The icing on the cake on Sunday was an announcement of a letter from Emma Boiton, long-time pageant coordinator, who effectively terminated Moya’s tenure as coordinator under the authority of the Loyal and Patriotic Order of the Baymen. Boiton ordered Moya to turn over all relevant material and correspondence for the committee and records of […]
Earlier you heard the members of the National Committee’s comments regarding their meeting with Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Patrick Faber on Saturday. Faber has confirmed to News Five that he has been in touch with his attorneys concerning Zenaida Moya’s comments on Monday morning’s LOVE FM morning show and elsewhere about his […]
On Saturday afternoon, the Stann Creek District Queen of the Bay Committee held a press conference in Belize City at the Biltmore Plaza. The Committee felt, at least at that time, hard done by with the handling of the apparent change in results against their candidate. District Coordinator Sherima Usher-Guity, herself a former Queen of […]
Now…at news time, the National Celebrations Commission issued a statement apologizing to the various dignitaries present on Sunday, both Esmeralda Cal and Aaliyah Ysaguirre and the people of Belize for what it calls “the unfortunate events” that took place at the official ceremony. It states that only two members of the Queen of the Bay […]
Did the police department intentionally turn a blind eye to certain criminal elements and allowed them to carry on with illicit activity in return for keeping the peace in Belize City? It’s an opinion that is shared by some, however, the truth of the matter is that the crackdown on the local marijuana trade seems […]
Last week News Five shared correspondence from Prime Minister Dean Barrow indicating that after the current allocation runs out in November, the Government would not continue to fund the Senate Special Select Committee. Its reason is that it wants to save funding for the Integrity Commission and implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption […]
As Belizeans prepare to start the extended celebration weekend, citizen’s security is a huge concern in light of lethal explosives found in recent days. A number of mass events such as Saturday’s road march as well as concerts and the popular jouvert have the police on high alert. Facing public condemnation for tear gassing Belizeans […]
Are mixed signals being sent by the Ministry of Home Affairs? The Police Department spent upwards of half an hour at its Thursday press conference seeking to justify its treatment of protestors and members of the press, particularly KREM Television’s Marisol Amaya, during Wednesday’s protest turned riot at the Tower Hill Bridge in Orange Walk. […]
The news according to Orange Walk North area representative Gaspar Vega that he is considering running for another term put a cat among the pigeons in the United Democratic Party’s plans. The Opposition People’s United Party is salivating at the prospect, but not so fast. While Vega can run even though he is discredited, Elrington […]
The Orange Walk North area representative made his first televised interview in several months during Wednesday’s protests, but was careful to skirt the issue of activities at the Ministry of Natural Resources. As we have reported, he appeared to balance whatever irregularities have been observed in the scads of documents released to the press since […]
A pair of officers attached to Precinct Three in Belize City is out on bail after being arraigned on extortion related charges earlier today. The duo, identified as Sergeant Lenancio Bol and Police Constable Daniel Requena, appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford after being held in detention since Thursday. It is alleged that on September fifth, […]
A Belizean was reportedly killed in the Champon area of the western border with Guatemala. News Five has learned that San Jose Succotz tour guide Carlos “Botty” Manzanero was at the Larios establishment with his wife when he was shot a total of eight times: once to the right knee, twice to the left hand […]
Pressure from members of the subdivision of Las Flores in Belmopan seems to have turned the Catholic Church around on the issue of two parcels of land located next to the Roman Catholic community school which residents want returned from the purchaser. On Thursday there was a protest at Belmopan City Hall by residents and […]
A set of triplets was delivered at the K.H.M.H.’s Labour and Delivery Unit on Tuesday. Sometime, around ten that morning, the first time mother delivered two boys and one girl. The babies all weighed an average of five pounds. They were admitted for observation over the past couple days and were discharged today. On Wednesday […]
Holiday weekends often carry a greater load of patients for the national referral hospital, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. This weekend, that load increases because all surgery related cases are being referred there specifically for patients from the Northern Health Region – Corozal and Orange Walk. This is because upgrades are being […]
Before Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Harvest Caye opened last November, Belize had exactly zero docking facilities for visiting cruise ships. With construction set to open on Michael Feinstein’s Stake Bank project in December, and the subjects of this next story, there could be as many as three in the coming years. The Government of Belize and […]
A second phase to the project will add two berthing docks and a five-star three hundred-room hotel and water theme park. The Government, represented at the signing by Minister of Economic Development Erwin Contreras and Minister of Defence John Saldivar, expects that at least seven hundred Belizeans will be employed to build the new facility. […]
Latest reports say that at least fifty-eight persons have lost their lives following a magnitude eight point one earthquake in Mexico on Thursday night, causing tsunami warnings for countries across Central America. In Belize, there have not been tremors for a few years so many were startled when buildings and vehicles across the country shook […]
Since the start of this week we have been showing you the devastation of Hurricane Irma across the Caribbean, particularly the Leeward Islands. St Barthelemy, St Maarten, Barbuda and several others have seen massive destruction in the millions of dollars. Puerto Rico was also in Irma’s path and now over a million residents are without […]
The digital world is changing rapidly as we know. We can get information at our fingertips with just the click of button as long we have access to the internet and internet-ready devices. While cell phones and other tech gadgets bring new possibilities, they also bring challenges when it comes to literacy. So, for the […]
There is mounting outrage tonight, including from us here at Channel Five, at the unnecessary use of force against the media by the police on Tuesday. Krem’s Marisol Amaya was attacked while executing her duties as a reporter covering the tear gassing of Belizeans at the Tower Hill Bridge. A group of P.U.P. protestors headed […]
Condemnation of Wednesday’s events has come in fast and furious from several organizations. We lead with the statement issued this evening by KREM Radio in support of assaulted journalist Marisol Amaya, which it calls “totally unwarranted and indicative of the violence experienced by women on a daily basis inBelize.” General Manager Michael Hyde says that […]
Ombudsman of Belize Lionel Arzu has been asked to intervene to publicly condemn the behavior of the police in respect of several recent incidents involving members of the Opposition and the press, most recently the attack on the Tower Hill Bridge, by Belizean Doctor Gerald Zuniga. Doctor Zuniga writes of his total condemnation of Wednesday’s […]
On Wednesday, during the rapture of public support from his constituents, Orange Walk North Area Representative Gaspar Vega stated that he would contest his seat in the House of Representatives should there not be a suitable replacement by 2020. It’s a bold declaration that may not be supported by the United Democratic Party, including its […]
Gapi Vega, in recent times, has become a pariah within his own party, causing a wider chasm to drawn between aspiring leaders Patrick Faber and John Saldivar. The two have been engaged in a social media exchange, taking sides on the issue of corruption within the U.D.P. But what’s Aragon’s position on his colleagues? […]
