And this news well known businessman Karl H. Menzies whose reputable business on Barrack Road carries his name passed away on Saturday October eleventh. A mass in celebration of his life will be held on Thursday at Saint Joseph Church. Menzies story is an inspirational one, from humble upbringings he became a hugely successful businessmen. […]
A delegation headed by Foreign Ministry C.E.O. Alexis Rosado is currently in Guatemala meeting with Guatemalan authorities. Rosado is accompanied by Opposition Senator Lisa Shoman and representatives from the Belize Defense Force. The purpose of the visit is to defuse tensions in the relations with Guatemala. Earlier this week, we have learnt, the Guatemalans sent […]
Many Belizeans are heading across the border this extended holiday weekend, but the number of visitors to the jewel is on an upward trend. The Belize Tourism Board called a press conference this afternoon to report that going into the high season, arrivals in overnight and cruise visitors were up in the third quarter of […]
While tourism numbers are high the private sector is calling on the government to reduce local visitors to the Commercial Free-zone. The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has written Prime Minister Dean Barrow asking that the Corozal Free Zone to discontinue local excursions into the shopping district during the Christmas season. Every year thousands […]
On Tuesday News Five aired an interview with a Muslim woman who related a disturbing story to us. She is a victim of domestic abuse, and had applied to the Family Court for a restraining order against her husband. The case was called on September twenty-fourth, but when she tried to enter the court she […]
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is on the rise in Belize in 2014. Earlier this week, the Ministry of Health held a press conference during which Chief Operations Officer of the Vector Control Unit Kim Bautista announced that while there have been no fatalities so far, there has been a spike in the number of diagnosed cases […]
World Mental Health Day is being celebrated under the theme – Living with Schizophrenia. Today health stakeholders from all over the country gathered in their respective areas to speak on that issue, and others affecting the mental health of the nation. In Belize City the ceremony was hosted at the Mental Health Welcome Resource Centre, […]
So with all that said, are you still having doubts about the reality, and real trauma of schizophrenia? Well, this might bring it home to you. Do you remember the case of Felicia Chen? The young woman killed three of her children, held them under the water at Belizean Beach, and then tried to kill […]
The Minister of National Security John Saldivar informed the media on Wednesday that the construction of the military facility at Hunting Caye had not been stopped. Hours later, on Wednesday evening, a release from the US Embassy defended the decision to hire Guatemalans to build the Coast Guard installation, calling it best value. But that […]
As we told you, the US Embassy has issued a press statement in which it explained the decision of the US Southern Command to select a Guatemalan contractor to build Belizean Coast Guard facilities. According to the release, the selection is made based on the company that can provide the best product at the most […]
A family of five is without their house tonight after heavy rains and winds lashed the City on Wednesday night. This morning just before seven o’clock, their small wooden house collapsed under the feet of Dawn Phillips and her daughter; other family members were not at home. It is the second time that Phillips will […]
Rafael Manzanero of Friends for Conservation and Development has been making desperate pleas for much needed assistance to co-manage the Chiquibul National Park. Manzanero has told just about everyone who would listen that Guatemalan encroachers continue to rape and plunder the natural resources in the national park. The recent murder of Danny Conorquie is bringing […]
The fuss over the Bobby Chin Birthday Bash Concert has all but been settled. Earlier this week, the attorney for the United Belize Advocacy Movement, UNIBAM, wrote to the promoters of the upcoming concert threatening to seek an injunction if the Jamaican Dancehall Superstar does not refrain from lyrics that “incite, the murder of His […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow has gone on the record to state that the Ministry of Natural Resources is a hotbed of corruption. He probably could have gone further to call it a hotbed of incompetence as well. News Five has been covering a land dispute in Unitedville in the Cayo District since early May. When […]
Since taking office in 2012, Mayor Darrell Bradley and the Belize City Council have concreted a total of one hundred and twenty-seven streets across the municipality. This morning, ground was broken for the renovation of Blue Marlin Boulevard in the Coral Grove neighborhood where the existing thoroughfare will be widened to accommodate the two-way flow […]
With another phase of road works set to begin on Monday, we asked Mayor Bradley earlier today for an assessment of the already cemented streets, in light of the recent downpours. A majority of the streets, says the mayor, are holding up quite well under the elements; however, a few thoroughfares are in need of […]
This morning, in the outskirts of Dangriga, a drug destruction operation took place. Two batches of both cocaine and marijuana went up in smoke, all in all, a total of one hundred and sixty-nine parcels of the drugs. It included evidence presented in court for which the cases have concluded as well as drugs classified […]
Bahamian nationals Rohn Knowles and Kelvin Leach met bail of a hundred thousand dollars on October first, for an extradition warrant. The duo and three others are wanted by the U.S. for their alleged involvement in a tax fraud and money launderings scheme. The scheme involved sham companies and stock manipulations worth more than one […]
There’s been much said about the Coast Guard’s Guatemalan constructed forward operating base on Hunting Caye amid furious anti-Guatemalan sentiment in the wake of the murder of Danny Conorquie, the armed incursion and threat to our B.D.F. soldiers. The debate has raged in the House of Representatives, on the airwaves, in private forums and on […]
The news that a Guatemalan company with Guatemalan employees was building a Coast Guard facility on Hunting Caye broke last week Thursday. One week later, the Government says it still has no clue about the status of the workers at that facility. Minister of Immigration and Labour Godwin Hulse today told News Five that he […]
While the Minister of Labour, Hulse, is saying that he still does not know about permits, the Minister of National Security, John Saldivar, says all required permits were approved. Saldivar also said that there is not yet a stop order to halt construction, and he confirmed what we reported on Tuesday night that the Government […]
The Penner immigration corruption scandal which dominated the public landscape for a year has now fizzled. But with Immigration such a ripe tree full of fruit to plunder, there will always be corruption. In fact, reports reaching our newsroom indicate that at least one senior Immigration Officer is currently under investigation for facilitating the extension […]
Since last Friday, News Five emailed the US Embassy with a series of questions in respect of the contract issued to BINARQ. Late this evening, we got a response. While the embassy did not directly respond to our queries, they did say the following. First, in consideration of the strong U.S./Belize partnership, the US Southern […]
Three weeks ago an injunction against controversial artist Alkaline put him under manners, bound to keep his lyrical peace and tone down the sex. And now another artist is being threatened with similar action, by UNIBAM. Anthony Davis, better known as Beenie Man, is set to perform on October eighteenth alongside Black Chiney Sounds. A […]
Dancehall performing artist Beenie Man can be considered a mainstay in Belize, having been invited to perform in the country since the mid-nineties. So what is the contention all about? This afternoon, News Five sat with promoter Bobby Chin who told us that he was appalled by the email sent to him by UNIBAM. The […]
