The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will determine whether or not there is a case to answer in the death of four year old Hidalia Maldonado. The child was rushed to the Western Regional Hospital last Friday and declared dead. A post mortem later concluded that physical abuse caused her death. The mother, […]
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The Human Development Report is released on a yearly basis; it is a report by the United Nations on the state of the world’s development. The 2010 report was launched today and it warns that the unsustainable patterns of consumption and production are the greatest threats to the anti-poverty drive. The report acknowledges, however, there […]
The President of the Inter American Development Bank, Luis Alberto Moreno, is on a two day visit to Belize. He is meeting with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, other government officials and representatives of the private sector to discuss the IDB’s continued financing of development projects in Belize and other possible areas of funding. Other senior […]
Back in September, events at the City Center were relocated because it was declared unsafe for large crowds. The recent hurricane caused further damage, but when we visited today, we found out that the sporting facility was still being used for high school events. So are the students at risk? That’s what News Five’s Isani […]
Seven men set out to sea exactly three years ago. Six were never seen again and the body of the other washed up on the reef days later. Magistrate Richard Swift died from a punctured liver. Their vessel was also found near Gallows Point. It is not known what transpired on that fishing trip and […]
It’s a sizeable quantity of drugs and a huge bust for the Punta Gorda police. Three Dangriga residents are in police custody in Punta Gorda after being busted with marijuana. The trio was traveling along the Southern Highway in the direction of Dangriga Town when they were collared at a checkpoint in the Toledo District. […]
A thousand families were affected by Hurricane Richard. Some of the adults may be able to cope with the emotional toll, but for children, the impact may be lasting and that requires special attention. Healthy living this week has sound advice on how to treat post disaster depression. Joyce McFadzen, Hurricane Victim (File: October 27th, […]
Maria Plaza Gomez, a Spanish flight attendant with Swift Air of Guatemala was holidaying at La Isla Bonita when she was murdered on Sunday morning. As we told you on Tuesday night, she was last seen alive by a fruit vendor in the company of a heavy set man. It was a most heinous murder, […]
On Tuesday night we broke the news that at the top of the Ministry of National Security, directives were issued to the Immigration Department to grant visas to Chinese nationals via the Belize Embassy in Cuba. The Chinese and other nationals stopover in Belize on chartered flights and then make their way to the promised […]
On Tuesday night we asked about the burning issue of the Social Security Board investment in Telemedia shares. The question was should the unions hold off investment until litigation against the company is concluded in the courts. Well, the viewers have spoken and seventy-nine percent think that the fifty million dollar investment for twenty percent […]
The ink had not even dried on the decision by the Social Security Board to invest in Telemedia when a first salvo was launched on the illegality of Tuesday’s decision and the previous recommendation of the Investment Committee. Earlier today, Glenn Tillett, a talk show host, wrote to Lois Young, the Chairperson of the S.S.B. […]
As we told you, the Belize Social Security Board’s decision is already under fire. The vote was taken on Tuesday night because on Friday of last week trade union representatives Dylan Reneau and Elena Smith absented themselves from a scheduled meeting which would have considered the vote. When it didn’t happen, the S.S.B. chairman, Lois […]
Still on the S.S.B. fiasco, Dylan Reneau also says that the unions need clarity on what they consider a veiled threat on the issue of the quorum at board meetings. Dylan Reneau, President, N.T.U.C.B. “I think we need to have some clarity on what transpired last Friday. [Uhm] certainly we notified the board that we […]
On Monday this week, Kamela Palma, was terminated as High Commissioner of Belize to London. It follows written exchanges between Palma, her minister, Wilfred Sedi Elrington and the CEO, Alexis Rosado. From documentation we have viewed, Palma’s fate was sealed over her decision to stand her ground in respect of whom she left in charge […]
Police are still trying to close in on the assailants of Monday night’s armed robbery at Seashore Store in Belama Phase one. The attack occurred at around seven o’clock and lasted for a little over a minute. The robbers, who first approached the security guard outside the store and carried him inside the business, then […]
An unusual charge is before the courts against Joseph Meighan, the owner of JB Security and two of his employees. Darrel Brooks and Jeremy Morgan were initially charged in September for Acting as Security Guards without Licenses while Meighan was charged with Employing Persons without Licenses. They were all released on bail for those charges […]
On Monday a group of six was arrested and charged for kept ammunition and other related firearm offences following a raid conducted at the home of forty-four year old Gloria Humes on Lawrence Avenue in Belize City. The four adults and two minors were initially taken into police custody where two adults pleaded guilty to […]
The process of restoring and rebuilding areas affected by hurricane Richard will continue for some time and patience is wearing thin for the victims. The Hattieville community was smack in the eye of the storm; hundreds were displaced and for two residents who lost everything, their pleas for help have fallen on deaf ears. News […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow left Belize immediately after Hurricane Richard. We were told he was going to a CDB meeting in Barbados and would stay on for the funeral of Former Prime Minster David Thompson. Well, he did go to the CDB meeting, we still don’t know if he brought back money but he didn’t […]
On Tuesday the US Government was bearing gifts. Close to a million dollars were delivered to numerous NGO’s. Today the top brass of the US Southern Command delivered his own goodies; this time the recipient was NEMO, who got equipment that will come in handy in emergencies. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was present for the […]
It is a match made in heaven, Vanesa and Julio took their wedding vows this past Sunday on live television. The reality wedding culminated months of romance that were captured on live television as our cameras followed Julio and Vanesa. Like many couples, their love was tested by the challenges that came their way. Julio […]
Thirty-seven year old Maria Plaza, a Spanish flight attendant, was reported missing in San Pedro Town since Sunday. The tragic news tonight is that shortly before three this afternoon, her badly bruised, half-nude body was discovered at a yard in a busy area of town. Plaza went for a stroll that took her less than […]
Remember the recent immigration scandal? So far only six immigration officers have been charged in a human smuggling ring that was busted on October third at the Phillip Goldson International Airport. They are only the small fish in an international ring that spans Cuba, Haiti, Ecuador, Sri Lanka and China. The September and October chartered […]
Tragedy struck today for five families on Central American Boulevard. They were just beginning to recover from hurricane Richard when a midday fire spread quickly to destroy the landmark house that was situated dangerously close to a cluster of other houses in the same yard. The blaze started from the upper flat of the two […]
