Emotions were running high on Tuesday when Belize Waste Control’s employees protested at City Hall. The demonstration was called off today and both parties are still at the negotiating table. But for now, there is a temporary agreement between the BWC and City Hall. It means that garbage collection services will resume even though the […]
A large majority of those who polled on our question about the sugar industry, thought government should step in to keep the industry viable in the long run. The poll was seventy-eight to twenty-two percent. One viewer commented that “GOB should provide long term relief because we can’t afford more unemployment.” There were also interesting […]
The high season in the tourism industry is about to get off, but before tourism dollars can be made; several overbearing matters are already falling off the plate of cruise tourism stakeholders. The latest issue involves zoning to regulate the chaotic Fort Street Tourism Village which has resulted in the displacement of seasoned tour operators […]
Another contentious topic in the industry is the proposed introduction of cruise tourism in the Placencia Peninsula. The residents in the village stand squarely against it and have the backative of the village council and the local branch of the BTIA. Today FECTAB also gave the Placencia residents its support, saying that it is too […]
A thirty-five year old Guatemalan National was caught trying to hide almost a pound of weed on March seventh. But it wasn’t until Tuesday that Dixie Wagner was convicted of Drug Trafficking when his case concluded before Magistrate Aretha Ford. While the drugs were not found on his person, Police Corporal Ivan Galvez testified that […]
The Officer in Charge of the Burrell Boom police was today criminally charged for drawing his service weapon on a village resident. Corporal Emilio Patt, who has ten years on the force, appeared before Magistrate Kayla Teck today to be arraigned for Aggravated Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. The alleged assault went down outside a […]
Officers from the Crimes Investigations Branch of the Police Department raided a house on Pinks Alley this morning. They found a point three-eighty caliber pistol tucked under two mattresses. But the bigger find was a cache of electronics all believed to be stolen property. The items included three CPUs, five keyboards, three wireless monitors with […]
The old Dona Summer song says she works hard for the money so you better treat her right. And although, they aren’t singing the song, that’s exactly how some construction workers in Ladyville want to be treated. They told News Five that they work all hours of the day, night, weekends and on public and […]
Belizean American novelist, Ian Vasquez, published Lonesome Point in 2009 and In the Heat in 2008, and both novels received rave reviews. He won the Shamus Award for In the Heat, and he intends to bring more attention to Belize through his next novel Mr. Hooligan which is scheduled to be released on December seventh. […]
There have been several public complaints from Belizeans who headed to Chetumal over the last weekend. The motorists are peeved about being held by Mexican authorities for driving a vehicle with heavily tinted windows. According to Marcelino Miranda, Mexico’s Press Officer, the dark windows are illegal once you cross the border at Subtiniente Lopez. Belizeans, […]
A bail-out for the ailing sugar industry was announced today. Following a meeting between Government and the Belize Sugar Industries, the Belize Cane farmers Association, and the Sugar Control Board, a memorandum was signed committing the government to provide a temporary solution to avert a major crisis in the sugar belt that would displace thousands […]
The Treasury notes for ten million dollars will keep the industry afloat for some time. The government has also decided to provide to BSI, an additional million dollars, initially set aside to improve sugar roads. The PM said that while the fund is unconditional, hopefully BSI will use some of it on road repairs. Eleven […]
One of the main inefficiencies that the Belize Sugar Cane Famers Association, the Sugar Industries Control Board and BSI agree needs to be improved is the quality of cane. You may well remember the violent protest that resulted in the death of one canero, Atanacio Gutierrez, during which farmers agitated for the removal of the […]
Tonight’s question is: do you think that government should provide a long term solution to ensure the viability of the sugar industry? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Earlier we told you about the temporary solution in the sugar industry, but in Belize City there is no solution in sight to the latest garbage problem. Belize Waste Control is out of pocket for four months of services that the Belize City Council has been unable to pay. The uncollected garbage is piling up […]
The Southern Regional Council of Tour Guide Association is going against the grain in respect of cruise ship tourism in the South. The Placencia Village Council and the B.T.I.A. have given a thumbs down to cruise tourism, but the council, which is committed to sustainable tourism, says it cautiously welcomes small scale cruise ship tourism […]
There is another murder to report tonight. Independence police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of fifty-six year old Honduran national Juan Cardona whose body was discovered with what appeared to be multiple chop wounds to the head and upper right side of the arm. At a little after six o’clock on Monday evening […]
Last September, a fourteen year old girl accused three minors of rape but today she confessed in the Orange Walk Supreme Court that her very serious allegations were all lies. A seventeen year old was charged with Rape while his sixteen year old brother and seventeen year old cousin were charged with Abetment to Rape […]
Earlier this month, a Special Constable was reportedly scammed out of his service weapon by a minor. Forty-one year old Carlos Thompson reported the stolen gun when the nine millimeter pistol was not returned and a seventeen year old minor was charged with Theft and Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm in the Family Court. Thompson […]
One month ago, the government of British Prime Minister David Cameroon revealed its Strategic Defense and Security Review and announced substantive cuts to military spending to tackle the deficit. Military spending is to be cut by eight percent which means that British troops on mission in numerous countries could be reduced in numbers or affected […]
Also in London, Lord Michael Ashcroft has put on display at the Imperial War Museum, a rare collection of World War memorabilia he has been collecting since boyhood. An assortment of two hundred and forty-one Victoria Crosses, the highest military decoration for members of the armed forces in the Commonwealth and previous British Empire, are […]
There is more hurricane relief pouring in from our northern neighbors in Mexico. Even though Hurricane Richard hit a month ago, there are still families that are struggling to get back on their feet and one of the primary needs is food. On Monday the Mexican government handed over one thousand food packages to NEMO. […]
The Police Department has been carrying out a series of trainings in community policing throughout the country and this week, the last of six courses is taking place at the Belize Institute of Management. Thirty Special Constables are participating in the program, in which they are coached on how to better cope with the day […]
As early as five this morning, the destruction of more than two tons of cocaine began in the north. An estimated one hundred and forty million dollars went up in smoke as the incinerator at the Tower Hill sugar mill destroyed the Colombian coke. The cargo was first brought to Belize City from the south […]
While the police were on high alert, keeping an eye on the cocaine, gun violence erupted on the streets of the old capital on Garifuna Settlement Day. Police operations included searches of the city’s hot spots including the George Street area, but could not avert the murder of two persons. The homicides happened within fifteen […]
