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This Sunday, September twenty-ninth will mark some sixty-three years since the establishment of the People’s United Party. It’s a big moment for members and supporters of the P.U.P. as they reflect on the history of the party. For the second year in a row, a photographic exhibition is being held at Independence Hall in Belize […]
Written on September 25, 2013 | Posted in
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The House of Representatives meets this Friday in Belmopan. As we understand, a number of bills will come back for second and third readings and passage, including the Trusts (Amendment) Bill, the International Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Bill, and the Financial Intelligence Unit (Amendment) Bill. This morning, the Belize Chamber of Commerce issued a release […]
Written on September 25, 2013 | Posted in
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Cabinet met today, but up to news time there is no new official information surfacing on the passport scandal involving Elvin Penner and other public officers in the Immigration Department. On Monday the department, which is supposedly in the midst of an intensive investigation, issued a lukewarm release stating that three staffers at the Immigration […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro, has been accused of negligent behavior of a sexual nature. The news came out of Taiwan late last week and News Five has been able to receive verification. First, the incident… Castro was in Taiwan at the invitation of that government along […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Rosewood might not be exactly on the center stage right now, but if you’re thinking that means that loggers and exporters have given up on the precious wood, you would be wrong. They’ve just gotten a little less brazen. And sneakier too, since reports reaching News Five indicate that a sizeable shipment of rosewood was […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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The scandal at the Social Investment Fund can potentially give Belize a bad rap among international lending agencies such as the World Bank and Caribbean Development Bank that provide funding for SIF projects. Four staff members were fired and the Executive Director had to resign when it came to light that SIF was not after […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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And tonight’s question is: Should Cayo Rep Elvin Penner be criminally charged for the illegal issuance of a Belize passport to a South Korean national? 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 email with […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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There was a stabbing in Orange Walk this afternoon which claimed the life of an eighteen year old student of New Hope High School. Police are still conducting a preliminary investigation into the incident so details are sketchy at this time. But, News Five has confirmed that Darrel Wade was riding his bicycle near the […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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The Public Accounts Committee, sans Opposition participation, held a meeting in Belmopan on Monday. Because of the volume of news on Monday, we held back that story for today. As was promised, the session was open to the public, and there was quite a turnout from the public sector, as well as some unexpected invited […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Last week, News Five was in rural Orange Walk where communities on the banks of the Rio Hondo were experiencing signs of imminent flooding. In San Antonio, just twenty minutes out of Orange Walk Town, the road was already under two feet of water in some spots and rising. The rains continued to fall late […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Thirty-one year old Natalie Hamilton, a special constable of a Periwinkle Street address, appeared in magistrate’s court this morning, after being charged with aggravated assault upon a minor. Hamilton, who appeared unrepresented before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton, was indicted after being accused by a sixteen-year-old girl of pulling a knife at her on Independence Day. According […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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It’s the second time that he has been criminally charged since he was placed on interdiction and tonight Police Constable, Edward Castillo is once again free on bail. Castillo, a thirty-three year old resident of Hattieville was arraigned this morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for a single count of Damage to Property. It […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Complaints of the excessive use of force by officers of the Belize Police Department are regularly aired in our newscasts. Tonight, there is another allegation to add to the growing list. Kadeesh Bernard and his mother came to our studios complaining that sometime around ten p.m. on Saturday, Bernard and a group of friends were […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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The manatee, locally known as the sea cow, is listed as an endangered species in Belize; it is estimated that the population is between seven hundred and nine hundred. Over the years, there have been continuous efforts to protect the local manatee habitat from threats by boaters. In Belize City today, as part of the […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Given its geographic location, Belize has long been determined as a transit point for drugs coming from Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. It is estimated that the amount of cocaine passing through Belize is in the range of tens of tons per year. This week, HMS Lancaster, a British warship is in Belizean waters primarily to […]
Written on September 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Tonight, there is much more information coming out of the immigration scandal which resulted in the immediate firing of Minister of State Elvin Penner last Thursday. The catalyst for the termination seems to be the issuance of a Belizean passport to South Korean national Kim Won-Hong. That passport was processed with the speed of lightning […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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At midnight on the twentieth September, a flag raising ceremony was held at Belize’s City’s Memorial Park to usher in Independence Day. Thereafter the formal Independence Day festivities moved to Belmopan with the traditional pomp and ceremony befitting the thirty-second anniversary of independence. The Prime Minister gave a glowing report of the state of the […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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A highlight in the Prime Minister’s Independence Speech relates to a landmark case in the Supreme Court for which a decision is pending. It is the case of Caleb Orosco versus the Government of Belize in which the executive director of the United Belize Advocacy Movement, UNIBAM, is challenging Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code. […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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For the Leader of the Opposition, Francis Fonseca, the government is reeling from one scandal to the other. Fonseca also called for less confrontation and more dialogue, less arrogance and more humility and less personal politics and more problem solving. But one of the opposition’s biggest beef was the issue of the Public Accounts Committee, […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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In Belmopan, the official ceremonies concluded around midday; the government and the leader of the opposition had different versions on the state of the nation. In Belize City, the formal ceremony was not as heated and Mayor Darrell Bradley delivered the formal Independence Day address at Memorial Park. A uniformed parade drew thousands of spectators […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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In the wee hours of this morning a San Ignacio resident was brutally murdered on one of the municipality’s main thorough fare. Jorge Luis Tzib was brutally stabbed and his throat slit. His body was found in a pool of his own blood across from Red Cross offices. The murder has shocked his family and […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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There was another incident in the west which fortunately ended without casualties. Nancy Marin of NM Productions, a location management company out of San Ignacio, booked a river tour at Actun Tunichil Muknal in Teakettle for an investor scouting group from Russia. The group of eight Russians and one German had a series of meetings […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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Popular beat boxing talent Erron Golanche, a member of the musical group Acafellas, lost his life on Friday night during a tragic hit and run in Orange Walk Town. Details of the road traffic accident are not forthcoming from the police department. What we do know is that Golanche was seated on a motorcycle and […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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There was a near tragedy on the Boom/Hattieville road just after eight on Sunday night. It involved four separate vehicles and resulted in five persons being seriously injured. It didn’t make it onto the Police sitrep, but what we confirmed tonight is worthy of a Final Destination horror flick. First, a vehicle flipped on a […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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In May 2011, popular Belmopan businessman Mike Menjivar was at home with his family when the GSU raided his home, supposedly looking for drugs and guns. In the melee which ensued hundreds of bullets were fired into the home. Menjivar claimed that he did not know who was storming his home so he fired back […]
Written on September 23, 2013 | Posted in
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