Back on Sunday, March first, 2015, gunmen ambushed two men on Periwinkle Street in the Saint Martin de Porres area of Belize City. A day after the shooting, one man was charged and police today took a second suspect to court for the murder of Michael Welch. Late this evening, twenty-one year old Belize City resident, […]
The longstanding territorial dispute, in the context of a resolution by the International Court of Justice, has remained a contentious matter in the public domain as well as for the Vision Inspired by the People. The third party has long since maintained that Belizeans aren’t fully aware of what would be ceded to Guatemala, by […]
Interestingly, Rogers uses a 2002 judgment in favor of Cameroon as a case study for the crux of his argument. A territorial dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon, involving the Bakassi Peninsula, was adjudicated at the ICJ, ruling that sovereignty over the neck of land did indeed rest with Cameroon based on past agreements between England […]
During a working visit which culminated in Mexico, Foreign Minister Elrington also signed eight bilateral agreements with that country on issues including energy management, social security, intellectual property protection and promotion of patents, climate change research and consumer protection. Elrington says it is important that Belize work with both Guatemala and Mexico, especially where security […]
A third cohort of provisional tour guides are now fully trained to operate in the Fort George Tourism Zone. At a brief ceremony, the Belize Tourism Board presented them with certificates which qualify them to acquire the Belize City Community Site Guide license. The group of sixty-four guides completed training on the General Principles for […]
A mixing board can be overwhelming for its number of knobs, inputs or outputs. And if you are in the industry you would know that there has been a shortage of audio technicians to work in live productions. But tonight at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, thirteen audio technicians will be receiving their […]
Prakash Project…it’s a music event, but not the regular concert – that’s being held on the grounds of the Om Shanti Yoga Center on Princess Margaret Drive Belize City. The lineup features two artists, Leonardo Nieto Joly and Federico Diaz, who have travelled all over the world. News Five spoke with the principals of the […]
A Belize City mother is asking for the public’s assistance to help get her son to Loma Luz Hospital in Cayo. Hilda McKoy says that her twenty seven year old son, Richard Smith, has cancer and she desperately wants to try and save his life. She says his condition is worsening and he needs your […]
But Angela Smith has lost her battle to cancer. Back in March, her mother Michelle Smith was at our studios asking for assistance for Angela, who was diagnosed with cancer of the liver. She managed to raise the necessary funds to send Angela to the U.S. for the much needed medical care. Unfortunately, on Sunday, […]
The P.U.P. today held a meeting of the National Executive, which also includes standard bearers, to decide a way forward to general elections. But by our count, there were at least twelve standard bearers who did not show up. Now, what we heard is that those persons – including five from the north, three from […]
When P.U.P. leader Francis Fonseca emerged, he said that it was just a regular meeting to discuss the way forward for the Party. And even though he agrees that an election is right around the corner, Fonseca claims that so many Standard Bearers and Representatives missing a National Executive Meeting is no big deal. […]
And what about the post of National Campaign Manager, abruptly vacated by Godfrey Smith? It was believed that when Smith was brought on board in 2014, he would have provided some sort of financial access, but that reportedly did not come through. So Smith is gone, and the party leader says there’s no new NCM, […]
Day two of protests took place today during the lunch hour by members of the Belize Energy Workers Union employed at the government controlled Belize Electricity Company. The final round is planned for Wednesday as workers protests the utility company over salary increases. In the fiscal year 2014, B.E.L. made a whopping thirty-six million dollars […]
This morning, Marvin Mora, wearing his hat as President of the Belize Energy Workers Union, discussed to issue as he sat on the couch on Open Your Eyes. While disputing some of the statements made by B.E.L., Mora also said that the union had lost trust and confidence in the labor commissioner because there is […]
And our question for tonight is: Do you believe the government needs to consult with Guatemala over construction of the Forward Operating Base in Belizean territory? 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 […]
Mexican newspapers are reporting that a Belizean minor was found in the nude and in a drunken stupor in a bushy area of Cancun where she has reportedly been in a relationship with Mexican national. Residents of the area did not respond to screams and later on Sunday morning, the fourteen year old girl was […]
The Mediterranean Fruit Fly has been detected in two areas southern Belize. That’s the report today via a press release from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, better known as BAHA. The pest, which can cause the country to lose its citrus, bananas and other fruits for export if it is not contained, was detected one […]
Also in the south, a Guatemalan national is in custody tonight for a most disturbing report made last week. He is thirty-eight year old Selvin Giovanni Castro who has been charged with Unlawful Sexual Intercourse. He is accused of sexually abusing a young girl who is now more than twenty weeks with child. The abuse […]
Police are reporting on a fatal traffic accident in the Stann Creek district. It happened at about two o’clock on Monday afternoon in the outskirts of Independence. Twenty year old Lucas Teul was found lifeless with his body partially under his motorcycle. Teul’s body was found near a creek with head and body injuries. He […]
Marvin Mora, the president of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize says that government should proceed with the construction of the forward operating base on the mainland at the mouth of the Sarstoon River. But that may be falling on deaf ears. As you will recall, Guatemala has objected to its construction until the […]
By our count there are up to seventy-eight murders since the start of 2015. Most of the homicides are in the Belize District with murder count in the city at the highest. In fact, Belize has the dubious distinction of being the fourth most murderous city in the world. On Monday morning, Belize City Mayor, […]
Media personnel were ferried out to a little known – at least to the city-centric journalists – protected area in Southern Belize called the Port Honduras Marine Reserve. The trip was organized by the Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage, along with OCEANA and the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment which actually manages the […]
A delegation from the Belize Foreign Ministry headed by Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington was in Mexico City for the signing of eight bilateral agreements between both countries. Signing on behalf of Mexico was Elrington’s counterpart, Jose Antonio Meade. Among the agreements penned on Monday were on air transport, and the innocent passage of ships; cooperation […]
Today, when he appeared on Open Your Eyes, Marvin Mora also spoke on the issue of Belize’s spiraling debts. He said that the unions met with the IMF not too long ago and frankly put, the situation doesn’t look good for Belize. He said that Belize needs to manage the situation. But just how bad […]
A team of young students won big at a basketball tournament in Cancun, Mexico. Between the fifteenth and the twentieth, the team played and won all six games in the Copa Cancun Tournament. In the final match, Team Belize held of Mexico’s National U-19 Champions, Veracruz Marlins, to walk away with the championship. The Hoop […]
