednesday, whistleblower Alvarene Burgess attested that the U.S. Embassy is in possession of an audio recording in which Castro can be heard transacting immigration business on behalf of government. Could this be the basis on which his visas were revoked? According to PM Barrow, there […]
Who Will Replace Denys in Fight Over B.T.L. Settlement?
Judge Barrow’s departure to the seat of the CCJ leaves behind a vacuum, as not only was the venerable attorney government’s chief legal counsel; he is also recognized as its best. But there are pending government cases, including legal matters involving the Ashcroft Group which has given notice that it will be presenting a bill […]
Expenses for B.T.L. Settlement Will Go to the C.C.J.
As the PM has openly stated, litigation over the remaining B.T.L. bill will certainly be taken up at the CCJ level, notwithstanding the presumed total that’s left to be paid. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “Without wanting to get too much into it, I repeat that the whole issue of what is fair and what […]
P.M. Puts Confidence in Coast Guard in Wake of Saldivar Scandal
Is the owner of the Belmopan Bandits, Minister of Defense John Saldivar, justified in using coast guard vessels to ferry members of his basketball club to San Pedro on game day? He has issued a statement addressing the use of the gifted resources and Rear Admiral John Borland, Commander of the Belize National Coast Guard, […]
