A candlelight vigil for the safe return of Hattieville Chairman, Kevin Carcamo will be held tonight, five days after his mysterious disappearance behind Freetown Sibun. Carcamo vanished while reportedly returning from work on a survey line within the densely forested area on Sunday and, despite all efforts by authorities to locate him, hasn’t been seen […]
Municipal elections are set for early next year, and already mass party machinery is cranking up for the election of slates in all municipalities. It doesn’t exactly have the fever of general elections, but it is a big deal, since these elections will be seen as a measuring stick, a barometer of sorts. And so […]
One issue that the People’s United Party is tackling is the draconian gun laws. The leader of the opposition says that the party has written and submitted an amendment to the Firearms Act to G.O.B., but has received no response. Francis Fonseca says that the Firearms Act in itself is not a bad thing, but […]
On Thursday morning, three families were displaced by separate fires in Belize City. Today, Jenise Ramirez and her two children, ages six and four, received some assistance courtesy of Salvation Army. Ramirez’s house and its contents were destroyed in the blaze on Berkley Street that was started by her eldest son who was playing with […]
Last September corruption came to light when the Penner immigration scandal was first exposed. This involved the corruption in the issuance of Belizean passports to individuals who did not qualify. In the case of South Korean national, Won Hong Kim, there was evidence that he did not meet even the basic requirements, however still obtained […]
For students interested in creative arts, a summer camp hosted by the Ministry of Education is the perfect setting to engage in the many facets of the arts. This year the number of participants grew to well over a hundred students who flocked to the Bliss Center for Performing Arts for three weeks of fun […]
There was another camp taking place, but outside the city where at risk youths were engaged in various activities. News Five’s Isani Cayetano files a report. Isani Cayetano, Reporting At the Youth Hostel this morning, a summer camp for at risk teens concluded after several weeks of training in various disciplines. Among the many […]
The Won Hong Kim scandal erupted in September 2013. The catalyst was a Belizean passport issued to Kim. Kim received Belizean nationality and his passport while he languished in a jail cell in Taiwan. That was ten months ago, and the infamous passport has yet to return to the shores of the jewel. Recently Minister […]
P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca got the news about Penner shortly after the former Minister of State walked out the door of the Belmopan Magistrate Court, indicted now only by public opinion. He told News Five that it is a bitter disappointment, a travesty and a sad day for Belize. But Fonseca concedes that while it […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow, on more than one occasion, has expressed his doubt that Elvin Penner could be successfully prosecuted, maintaining the difference between factual guilt and legal guilt. Attorney-General Wilfred Elrington has followed suit, asserting that the reason the D.P.P. has not initiated a public prosecution against Penner is that she knows it wouldn’t […]
P.U.P. Leader, Francis Fonseca, himself a former Attorney-General, also took issue with the comments of Elrington, but like the outcome of the case, he says they weren’t surprising. He says Elrington was simply reflecting the belief and intent of the U.D.P. government. Francis Fonseca, P.U.P. Leader “The Attorney-General had absolutely no business offering his […]
Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie continues to be the man in the hot seat, and the man under fire in the Penner immigration scandal. He did not hand over the file which contains all evidence compiled so far in the investigation. That effectively squashed COLA’s case today setting Penner free of the charges. The Commissioner […]
The reaction of the crowd outside the courtroom was immediate. As Elvin Penner and his family walked to a parked vehicle, there were cries of ‘thief’ and ‘you should be in jail.’ But beneath the anger of those assembled outside is also a deep disappointment in the system, and a belief that the outcome of […]
On June sixteenth, Justice Michelle Arana ordered the government of Belize and SATIIM to engage in mediation where the exploration by US Capital Energy is concerned – mediation, but with no guidelines or determined outcome, which seems like somewhat of a hollow victory for SATIIM. Today, Executive Director Greg Ch’oc told us that the mediation […]
Summertime is extra special for children and youths who are attending interesting summer camps. Over at the Skills Training Center on Magazine Road, the City Council wrapped up two summer camps today. It was a fun time for the participants who engaged in activities such as arts and crafts, sports, and day trips to exciting […]
It has been a little over seventy-two hours since the unexplained disappearance of forty-three-year-old Kevin Carcamo, who disappeared on Sunday while returning through a densely forested area behind Freetown Sibun. Carcamo, the Chairman of Hattieville, was part of a team of forty-five linesmen employed by Discoverseis to run survey lines within the location. An intense […]
More than three million dollars has been placed into an account which will be administered by four union trustees. The funds represent dividends for shares which were offered to public officers and teachers whose increments were frozen between 1995 and 1997. According to a release sent out by G.O.B. today, in 1995 government agreed to […]
The speculation about who will be named as Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala in the wake of the death of former Ambassador Fred Martinez is over. It is known that Cabinet took a decision on Tuesday, but the name of the new head of mission is being kept under the lid. The Prime Minister will […]
The Puerto Azul Project has been mired in controversy since it came to light that Italian developers were preparing to invest in the development. On Tuesday, the environmental community reacted negatively to government giving its stamp of approval to the developers of Puerto Azul to proceed with an environmental impact assessment. The EIA will determine […]
When government ministers Manuel Heredia Junior and Erwin Contreras attended the Cannes Film Festival in May, where they hobnobbed with the rich and famous on the French Riviera. The occasion was the launch of the proposed Puerto Azul Project. The photographs went viral and there was outrage because it was felt that their attendance signaled […]
A late night blaze on Prince Street in Belize City Friday night completely destroyed the upper flat of a wooden home. It was allegedly started by a child playing with a lighter, and by the time it was extinguished only the walls of the lower flat were left standing. Four families were affected by the […]
Eight high school and five sixth form students will continue studies with scholarships from the Belize Bank. Accompanied by their proud parents, the deserving students were presented today with the scholarships awards. Chairman of the Belize Bank Lyndon Guiseppi said the generosity of the bank is expected to be matched with that of the students […]
A pair of young Belizean artists has placed highly in a regional tourism and environmental poster competition hosted by the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association. While they did not win the coveted first prizes in their respective categories, they continue to bring exposure to the Jewel as a major cruise tourism destination. Dengri Hernandez and Amber […]
Earlier, we reported on the murder of San Pedrano, Felix Alamilla. His death has brought to light a serious problem on the main tourism island of San Pedro. For years, residents have been clamoring for an adequate public medical facility which would include a morgue. According to Doctor Giovanni Solorzano, Alamilla could have been saved […]
The family of Kevin Carcamo, the Hattieville Chairman, is clinging to hope tonight. It is forty-eight hours since the linesman, who is employed by Discoverseis, has been missing. A search party has grown to about a hundred strong and widened its hunt of Freetown Sibun where Carcamo went to work on Sunday for the company […]
