Tonight’s question is: Do you think the benefits of cruise tourism outweigh the disadvantages it brings to the jewel? 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.
The anti-drilling movement in national parks is picking up steam. On Wednesday, the Coalition to Save Our National Heritage issued a release in support of Greg Ch’oc and SATIIM, which manages the Sarstoon Temash National Park. Initially Ch’oc reacted against statements made by the prime minister in which the PM indicated that drilling in the […]
In November of 2010, the Humanitarian Association, a charitable group in Benque Viejo was being forced out of the building it occupied by the Health Department. It seemed that the group would have been allowed to continue its work but on Tuesday, a letter from Benque’s Mayor explained that if the organizers did not attend […]
Earlier we told you that the third case of Money Laundering brought the Financial Intelligence Unit did not succeed in court before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. In a related case, also before Frazer, thirty-four year old Ernest Raymond Jr. who was initially charged in February 2009 along with the Coye family for money laundering was […]
The National Executive of the People’s United Party met in what they refer to as an emergency session on Wednesday. But during that meeting, two P.U.P. execs said they were resigning; that’s Deputy Leader Dan Silva and Executive Member Hugh O’Brien. Both say that they cannot support conventions that are merely endorsements and that the […]
Still on party politics, the national executive of the U.D.P. will meet over the weekend to consider whether or not Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers will be re-admitted back in the fold. Moya has made known her intention to run for the U.D.P. in the Albert constituency even though she was expelled last May by the […]
Steven Buckley was shot last year during a police operation near the Cumberbatch Field. What appeared at first like an open and shut case has lingered in the system for months and Buckley has been unable to work since then. It’s close to nine months since the incident, and the Buckley family is growing frustrated […]
We record the passing of Lloyd Faber, the father of Education and Youth Minister Patrick Faber and his brother, City Councilor Andrew Faber. Faber who was a lay minister in the Anglican Church died this morning in Corozal Town. Funeral arrangements are being made.
Have you heard of the term bone spurs? It is a condition of abnormal bone growth. According to the specialists, many persons have it and do not know it. Treatment is required depending on where it forms. Healthy Living has more on bone spurs. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting The regular wear and tear we put on […]
Early this morning, the body of forty-six year old Harris Gabourel was spotted on the old Northern Highway. Gabourel had been shot many times and the blood stains were still fresh on the road where his body was found. His grieving mother, a diabetic, says he was her caregiver. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports on […]
The murder of twelve year old Janessa Jones continues to haunt the Ladyville community. The school girl left home after school to run an errand and from all accounts she never made it to the intended destination in the City. Her mother and stepfather have come under close scrutiny and today Arlene Bainton told News’s […]
A student was raped at a high school up north. The fifteen year old student from Corozal Town claims that after classes on Tuesday, eighteen year old Adolfo Manzanilla approached and forced her into the school’s male bathroom and sexually violated her. The young victim was taken to the Corozal Hospital. Manzanilla’s presence on the […]
The last hanging in Belize was back in 1985 when the noose was tightened on Kent Bowers for the murder of Robert Codd. With crime at an all time high many are calling for the return of the death penalty. But what do our viewers think about killing to defend life and property? On our […]
It’s the third anniversary of his death: but Andy Palacio continues to live in the hearts of Belizeans. At the Image Factory, Anthropologist Dr. Joseph Palacio, spoke of Andy, the perfectionist, whose untimely death came at the time when his music reached the pinnacle of success. The promotion and preservation of the Garifuna culture took […]
The Prime Minister’s recent statement on oil exploration in protected areas is causing a firestorm. Last week the PM said that while he had not decided on the future of offshore exploration, he supports drilling by Capital Energy in the Sarstoon Temash National Park. Earlier today, the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage issued […]
Thirty-four year old Dennis Robateau, a laborer of San Andres Village in the Corozal District, walked out of the Supreme Court this morning a free man after being acquitted of the charge of Carnal Knowledge. On May sixteenth, 2008 a fourteen year old girl reported to Corozal Police that while visiting Robateau’s home he had […]
Tito “Pleck” Martinez was on the run since an attack on a couple in Punta Gorda on Sunday evening. Darlene Coleman and her common-law-husband, Jesus Bol, were surprised by Martinez, who reportedly stormed into their home, masked and armed with a nine millimeter pistol and a machete. Bol struggled with Martinez and was injured on […]
Hope is slipping away for a Belize City woman, whose son went missing twelve days ago. Violet Jones says her son, Matthew Gonzalez went fishing earlier this month and no one has seen him since then. Gonzalez lived in san Pedro and his neighbor first alerted her that he had not been seen since January […]
Esso New Road Service Station was jacked again on Monday by gun toting robbers. According to nineteen year old Bernardo Coc, a gas attendant, he and fellow co-worker Shane Alarcon were approached by two armed men at seven-thirty p.m. One of the assailants, who was dressed in a camouflage peak cap, a white T-shirt and […]
There’s another development in the two week old tendering dispute. There’s word that Carnival intends to cancel stops in Belize on Thursday and that Royal Caribbean along with Norwegian Cruise Lines are bound to follow suit. As it stands tonight, an agreement on the price to transport tourists from the cruise ships to the Fort […]
The family of William Portillo is safely home tonight. They got the keys to their new house this afternoon and moved in after it was handed over to them by Hand in Hand Ministries and Scotiabank. The house is only one component of the Building for Change project; the intention is to build families, an […]
There were two shootings in the Old Capital in the past twenty-four hours. Shots rang out on Monday night at the usually quiet Belama community, across from the police sub-station on Chetumal Street. Just last week there was outrage from the area representative that the station has been closed since the end of last year. […]
In the other incident, a Belize City businessman is lucky to have survived a shooting this afternoon at the corner of Carnation Street and Western Avenue. Glenn Leslie of Leslie’s Sand and Gravel was shot in the abdomen and had to be rushed for medical treatment. According to police, two men pursued Leslie’s son and […]
Tonight’s question is: Is killing justifiable to protect life and property? 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.
The judiciary and members of the legal community were out in full force and regalia this morning for the traditional opening of the Supreme Court. The Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich reflected on the number of cases and the rise in crime last year while the President of the Bar sought a commitment for the […]
