It is not exactly a secret, but the magnitude of the level of poverty in Belize, is still shocking. In fact, Belize is now the country with the highest poverty among Caribbean countries. According to a report commissioned by the government, forty-three percent of the population is officially poor and poverty is sweeping among all […]
A legal battle over a property in Benque Viejo del Carmen is now before the Chief Justice. In one corner is Samuel Bruce, who got an injunction in the Supreme Court to stop the takeover of his property. In the other corner is the government, who wants the land. And smack in the middle is […]
Yolanda Schakron says that any cover up she unravels on the police will not bring back her nephew, but says she doing it for other Belizeans who don’t have the resources to do it themselves. And she is now calling on them to join her fight. Yolanda Schakron, Aunt of Christopher Galvez “I di ask […]
A land dispute in Cayo is causing an uproar among residents. On one side is Samuel Bruce, a activist who has been involved in the community policing program and on the other side is the government of Belize. In fact, Bruce is a Zone-4 Captain, and Police Special Constable. In 2008, the Cayo resident began […]
Earlier this month, Centaur Cable owned by the Briceño brothers of Orange Walk Town, was directed by the Belize Broadcasting Authority to disconnect cable subscribers in Maxboro, on the Northern Highway. That license was then transferred to Helen Castro, the wife of Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro, the UDP Area Rep. Centaur has said it […]
Accused sex offender, thirty-two year old Keon “Gambis’ Williams, is now in police custody after eluding the law for the past nine days. Gambis, who was supposed to be on remand at the Hattieville Prison since last Tuesday, was instead on the loose after two officers allegedly allowed him to walk free. A police inquiry […]
A Hattieville family is tonight pleading for help in locating their loved one after he went missing one month ago. Thirty-eight year old carpenter, Glen Smith, was last seen by his sister on December nineteenth at their home on the Dollar Bank Road in the village. The family believes that Smith could have been kidnapped […]
Gambis’ family, who live on Supal Street on Southside Belize City, has its own version. His mother, Enid, told News Five today that she was at home when several police officers burst into the property inquiring on the whereabouts of her son and accused her of covering up for him. Enid Williams is also standing […]
Two of three customs officers who were accused of being involved in shady business two years ago have been reinstated. The men, Rudolph Williams and Steve Young, were transferred from the Customs Department after a container was diverted and its contents went missing. The empty container was later found abandoned on the Coastal Road. Williams […]
The BELCOGEN project at the Belize Sugar Industries has been running into a series of snags. And now mechanical failures that have been affecting processing operations have landed one employee in the hospital. Edward Robinson was scalded over ninety percent of his body late Tuesday evening and is being treated for the extensive burns. Attempts […]
The political divide between the two main political parties is being fought on many fronts and while the House of Representatives is the usual battle ground for issues about the country’s failing infrastructure and the economy, during the past few weeks it has jumped to the cable television. The battle over who shows HBO and […]
It seems that the Minister of Works, Anthony “Boots” Martinez is never away from the firing line. After all, he is the minister responsible for the Poverty Alleviation Project and housing is a huge problem for City residents. Today another Belize City resident is publicly charging that “Boots” Martinez has given her a shoddy house […]
The owners of one of the oldest colonial buildings in the city are tonight looking for shelter. The Eusey family has lived at their downtown home for generations, but now the building is a safety hazard and at least a part of it has been torn down. News Five Jose Sanchez has this story. Jose […]
And on Regent Street, a building sitting at the corner with South Street is in danger of collapsing. Its owners, the Eusey Family, are fighting its demolition because that would leave them homeless. Last Thursday, the city engineer informed the Belize City Council of the imminent collapse and that portion of South Street was blocked […]
The Belize City Council has been unable to balance its accounts in 2009. There were several protests staged by workers of the garbage companies in front of City Hall after the council fell behind on regular payments. In February of 2009, the council’s overall outstanding debt to Belize Maintenance Limited (BML) alone was estimated at […]
The jury is still out on whether or not the councilors will accept the prime minister’s suggestion of cutting their hefty stipends to minimize spending. However, another issue is literally rising off the pavement and beckoning at the councilor’s feet. And that is the condition of the city’s streets. The major streets in the city […]
Tension was high on Thursday at the Fort Street Tourism Village when around seventy tour guides were suspended from operating on the compound. According to Operations Manager of Fort Street Tourism Village, James Nisbet, the conflict—between the Belize Cruise Ship Tour Guide and Taxi Association and the management of the Tourism Village— started as a […]
Despite the disagreement and the financial cost yesterday, Nisbet says the actions taken were necessary and he is hopeful that when the next cruise ship docks, each and every tour guide, who works on the compound, will have a clear understanding of what they are permitted to do and not do. James Nisbet “Everybody has […]
Maxboro is a small but growing community located off the Northern Highway near mile sixteen. But the two hundred residents or so are all but at peace. For the past two years thieves have made the community their playground and now residents are making their appeal public. Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting These four-footed […]
A brave B.D.F. volunteer from Roaring Creek Village is hospitalized tonight and is hoping to beat the odds. Nineteen year old Ramon Cadle broke his neck and fractured his spinal cord while swimming in a creek during the Christmas Holidays. While his prognosis to return to a normal life is not optimistic, the family has […]
Earlier today a minor reported to his mother that he had been physically and sexually abused while in police custody. It’s a serious allegation against the Belmopan police who were holding the fourteen year old boy for a robbery that allegedly occurred at Cardinal Store in Belmopan on Wednesday. The child was kept in custody […]
It’s the eve of Christmas, but one father is not celebrating. In fact, he is on an intense search for his thirteen year old daughter. Dean Dawson came to our studios today asking the public to be on the lookout for thirteen year old Shantel Dawson, who ran away on Sunday night. Shantel left a […]
A plate of food might not sound like much of a Christmas gift. But to the homeless mental patients who call the Battlefield Park home, it may be the only decent meal they’ve had in days. Today, the Ministry of Health hosted over a hundred homeless persons to lunch in the park; it was the […]
One of America’s most wanted, Robert Snyder, who was found in Belize and deported to the U.S. has been offered a three million Belize dollars bail. Appearing in a Colorado Fort Collins court, Judge Dave Williams explained that the reason for setting such a high bond was that “The biggest thing is this is not […]
Snyder was known to frequent and give chess tutorials at four schools in the Belize District, but there are no known allegations that he may have found victims in Belize. A check by News Five at two schools revealed that Snyder was under supervision when he was with the children. On the website for America’s […]
