There are new concerns tonight in the transport industry. The Ministry of Transport issued a release today saying that it is in contact with the Mexican Embassy following the circulation of letter regarding new regulations for Belizean buses crossing the northern border. The Mexicans have indicated that they want to put in place a new […]
There’s news tonight that the contract of the Ombudsman, Cynthia Pitts, will not be renewed. Pitts is currently winding down her reports and is clearing her office in Belize City. According to reports, she provided the usual interest to renew her contract but that was not done by the government. So for now, there’s no […]
In this newscast, we often carry pleas for financial assistance for persons who can’t afford medical attention. Well tonight, a Belize City man is in need of assistance, but it’s not financial; twenty-eight year old Ellis Ortiz needs blood. Ortiz was stabbed over the weekend and remains hospitalized at the KHMH. His sister, Annette Diego, […]
There’s another Belize City man that needs assistance. Twenty-one year old Jermaine Elijio has been diagnosed with a serious heart condition and is in need of urgent surgery. Elijio has been hospitalized for about a month and he is now referred to the US to correct his heart defect. His father, James Elijio, came to […]
Forty nine year old Valda Bodden has been living in Belize for twenty-three years and she has five children born in Belize. So you would think that Bodden, a sanitation worker of BML, would qualify for citizenship. But even in the recent mad rush to naturalize hundreds of immigrants that included Guatemalans, Bodden didn’t make […]
With the costs for conventional medical treatment skyrocketing, many in rural communities are turning to traditional healing. Locally, the practice is rooted with the Mayans so NICH today gathered traditional healers from the Cayo, Toledo, and Belize Districts as part of activities of the Maya Calendar. News Five’s Delahnie Bain found that there is a […]
The Belize Rotary Club has teamed up with the Clovis Rotary Club of New Mexico for an ambitious and exciting project. At Old Belize on the Western Highway, the assembly line is long; hundreds of wheelchairs are being put together for donation to deserving persons with disabilities. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. According to the […]
Heavily armed officers conducted a search of a vehicle and retrieved two handguns in the Ladyville area. The handguns were real but the exercise was a simulation in which the cops are receiving training on how to manage a checkpoint. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting A stop and search conducted by police […]
There have been enough controversial issues that have sparked heated public debate. And while the rampant extraction of rosewood in the Toledo District lost its spotlight to the immigration and S.S.B. scandals, it was brought back to the front burner today. In fact, rosewood was discussed in this morning’s Cabinet meeting following reports that contracts […]
Even before the Cabinet decision, Maheia contended that the poor Toledo residents who do the actual logging are being deprived of the benefits they could reap, if it was being done in a sustainable manner. He says the people of the south are constantly bullied because they accept the status quo and do not speak […]
Residents of Xaibe in Corozal are up in arms over what they see as a plan to take over land in their community. Chairman Daniel Tzul alleges that since December of 2011 U.D.P. Corozal North Standard Bearer, Hugo Patt and surveyors have been scouting the parcel of land that is on the outskirts of the […]
The Bishop Sylvester Memorial Hall on Regent Street will host the annual General Meeting for Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA). COLA’s Vice-President, Geovanni Brackett is challenging incumbent President Moses Sulph for the Presidency. Bracket made his case on Monday and in an interview earlier today Sulph told News Five why he should continue […]
The number of persons that received citizenship in the past two weeks is officially put at over one thousand. And Chief Elections Officer, Josephine Tamai, says that in the period December tenth to the nineteenth, five thousand plus new voters made it on the electoral list for the upcoming elections. We have been checking around […]
This week Social Security Board staff members who reportedly reduced their loans to participate in a write-off by the government will be interviewed by the Pannell Kerr Forster accounting firm. Investigations started last week and are ongoing into the insider trading scheme that was stopped when it was exposed in the media. Embattled Social Security […]
P.M. Barrow also stated that the process through which the write-off list was derived was indiscriminate of politics and social status and that his administration proceeded objectively with the settlement of S.S.B. loans under the approved fifty thousand dollar limit. Dean Barrow “To try to be certain as to how that name found itself unto […]
The mass naturalization that has been taking place prior to the upcoming elections has been widely opposed countrywide. But that hasn’t stopped the Immigration Department from processing and swearing-in over a thousand new Belizeans. This morning, the government went on the defensive and ministers were deployed to the media houses to out the fires. Minister […]
Last week you heard at least one minister say that he was paying half the cost for the naturalization of new Belizeans. But how can they afford it when according to Elrington, Ministers are getting a pittance as salaries. Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs/Foreign Trade “Let me tell you, I am a minister […]
The grassroots organization, Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) is holding its annual general meeting this Saturday at the Bishop Sylvester Memorial Hall on Regent Street. Over the past year COLA has been vocal on a wide range of issues affecting the country. While the re-election of officers for some organizations means placing a […]
A Belize City mother of three is the lucky winner of over a hundred thousand dollars of the Mega Bingo Progressive Jackpot on Saturday night. Carina Cruz, who collected her cheque for one hundred and eighteen thousand, four hundred and forty-six dollars, told News Five today that her entire family gathered around the television for […]
The community that sprung from a group of Belmopan residents is now known as Harmonyville at mile forty-one on the Western Highway. The organizers of Harmonyville are the Belize Grassroots Youth Empowerment Agency (BGYEA). BGYEA initially decided to squat on land since they grew up with immigrants who eventually owned their own land by squatting. […]
Four and a half years after his murder, a coroner’s inquest makes a stunning decision in the murder of Richard Hoare who was executed on the night of August first, 2007 in Belize City. No one will be charged for the murder of Richard Hoare. That’s the conclusion of three jurors today at the end […]
`It has been almost two weeks since the Port of Belize Limited went into receivership due to the default of a sixty-four million dollar loan plus accrued interest. And, while the transition initially occurred smoothly, there is some collateral damage in salvaging the company. Over twenty Alliance Security Firm employees attached to the Port were […]
The expectant death of a loved one can cause grief long before the actual passing. But when that loved one has not reached the twilight years and suddenly perishes, it can be heartbreaking. Berisford Reyes has lost two brothers to tragedy. He has felt helpless in both situations that span decades. His older brother Horace […]
There is a firestorm building up in respect of the aspiring U.D.P. town councilor who was caught at the Election and Boundaries office in San Pedro on Tuesday night. Severo Guerrero was surprised shortly after seven o’clock on the computer viewing the voters list with pen and paper in hand as the deadline for voter’s […]
Unlike Severo Guerrero who had unimpeded access to the voters list, a P.U.P. standard bearer was denied a request to view the binders of electors. And that matter is heading to the courts. The People’s United Party this afternoon filed for judicial review of a recent decision by the Chief Elections Officer, Josephine Tamai. P.U.P. […]
