While most of the P.M.’s quarterly press conference laid out hard times for the people, there was one moment at the end of the press conference when Barrow paused to make mention of an incident, which he felt was a footnote worth mentioning. Last week, the Committee Organized for Liberty Through Action, COLA, camped out […]
A ruling was handed down in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in a case brought by Maranco LLC against Susan Morrice, Tony Quinn, International Natural Energy LLC and Belize Natural Energy Limited. Maranco is a minority shareholder in I.N.E., which in turn is the sole shareholder of B.N.E. In a media advisory issued on Wednesday, […]
Twenty year old Charles Young Jr. has been fingered as one of two gunmen who assaulted a trio last Friday evening as they stood talking at the corner of Tibruce Street and Hibiscus Lane. Despite being charged on Tuesday for the murders of Ian Martinez and Daniel Puerto as well as the near fatal shooting […]
At some time or the other, almost every person has forgotten where they put their wallet, keys or the time of an appointment. If you have experienced this, then chances are nothing is wrong with you. On the other hand, if you simply do not know that you have forgotten then it’s a sign that […]
The Barrow administration is now entering its fourth year in office. Prime Minister Barrow today hosted his first quarterly press conference. He discussed a range of issues including one that has the population on edge. While everyone is waiting for the cost of fuel to go down, the price at the pump continues to shoot […]
The Prime Minister was drilled on a number of issues, including the recent oil exploration concession given to his nephew Kimano Barrow. Environmentalists have sounded the alarm about Kimano’s lack of knowhow in the oil industry and are concerned that there was no bidding process for the concession issued in the large parcel of land […]
The Sugar Cane Industry is at a virtual standstill tonight because the Belize Sugar Industry Factory is inoperable due to failed machinery at the BELCOGEN Plant. The international lending organizations were ready to pull the plug at B.S.I., but government granted a ten million dollar bailout loan to keep the factory open. Well now, the […]
The P.M. also used the occasion to give a report card of how his administration had fared over the past three years. He gave a preview of the upcoming budget for the new fiscal year and while he promised no new taxes, the productive and tourism sectors are not in the best shape and fuel […]
There was a lot of reaction to the question of whether or not, three years after it came to office, the government has been successful in keeping its manifesto promises. On our poll, seventy-nine percent said it has not while twenty-one percent thought it had. According to one viewer on our IMS “They pledged to […]
Late reports to News Five indicate that Santino Castillo, well known businessman and co-host of Channel Five’s KTV Latino, has been abruptly fired from his position as deputy chairman of the Belize Tourism Board. Castillo reportedly received a handed delivered letter from Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Jr. today informing him that his services were no […]
As we told you at the top of the newscast, the temporary shut-down of the Tower Hill Factory is set for this Thursday. Grinding is expected to come to a halt for three to four weeks in the first instance which is likely to extend the 2011 crop into the rainy season. Even if production […]
In other news, four policemen and one Customs boatman who were charged in connection with the biggest drug bust down south were escorted to court today in shackles and under heavy security. But before the case could proceed, Attorney Dickie Bradley, informed Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie that a bail application is presently before Belmopan Supreme […]
A group of cruise visitors who were out sightseeing in downtown Belize City today fell victim to one of the crooks that plague the streets of the old capital. Just after eleven a.m. fifty-five year old Dutch National Koos Klybroek was along with his wife, Esther Van Eeden and three friends when he was suddenly […]
Twenty-three year old Miguel Matus, a prisoner who escaped from custody on February third, remains at large tonight despite being sighted by residents of Toledo District near Salamanca earlier this week. Matus, who was serving a life sentence for murder, has been on the run for the past six days after fleeing from a corrections […]
The Mexican Beechcraft 65 airplane which took off from the Philip Goldson International Airport in January left Belize’s airspace on a test flight and never returned. It’s a troublesome security issue because since the Nine Eleven disaster in the U.S., most countries have been very stringent about passengers and pilots on planes. Yet the matter […]
There’s a first MegaBingo jackpot winner and she hails from Hopkins. Sheridan Polanco’s lucky stars were shining on her last Saturday. She played for the first time and she hit the jackpot. It’s a bitter sweet win for her as on the same day she had been served with a notice of eviction. News Five’s […]
Group B of KTV Latino Season Two made their debut appearances on Tuesday night at the Bliss. Seven hopeful singers appeared solo on stage and gave it their best shot. They energized the audience with the impressive line-up of all time favorites, including a spectacular Mariachi rendition and an array of popular songs from well […]
There is late breaking news from the north; and it is not sweet for the six thousand cane farmers that depend on the sugar industry for their livelihood, even though sugar is selling at thirty-three US cents per pound on the world market and is one of the highest paid commodities. After a late start […]
Industry insiders say that the quality of cane was greatly improved in this crop and that the temporary shut-down of the factory will extend the harvest into the rainy season. That scenario is likely to compromise the quality of the cane. Ortega also says that farmers are bound to be hit in the pockets. Via […]
There are two traffic accidents to report tonight; one turned fatal for a Belize City Customs Guard. Hallet Baeza did not make it home from an assignment up north as the vehicle he was traveling in overturned not far from the village of Carmelita. Baeza was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to head and […]
Also in the north, a money changer from the Corozal District was shot at his own house on Monday night. The incident happened shortly after seven thirty in San Joaquin Village and the victim is thirty-four year old Jaime Headman, who is clinging to life. Jaime is undergoing surgery at the Belize Medical Associates to […]
While police have not yet established a motive for the shooting, they say it does not appear that robbery was the reason. They have also made contact with their Mexican counterparts in respect of the getaway vehicle and its occupants. It is believed that the two suspects are a Mexican and Belizean, who reside in […]
Three years ago on February eighth, the U.D.P. was elected on a platform to imagine the possibilities. So tonight’s question is: Do you think the government has been successful in keeping its manifesto promises? To take part in the conversation all you have to do is to email comments to questions@channel5belize.com, send a text using […]
Twenty year old Charles Young Jr. is in police custody tonight after being read a number of charges related to a double murder in Belize City on Friday evening. Young was escorted by members of the Special Homicide Unit where he appeared in front of Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie and was charged for the murders […]
Last Wednesday US National, fifty-nine year old Diana Mechling lost her life during a snorkeling trip to Goff’s Caye when the propeller of the catamaran she had just alighted from slashed her right hip and leg. Today the Belize Port Authority issued a release stating that following an inquiry by the harbor master, the captain […]
