One of the country’s most outspoken kidney patients and activists, forty-one year old Jose Cruz, has died. Cruz passed away at around nine-fifteen this morning in Santa Elena Town, Cayo. Cruz became widely known in the media a few years ago when kidney failure prompted him to speak out about a very lacking health system, […]
Who will be the next Chief Justice? That’s the question that is being tossed around for months since the departure of the former Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh and the temporary appointment of Justice Samuel Awich as acting CJ. We don’t know the answer, but we do know who is not likely in line, and that […]
If you are a regular patron of nightclubs then you know exactly what French Kiss is referring to. And you know that the music and lyrics at those clubs tend to be sexually explicit and extremely violent in content. So if you like dancing but find that the club scene is not for you, there […]
The Barrow administration has blocked public officers from communicating on an individual basis with Channel Five. As a result of the government embargo, they can’t communicate with us unless other media houses are present at public events. It sounds confusing and it is. The VIP and the PUP have both issued statements condemning the government’s […]
A fly-over of the Bladen Nature Reserve, bordering with Guatemala, provides a bird’s eye view of the rich vegetation of our tropical forests. The protected area, however, is being systematically plundered by those engaged in export of the lucrative xate and by poachers looking for exotic wildlife. But it’s not limited to those two threats; […]
It was Day One of the new zoning project at the Fort Street Tourism Village. But instead of having the desired effect of bringing a semblance of order to the otherwise chaotic tourism village, there was more confusion than usual. Tour guides, vendors and other industry players were unable to access visitors from four cruise […]
Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro was stripped of his ministerial portfolio as Minister of State for Works on November twenty-fourth, but his woes are from over. A Belizean living abroad, Althea Grant, recently provided documentation to the Prime Minister Dean Barrow that she was scammed out of forty-eight thousand dollars in a land deal. She […]
But aside from the land scandal, the residents have their own grievances against Castro. At today’s press conference, several allegations were raised that the fired area rep has also been deceiving other constituents in similar fashion. As we said they are allegations, and numerous were made including one for a million dollars for road repairs. […]
And according to Pollard, their plight doesn’t end with today’s press conference. He says they will protest and are willing to go as far as the National Assembly. Oscar Pollard Sr. “In respect to the recall, as far as my knowledge goes the recall will take place after the next general election. It is not […]
The volume of support for this station has been overwhelming in the past twenty-four hours. As you know, Government on Tuesday announced what it says was a “suspension of normal relations with this station.” Since then the reaction has been fast and furious by our viewers at home and beyond our borders, including those international […]
While the UDP administration institutes an embargo against Channel Five, the other two political parties have come up with statements condemning the actions of the government. Belmopan’s Vision Inspired by the People states that the government of Belize is not at liberty to discriminate as to which citizen gets public information in a specified manner […]
The lifeless body of thirty six year old Suyapa Hernandez Alvarado was discovered in an apartment complex on the beachside near the San Pedro airstrip. Hernandez, a Honduran national, was lying on her back on a sofa and covered by a white sheet. A medical officer certified that she died sometime around five on Tuesday […]
As we told you, there was confusion today in the Belize City Fort Street Tourism Village. In the south, since the Placencia Tourism Board introduced the idea for cruise tourism on the peninsula, residents of the area have expressly rejected any project to accommodate that kind of tourism there. That is being followed up with […]
Some two hundred children were treated today to Christmas goodies. The party was thrown by the Belize Tourism Board and the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association. The children partied for two hours; they danced, ate and had a special presentation by Ozzy the Clown. But that’s not all, the crew from the Norwegian Pearl Cruise Ship […]
Following today’s Cabinet meeting, the government issued what it calls a press advisory to say that it is suspending normal relations with Channel Five/Great Belize Productions. It cited four reasons for doing so including what it claimed was a failure to air Belmopan Weekly. For the record, that program was in fact aired by this […]
A new judge took the oath this morning in the chamber of Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich. Judge Denis S. Hanomansingh, turned sixty-seven on Monday and has been appointed for a six month period. There was no fanfare and present during the proceedings were the Registrar, Velda Flowers and judges of the Supreme Court, Oswell […]
Among the various related topics brought up during Gayle’s lecture on Monday was the racial stereotype that Blacks and Hispanics are innately violent. Gayle contends that race is not among the determining factors that contribute to crime and violence. Instead it is the fact that a specific group of Belizeans are being oppressed which has […]
Since Hurricane Richard hit Belize in late October, many of those left homeless and with damaged homes have been attempting to rebuild their lives. Many of the houses that did buckle under the category one force winds were made of material whose integrity was already compromised. In the wake of the devastation, many agree that […]
The wrangling in the citrus industry is no secret. This year there has been a demonstration, a number of press conferences and legal proceedings. In the eye of the conflict, is Doctor Henry Canton the Chief Executive Officer of the Citrus Products of Belize Limited. The problem is not a new one: The Citrus Growers […]
The family of a seventy-nine year old man is worried about his safety tonight and is asking the public’s help to locate Alfred Conorquie. He left home on Friday afternoon to pick up his pension at the bank and while that’s routine, the elderly man has not returned. Whether he was targeted for his money […]
Over the years there have been many lotto winners, but we find the latest winner to be absolutely deserving. Sebastian Mucu hails from the south; he is the father of a six year old daughter in urgent need of medical attention and if that was not a challenge on its own, he also cares for […]
As CTV News in Canada reported, the fifty-eight year old sailor was shot four times and his daughter was robbed. Myda was rescued by an oil tanker traveling from Honduras and she was brought to Belize. She was interviewed by local authorities on Saturday and left from the PGIA on Sunday for Canada. News Five’s […]
Gimme Five is this station’s signature anniversary show. All of last week, our lucky viewers were walking away with fabulous prizes to mark our nineteenth anniversary. As the anticipation built up for the final night, the prizes and cash increased. This year, there were three grand prizes for the persons who answered Gimme Five when […]
One of the big issues facing Carlos Perdomo in the Caribbean Shore areas is the bad condition of streets, which like many other areas in the city have suffered from neglect. But not for much longer, that’s the promise from the Minister of Works, Anthony “Boots” Martinez, who told News Five that come February, Belize […]
It’s been a week of celebration for Channel Five’s nineteenth birthday and to thank you for your constant support, our viewers have been taking home fabulous gifts. All it takes is to say “Gimme 5” when your phone rings. Tonight is the final round of giveaways and because we’re feeling your love, we’re upping the […]
