With thirty days to go, the Belize Rural North Standard Bearer and political novice, Arthur Saldivar, has promptly announced that he intends to contest the leadership of the P.U.P. Political insiders point out that Saldivar who has won neither a convention nor an election. They see his bid as a transparent move set up by […]
In June, 2010 the Supreme Court delivered a breakthrough decision affirming the ancestral rights of thirty-eight Mayan villages in the south. That decision allows the Maya communities to log and bars the Forestry Department from intervening until the wood leaves the communal area. Containers of the wood are being shipped primarily to China; each container […]
Was it an inside job that caused thieves to pull off a daring midnight burglary at what should have been a highly guarded military compound? Not much has been confirmed, but despite military grade weapons, a successful heist of a Coast Guard vessel was pulled off at the Belize Coastguard Compound on Sunday night. While […]
Belize was blacklisted by the United States in September as one of the countries that play a major role in the transnational movement of drugs. The bad press continued today with an article in the Washington Post which describes Belize as a poorly defended country with sleepy port towns, mangrove swamps and jungle airstrips that […]
The importation and experimental use of GMO corn seeds has stirred controversy. Last week government caused the destruction of a container of the seeds that had been brought into the country reportedly by members of the Mennonite community. In the south, there is strong opposition to the GMOs since it would alter the traditional way […]
On Friday night we told you about the gruesome murder of an unidentified Hispanic man in the Stann Creek District. On October sixth, Dangriga Police responded to a feeder road at mile ten on a citrus farm on the Stann Creek Valley Road where they saw the lifeless body of fifty five year old Santos […]
There’s a new face on the bench at the Court of Appeal. He is Guyanese Professor Duke Pollard who was today sworn in by Governor General, Sir Colville Young, as a temporary justice of appeal. Professor Pollard’s CV includes a five year tenure as a judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice from 2005 to […]
Businessman, Wendelin Reimer, was violently attacked and killed in a broad daylight robbery last Friday afternoon. It is believed that three culprits were involved and today one suspect was arraigned for the Murder of the thirty-five year old owner of Eagle One Hardware Store. Twenty-four year old Nicholas Swazo was additionally charged with one count […]
A seventeen year old minor and nineteen year old Stephen Flowers were also charged with robbery today. The two allegedly held Justin Castillo at gunpoint on October second and stole his two hundred dollar beach cruiser bicycle. Flowers, who was found with the bike, was additionally charged with Handling Stolen Goods while the minor was […]
Several initiatives have been introduced across the country to properly dispose of waste and each municipality has a designated dump site. But in Punta Gorda the proper disposal of garbage, according to activist, Wil Maheia, is being neglected by the Punta Gorda Town Council. Maheia says that the issue warrants an intervention by the Department […]
The Belize Electricity Limited and the Public Utilities Commission have been in and out of court over tariff reviews and rates. But all that has changed since the utility company is now government owned. B.E.L. today issued a release announcing that it is lifting an injunction which was granted by the Supreme Court, to prevent […]
Stephen Okeke, he is an aspiring politician, he’s declared he wants to run for Belize City Mayor. Okeke is also an activist; you’ll hear his views on the airwaves on a range of issues in the city. Well, today he called on the media to share what he says are valid concerns about the construction […]
The long weekend is over, but it doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. That’s because KTV Duets is bringing you another exciting round of competition tonight as the semi finals continue at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. The results of the text votes will be announced and two duos will go head […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Much has been said about Friday’s disaster inside the FFB Stadium where an over-confident Belize National Football Selection was unceremoniously knocked off its high horse by a 4-1 blast from their Grenadian counterpart – a team they had blanked 3-zip in the away game of […]
Orange Walk Central People’s United Party Leader John Briceño resigned today. Briceño became the leader of the P.U.P. in March of 2008. The Orange Walk Central standard bearer brought hopes to his party members that he could win the next General Elections against the United Democratic Party (U.D.P.). But three years and seven months later […]
Briceño remains as the elected representative of Orange Walk Central. But his departure as Leader of the Opposition did not escape the ears of Prime Minister Dean Barrow. In addition to recognizing Briceño as a likeable person outside the political arena, Barrow also commented on the P.U.P.’s viewpoint on the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution. […]
City gangs may be working on peace amongst each other but violent crime on productive citizens it appears is on the rise. On Wednesday night, a Sandhill store owner was gunned down during a robbery of his establishment and before one this afternoon; another businessman was murdered during a robbery of his store. Neighbors and […]
It is the start of the weekend, and unfortunately there is another murder to report, this time in the Stann Creek District. While details are still sketchy and police investigations are ongoing, News Five understands that the body of an unidentified Hispanic man was discovered with massive chop wounds to the head. The body was […]
The rate of murder in the Caribbean and Central America is near crisis point. And with today’s murders, the count for 2011 is now at one hundred and six. And while this number is alarming for Belizeans, a recent study entitled “Global Study on Homicide” ranks Belize as having the sixth highest homicide rate globally. […]
While heading to the international football game in the Capital, our news crew came upon an accident on the Western Highway. A traffic mishap was reported this afternoon near mile twenty-nine along the Western Highway where a vehicle careened off the road and overturned in nearby bushes. It is unknown whether the driver of the […]
On Thursday night we showed you how the national consultations on the proposed ninth amendment concluded in the capital city of Belmopan. The views on the road show are mixed and mostly divided along political lines, but on Thursday we spoke with Minister John Saldivar, who says he is satisfied with the outcome because it […]
A Belize City teenager was remanded to the Central Prison late on Thursday evening after being arraigned on three criminal charges for allegedly shooting twenty-six year old Keith Cleland on October fourth. Nineteen year old Ernest Shawn Thurton appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann-Marie Smith and was charged with Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of […]
It was a good day for at least six persons who were granted bail at the Supreme Court today. They included men, women and two minors who appeared this morning before Justice Adolph Lucas. But the best news was for twenty-four year old Nelson Diaz, who was accused in a robbery that occurred in Benque […]
For almost a month, fifty-one year old Wilford Arnold has not contacted his family. He was last seen on September eighth, the day before he was expected to head out to the cayes. But it is not known if Wilford made it to his destination or if something has happened to him and since he […]
One hundred and forty Belizeans have received scholarships from CONALEP in Mexico as part of an educational and technical cooperation agreement between the two countries. Today marked twenty years since the signing of that agreement, which has had great benefits for both Belize and Mexico. In celebration, the cooperation has been extended and a ceremony […]
