A heated standoff between parents and the administration of Santa Familia Roman Catholic School which saw its enrolment sit out classes for the past two weeks has finally come to an amicable solution. That’s the word coming today from the Ministry of Education. News Five’s Isani Cayetano found out that students are finally heading back […]
The prospect of offshore oil drilling has raised strong emotions in the environmental community. On Wednesday, PM Dean Barrow publically said that he wouldn’t put a stop to oil exploration. Within hours of that statement, another group, Healthy Reef Initiative, joined APAMO in opposing offshore oil exploration. Melanie McField, a renowned marine biologist, says we […]
For its part, APAMO, the Association of Protected Management Organization, which is the umbrella organization for all related environmental groups, reiterated its point in spite of the P.M.’s statement. Edilberto Romero, APAMO’s Chairman, went one step further today and indicated a protest is a possibility to pressure the government to step in line with the […]
It has been two and a half weeks since the mysterious disappearance of siblings Joseph and Erleon Garbutt who were reported missing when they failed to return from a business trip to Roatan, Honduras. The brothers set out to purchase a boat on the bay island on the morning of May ninth and haven’t since […]
The Belize Grassroots Youth Empowerment Association has been leading a community based charge when it comes to finding practical as well as controversial solutions to crime. The group organized a community meeting at the YWCA last week in Belize City which had participation of the media, the church, politicians, representatives from the government, members of […]
Earlier this week, we brought you the heart wrenching plea of twenty-three year old Greilin Carcamo, a young mother in need of a life saving procedure that she could not afford. After that story on Tuesday, News Five received calls inquiring about Carcamo’s contact information and today the good news is that she is being […]
Licenses issued for offshore oil exploration have stirred up environmentalists. So far eighteen companies have been granted concessions to search for petroleum on land and sea. Some of the concessions are more controversial than others because they overlap areas that contain fragile ecosystems. The Belize Barrier Reef, a World Heritage Site has been parceled off […]
Still on oil, the Prime Minister’s law firm, Barrow and Williams, has been named as having a vested interest in one of the eighteen companies which have concessions to drill offshore for oil. Rodwell Williams, the lead partner of Barrow and Williams is a director in Princess Petroleum Limited, a company related to the proprietors […]
Earlier we heard the Prime Minister say that he wouldn’t stand in the way of oil exploration. Well, there is one company, which has been granted a concession to drill for oil which is proving difficult to identify. And that’s Sol Oil Belize. A check for its particulars at the company’s registry came up with […]
A young mother, whose kidneys failed about two years ago, now has to travel to Guatemala for surgery but she needs the help of the public to get there. Twenty-three year old Greilin Carcamo came to News Five’s studios today to appeal for financial assistance because she is facing life threatening complications and is in […]
There’s another side to the story on the one hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars which vendors at the Queen Square Market say they have paid towards their arrears. When City Councillor Kevin Singh spoke with us last week he said that the council is forced to raise the rental for the stalls because the owners […]
Daniel Alford passed away in April 2007 and left everything he owned to be shared among his six children. That included money for one hundred and three acres of land that he sold for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. But after Daniel passed away, the buyers Belize Goat and Sheep Ranch Limited wrote—via Attorney […]
Stephen Buckley was shot by a police officer on April twenty-eighth when he and a friend were pulled over because their vehicle resembled one that was involved in a previous shooting. It caused public outrage because Buckley was shot more than once and police claimed it was an accident; a story that not many believed. […]
While the number of unreported cases of domestic violence against men and women remains inconsistent, the instances that are actually documented have become fewer over the years. The decline, however, does not mean that the situation is looking any better for victims of spousal abuse. One person who has chosen to advocate for those who […]
It was not so long ago that an arrest would be made for a violent murder and society would rest well. That has now changed and now within three months if suspects aren’t released, within a year the case would fall apart and become another unsolved murder. On the flip side, Belizeans have become wary […]
The number of reported cases of domestic violence for 2009 has been released in an annual report issued by the Ministry of Health. While the figures reflect a decrease in reported cases, they are inconclusive since there may be incidents that go unreported. That leads to a general misconception that things are looking brighter says […]
On Thursday News Five spoke to Marc Patry, a programme specialist in UNESCO’s Special Project’s Unit of the World Heritage Center in Paris. Patry indicated that a de-listing of the Barrier Reef from the World Heritage Site is possible because of the licenses given for oil exploration. He gave an example of the country of […]
The oil concessions on the seas have been rejected by APAMO, the umbrella organization for the environmental community. On May twelfth, Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action (COLA) also wrote a letter to the Prime Minister illustrating the effects of oil spills from the United States all the way to Australia. It was a lengthy […]
Last Wednesday we heard City Councillor Kevin Singh alleging that records at the Council’s Finance Department do not reflect what market vendors are claiming to have paid. The vendors who sell at the Queen Square Market claimed that their arrears for market stalls remained at around a hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars even when they […]
The murder of Aubrey Lopez last week Thursday has stirred deep emotions against violence. A group led by activist Nigel Petillo protested on Friday in Belmopan and this Tuesday night it took its plight back to the murder capital. Mission Fix Belize has been joined by families of victims of crime and others whose common […]
Where is the ring of rogue cops? That is what everyone has been asking ever since the Prime Minister and the Commissioner of Police held a joint press conference on March thirty-first. One police officer was charged, but three were put on interdiction and there were reports that other officers would fall from grace. Constable […]
There was a heavy police presence as residents of Santa Familia surrounded the school and protested in its environs over a string of allegations against the principal of the Roman Catholic School. The demonstration went off without a hitch but the message of the parents was unequivocal, they demanded the removal of the principal. News […]
Aubrey Lopez, son of Belmopan’s Mayor, was laid to rest on Sunday. Several buses transported his colleagues to the funeral. The service was attended by teachers, students, and politicians, including the prime minister. His death was attributed to violence which has enveloped the country and reached crisis levels. On Friday, his friends in Belmopan organized […]
Just recently we heard about the problems at Mount Carmel School when students were sent home over unsold raffle tickets. And now there is trouble at another school in the west. Residents of Santa Familia will take to the streets on Tuesday morning to protest what they say is abuse of authority on the part […]
Last week News Five received a report about a Tubal school student who was allegedly beaten with a machete which was being wielded by the driver of the Commissioner of Police Crispin Jefferies. When the driver hit the boy on the leg, the machete broke the cellular phone that was in the boy’s pocket. The […]
