The woes in the transport industry are far from resolved; in fact the situation is becoming even more complex. Last Friday, the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative staged a protest that effectively closed down the northern and western highways over new road service permits granted to Sergio Chuc of West Line. The Prime Minister intervened and […]
Up north, shortly before ten on Monday morning, Corozal Police were called to the Santa Elena Border where they discovered the lifeless body of thirty-two year old San Benito Mejia Tun, a Mexican sub-inspector police officer attached to the ‘Policia Estatal Preventiva’ in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. Tun’s body was floating face-down in the Hondo River, […]
A ban has been placed on attorney-at-law Arthur Saldivar from visiting clients at the Belize Central prison. A letter to this effect has been sent to Saldivar, the President of the Bar Association as well as to the Acting Chief Justice, the D.P.P. and the Attorney General. The action by the Kolbe Foundation comes on […]
Tonight’s question is: How do you rate the government’s handling of the bus crisis: good or unsatisfactory? 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.
Emotions were running high in Hattieville this afternoon when a house granted to a hurricane victim was about to be taken away and handed over to a fire victim. Albert Hendy lost his house when the eye of Hurricane Richard swept across Hattieville. NEMO provided him with a new house, but today when the organization […]
The Police Department has informed News Five that it will once again become involved in the situation involving the squatters at the construction site for the Chetumal Street Bridge. According to Police Press Officer, Fitzroy Yearwood, the Police Department is asking the squatters to move immediately as they will soon evict them from the site […]
We have been reporting since Friday that a van transporting prisoners to the Hattieville prison overturned near mile thirty-seven on the Northern Highway. One prison warden, Delbert McLaughlin died before reaching the hospital while a number of the prisoners were injured when the vehicle flipped several times. According to the police, two rear and one […]
The Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage’s campaign to push the government for a Referendum has been in full throttle over the past few months. The Prime Minister indicated that he would entertain a referendum on the issue of drilling once seventeen thousand signatures were signed by registered voters. According to Oceana Belize, a coalition […]
The signature collection victory is only one hurdle facing the environmentalists. Apparently, the Prime Minister recently made comments on a government program, which has Oceana Belize’s Vice president steaming. According to Audrey Matura Shepherd, the P.M. is calling for the public to support drilling in any part of the country with a promise to make […]
A seventeen year old girl is facing prison time for attacking and stabbing twenty year old Teresita Vivas in 2008. The minor, nineteen year old Danya Sankey and eighteen year old Whitney Martinez were jointly charged with Attempted Murder following the incident. Today a jury of seven women and two men acquitted Sankey and Martinez, […]
Last week, the court ruled against a declaration sought by the Citrus Growers Association to enforce the termination of Dr. Henry Canton as C.E.O. for Citrus Products of Belize Limited. That decision put a spoke in the wheels of the C.G.A. and today it sent out a release exposing an alleged plan by Canton to […]
You’ve heard many times on our newscast the term ‘Also Known As’ for nicknames. Nicknames come and go but it’s the birth name that follows a person throughout every stage of childhood and into adulthood. So the task of registering a birth, although an important announcement of one’s existence into the world, is not always […]
Joseph Villafranco, a member of the renowned musical group Coolie Rebels, has branched out to recording music as a solo artist. Mr. Joe, as he is popularly known, is releasing his debut album aptly titled Realistic Dreams, a compilation of mostly reggae songs that are influenced by his childhood in southern Belize. The eleven-track disc […]
A twenty-six year old was executed on Sunday night in Orange Walk Town. Alberto Atarna Tutt was shot multiple times, including to the back of his head. Just prior to his murder, he was at his mother’s house on the Belize/Corozal Road; he didn’t go too far when he met his tragic death in the […]
While police investigate Tutt’s murder, a Teakettle resident has been arrested and charged for the murder of twenty-three year old Shane Simpliss, who was brutally killed last Wednesday night. Simpliss was among a group that was partying at the home of seventeen year old Elton Vasquez in Teakettle Village when two other friends showed up […]
Last Friday, the transportation industry came to a screeching halt when members of the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative staged a protest closing off the northern and western highways. It resulted in the blockage of all major thoroughfares as well as the burning of tires across the Western and Northern Highways. Commuters were unable to take […]
But there is dissention within the membership of the Belizean Bus Association. On Sunday a meeting was held to discuss bus runs in the northern zone. Those discussions did not end favorably as several of the northern operators broke away from the collective concerns of the association. BBA president, Thomas Shaw has gone on record […]
Carnival has always been a traditional and integral part of the September celebrations. It is perhaps the most anticipated event in the calendar of activities for the mas camps as well as spectators who line the streets to take in the color of the flamboyant costumes as well as the energy of the revelers. But […]
The hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea is just around the corner. The National Meteorological Service expects that Belize will see an active hurricane season between June first and November thirtieth, but this year won’t be as busy as last year. Still yet, Belizeans should be well prepared for any storm. […]
On Friday afternoon a police van that was transporting prisoners to the Central Prison overturned around mile thirty-seven in Rhaburn Ridge. Prison warden, Delbert McLaughlin died shortly after while being rushed to the Northern Regional Hospital. Prisoners Crispin Moreno and Dean Davis, who both suffered spinal injuries, are still hospitalized at the KHMH. The remaining […]
Another prisoner, Fabian Bain, was not involved in the accident, but he had four days of freedom and is back in jail tonight. Bain, who is also known as Carlos Escalante, escaped last Tuesday while being transferred from the courthouse to the Central Prison. But on Saturday night, police searched a two storey house at […]
Two thieves used one of the oldest tricks in the book to rob the Corozal branch of Belize Postal and Messaging Service. The men went to the establishment at around two o’clock on Friday afternoon, pretending to be customers and requested a package in the name of “Coleman”. According to employee, Sheila Torres, when she […]
The Cancer Walk was one of main events in Cancer Awareness Month that concludes at the end of May. And this year, the turnout was impressive. Organizers say the event has grown by leaps and bounds. Thousands laced up their walking shoes for the annual march to promote awareness of the disease as well as […]
The country is filled with testimonies of people who need assistance but those who can help are unfortunately in short supply. Maria Ramos, a twenty-six year old single mother, is one such individual who needs a Good Samaritan at her side. Ramos, a resident of the Stann Creek Valley, is suffering from a Rheumatic heart […]
The seventeenth annual Miss Y Pageant was held at Bird’s Isle on Saturday night and seven contestants between the ages of seventy-one and eighty graced the stage. The audience was entertained throughout the show, particularly when it came to the talent segment. There was dancing, singing and drama; just to name a few and in […]
