A Guatemalan farmer who was encroaching inside the Chiquibul Forest has been shot by local soldiers. According to reports, on Monday June third, after two p.m., while on a routine patrol, Belize Defense Force soldiers discovered a plantation and a thatch building in the Caballo Camp area of the forest. A Guatemalan national, with a […]
On June first one man was killed and another injured when they tried to intervene in an armed robbery at the La Choza bar in Belmopan. The robbers opened fire and customers at the bar Isabel Antonio Balona received fatal wounds to the chest and abdomen while Manuel Aquino was shot in the leg. Quick […]
The issue of official documents, including Guatemalan passports, being printed with Belize adjoined as part of its territory, has raised the ire of many Belizeans since a date for simultaneous referenda on the territorial claim remains to be set. In an interview with News Five today, Guatemalan Foreign Minister, Fernando Carrera, said that discussions on […]
There is bad news in the football community tonight as the Belmopan Bandits FC, winners of the recent Premier League of Belize Championship, has been declared ineligible to participate in the upcoming CONCACAF Champions League 2013. The reason is that despite a significant upgrade in infrastructure, the F.F.B. Stadium in Belmopan still falls short of […]
This morning, attorneys for OCEANA and G.O.B. as well as COLA and the Belize Coalition to Preserve Our Natural Heritage squared off in front of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin who was asked to deliver judgment on two applications. The first, filed by OCEANA and COLA asked the Chief Justice to give permission for the appointment […]
Following an adjournment this afternoon, Audrey Matura-Shepherd gave an update to the media. She told News Five that the root of the injunction being challenged by government is the prohibition of oil companies, including Treaty Energy Belize, from carrying out exploratory activities in the wake of Justice Legall’s decision to nullify previously awarded concessions. […]
The Organization of American States and Guatemala’s Minister of Economy hosted a meeting between Caribbean and Central American Business Leaders over the weekend. Belize which is seen as the bridge between SICA and CARICOM was not present. According to the O.A.S. website, the gathering represented several billion dollars in business interests in both regions, and […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow also commented on Belize’s absence at the CARICOM/SICA meeting. Barrow said it was a pity that Belize wasn’t there, but he believes that the country is making strides in improving bilateral relations. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “At the Costa Rica session where SICA heads met with Obama, in my intervention, […]
Five persons have been arrested for illegal entry, including a seventy year old man from Honduras, his two daughters, a cousin and a friend. Immigration officials believe that the group was being aided by Honduran and naturalized Belizean thirty four year old Andy Mejia from Orange Walk who is also the son-in-law of the elderly […]
In the Orange Walk Supreme Court, Jaime Cardenas was today convicted by a nine member jury for the offence of dangerous harm. He was tried before Honourable Justice Herbert Lord for the May 2009 stabbing of Rene Escarraga in his upper abdomen at a bus stop in Orange Walk Town. Without medical intervention Escarraga would […]
The Caribbean Growth Forum was launched this morning. It is a collaboration of private and public sectors. Three areas for dialogue including: Investment Climate; Logistics and Connectivity; and Skills and Productivity were discussed at the launch. The business group examined the relevance of sustainable growth in Belize and how the forum will support the government’s […]
The cost of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) has been the subject of much speculation. The price varies according to where the gas is imported from. Mexico’s prices have been regularly more costly since the LPG is of a higher quality. But the LPG imported from Central America is an issue as suspect invoices often cause […]
The body of an ex-cop was pulled out of the Belize River before noon today. It was spotted floating hours earlier and was finally retrieved in the area of the Haulover Bridge by a group of police officers with assistance from the B.D.F. who had been scouring the area. To the surprise of the police, […]
Thirteen newborn infants died in the neonatal intensive care unit of the K.H.M.H. in the first twenty days of May. Officials say seven can be blamed on an organism known as Enterobacter Cloacae and the death of the others was caused by the babies being premature. The origin of the deadly bacteria remains unknown and […]
Following the deaths of the newborns, K.H.M.H. authorities held only one group meeting with the parents involved. That meeting was held an hour before the press conference on May thirtieth. At the end, both Stephen Panton and Marisa Cruz were left with the impression that the session was not really about getting to the real […]
So what’s next for the parents who lost children to the bacteria at the neonatal intensive care unit? The ones we spoke to are planning to pursue legal action, especially after the press conference on May thirtieth. They feel that if they back down the powers that be at the K.H.M.H. and in government will […]
It is not officially confirmed, but News Five has learnt that in its meeting today, Cabinet supported the recommendation of the five-member subcommittee on the Norwegian Cruise Line’s one hundred million dollar tourism project. The subcommittee met on Monday at the B.T.B. headquarters in Belize City and rejected the proposal for the project at Crawl […]
And tonight’s question is: Do you believe that an independent investigation other than internal inquiry should be carried into the deaths of thirteen babies at the K.H.M.H? Yes or No? 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 […]
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office, Santi Castillo, was involved in a cycling accident on the Western Highway this morning. Throughout the day, a battery of tests was taken to determine the extent of internal injuries and tonight, Castillo remains hospitalized. The accident happened near mile thirty-five at the peak of a sprint […]
We will have a report on the opening of the O.A.S. General Assembly taking place at this time in Antigua, Guatemala. The Belize delegation is led by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington. Apart from the side meetings which Belize is holding on the referendum and the plenary that gets underway on Wednesday, Elrington will […]
The forty-third General Assembly of the Organization of American States takes place this evening in Antigua, Guatemala. Our team is on the ground and we will have full coverage on Open Your Eyes as well as in our daily newscasts this week. Belize’s participation in the event is hinged on whether or not Guatemala would […]
Belize’s Ambassador to the United States and to the O.A.S., Nestor Mendez, spoke to the media in Antigua, Guatemala late this evening. Mendez told the reporters covering the General Assembly that Belize was invited to the regional meeting. Voice of: Nestor Mendez, Belize’s Ambassador (Courtesy Krem News) “The meeting between CARICOM and Central America […]
It has been almost one month since the Mayan monument Noh Mul in northern Orange Walk was destroyed without any charges levied against the culprits. The trucks and heavy equipment which destroyed the monument were caught in the act, and Denny Grijalva, the owner of the company has accepted responsibility. And according to a credible […]
In late July of 2012, two members of the Coye Family along with two of their employees were convicted of money laundering under the Money Laundering and Terrorism Act. While the employees escaped jail term at sentencing, Melanie Coye and her father, sixty-six year old Michael Coye were sent to jail for three years and […]
A month after a London court found that the Foreign Commonwealth Officer was wrong to suspend former High Commissioner to Belize, John Yapp, of inappropriate behavior, the sum of money he has been awarded is being settled. Yapp is to get three hundred and twenty thousand pounds…that is about a million dollars for the allegation […]
