Paul Morgan replaced Marlon Skeen as the VIP Mayoral candidate for Belmopan. In a joint release, it was announced that Skeen would run as an independent candidate. News Five asked Morgan today what took place on the proverbial eve of the municipal election. Paul Morgan, VIP Mayoral Candidate for Belmopan “Well as you see, we […]
Earlier we told you about the mass naturalization of new Belizeans. In Orange Walk, a resident disclosed on Tuesday with documents that persons were fraudulently using her address and today in Ladyville others were caught on amateur video at a private house where they were being facilitated with the processing for naturalizing. The PM has […]
The deadline for the registration of new voters has been extended from today to January twentieth. And there is a mad rush to register to vote in March seventh election or the upcoming general elections whenever they are called which, according to the Prime Minister, is very soon. So on Friday, as many as four […]
The snap termination of a contract sent workers of Belize Maintenance Limited to the streets. This time it’s not over unpaid debts to BML, but it is over the abrupt cancelation of a garbage collection contract, which has been in effect for the past two years. The workers protested in front of City Hall this […]
The Social Security Board is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to deal with reports that select staff members have found a way to benefit from the write-off of mortgages of up to fifty thousand dollars offered by the Prime Minister. We first reported about the allegations of insider trading among staff members, including top management, […]
An embarrassing incident took place at the San Ignacio Hospital this morning that has doctors and nurses enraged. The staff is up in arms because Doctor Angelica Rosado was escorted off the hospital compound by no less than police officers. Around nine o’clock this morning, Deputy Regional Manager, Nurse Myra Pulido called in the police […]
To get an official statement on behalf of the Ministry of Health, News Five spoke with C.E.O., Dr. Peter Allen. Allen says that what happened is regrettable and steps are being taken to rectify the situation, but that concern for the patients remains at the forefront. Via Phone: Dr. Peter Allen, C.E.O., Ministry of Health […]
The case against the Coye family has been one of the most high profile Money Laundering cases in Belize. Michael and Marlene Coye, their son Jude, daughter Melonie, her husband James Gerou as well as two employees Athlee Matute and Deitrick Kingston were all charged along with the family’s business Money Exchange International Limited. The […]
While the FIU attempts to seal convictions in three current cases, an ongoing workshop at the Radisson is training members of the judiciary to properly enforce money laundering legislation and deter future incidents. The workshop is being held on the premise that with proper enforcement and stiff penalties in place, foreign investors will have more […]
Municipal elections and possibly General Elections are on the horizon. Some campaigns ads are being churned out to provide a selling point for politicians. However, an easier way to make a case to the electorate is to do visible groundwork. If you travel along the north side of Belize City this week you should have […]
In May of 2001, the prison embarked on two programs. One of them was a victim awareness program where convicts could undergo rehabilitation and eventually meet and apologize to families of their victims. The other was a school program that took students to see what life was like behind bars. News Five accompanied one class […]
In Friday’s newscast, we showed you the video of hundreds of persons lining up at the George Price Centre in Belmopan where they took the oath to become new Belizean citizens. The rush to process and bestow citizenship on hundreds of persons is telling because municipal elections are just around the corner. And with the […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is on the record that general elections are likely to follow the March Seventh municipal elections. But from the looks of it, there is surely a lot of activity to signal that we are now in the political season and that the generals may be sooner rather than later. Aside from […]
Municipal elections are only two months away, but there’s a major change in the Belmopan slate of the Vision Inspired by the People. VIP announced today that its mayoral candidate, Marlon Skeen, is stepping down. It means that VIP is now in a rush to find a new mayoral candidate by the time it launches […]
There is a strong breeze of electioneering that is blowing not only among town and city councilors but also standard bearers. And while the Prime Minister has not given a specific date for the general elections, we note that elected Caribbean Shores Representative Santi Castillo is fixing up a city park and promising to pave […]
Also here on the north side, late this evening the Ministry of Works and City Council were in Caribbean Shores assessing the streets that are about to be paved. Boots singled out Caribbean Shores and Freetown for areas that are being upgraded. In the Freetown, the P.U.P. party leader and area representative will be challenged […]
It was announced in mid December of 2011 that the royal family would be embarking on a worldwide tour in 2012 as part of celebrations for Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. On his first solo tour, Prince Harry is expected to visit Belize, the Bahamas and Jamaica. But there is another high profile woman who has […]
In the news tonight, after weeks of speculation, a take-over of major proportions took place which puts the privately owned Port of Belize in the hands of receivers. It is one of the biggest local companies to go under. Its previous owner, businessman Luke Espat, is said to be indebted more than sixty-four million dollars […]
At the Port of Belize, the new management was securely in place. Late this afternoon, a press conference was convened where newly appointed receiver Arturo Vasquez reiterated that he will ensure a smooth transition in the day to day operations. Vasquez also addressed what Luke Espat and his attorney Arthur Saldivar claim to be an […]
Of equal interest is a collective bargaining agreement between the management of PBL and the stevedores who form the membership of the Christian Workers Union. According to Vasquez, the terms of that agreement remain intact and assurances were made that all concerned parties including the CWU will be part of any negotiation that involves the […]
A prominent Public Accountant from Campeche, Mexico was visiting a relative in Belize earlier this week. But after an encounter with police officers at the Western Highway Mile Four checkpoint, forty-three year old Felipe Javier Chan Chable says he’s not coming back to the Jewel. Felipe and his son, twenty year old Richard Javier Chan […]
The results of a recent poll was released today and they are both surprising and interesting. But first, the poll was done by the GS Strategy Group from Idaho. It is billed as a professional and national poll that covers everything from quality of life to political strife. The results were released by Glenn Tillett, […]
But as all things go in Belize, politics eventually becomes the main course in any meal and so it is in the poll. Questions were raised about nationalization and whether you prefer P.U.P. or U.D.P. management on various topics. According to the poll, at the time he stepped down as Party Leader, Johnny Briceno was […]
Some of the poll questions remained questionable, particularly the one on Briceño’s popularity over Barrow. Briceño resigned from the P.U.P. leadership on October seventh, the date the poll began its rollout. So even without a leader at the helm of the P.U.P., the poll recorded twelve percent popularity for Briceño. And if you do some […]
Senator Lisa Shoman has recently completed her duty as head of an OAs observer mission that oversaw the Jamaica elections. Portia Simpson Miller, Jamaica’s first female prime minister led her party to a landslide victory against the ruling party. By all accounts it was an early election called and lost by former Prime Minister Robert […]
