The blue machine kicked into full gear over the weekend, a sea of blue swamped the south as the People’s United Party met in convention. Despite the public spats and internal wrangling in the past, on Sunday it appeared as if the PUPs had closed ranks for the unity convention. And as it is in […]
While the People’s United Party was energized by what they call a mammoth crowd, News Five spoke with the Party Leader, John Briceño, about pressing issues at hand, such as crime and the economy. We also asked Briceño about the absence of Albert and Lake Independence Area Representatives, Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde; two former […]
Miguel Menjivar, also known as Mike, is well known in the west as the owner of La Cabana Restaurant and Bar in Belmopan. You met him on Channel Five as the power behind singing sensation Ismael Chacon, the winner of KTV Latino 2010. But tonight, the high spirited businessman is in an induced coma after […]
Three persons were arraigned today in Magistrates’ Court in connection with a fight in Hattieville last Thursday. According to twenty-nine year old Dana Gabourel, as she exited a bus, she was met by thirty-one year old Melanie Pageant who accused her of spreading rumors about her family. Gabourel claims Pageant hurled obscenities at her and […]
There was an armed holdup at around ten thirty this morning at Eric’s Store on Bachelor Avenue in Belize City. According to the owner of the business, Guo Zhu, three youths entered, armed with guns and pointed the weapons at her and demanded money. The men stole an undisclosed amount of cash and two cell […]
Close to a hundred students from Excelsior High School held a drug awareness parade in Belize City this morning. The event marked the start of a week of activities and according to the principal and students, the parade was aimed to do more than just march around town carrying banners and beating drums. It sent […]
Cubola Productions has launched a new text book series that tackles the social issues while preparing vulnerable children to deal with the challenges. While the Living Together Social Studies series is designed for the primary schools curriculum, it will first go through an evaluation process before it is integrated. Priscilla Brown Lopez is the editor. […]
Julia Singh was one of two winners who hit the fifty-five thousand dollar jackpot on October sixth. She picked up her prize last Tuesday and today the second winner collected her prize money. Carla Aguilar, also a working mother, took home a cheque for twenty-three thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars, which she says she […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Amateur Boxing returned to Belize with a bang Friday night inside the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel which housed a monster matchup between Leopold Smart’s Gym and an official contingent from Chetumal, Mexico. Things got off to a roaring start as 2 under 16 fighters from […]
More than a year after its nationalization, Prime Minister Dean Barrow formally announced today the sale of shares in Telemedia even though compensation has not been settled and the value of the company will not be determined until after the litigation process is complete. Over twenty-two million ordinary shares are being sold for five dollars […]
The Prime Minister also announced his own accommodation agreement for Telemedia. For starters, business tax will be reverted to nineteen percent from twenty-four point five percent, the fifteen percent withholding tax will be removed and then there is VOIP. In one of speeches, Barrow made reference to increasing the speed of internet for a small […]
The thirty-three Chinese passengers on the three flights that originated from Haiti in September and October have long left the country. There are two investigations being carried out; one by the police department and one by the Ministry of National Security. Six immigration officers have been arrested and charged. And according to the Prime Minister, […]
Six immigration officers have been arraigned so far in the immigration scam that broke a week ago in which three planes coming from Haiti were chartered to bring Chinese nationals to Belize. On Thursday night we asked if you believe that the investigations into the human smuggling ring will lead to the arrest of the […]
On Wednesday night we reported on the continuing, unsettling state of affairs within the Belize Judiciary brought on by the intention of the Prime Minister to temporarily promote Supreme Court Justice Legall to the Court of Appeal. Hard on the heels of that story, comes news of the retirement of the President of the Court […]
We reported in Thursday’s newscast that twenty-five year old Steve Parks was hospitalized after being shot in the head as he purchased food on Wednesday night. Parks’ sister, Pamela Baird, told News Five that he was clinging to life and had a thirty percent chance of survival, but he needed blood. His fight ended exactly […]
In other crime news, two armed men accosted an employee of Corozal businessman, Kishore Kumar. They shot him three times, once in the face, once in the right shoulder and upper back. The attack happened outside the home of his employer on Fourth Avenue in Corozal Town sometime after six on Thursday evening. And while […]
There was another attack on a business while our team was in Corozal today. It happened at Real Discount Store on Second Avenue at around eleven-fifteen this morning. Reports are that two youths rode up on bicycles, one with a gun and the other with a knife. They held up the sales clerk and took […]
A man riding his bicycle on the Northern Highway never made it to his intended destination. Fifty-two year old Trevor Lofter was killed between miles eleven and twelve when he was hit by a vehicle driven by Christopher Tillett at around ten o’clock Thursday night. Tillett, a customer care service agent, was charged this afternoon […]
Information about the suspected drug plane that landed near Sarteneja has still not made it to the police blotter. But Corozal police say that while their response to the area was not quick enough to intercept the aircraft, but they did detain five men in a vehicle carrying a fuel pump and a battery in […]
Two brothers, both farmers from the Ladyville area, were busted on Thursday with a load of uncustomed vegetables and thirty-five cases of energy drinks. Twenty-one year old Raul Riviera, twenty-seven year-old Angel Pachan were jointly charge with Recklessly Acquiring Control of Uncustomed Goods and Recklessly Acquiring Possession of Uncustomed Goods. They pleaded guilty and were […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you about the press conference on Telemedia’s shares. After the nationalization of Telemedia, former Telemedia Chairman Dean Boyce put the value of the company in excess of three hundred million U.S. dollars. That’s a hefty sum that still looms over the cash strapped government. The compensation as well as […]
Training and preparations have been completed and now it’s on. Belizean and Mexican Boxers are squaring off in seven matches at the Biltmore. The locals are all hyped up and the visitors are up to the challenge. But who will ultimately be victorious? You’ll find out later tonight, but first News Five’s Isani Cayetano checked […]
The National Under-Fifteen Male Basketball Team is getting ready to head to Mexico for the Centro Basket Tournament. They’ve been preparing for at least nine months, but before they head north, the guys are testing their mettle against the Sacred Heart College under-eighteen team, who placed second at the CODICADER Games earlier this year. Mark […]
Representatives from the Statistical Institute of Belize usually come knocking at your door to collect data. Well, the roles were reversed today when the SIB employees made their rounds to assist the community in observation of Caribbean Statistics Day. Across the region, events were held to highlight the importance of statistics, but SIB decided to […]
The Department of Human Services told News Five on Thursday that they could not comment on allegations by Gloria Morales and her daughter, Claudia Zetina. But after their story aired on Thursday, there was reaction from the department. According to, Ava Pennill, the Director of Human Services, Claudia is known for behavioral problems and the […]
