If you’re a Boledo regular, you might want to buy fifty-two tonight. The Penner recall petition, as it became known during its famous but short life, was shot down because of rejected signatures fifty-two for persons who were not registered in Cayo Northeast, fifty-two for persons who were not registered to vote at all, and […]
While fifty-two might be the rake for Boledo, the number which is giving the Opposition heartburn tonight is seventy-nine – and with good reason. The Elections and Boundaries Department rejected seventy-nine signatures because they say those persons signed twice. And that’s the exact number of signatures by which the petition falls short of the thirty […]
The People’s United Party will be holding a press conference on Thursday to discuss the failed recall petition and, we assume, other pressing issues. But today, even as the Elections and Boundaries Office briefed the press on the reasoning behind the rejection of signatures and the petition, the P.U.P. held a National Executive meeting to […]
The flu season is taking its toll in Belize. And so far, we can confirm that there have been two deaths due to influenza and there are several patients admitted at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital with severe respiratory infections. But the Ministry of Health has another major concern in its hands because there are […]
There is another health concern. As we reported on Tuesday night, former traffic officer, Michael Lewis died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital by what his family says was a confirmed case of the disease. The family was also told that others had been diagnosed with leptospirosis. But sources tell News Five that Lewis was […]
The Immigration scandal has gone into an induced coma – lulled to a deep sleep by the deafening silence from officials in the Ministry of Immigration. Reports of multiple investigations have come and gone, but no information has surfaced. First, there was the internal administrative investigation by Ministry officials. That allegedly started in mid-September, and […]
On Tuesday night, we reported that the MCC Grounds had closed for much needed repairs and that the football community was up in arms because the Premier League of Belize was heading into playoffs. According to PLB President Maito Perdomo, the National Sports Council had unilaterally closed the football facility. Well today, the Sports Council […]
There is a change tonight at top of the Financial Intelligence Unit. Via government press release it was confirmed today that Marilyn Williams, had stepped down and that she is being replaced by Eric Eusey as Director. Eusey is a former commissioner of Income Tax and listed as a member of the board of directors […]
A Cuban national was today busted on arrival at the P.G.I.A. with documents that purported that she was a Panamanian national. Nairoby Aleyda Gonzalez Villareal who also goes by the name Deysi Reyes Avila and her son were caught with not one, but four passports. Reyes Avila who is a Cuban Mathematics teacher arrived on […]
The Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Fernando Cabrera, arrives in Belize this Thursday on an official visit on the heels of changes in the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry which saw the removal of two vice ministers. Cabreras will be meeting with Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials in Belize City. It is not […]
A well-known Belize City body-works man died on Monday night. Don Tillett took his last breath in an ambulance as he was being rushed to the K.H.M.H. after he collapsed in his Belama home. Tonight, the cause of Tillett’s death is still largely a mystery but is it likely that Tillett’s death will take the […]
The post-mortem examination may reveal that Tillett died as a result of the head wound he suffered on New Year’s Day…or as a consequence of his heart condition, related or unrelated to that head injury. But whatever the result, and whenever they get it, Tillett’s family still feels that the K.H.M.H. is ultimately responsible for […]
Tonight there are very reliable indicators of a possible resurgence of the bloody gang warfare which marked Belize City as a danger zone. Things had cooled off noticeably since the brutal executions of four George Street lieutenants in January 2013. But recently there have been several brazen gang-related shootings, the latest reported on Monday night […]
And our question for tonight is: Do you think that the rejection of the recall of Elvin Penner is legitimate? 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 your comments to questions@channel5belize.com. […]
Tonight there are unconfirmed reports that the Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into five deaths, allegedly caused by an infectious bacterial disease known as leptospirosis. Lepto occurs in dogs, rodents and other mammals, but can be transmitted to humans, mainly through the urine or feces of infected animals. News Five has been able […]
On Monday, the Belize National Teachers Union indicated that in 2014 it will be upping its profile in a slew of national issues. And during a fiery press conference, the B.N.T.U. asked Prime Minister Barrow to clarify a discrepancy with the date on which the much delayed salary adjustment is to come into effect. Following […]
According to the B.N.T.U. president Luke Palacio, they, along with the Association Public Service Senior Officers and the Public Service Union, remain in negotiation with the Government of Belize and are prepared to lead the charge if industrial action is necessary. Luke Palacio, National President, B.N.T.U. “Our union like the other two unions continue […]
The BSCFA and B.S.I. will go back to the negotiating table in Orange Walk on Wednesday afternoon. With one week to go before the imposed deadline of January fifteenth, time is running out for all parties. After a meeting last week, the eighteen branch representatives of the BSCFA voted to bring B.S.I. in to talk […]
The findings of the immigration scandal have still not been revealed but tonight we can report that a Haitian national was busted on Monday with a fake visa issued as recent as December in Haiti. Thirty-seven year old Sanon Vertus was busted with the fake visa when he arrived at the Phillip Goldson International Airport […]
A man from Burrell Boom has been charged for the shooting of another Boom resident. Adrian Myvette was shot at the entrance of the horse track in Burrell Boom over the weekend and today, twenty-four year old Ryan Gillett, a wine maker and caterer, was charged with attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means […]
Official statistics on violent crimes in Belize have yet to be released, but at least where murders are concerned, there has been a dramatic decrease. Police attribute a large part of the success of crime-fighting efforts to increased community outreach and support. And there has been more collaboration between residents and Police. But there are […]
There is unease tonight in the football community over the closure of the M.C.C. Ground. The field was abruptly closed for renovation at an inopportune time for the Premier League of Belize, whose participating teams are preparing to advance to this season’s football playoffs. While the National Sports Council is yet to issue an official […]
The dismantlement of the Belize City Center is nearing completion, after three months of diligent work by the company assigned to take down the structure. The project commenced at the end of September and despite the unrelenting rains, it remains on schedule. While seventy-five percent of the work has been completed, the crew is taking […]
Relief efforts, in the form of cash donations, are underway locally to assist victims of deadly rains and floods that washed over several islands within the Eastern Caribbean on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Torrential downpours have caused millions of dollars in damages to the islands of Dominica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the […]
There have been two murders reported in Belize for 2014. Both of them occurred in the south and both victims were viciously chopped to death. The first murder occurred on Thursday night near the community of Trio on the Southern Highway, and the second occurred on Saturday night at the Green Gold Banana Farm off […]
