There’s more on the fast track naturalization and registration. As we reported on Wednesday night, the Belize Rural North area rep, Edmond ‘Clear the Land’ Castro, was seen at a house in this area, facilitating registration of some persons. News Five today caught up with Castro outside the Immigration Department office on Mahogany Street. Castro […]
The Leader of the Opposition Francis Fonseca wrote the Prime Minister on Thursday regarding the chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission Alberto August. The commission is composed of representatives from both political parties, but the Opposition wants August replaced as chairman because of his activism and ties with the U.D.P. The Minister of Election […]
There is a buzz about the upcoming visit of Prince Harry. We first reported in December, 2011 on the royal family’s global tour that’s planned for this year in celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. Today Buckingham Palace officially announced that Prince Harry arrives in Belize in early March within days of the March seventh […]
The Ibo people of Nigeria coined the proverb that says “It takes a village to raise a child”. The villagers in Blackman Eddy are a perfect example of that proverb. Perhaps that is why a row has been developed between parents and the school administration. The situation is contentious but it is an example of […]
It’s not all politricks and crime on the news. Belize is already at the epicentre of the 2012 Mayan world places to visit. The website Beachtomato.com has listed the country on two all-important global lists. Belize is one of the top ten beach destinations for 2012, and the protected site, Half Moon Caye in Lighthouse […]
Earlier this month we reported on the heart-wrenching story of a baby born with an imperforate anus. The International Hospital for Children has committed to assist the parents with the necessary surgery for baby Ronelia. Tonight Healthy living tonight looks at birth defects in Belize by examining the known causes and treatment options. Tanisha Fortnard, […]
The complaints at any election are constant; naturalization, registration and voter tampering. It all happened at the previous election and the U.D.P. belly ached. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, the processes of naturalization and registration have been taken to a scandalous new level. In tonight’s newscast, we look at the issue […]
The deadline for registration of voters is this Friday so the mad rush has gone wild. The Immigration Department in Belmopan was burning the midnight oil on Tuesday night and was open until after ten. In recent days there have been two swearing-ins of hundreds of immigrants. Today, our cameras again captured hundreds lined up […]
The concern about the rush to register and grant citizenship to hundreds has jumped to the forefront of national and political agenda. The Peoples United Party held a press conference this afternoon about what they believe is a blatant corruption of the registration process across the country. First to speak was Former P.U.P. Leader and […]
The sounding of the alarm by the P.U.P. continued when Florencio Marin Junior indicated other unusual practices were occurring in Corozal. Dolores Balderamos Garcia P.U.P. Standard Bearer for Belize Rural Central also passionately expressed her ire regarding registrations at different locations under the cover of darkness in Ladyville. The media took the announcements in stride […]
One of the P.U.P. panelists from Benque presented allegations that are to put it lightly, treasonous. Attorney Oscar Sabido who is the P.U.P.’s Cayo West Standard Bearer gave an account of the requirements needed to complete the registration and nationality processes. But he suggested that Guatemalan nationals were being brought into the country from across […]
The Elections and Boundaries Commission is chaired by known U.D.P. supporter Alberto August and also on the commission are two representatives appointed by the P.U.P. The opposition believes that the Chairman should be independent and they believe that August should be removed. The P.U.P. Party Leader wrote a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office regarding […]
A mayoral debate was held on Tuesday night at the St John’s Junior College, organized in conjunction with the University of the West Indies. There are five candidates, including three independents contesting the March seventh elections. The questions put to them were meant to test their platforms on City issues and their political acumen. So […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you that the Opposition is condemning what it calls the mad rush in the granting of citizenship in time to get the new Belizeans on the voters’ list for the upcoming elections, including nationals from across the western border. Hubert Elrington, a former Minister of the U.D.P. this morning […]
Elrington, in his usual style discussed a wide range of issues and he had his very colorful description of the current leadership. Hubert Elrington, Attorney “They go in and they look into the gutter and the street corners and bring the worst kind of people. Then you see some of them in front of Brads […]
A same sex couple whose obsessive relationship went sour was charged today with disorderly conduct following a fight on Tuesday night on Mahogany Street. According to one of the young ladies, a minor, her lover became possessive and refused to accept that their relationship was over. In court the seventeen year old testified that her […]
A pair of Belize City youths charged with the attempted murder of twenty-two year old George Carr on New Year’s Eve was able to meet bail today after being remanded overnight at the Belize Central Prison. Twenty-four year old Glenford Miller Jr. and Leo Palacio Jr. will stand trial during the April session of the […]
There are various initiatives such as write-offs and a reduction in electricity rates that have been announced as pre-election gifts. Well, early this morning the health system also got a boost. The Minister of Health and the C.E.O. were on hand at Belmopan Regional Hospital for the handing over of a number of vehicles to […]
Work has returned to normal at the San Ignacio Hospital, following a public spectacle on January tenth when Doctor Angelica Rosado was escorted off the premises by police. The staff went on a go-slow that day, protesting against the Deputy Regional Manager, Nurse Myra Pulido, who had called in the cops. While the hospital is […]
Twenty year old Kevin Martinez survived a fight during which he was hit with a blunt object a few times in the head. Martinez was hit with a hammer on Friday and his condition was uncertain after the weekend surgery but he has pulled off a speedy recovery. With his head bandaged, he read the […]
There has been a dip in the number of murders, but just after seven o’clock on Monday night, a young man lost his life for no reason. It is a senseless murder for which there was no provocation or altercation. Elvis Cowo had just stepped outside his house when a group of young men rode […]
It was shocking news back in September 2011, when the allegation was made that a four year old girl had allegedly been raped by someone she knew who had picked her up at school. The mother of the victim took the unprecedented step, asking to appear on camera hoping for justice for the despicable crime […]
There is bad news for drivers tonight because a fuel price hike will take effect at midnight. Premium gasoline will be going up by thirty-two cents to be sold for eleven dollars and twenty-two cents. Meanwhile, the cost of regular fuel will increase twenty-seven cents to ten dollars and eighty-two cents. And diesel, which remains […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you agree with the mass registration and naturalization of immigrants before elections? 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.
In the countdown to elections, there is a blatant spike in the granting of Belizean citizenship to immigrants. Over the past weekend in Ladyville, registrations were occurring behind a gas station that also houses the office of junior Minister Michael Hutchinson. The processing of Central American migrants was first detected on Wednesday and intensified on […]
