Crime continues to dominate the headlines so our question has to do with the prison terms served by inmates. It is: Should prisoners incarcerated for major offenses qualify for parole? Send your responses using your SMART phones to 8668 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with […]
The Caribbean Single Market and Economy is one of the ways in which the world seems more connected inside a global village. The Caribbean Export Development Agency and the Belize Service Providers are holding a workshop on Friday to update professionals about service agreements the country has signed onto. The delegation includes representatives from Barbados […]
Lotto is Back! That’s the word coming out of Tropical Gaming Company. As of today Lotto, Bel-Three and Scratch tickets are being sold at the usual outlets including the Tropical Gaming office. Sales were suspended last month during the time in which the contract was being re-negotiated. It has been reported that the company signed […]
On last night’s newscast, News Five broke the story about a suspected drug plane that was found submerged in waters south of Northern Two Caye, in the Lighthouse Reef Atoll. On the same day the plane was discovered, last Friday, a body was floating in the sea. And two days later on Sunday April eleventh, […]
Should Government contract private attorneys to prosecute criminal offenders? That’s the question we posed to viewers in light of the low rate of convictions for criminal offenders. The answer to this question this morning has been divided among those who responded on our e-poll. Sixty percent agreed while forty percent were dead set against contracting […]
The state of Belize’s fledgling music industry is once again up for discussion as the annual Music Week is seeing artists and industry insiders alike take a critical look at what needs to be done to improve the business of making music. Leading the charge is producer and Music Industry Association president Ivan Duran. Ivan […]
For three days, there have been reports that a plane had crashed in a caye in the Lighthouse atolls. It is believed the incident is drug related and police has remained tight lipped. As far as we can ascertain, the mystery plane is still submerged in the waters. News Five has learnt that a body […]
The conviction rate in criminal cases is weak so our first question for this week is: Should government contract private attorneys to prosecute criminal offenders? Send your responses using your SMART phones to 8668 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Feeding programs have become an integral part of many schools. At St Martin de Porres on Partridge Street, the program will now be administered in more comfortable surroundings. The kitchen and feeding area have been improved with the help of the British Caribbean Bank International Limited who invested in the upgrades to make eating and […]
The biggest news on the international music scene today is the highly anticipated release of Shyne’s first song since he’s been out of prison. Moses Michael Leviy, the Belizean born rapper, signed a seven digit contract with Def Jam Records on February twenty-second when the company’s C.E.O., L.A. Reid, flew all the way to Belize […]
When we checked our e-poll on our website this afternoon on the response to the question on whether or not corruption was pervasive in the police department, the answer was a resounding yes. The number that responded yes was as high as ninety one percent and only eighteen persons said no. On our IMS and […]
The Police Department is facing a backlash over recent allegations that some rogue cops are involved in criminal activity. There are now differing statements from within that have people on edge. So today’s question is: Do you believe corruption is pervasive in the police department? Send your responses using your SMART phones to 8668 or […]
Three senior members of staff at Belize Telemedia are jobless tonight. Arturo ‘Tux’ Vasquez and Dean Molina received their marching orders indicating that their services were no longer required. A third person, Reynaldo Magana, had given a verbal indication that he would be moving on and today he was also released. Molina and Vasquez, in […]
Our geek squad posted Tuesday’s question on our webpage only this morning on whether or not you had confidence in the work of the police force. The response has been swift and furious with as many as ninety-one percent of persons who polled saying an unequivocal no on our e-poll. In our IMS via Smart, […]
She was announced as the new Director of the Belize Tourism Board on February tenth and today Seleni Matus was formally introduced to the media during a luncheon press conference at the Radisson Fort George Hotel. Flanked by the Minister of Tourism, Manuel Heredia, the Ministry’s CEO, Michael Singh, and the BTB’s new Board Chairman, […]
So just how will that be accomplished within twelve months? Well, the initial plan is to strengthen the BTB institution and broaden its outreach with partners. Lindsay Garbutt, Chairman, BTB “We are further committed to developing new strategies to meet the new and emergent challenges of our times. I can assure you that in developing […]
It has faced numerous obstacles over the past several months as it took on telecoms giant Belize Telemedia Limited in a battle over property and equipment access that rocked the telecommunications industry. Nonetheless, Smart proudly celebrated its fifth anniversary on March twenty-ninth and today they announced that their customer database now includes the Cristo Rey, […]
When we recessed for the Easter holidays on Thursday we asked the question: Do you believe hanging should be brought back? On our e-poll, over six hundred persons participated and eighty-six percent supported the notion of bringing back hanging. On our IMS, our viewers thought hanging should be enforced. One said that hanging needs to […]
What was supposed to have been quite possibly the biggest dancehall concert over the Easter weekend instead confirmed what skeptics were saying all along that there would be no Movado on the beaches of Placencia. The controversial artist known for his brash lyrics and uncensored song content was scheduled to perform one night on the […]
The spate of brazen murders and robberies has the national psyche on edge. Everyone desperately wants something to be done to halt the madness in the streets. Our question for today is ‘Do you believe hanging should be brought back?’ The answer to this question will be presented after the Easter recess in next Tuesday’s […]
On Tuesday night we asked the question: Do you at this time support the cuts in the budget of the police department? The question relates to the spate of murders and other violence in recent days in contrast to the limited resources available to the police to get a grip on the crime situation. The […]
And turning to our first question for this week. Given the level of crime, Do you at this time support the cuts made to the budget of the police department? Text in your answers to Smart phones to 8686 or go to our e-poll on our website. Still yet, sent us an e-mail to questions@channel5belize.com. […]
There was rampant speculation today that Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh had been placed on pre-retirement leave of seventy days. But when we checked the courts we found him sitting on the bench and that in fact a number of cases are yet to be heard by him. As far as we have been able to […]
There is another fatality to report. The lifeless body of two-year old Kelisha Kelly was found floating in the Belize River on Sunday morning by a Belize City resident traveling along the river. At about nine thirty that morning Colin Cabral, who was traveling along the river came across the body. It is reported that […]
The increase in the GST was fully ventilated in the House of Representatives by parliamentarians. We asked the question to our viewers if they thought the two point five percent increase is affordable. One viewer who participated by IMS, said that it is not affordable to the common man trying to make a living while […]
