In 2007, Christine Perriott, former general secretary of the Belize Communications Workers Union, who was employed as a technician at Belize Telemedia Limited, was released from her job over allegations of abandoning her work to focus primarily on duties with the union. She sued and won a judgment in the Supreme Court for over three hundred […]
It’s that time of the year and red kettles will be popping up all over the city for the Salvation Army’s annual Kettle Appeal to raise funds for its community outreach programs throughout the year. The red kettle and the ringing bells are signs that Christmas is around the corner. For several years, the CIBC […]
The St. John’s Credit Union has been in existence for over sixty years and today across from its headquarters on Basra Street in Belize City, the lending institution celebrated its sixty-eighth birthday. To commemorate the milestone, the institution put off a fair showcasing various businesses, including various health agencies and departments as well as the […]
A police corporal and his brother, who is employed at the post office, were both convicted on Thursday morning in the courtroom of Magistrate Dale Cayetano. While the men escaped jail time, their driver’s licenses were revoked for a three-month period and they were fined. On Boxing Day, December twenty-sixth, 2012, ASP Antonio Rosado, who […]
The annual health fair at the Matron Roberts Polyclinic Two took place today. The fair is dedicated to encourage Belizeans to live a healthy lifestyle. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure so the polyclinic is encouraging residents to stay healthy by doing annual medical checkups. Duane Moody was there and has this […]
Late this evening, the Deputy Prime Minister, Gaspar Vega issued a statement in respect of an allegation made against him in a shocking recording of a phone call to Vilma Cervantes, wife of murder victim, Ramon Cervantes Senior. In the recording, a senior, very high profile politician is being accused of paying for a contract […]
As we said earlier, the DPM has issued a statement on respect of the allegations made against him. He says that he is hurt and angered by the allegations that seek to wreck him and his family. Here is a small clip of the statement which will run in its entirety later in the newscast. […]
Thirty-one year old Elisa Hunter, who was struck by a government vehicle as she crossed the George Price Highway, perished on Wednesday evening at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Hunter was on her way to work at Belize Recycling Company on Tuesday morning when she was hit and flung into the air by the vehicle […]
Hunter, who is originally from Nicaragua, lived in Belize for the past nine years; she leaves behind a seven-year old child and two sisters and a brother. Her sister, Ersi, says that Elisa’s last words to her were a plea to take care of her daughter. According to Ersi, while the minister did come to […]
Caye Caulker is an island fast realizing its tourism potential, second only to the larger San Pedro but growing. Perhaps the main attraction for tourists on the island is an area known as the split, a natural division caused by Hurricane Hattie in 1961 and enhanced by dredging. It’s officially listed as Emerald Point, and […]
Across Mexico and the Caribbean hundreds of employees of Scotiabank will be made redundant in a massive downsizing exercise. The laying off of at least one thousand, five hundred full-time staff within the region is part of an effort by the lending institution to save a hundred and twenty million Canadian dollars annually. Of the […]
In Wednesday’s newscast, we reported that a land dispute between Bernadette Pickwoad and Maud Williams, over a piece of property located in Belama Phase One, had been adjourned pending the outcome of court-ordered mediation. While both parties had been looking forward to a satisfactory conclusion, things have seemingly taken a different turn overnight. This morning, […]
The dust has settled at least for now, between bodybuilder Cricel Castillo and the Belize Body Building and Fitness Federation. In a very public spat last week, there was a back and forth over monies that Castillo claims were not paid to her to cover costs for her participation at Arnold Classic Bodybuilding Tournament. But […]
A fifty-three-year-old American national, Joseph Michael Schmeltzer, who is originally from Los Angeles, California, was found living in Belize illegally and by virtue of the Immigration Act, he is deemed a prohibited immigrant. His detention was made on Wednesday, when he was handed over by police to the Immigration Department. Today, Schmeltzer was brought […]
The Belize Literary Prize is an initiative of the Belize Book Industry Association which provides a framework for teachers, authors and aspiring writers to express themselves through their writing skills. Back in December of 2013, the association launched the first Literary Prize 2014 that invited entries from Belizeans locally and within the Diaspora on the […]
The top two winners, Kalilah Enriquez and Jorge David Awe are both from the Diaspora and are living in Jamaica and Canada, respectively. While Enriquez was unable to make it for the ceremonies, Awe attended and spoke to the media about the inspiration behind his short story, set in San Ignacio. Jorge David Awe, […]
Government has with some regularity boasted that its coffers are bulging with Petrocaribe funds to the tune of hundreds of millions. And that money can apparently be used for all sorts of things, from infrastructure and bridging budget shortfalls to buying helicopters, hams and turkeys. Well today News Five was in Caye Caulker and passed […]
Katherine Thomas, a single mother of two received keys to a brand new home on Wednesday morning courtesy of the Rotary Club of Belize. Undoubtedly, the assistance goes a long way in helping the needy Belize City family. Throughout the year, the local chapter of the Rotary Club undertakes various initiatives through which it is […]
When a couple decides that they have had as many children as they would like, the conversation that follows is often about measures that the woman may take to prevent further pregnancies. Those options include all forms of contraceptives and even tubal ligation or as we call it in Belize: a “tie off.” But if […]
Tonight’s headline is one of the most incredible, disturbing and frightening we’ve carried. It contains an allegation that very senior persons put out a hit on an Orange Walk resident. We’ll try to keep it as simple as we can because the allegation is under investigation. Now, on July fifth, 2014, the body of Ramon […]
Today, it was a very sombre gathering which listened to that explosive recording released by the Cervantes family. The call came in on the night of October eighth. Vilma Cervantes answered, and the call was put on speaker and recorded on her daughter’s phone. The caller, whom Cervantes swears is Castillo, promises to call back […]
P.U.P. Party Leader Francis Fonseca was present at the memorial today to give support to the family. The release of the recording came as a surprise to him as well, since he hadn’t been warned about the allegations. We asked him for his reaction after the memorial. Francis Fonseca, P.U.P. Leader “Shocked, shocked and […]
Traffic accident victim, Elisia Hunter remains in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. This morning, she underwent surgery. Hunter was flung into the air on Tuesday morning when the vehicle of the Foreign Minister, Wilfred ‘’Sedi” Elrington hit her soon after she alighted a bus near Mile Eight on the George Price Highway. […]
Things came to a head this morning in the village of Saint Matthews located on the George Price Highway. For days, the government school has been without some of its teachers so that students have had to be placed in other classes causing a disruption in flow of their lessons. There are number of contributing […]
There are two stories coming out of Orange Walk tonight. The first is a serious allegation about who put a hit on Ramon Cervantes Senior. A recording has been broadcast from a man who is a main suspect in the murder but is on the run. We will have all that coming up. But also […]
