Also in court, twenty-one year old Eugene Myers and thirty-seven year old Anthony Singh were charged with Forgery, Theft and Claiming upon a Forged Document. The complainant is Myers’ neighbor, nineteen year old Tiffany Thomas, who claims that her credit union book went missing on May twenty-fourth while Myers was at her house. The men […]
Arthur Saldivar has the distinction of being the only attorney that has been banned from visiting his clients in prison. The Belize Central Prison in Hattieville implemented the ban after he allegedly facilitated a phone call from his client Mike Menjivar to the media. The prison wrote the Bar Association hoping that they would punish […]
Summer is drawing closer and one yearly environmental staple has returned. Registration for the Belize Audubon Society’s annual summer camps for kids, teens and adults have begun. According to Audubon’s Publicity Coordinator, Dirk ‘the Birdman’ Francisco, participants have a choice of seven camps in which they can learn while exploring nature. Dirk Francisco, Publicity Coordinator, […]
If you enjoy the flamboyant feathers of birds but have no desire to venture into forests, then there is still an event for you. The glitz, colors and sequins of Carnival is truly emerging on the horizon. At the end of May, the fate of this year’s carnival road march was in limbo; several mas […]
Before the Carnival mas bands take to the roads, several organizations intend to take over the streets this Saturday morning. Get Up and Run is a health initiative coordinated by: the Belize Amateur Athletic Association, the Belize Diabetes Association, the Olympic Association, the Ministry of Health, the National Secondary Schools Sports Association and the Belize […]
The Ministry of Education and Youth began the National Apprenticeship Program in 2010 in an effort to keep young people occupied and provide them with the tools necessary to seek employment. Well, out of the thirty that started the program at the ITVET in Belize City, twenty completed it. The initiative, carried out in conjunction […]
After Wednesday’s press conference in which Prime Minister Dean Barrow dropped the bombshell that he might have to consider nationalizing Belize Electricity Limited, the nation has been on edge on both the possibility of blackouts and the effects on investors’ confidence if another company is nationalized. B.E.L. has been unable to meet debt obligations or […]
The Orange Walk community is still coming to terms with the death of Dr. Enrique Guerra who was attacked in the early hours of May twenty-first. Guerra was hospitalized in a coma ever since and passed away early on Wednesday morning at the KHMH. The doctor was walking on Main Street in Orange Walk Town […]
Tourism is on the rebound from the global recession that threatened the industry that provides jobs for one out of every four Belizeans. The Prime Minister said today that the numbers are going up and that Belize has survived the worst of it. Government is investing millions of dollars in different projects including infrastructure and […]
Wednesday night’s question to viewers was whether Government should provide Chetumal Street squatters with crown land elsewhere. Sixty-four percent voted no and many commented that the evicted persons are immigrants and should not be given a shortcut while Belizeans have to go through the proper procedures. Another view is that “Squatters should not be given […]
This morning the BTB held a presentation on the state of the industry. That was preceded on Wednesday by its annual award show. It is the premier event in the BTB calendar of activities in which the stakeholders get recognition in a number of categories; from the Frontline Person, to the best restaurant and the […]
In Wednesday’s newscast vice president of Oceana in Belize, Audrey Matura, lashed out at the prime minister for being disingenuous in respect of the seventeen thousand signatures collected to trigger a referendum on offshore oil exploration. Matura went as far as saying that having agreed to a referendum, it is now undemocratic for the P.M. […]
For the third time this week, an Attempted Murder case fell apart when the victims chose not to proceed with trial. Twenty year old Devain Flores, was accused of shooting nineteen year old Carl Lambey and his cousin twenty-three year old Kareem Gillett. But today Lambey told the court that he didn’t want to give […]
Every Saturday and Wednesday night thousands of Belizeans sit glued to their TV for the Mega Bingo show. Well, on Wednesday night one lucky winner proved that Mega Bingo is definitely the game to play by winning the two hundred nineteen thousand five hundred and seventy three dollars jackpot, the biggest jackpot ever to be […]
Summer is on the horizon and most students are looking forward to putting away school bags and books before enjoying their annual fun in the sun. But there is a parent who is worrying that his children may not be able to return to class for the new school year. Teodore Chen has two children […]
Even while the big news out of the Prime Minister’s press conference on Wednesday had to do with B.E.L., there was other information in respect of economic activity. The P.M. presented a glowing report saying that petroleum is expanding and that new wells will come on stream at Never Delay. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Even without […]
In this segment of Healthy Living we catch up with an amazing teenager. She is only sixteen but already her strength and fortitude are being tested. Iriscelda Magana travels from her village regularly to Belize City for dialysis treatment. The trips and expenses are taking a toll on her as well as her family. She […]
We have been reporting on the precarious financial situation of Belize Electricity Limited and whether or not there will be blackouts. The issue of its nationalization was dealt with squarely by Prime Minister Dean Barrow today. B.E.L. has been unable to keep current with payments to suppliers, primarily the Comision Federal de Electricidad to which, […]
While the P.M. waits for B.E.L.’s Lynn Young to sit with him at a meeting on Friday to find out if Fortis will invest more into the company, others won’t have to wait to hear from the P.M. The Chetumal Street squatters held a small demonstration in Belize City on Tuesday morning. They want land […]
And after clearly dismissing the squatters by calling them fraudsters, the P.M. moved onto the next hot button issue. The transport industry has been going through several changes as the bus associations have been dealt several changes to the routes assigned to them by the Ministry of Transport. When the roads were being blocked and […]
Turning to other news, a well-known doctor was assaulted and robbed two weeks ago in Orange Walk Town. Thieves got away with Dr. Enrique Guerra’s cash, credit card and cell phones. He was brutally beaten and suffered severe injuries to his head. Despite three rounds of surgery, he remained comatose and this morning he passed […]
Tonight’s question is: Should Government provide Chetumal Street squatters with crown land elsewhere? 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 citrus industry is still reeling from a protracted dispute between the Citrus Growers Association and its subsidiary, the Citrus Products of Belize. Tonight there is word that another industry is in trouble, that’s the banana industry. Combined the citrus and banana industries are the life blood of the south providing most of the employment […]
At his quarterly press conference that was packed with a cheering gallery of workers from the poverty alleviation project and at least six ministers, the prime minister also deal with the Football Federation of Belize. That’s one of several sporting associations that are no longer recognized by the National Sports Council of Belize. The decision […]
While the P.M. had to respond to many burning issues, his quarterly opened with news about the economy. The Statistical Institute of Belize is still preparing the official data but the P.M. gave an outline of the state of major industries. The oil industry is pumping more barrels of oil and preparing for oil well […]
