Romel Palacio Sr., a former B.D.F. soldier, was shot on Sunday morning by a trio who simply walked into his house on Jane Usher Boulevard and unleashed a hail of bullets on him in the presence of family members. Palacio was on life support since then and this morning he expired at the Karl Heusner […]
There is another case of murder to solve. The body of a murdered man was discovered on Monday, one hundred yards into a feeder road in Red Bank Village, Stann Creek. The victim has since been identified as forty-seven year old Luis Maas, a Guatemalan national who lived in the village. Maas was found lying […]
Close to seven thousand primary school children sat this year’s Primary School Examinations from schools around the country. While the results were poor in Math and English, the results were encouraging in social studies and science. Despite the overall dismal performance, the top twenty five students who excelled in the examination were honored today. Belize’s […]
There was good news in court today for La Cabana Bar owner, Mike Menjivar, who was in prison since a Gang Suppression Unit raid on May twentieth. Menjivar is facing nine counts of attempted murder and aggravated assault in connection with a shootout with the G.S.U. officers at his property. This afternoon, Justice Troadio Gonzalez, […]
Twenty-nine year old prisoner, Crispin Moreno, had a charge of Murder read to him inside a BERT Ambulance this morning. Moreno, who is believed to have been among a group that robbed and brutally beat Dr. Enrique Guerra, was charged with Attempted Murder. Guerra passed away on June eighth and the charges against four other […]
Tragedy has struck a young couple. Twenty one year old Marty Tzib, a resident of Cayo came our studios today with a heartbreaking story. Tzib says that his pregnant wife experienced terrible pains early Monday morning and he took her to the local hospital. But before hours after the baby’s birth, the child was dead. […]
School’s out and if you don’t have any plans for your kids this summer, Peter Lacey says you can send them over to his eight annual summer camp. Director Lacey says that they have hosted a thousand and two hundred primary school students over the years and expects to accommodate three hundred students from the […]
Former Chief Elections Officer-turned-author Myrtle Palacio today released two publications that, to say the least, are completely different in scope and focus. After sitting with the late John Mariano, a renowned spiritual healer within the Garifuna community, Palacio compiled a comprehensive book. Adugurahani: A Walk Through Garifuna Spiritualism is a piece of literature which delves […]
Myrtle Palacio’s other publication, “Electoral Politics in Belize: The Naked Truth” draws from statistical data on the democratic process that paints a picture of Belize’s political landscape. It is her hope that the book will be used as resource material by students interested in researching and writing on the nation’s political history. Myrtle Palacio, Author […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow headed to Guatemala City this morning. It was left for the acting Prime Minister, Gaspar Vega to head the team to oversee the transition assuming control of the Belize Electricity Limited. Vega, Board Chairman, Rodwell Williams and the new C.E.O., Jeffery Locke, who has worked in the citrus industry and is […]
Locally, the private sector, through the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has lashed out against the expropriation of Belize Electricity Limited. But the ink was hardly dried on the orders for the government’s takeover of B.E.L. when an international organization threatened that Belize could get a black eye on its credit rating. Standard & […]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry this morning sent out a stinging press release regarding the nationalization of B.E.L. in which it disagreed with the government for the hasty expropriation of the country’s only electric provider. According to the release, the Chamber “does not believe that it was necessary for the government of Belize […]
The private sector was not the only group to have concerns about investor confidence in Belize since the takeover. The Peoples United Party, though absent from the House Meeting in which the nationalization was the main focus, spoke about how it would take time to win back business confidence. According to Party Leader, John Briceño, […]
Tonight’s question is: Now that the government is in full control of B.E.L., should it bring down electricity rates? 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 Coye family spent almost two years fighting a Money Laundering charge that was brought by the Financial Intelligence Unit after one point five million dollars in cash were found at their home in 2008. Charges were levied against the family’s business Money Exchange International Limited, Michael and Marlene Coye, their son Jude, daughter Melonie, […]
A fifty-three year old ex-B.D.F. soldier is on life support after being shot on the head and shoulder on Sunday. Two high school students; a seventeen year old minor and eighteen year old Christopher Sosa were charged today along with twenty-eight year old Ashton Anderson for the attack on Romel Palacio Senior. All three appeared […]
As we reported in Friday’s newscast, the Football Federation of Belize is currently suspended from participating in all regional or international football activities organized by FIFA and its affiliates. The notice sent shockwaves across the nation in the midst of a protracted standoff between the Government of Belize and the F.F.B. The FIFA decision came […]
A little over three weeks ago, bus operators effected a countrywide shutdown of the transportation industry when negotiations with government failed over bus routes issued to West Line, owned by a high ranking U.D.P. supporter. In the days that followed, temperatures simmered when a number of operators including members of the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative […]
When asked if he has sought the support of the Belizean Bus Association in his fight against the Ministry of Transport, Gilharry flatly stated that the association has been conquered and a culture of fear has disadvantaged some members from getting their fair share of the runs. Froylan Gilharry, Owner, Gilharry Bus “They are not […]
Seventy-three year old Myra Cardinez, a resident of Belize City, is tonight appealing to the public to assist in locating her son who has been reported missing since Thursday of last week. Roy Cardinez, a partially blind forty-three year old, traveled to Dangriga Town to collect monies from the local Social Security Board branch. It […]
On Monday afternoon, the body of twenty-eight year old fireman, Gilbert Andrews was found suspended from a rope in his home in Benque Viejo del Carmen. But tonight his family is crying ‘foul play’ because they say a number of items including jewelry, cash, clothing and appliances are missing from his house. Anna Williams, Andrews’s […]
After nationalizing B.E.L., Prime Minister Dean Barrow headed to Guatemala for the International Conference in Support of the Central America Security Strategy during which, he will be meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on the CFE’s credit line to B.E.L. P.M. Barrow left today and is accompanied by the Minister of Police, Doug Singh. The […]
A team of four Miskito Indians are in Belize on a fact finding mission. The team members, who are from the ‘Mosquito Coast’ which lies along the Nicaragua Coast and a section of Honduras, says that they have strong connections with Belize and are trying to piece together their history. Hector Williams Padilla, leader of […]
The Belize Council for the Visually Impaired will be providing eye surgeries for some fifty to sixty Belizeans with cataracts over the next three days. The team, led by Dr. George Pronesti, started operating on patients since Monday in a two-fold surgery procedure at the National Eye Clinic. The U.S based eye specialists teamed up […]
Belize Electricity Limited will be in government hands by Tuesday morning. Today, the government rushed through the House and Senate, legislation to take over the utility company worth four hundred and forty four million dollars. The drastic measure of a corporate takeover became more than whispers on Friday evening when it was announced that there […]
