At midday today a deadline given to the Minister of Transport expired. It has been five days since West Line took over several bus runs to the north and despite protest by rival bus operators it seems that the company, owned by Sergio Chuc, will remain a fixture on the Northern Highway. That’s what Minister […]
It was announced on Tuesday in London that Lord Michael Ashcroft has been named to a key government appointment. Lord Ashcroft will now serve as the lead adviser to the military review of British troops in Cyrus. According to the report, Liam Fox, the defense secretary said that Lord Ashcroft would serve as the unpaid […]
We have been reporting on the precarious situation in the bus industry. Last Friday, the Minister of Transport, Melvin Hulse agreed to suspend for twenty-one days, bus routes approved for the north but over the weekend. However, the suspension did not include the changes already made to Western routes and chaos prevailed at the bus […]
With temperatures in the nineties, News Five’s Andrea Polanco caught up today with an eager group of children at the annual Y swimming program. During the course, the children acquired valuable like skills and learned how to feel comfortable in the water. The training concluded today with a short and long distance competition and the […]
We reported last week on the complaints by the Belize Bus Owners’ Cooperative over new zoning being proposed by the Department of Transport that granted West Line Bus Company Limited morning runs from Belize City to Benque Viejo and returning in the afternoons to Belize City. B.B.O.C.’s President Thomas Shaw made pleas to the Minister […]
On Friday the Gang Suppression Unit carried out a predawn raid at Miguel Menjivar’s residence in the Las Flores community in Belmopan. Menjivar is the owner of La Cabana Bar and lives under heavy security. Commander of the G.S.U., Marco Vidal told us that before five o’clock that morning, the unit carried out a search, […]
A prisoner, who is considered to be dangerous, is on the loose after escaping from custody this morning. The Belize Police Department and the Kolbe Foundation are now asking for the public’s assistance to locate thirty-one year old Fabian Bain, who also goes by the name Carlos Escalante. Bain was being escorted from the Belize […]
A sea of blue flooded the west and the north of the country was covered in red on Sunday as both major political parties held divisional conventions. In San Ignacio, two People’s United Party candidates made a bid for Cayo Northeast. Orlando Habet topped the polls with nine hundred and eighty-six votes and is the […]
Bus operators from the North of the country attended a meeting in the old capital at ten this morning. The meeting was necessary because operators were not happy with the schedules proposed by the Ministry of Transport for the northern and western zones. Some of the operators lost a number a number of runs, which […]
COLA’s President Moses Sulph recently found himself in hot water after his advocacy group staged a sleep out in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in the Capital against oil exploration. Soon after, it became known that he was under investigation and was subsequently fired from his post at the General Registry after alleged irregularities […]
The boom in cruise tourism has opened up plenty of Belize’s natural resources for income generation. But the droves of buses that take tourists to the sites also have an impact on the roads. Taxes are being taken per head of tourist that enter sites such as Caves Branch for cave tubing. But the infrastructure […]
You’ve heard about road rage, well there is a conflict on the highways today that has bus operators blistering for fair play and accountability. It seems that the rules of engagement have changed once again for bus operators of the north who feel that they are being hustled out of their routes, which means less […]
Area Representative for Orange Walk East, Marcel Cardona’s vehicle was towed away from his law practice in Orange Walk on Tuesday afternoon. The police arrived and without any fuss, took the vehicle away as Cardona stood by. It’s the latest embarrassment for Cardona, who the government has now relegated to the opposition side of the […]
The imposition of a new tax is normally met with opposition, especially at a time when most people are finding it hard to make ends meet. So when news spread that the City Council was about to slap a tax on taxi operators, that was met with rejection. Most wondered if the price of public […]
The HIV/AIDS statistics are improving locally. As we reported in our newscast on Tuesday night, the number of new infections is going down, but the study notes that the Belize District remains the area with the most infections. Tonight, News Five Jose Sanchez looks at the trend of the infectious disease. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Regionally, […]
Since March of this year, a community of squatters has been setting up houses in an area where the government is building a bridge that will span the Lake Independence area to Belama Phase Two. The police soon moved in and evicted the squatters but the south side of the Chetumal Bridge is now swelling […]
Whether or not crime is down, the man at the head of the Police Force, Crispin Jeffries, will stay in place for another year. The government has extended his contract for twelve more months until a successor is hired. According to information available to News Five, even after a new COMPOL is installed, Jeffries will […]
Today over thirty members of the Business Youth Trust from around the Caribbean gathered at the Radisson Fort George Hotel for the opening Ceremony of the Caribbean Regional Conference. The event, which brought together mentors and young entrepreneurs, is geared at highlighting the work of the organization and future plans. As a part of the […]
Now for the good news, a family from Dangriga is taking Chicago by storm with their Belizean cuisine. Rhodel and Yolanda Castillo opened a restaurant called Garifuna Flava in June 2008 and it has gotten rave reviews from patrons, in newspapers and television networks. But it gets better; the Belizean dishes will be introduced to […]
Tonight, family, friends and the cycling community are grieving the immeasurable loss of young Ariel Rosado. The twenty-eight year old was killed in a terrible traffic accident just before midnight on Saturday. It happened at the roundabout near SMART when Rosado and his cycling friend Marlon Castillo were heading into the City. Rosado, a National […]
Petén is immediately across the western border with Guatemala and many Belizeans frequently travel by road through the area either for business or vacation. Still yet, tourists to the Jewel, head across the border as part of their tour of the region’s Mayan archaeological sites. But there’s a worrisome report tonight which cautions travelers when […]
International Public Service Day will be observed on June twenty-third, but in anticipation, government departments mounted all day exhibitions at the Charles Bartlett Hyde compound in the City today. The target audience was made up of students who were eager to take in as much as possible on what public officers and departments are all […]
Albert and Lake I representatives, Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde were back today, but there was one notable absence on the Hill in Belmopan. Orange Walk East Representative Manuel Cardona stole the show at the last House Meeting when he berated his own U.D.P. government. Since then, the U.D.P. has considered him persona non grata […]
The media was called out today by one of its own members, who along with a well known business personality, say they have received credible reports that their lives are in danger. They claim in fact that a street figure has confirmed that someone has paid for a hit on them. Media colleague, Channel Seven’s […]
As we reported on Tuesday, a delegation from the newly formed organization, Friends of Belize, is on a three-day working visit to Washington D.C. The delegation was led by former U.S. Ambassador Robert Dieter and former British High Commissioner Philip Priestley. In D.C. they met with several high level government officials to discuss ways in […]
