The Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, is now twenty years old. The agency opened its doors back in the year 2000 to create a competitive business environment that promotes an investment-friendly climate; as well as to provide support to micro, small and medium enterprises. To mark this milestone, the agency held a virtual […]
Three residents of Saint Margaret’s Village on the Hummingbird Highway were drinking on Sunday night when one of them died and the other began to display odd behaviour and fell ill. Of the two surviving men, tonight one has been released from the hospital and the other is in critical condition. At this time, police […]
Several persons are to be charged for the worst air disaster in Belize. Two pilots and two crew members of the B.D.F. perished when their helicopter went down in the Gales Point Lagoon on February twenty-ninth, 2020. The crash raised alarm because it was not reported until much later and many questions were raised since […]
Over the weekend, reports that the police file on the fatal accident that took the life of eight-year-old Gabriella Corales has gone missing spread like wildfire on social media. A news outlet reported that the D.P.P.’s office has claimed that the file is with the police and the police have claimed that the file is […]
Today’s House sitting is likely to be the last sitting of the current government before the general elections. This morning’s session went smoothly with both sides supporting a number of bills that will now go to the Senate. But on adjournment in the afternoon, the atmosphere of cordiality was shattered. The Opposition, People’s United Party, […]
Minister Martinez was not inside the National Assembly chambers when Briceño was reading out the list of transactions. He raced to his seat after he was alerted of the revelations by his colleague sitting two seats away from him via a phone call. Martinez anxiously waited to rebut Briceño’s allegations. An angry Martinez denied the […]
After making his point, Martinez left the National Assembly chambers where we caught up with him outside. Martinez defended his position, saying that he has not received any monies for rental from the government. The minister asserts that there is not a single document that can prove otherwise. News Five got a hold of the […]
Caribbean Shores area rep Kareem Musa attempted to discuss the exclusive lottery contract which was given to Brads. In the recent past House sitting, Cayo South area representative Julius Espat revealed that Good Lee Limited controls majority shares in the boledo company. He also revealed that Good Lee is registered in Saint Lucia and questioned […]
But there was agreement on a matter. Prime Minister Dean Barrow has yet to officially announce a date for the 2020 General Elections even though his son and U.D.P. caretaker of Mesopotamia, Shyne Barrow, has said that it will be on November fourth. The Prime Minister has publicly hinted that it will be held in […]
At today’s Sitting of the House, parliamentarians gave bipartisan support to several bills including the Cybercrime Bill 2020. The bill was fashioned by the Office of the Special Envoy for Women and Children in collaboration with the Office of the Speaker of the House, and key government departments including the Office of the Attorney General […]
Are big time landowners across the country once again getting a tax break? Another bill was introduced in parliament today by Minister of Natural Resources Hugo Patt that raised serious concerns from the opposition. The premise of the proposed legislation has to do with relief in respect of the payment of land taxes amid the […]
On Thursday, the Government of Belize formally opened a stretch of highway connecting Ladyville to the Western Pines community during an inauguration in which that thoroughfare was also officially named the John Smith Airport Link Road. In keeping with the theme of naming public buildings, roads and bridges after Belizean patriots, this morning Prime Minister […]
A joint declaration by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the Belize Network of N.G.O.s was signed this morning in Belize City. The tripartite statement is dubbed the Declaration of Social Partners of Belize for Reform of Essential Oversight Mechanisms to Strengthen the Democratic Governance of […]
Back to the House of Representatives where the Defence (Amendment Bill) 2020 was also introduced. The bill amends the Defence Act to bring it into conformity with the Belize Constitution. The amendment was further prompted after News Five broke the news of serious allegations of sexual assault and rape within the Belize Defence Force. In […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Cayo South area representative Julius Espat have almost at every Sitting of the House of Representatives exchanged blows, and it got so bad, that Espat was once carried out of the National Assembly by police officers. At today’s sitting, there was some form of civility between both, but then it […]
Police on Tuesday was also exuberant about a bust in southern Belize. But as it turns out an internal investigation conducted by the Customs and Excise Department into the importation of cargo from Guatemala over the weekend has revealed that Richard Garbutt, the officer in charge of the Punta Gorda location, acted in accordance with […]
Mayflower resident Sandra Uter says that Police Commissioner Chester Williams has a vendetta against her family. According to Uter, five of her family members were detained in early June under the State of Emergency regulations. They were first sent to prison for thirty days and their imprisonment was later extended for sixty days. Uter is […]
A mega million-dollar road project was opened today; it is the stretch of road that links the airport access road near Gentrac to the George Price Highway. Known as the Airport Link Road and now officially the John Smith Road, it is five miles long and worth thirty-three million dollars. At the opening today, Minister […]
The British Government is funding the “National Media Campaign on SARS-CoV-2” to the tune of eighty thousand four hundred and ninety dollars. The informational media campaign is aimed at preventing the spread of the virus through public awareness. The money will be spent to publicize relevant information on efforts undertaken to keep Belizeans safe and […]
To close the newscast tonight we tell you about several locations across the country, including roads, bridges and public buildings, that are being named after prominent Belizeans whose contribution to the nation’s history are noteworthy. Those persons are John Smith, a founding member of the People’s Committee which later became the People’s United Party, Clifford […]
Forty-five-year-old Belize City resident Denise Torres died within a matter of minutes on Saturday, spreading alarm among her family members and those who knew her. While Torres’ death went viral on Facebook over the weekend with suspicions that she may have died from COVID-19, tonight her family is refuting that notion. Torres’ family says that […]
Forty-seven-year-old Orlando Velasquez better known as Easy Bob of Belize City was found dead on Sunday. Velasquez’s body was found floating nude near the House of Culture in Belize City. Police say no sign of violence was observed on the body, but they did see blood coming out of one of his ears. When we […]
National celebrations were muted this year due to the COVID pandemic. The events were mostly held virtually due to restrictions in place, save for Independence Day on September twenty-first. The official ceremony was held in Belmopan, with protocols observed. Many anticipated an announcement of the date of the general elections; that did not happen in […]
With the retirement of PM Barrow, Leader elect Patrick Faber of the United Democratic Party is facing Opposition Leader John Briceño in the upcoming general elections. Faber addressed the Independence Day ceremony as chair of the September Celebrations. He pitched a need for improved governance to ensure that transparency and accountability are observed, as well […]
The Commissioner of Police has a message for those of you who are still hosting parties with persons outside of their household. ComPol Williams says that he has instructed his officers to arrest and charge those law breakers. Today, he says that cops saw a number of parties happening over the Independence Day weekend, but […]
