Hard pressed consumers, already facing massive raises in the cost of milk, bread, eggs, tortillas and other staples, may soon be asked to bear a fifteen percent hike in the cost of electricity. The reason, not surprisingly, is the surge in world oil prices. Saying that it’s already absorbed more than it can bear, Belize […]
2008 has been declared the International Year of the Reef and with the Belize Barrier Reef voted as one of the seven underwater wonders of the world, a consortium of local conservation groups is using the occasion to bring this invaluable resource into focus. According to PACT’s executive director Valdemar Andrade, just boasting about having […]
One of Belize’s oldest citizens, Viola Myles, passed away at the Sr. Cecilia Home for the Elderly on Sunday morning. She was one hundred and five years old. Myles had been an active centenarian until late last year when she fell and broke her hip. We had made it a tradition to wish Myles happy […]
Belizean artists are never in short supply of talent, it’s the support they lack. But a different kind of exhibition on at the Bliss should appeal to the art aficionados in us all. Ann-Marie Williams explains. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Over two dozen artists from all over the country will camp out at the Bliss Centre […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley with yet another dish of Sports Monday. Week five of the B.P.F.L. playoffs matched the two leaders inside the M.C.C. Grounds as the Belize Defence Force played host to Hankook Verdes of San Ignacio. In this battle for supremacy it’s the host team looking for first blood when David McCauley […]
Five weeks after the general elections, today members of the new parliament convened in the nation’s capital to participate in the ceremonial opening of the National Assembly. News Five’s Janelle Chanona attended the event but her report is voiced by Marion Ali. Marion Ali, Reporting This morning’s outdoor ceremonial opening of the National Assembly took […]
As we reported on last night’s newscast, Orange Walk Central area representative John Briceño has dropped out of the race for leadership of the People’s United Party, saying he would not participate in a quote “rigged election”. This morning News Five’s Janelle Chanona asked candidate Mark Espat if he plans to follow in Briceño’s footsteps. […]
During this morning’s ceremonial house meeting, the new Government emphasized that they’ll tackle crime and violence with a special gang unit in the police department, youth and adult empowerment and education initiatives and even a gun court. But those plans are of little comfort to yet another Belize City family whose loved one was callously […]
The second murder occurred on the Placencia peninsula around twelve-thirty this morning. The crime scene was at the Amigos Restaurant and Internet Café in the heart of the village. Police reports are that the owner of the business, thirty-six year old Samuel De Jesus Ortiz had closed for the night and was counting the proceeds […]
The ongoing quarrel between high ranking officers of the Belize Police Department has climaxed with one of the cops involved being suspended. Less than twenty-four hours after he was transferred to a desk job in Belmopan and talking to the media, Senior Superintendent, Chester Williams has been suspended from official duty. On Thursday, Williams told […]
There is a disturbing report of rape coming out of Toledo tonight as a student is saying she was raped by her teacher. According to the thirteen year old girl, between ten-thirty and eleven on the morning of March seventh, her twenty-one year old instructor forcibly had sex with her in a classroom. The victim […]
When we last left Kevin Dawson, a.k.a. Possum, he was on the run after he swapped identities to trick the court into thinking he was someone else and getting an early release. But the long arm of the law caught up with the fugitive in Corozal on Thursday and this morning he finally had his […]
Over the last month, the Belize Bank has been in the news for its involvement in the investigation into the Venezuelan, and more recently, Taiwanese millions. But tonight the financial institution is making headlines because it’s giving away money. In the third raffle since it introduced its Visa Debit Card this morning three lucky customers […]
They are primary school students with an interest in music but if a Belmopan steel band is going to go international next week, they need your help. The Panerrifix Steel Band from Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Belmopan is planning to play in Denver later this month but to accomplish that mission, they’ve got […]
The Belizean border has often been criticized as porous, making it highly vulnerable to illegal hunters and gatherers. It’s a situation that could easily overwhelm the limited resources of response agencies but as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, managers of the vast area that comprises the Chiquibul are not giving up on the site’s valuable […]
Having pursued a month long campaign to replace retiring P.U.P. leader Said Musa, tonight Johnny Briceño is calling it quits. Citing what he called the unfair practices of the party hierarchy as demonstrated at yesterday’s meeting at the National Party Council, Briceño told News Five’s Stewart Krohn that he cannot participate in a contest that […]
The Peoples’ United Party is not the only Belizean institution suffering from internal divisions. As we reported on last night’s newscast, certain members of the Police Department are at each other’s throats. But the bad blood between Superintendent Edward Broaster and Senior Superintendent Chester Williams involves more than just personalities, as Williams claims he and […]
The report of the Commonwealth Expert Team that observed our recent general election is out. By and large they gave the process a clean bill of health, albeit with some helpful recommendations for the future. What follows is the verbatim summary of the team’s conclusions. “Having observed the 2008 General Election, the Team has observed […]
It took the nine person jury only three hours to return a unanimous not guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of Julio Che. The forty-eight year old Che was charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of thirty-five year old Jaime Serrano in October of 2006 in Ladyville. Witnesses testified that death followed an argument […]
Tourism: it’s big business in Belize with a constituency widely spread both geographically and financially. With a new administration taking over in Belmopan, the industry was all ears yesterday as the minister made his first major address to stakeholders. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Despite a slow start, tourism in Belize has […]
If you took a poll of Belizeans you’d probably find that of all the subjects they studied in school math is the one they’d most like to forget. And that’s a shame, because aside from its practical applications in the world of business, a knowledge of mathematics sharpens the mind and possesses a powerful beauty […]
As one of the country’s finest lawyers, Prime Minister Dean Barrow is no stranger to the art of courtroom theatrics. But with the kind of case he’s got against his defeated and demoralised political opponents, he did not need the skills of a Johnny Cochran. Today Barrow twisted the knife a little deeper in his […]
In the wake of Barrow’s damning revelations the obvious question is: what’s the other side of the story? Apparently, there is none as the three participants in the affair have chosen to fight the accusations with silence. And if the words of the P.U.P. Secretary General are any indication, the party hierarchy remains in a […]
Even though the People’s United Party is apparently living in a world of its own, the P.U.P. National Party Council did meet on Queen Street today to finalise plans for the election of a new leader. On March thirtieth, delegates will head to the George Price Centre in Belmopan to cast their votes, but the […]
Tonight two top police officers are feuding after one reportedly threatened the other, and that alleged victim filed a report with the Internal Affairs Unit. Just what led to the bad blood is not clear but this evening, Assistant Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie told us the matter is under investigation. Street talk is that […]
