In political news, the People’s United Party held a convention in Cayo Central on Sunday where conventional wisdom proved accurate in favor of veteran politician Dan Silva. The campaign was extensive and heated and when the votes were counted, former two time minister of government, Dan Silva trashed businessman Luke Espat by a huge margin, […]
The People’s United Party is tonight mourning the passing of one of its longstanding and loyal member. Former People’s United Party Minister Maxwell Samuels passed away this afternoon while undergoing treatment at Belize Healthcare Partners. News Five has been able to confirm that last Thursday Samuels was hospitalized for a pulmonary embolism. He was being […]
On Thursday, we reported on Dr. Louis Zabaneh’s abrupt departure as president of Galen University. His demission from office followed a surreptitious decision taken by majority shareholders to move the privately owned institution in a different academic direction. While Galen will expand to become a school of veterinary medicine, Zabaneh is being succeeded by Professor […]
There is another development in respect of oil drilling in Maya communities which is causing tensions between SATIIM, Government and US Capital Energy. It has to do with the signing of an agreement by Valentin Makin and the oil company. Today, the Conejo village issued a stinging indictment of Makin and threw him under the […]
A teenager drowned while swimming in the Macal River on Saturday. Fourteen-year-old Johnatan Requena, a resident of San Ignacio Town, was swimming along with a friend in an area between the Hawksworth Bridge and the low-lying bridge when he submerged and did not resurface. Requena reportedly struggled to remain afloat and when the friend managed […]
The Police Department is fighting crime by targeting those believed to be most vulnerable, the youths. Through its cadet corps, Rural Belize District police officers are making a positive impact on children through extra-curricular activities. On Saturday, a sports day was held at the Burrell Boom basketball court that brought over a hundred youths who […]
Mayor Darrell Bradley will be leaving municipal office in March 2015. We didn’t exactly hear it from the horse’s mouth, but we heard it from his political boss, Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Bradley has been a perpetual waffle when it comes to his future in politics. First he claimed he would throw his hat into […]
Despite a ruling handed down by Supreme Court Justice Michelle Arana on April third, US Capital Energy’s pre-drilling activities in the Sarstoon Temash National Park will continue unabated. That’s because government, like SATIIM and U.S Capital, has its own interpretation of the ruling. In a letter dated April twenty-third, attorney Denys Barrow informs SATIIM’s attorney […]
Vice President of the Caribbean Development Bank Dr. Carla Barnett has been selected as the Chair Designate of the Belize Tourism Board. The announcement follows the appointment of a new Board of Directors for B.T.B. Einer Gomez, General Manager of Ramon’s Village Resort, remains acting chairman until Barnett assumes the post upon the completion of […]
A collaborative effort between the Government of Belize and South Korea has resulted in the unveiling of a National Transportation Master Plan. Through a Knowledge Sharing Program established by both countries, Belize is benefiting from the technical expertise of South Korea in developing a robust and sustainable strategy for transportation. The master plan was unveiled […]
In recent weeks, there have been persistent reports of financial problems at the Punta Gorda Town Council. Now financial difficulties in municipal administrations are legion – revenues are notoriously scarce while obligations are many. But there is word that the problems way down south in Punta Gorda are bigger than that – so serious in […]
In March 2014, Maranco Energy Belize Limited announced a significant oil find at its South Canal Bank number three – a preliminary reserve estimate of fifty-million barrels. But it was a bittersweet discovery. The oil is there, but getting it out of the ground is a whole different matter, a prohibitively expensive proposition. The company […]
Seven months and counting – that’s how much time has passed since former Minister of State Elvin Penner was fingered in a serious immigration fraud. The public has remained committed to ensuring that Penner is brought to justice for his role in facilitating Belizean citizenship for Won Hong Kim. The political directorate has been every […]
The Petrocaribe initiative took its first baby steps in Belize in 2005, but fizzled out in 2009. It was reloaded in Belize in 2012, and to say that the Jewel is reaping major financial dividends would be an understatement. Today, the head office of Alba Petrocaribe Belize Energy Ltd. officially opened its doors in Belize […]
The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ has been retold countlessly through biblical literature. During Holy Week, movies reenacting his death on Calvary are aired across the local and international media. On Good Friday in Benque Viejo del Carmen, devout Christians relive the experience by dramatizing Jesus’ final hours before being put to death at the hands […]
A resident of Franks Eddy Village remains missing tonight and friends and family are concerned about his whereabouts since he was last seen in police custody four days ago. It is unclear whether Guatemalan national, Manuel Acevedo, is dead or alive. Despite an ongoing investigation in which Belmopan Police say they were initially unaware of, […]
Tonight, there is credible information surfacing which indicates an emerging scandal in another government department. News Five has been able to confirm that there are multiple allegations of corruption being levelled at politically connected officials within the General Sales Tax Department. We are told that two officers in particular are being accused of attempting to […]
Imagine working on a piece of land for almost forty years – backbreaking labour to clear and keep clean. You plant every fruit and vegetable you can get your hands on, because this is the legacy you want to leave for your family. And then one day you find out that your piece of land […]
The Belize Grassroots Youth Empowerment Association (BGYEA) is in its fourth year of existence and has been fighting for months to get titles and even leases to parcels of land in a community they call Harmonyville. It continues to be a frustrating process for the one thousand plus individuals who were given an acre of […]
There is also valuable lumber in Harmonyville that Petillo says is being pillaged by villagers living along the George Price Highway. He says that a businessman is offering to build additional roadways within the community in exchange for gaining access to the lumber. But that aside, Petillo says that he is frustrated with the state […]
On Tuesday, we reported on the tragic death of a sixty-eight-year-old woman in the village of Boston. It is believed that someone broke into her home during the Easter weekend and violently attacked her with a piece of wood. Myra Miller, a Jamaican national, was clinging to life when she was discovered inside her home […]
Armed confrontations along the Belize/Guatemalan border, involving the Belizean military and Guatemalans conducting illegal activities within our country, have been a perennial issue which some may say remain unresolved. And on Monday, a Guatemalan soldier was detained in Belize within the Chiquibul National Park. The soldier and three others were found approximately two hundred and […]
On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington told News Five that American Investigator and Director of the International Forensics Science Laboratory and Training Center in the United States, Dr. James Hamdi, was in Belize. His mission is to conduct an intensive and comprehensive investigation into the shooting death of Guatemalan national Tomas Ramirez back […]
The B.D.F. today officially launched the opening of the new location for its Saint George’s Church located at the Price Barracks compound in Ladyville. The newly retrofitted chapel is to provide the soldiers with a location where they can pray and worship. While the force already provides for the physical needs of the soldiers with […]
The Belize National Teachers Union, the single, largest unified body of workers in the country, is hosting its forty-fourth annual national convention in Belize City. Educators from across the districts, for both primary and secondary schools, converged at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall today to discuss, among other things, the business of the union. While […]
