Aside from the squatters who took the Belcan Bridge by storm this morning, the government still has the festering transport issue on its hands. The administration gave a portion of bus runs to longtime U.D.P. supporter Sergio Chuc to the dismay of the bus operators who have been conducting runs on the Western Highway for […]
Once the protestors had been forcibly removed from the bridge, they gathered in front of the Farmers Market. Not too long after, they were met by a PUP delegation led by Opposition Leader, John Briceño, area representative Cordel Hyde and attorney Anthony Saldivar, who interrupted a national executive meeting to lend support to the squatters. […]
For his part, area representative Cordel Hyde acknowledged that the issue of squatting in Lake Independence has been a perennial problem. He believes that the sudden measures taken by the government were heartless and draconian. Cordel Hyde, Area Representative, Lake Independence “It’s not a new problem but it’s how you deal with things. There’s a […]
While Cano is accused of attempting to bring in an illegal substance at the northern border, a Belize City attorney is accused of all things, facilitating an illegal telephone call. Since the owner of La Cabana Bar in Belmopan and his wife were locked up after a police raid at their home on May twentieth, […]
The eighth annual Ride Across Belize organized by the Social Security Board entered the city this morning. A record breaking number of riders traversed the country, from Corozal to Punta Gorda, and concluded this part of the tour just after noon. This year the ride was dedicated to promoting awareness of cancer; it was a […]
Though there was plenty for the authorities to deal with today involving the bus industry and the squatters, the Citrus industry as you are well aware, has its own internal turmoil. It has been reeling from one dispute to the other and at the center has been the investment by Banks Holdings Limited of Barbados, […]
The woes in the transport industry are far from resolved; in fact the situation is becoming even more complex. Last Friday, the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative staged a protest that effectively closed down the northern and western highways over new road service permits granted to Sergio Chuc of West Line. The Prime Minister intervened and […]
Up north, shortly before ten on Monday morning, Corozal Police were called to the Santa Elena Border where they discovered the lifeless body of thirty-two year old San Benito Mejia Tun, a Mexican sub-inspector police officer attached to the ‘Policia Estatal Preventiva’ in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. Tun’s body was floating face-down in the Hondo River, […]
A ban has been placed on attorney-at-law Arthur Saldivar from visiting clients at the Belize Central prison. A letter to this effect has been sent to Saldivar, the President of the Bar Association as well as to the Acting Chief Justice, the D.P.P. and the Attorney General. The action by the Kolbe Foundation comes on […]
Emotions were running high in Hattieville this afternoon when a house granted to a hurricane victim was about to be taken away and handed over to a fire victim. Albert Hendy lost his house when the eye of Hurricane Richard swept across Hattieville. NEMO provided him with a new house, but today when the organization […]
The Police Department has informed News Five that it will once again become involved in the situation involving the squatters at the construction site for the Chetumal Street Bridge. According to Police Press Officer, Fitzroy Yearwood, the Police Department is asking the squatters to move immediately as they will soon evict them from the site […]
We have been reporting since Friday that a van transporting prisoners to the Hattieville prison overturned near mile thirty-seven on the Northern Highway. One prison warden, Delbert McLaughlin died before reaching the hospital while a number of the prisoners were injured when the vehicle flipped several times. According to the police, two rear and one […]
The Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage’s campaign to push the government for a Referendum has been in full throttle over the past few months. The Prime Minister indicated that he would entertain a referendum on the issue of drilling once seventeen thousand signatures were signed by registered voters. According to Oceana Belize, a coalition […]
The signature collection victory is only one hurdle facing the environmentalists. Apparently, the Prime Minister recently made comments on a government program, which has Oceana Belize’s Vice president steaming. According to Audrey Matura Shepherd, the P.M. is calling for the public to support drilling in any part of the country with a promise to make […]
The seventeenth annual Miss Y Pageant was held at Bird’s Isle on Saturday night and seven contestants between the ages of seventy-one and eighty graced the stage. The audience was entertained throughout the show, particularly when it came to the talent segment. There was dancing, singing and drama; just to name a few and in […]
There is crisis in the transportation industry; we will have full coverage of today’s events. But we start tonight with an accident on the Northern Highway. A News Five team returning to the city was first to reach the scene of the accident near Mile thirty-seven. A van traveling to the Hattieville prison carrying thirteen […]
The Belize Bus Owners Cooperative essentially shut down the highways at the crack of dawn. Students, workers and commuters could not get to their destination because buses blocked the main thoroughfares while others simply did not leave from terminals. The Belize Bus Owners Cooperative has been insisting that road service permits granted to UDP supporter, […]
The protests were called off when the Prime Minister and the bus association sat down to dialogue. After that meeting at the P.M.’s Belize City office, the Belizean Bus Association and the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative agreed to a compromise. Thomas Shaw, President, Belizean Bus Association “He promised that he will resolve the situation and […]
Turning to the question of the week; we asked do you think that the scope of jurisdiction of the Gang Suppression Unit should be extended beyond the gangs and the city limits. That question garnered mix responses from our viewers with fifty-eight percent saying yes and forty-two percent saying no. One of the persons who […]
The protest paralyzed the country for hours, testing the resolve of the government to deal with its worst national crisis. After Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with the Belize Bus Association President Thomas Shaw and the Chairman of the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative Claude Frazer at ten this morning, he had a sit down with […]
The Chairman of BBOC, Claude Frazer did not attend this afternoon’s press conference. There was tension in the room when it appeared that the BBA had changed its position about the negotiations earlier in the day. But at the end of the conference, the BBA, BBOC and the Northern bus operators agreed to flesh out […]
In the north of the country, bus operators also blocked the main thoroughfare into the City. Police descended on the highway to keep things under control. Commuters waited for hours until they were finally allowed to proceed to their destination. News Five’s Andrea Polanco covers this leg of the protest. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Over a […]
Jose Alpuche was called to the Bar this morning in a ceremony at the chambers of Acting Chief Justice, Samuel Awich. The motion for his acceptance was made by Attorney Michael Young and was supported by an affidavit submitted by Attorney Philip Zuniga. Alpuche graduated from the University of London in 2005 with an L.L.B. […]
The annual Miss Y Pageant is coming up this Saturday night. It’s an annual event that brings senior contestants to the stage to show that they are still vibrant and talented. The pageant also attracts a big audience each year and is a major fundraiser for the Y.W.C.A. Seven contestants have been working hard to […]
Aurelio Martinez is in Belize as part of his Laru Beya world tour and tonight is the first of two concerts at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. The Honduran born artist is following closely in the footsteps of his mentor and has dedicated his latest album to the late Andy Palacio. The tour […]
