According to the member for Cayo South Julius Espat, what is happening today with Fortis is all part of, in his words, a premeditated and wicked plan in which the only ones to benefit are the PM’s circle of family and friends. Julius Espat, Area Rep., Cayo South “The Prime Minister installed his law […]
Now, if you expected those comments by Espat to be unremarked, you would be wrong. The Prime Minister always seems to reserve special attention for Espat, and today was no exception. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “Let me start with the member for Cayo South. Now, Mr. Speaker, in his intervention he was rude, he […]
A trio of Belize City fishermen remains lost at sea tonight after being reported missing by friends and family over the weekend. What should have been a routine one-day trip to Turneffe Island almost a week ago has become a nightmare for the Usher family whose loved one, along with two others, have disappeared at […]
When the Belize Territorial Volunteers led a mission to Sarstoon Island on August sixteenth, at least one vessel carrying members of the organization came into direct contact with the Guatemalan navy along the winding tributary. While footage of a brief verbal exchange was later broadcasted by the local media, leading the charge on the other […]
A smaller BTV contingent returned to Sarstoon Island this past Tuesday, where footage of what appeared to be a high-speed chase led by the Belize Defense Force was captured by the local media. On their tail was a Guatemalan vessel in hot pursuit. That video has raised numerous questions from the public as to whether […]
So, is the BTV squandering precious resources in trekking to the Sarstoon River weekly in an attempt to shadow the B.D.F. substitution at Cadenas? On Tuesday morning, Wil Maheia, along with Yaya Marin Coleman and COLA’s liaison officer Harley Burn, headed out early in hopes of witnessing the change-over. Despite a timely arrival, the mission […]
At the launch of a spirited anti-Guatemala campaign last Thursday, COLA’s executive member Rufus X, a contractor by profession, issued an open challenge to the B.D.F. to have him build a forward operating base at Sarstoon Island. X’s offer succeeds previous comments made by Commander Jones that not only is the island inhospitable but it […]
Twenty-four-year old female coast guard officer, Keyren Tzib, remains behind bars tonight; she was taken to court this morning for a second time on criminal charges. Tzib is on remand for the Manslaughter of her boyfriend, Thytis Blancaneaux. The violent incident occurred in July 2015 at the couple’s Lord’s Bank home. The two were hanging […]
Quite aside from the back and forth on the Fortis settlement, there was the usual bickering we’ve come to know and dislike at the sittings of the House of Representatives. That came early in today’s debate as Belize Rural Central area rep., Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, expressed that nationalization has to benefit the people, or it’s meaningless. […]
That debate, though not so personal, continued with Oscar Requeña, member for Toledo West. He had the same concerns as his colleague from Belize Rural Central – that all the beating of the collective chest in the House is all well and good, but in his area they’d really just prefer to be connected to […]
Carnival 2015 is quickly approaching with the King and Queen Competition coming up this Saturday and the spectacular road march set for September twelfth. On Tuesday night, the first round of judging of the mas camps got under way at different spots in the City. The bands are being judged on creativity and construction of […]
Belize has once again made its mark at the international cultural celebration known as CARIFESTA. The biennial event, which features the work of artisans as well as the creative arts performers from CARICOM states, took place in Haiti this year. Thousands attend to experience a burst of culture from participating countries. The ten-day program concluded […]
Tonight, starting at seven at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, a group of sixteen art students from Taiwan will take to the stage for the 2015 Taiwanese International Youth Ambassador Performance. The performers in Belize are part of a larger group of one hundred and sixty students that have been deployed to countries […]
Special Patrol Unit Officer Ryon Wagner, the bodyguard assigned to the Prime Minister’s wife, Kim Simplis Barrow, was arraigned in the Belmopan Magistrate Court this morning on a single charge of murder. The disturbing story of an intoxicated policeman allegedly putting two bullets in the head of Nicaraguan Eduardo Sanchez Perez has gone somewhat under […]
And in other news from Belmopan, a witness in the brutal slaying of the notorious Roaring Creek resident, Russell Hyde and Marcy Humes has given a statement to police. Authorities had been seeking that person who was with Hyde and Humes as they approached the gate of Hyde’s hilltop home in Camalote on Friday night. […]
An arrest is yet to be made in the weekend murder of twenty-year-old Malik Dixon, who was fatally shot as he rode a bicycle along Flamboyant Street on Saturday night. Toony, as he is popularly known, is affiliated with the Ghost Town Crips and, according to Belize City police, his death may have been gang […]
Belize plays Canada this coming Friday at the BMO field in Toronto. And we are pleased to announce that we have teamed up with Channel Seven to bring you the broadcast of the game right in your living rooms on Friday beginning at 5:30. The Jaguars left the country on American Airlines this morning heading […]
Late this evening News Five received confirmation of very significant news which happened completely under wraps. The Ramada Belize City Princess has changed management, effective today. We are told that the Princess, which recently associated itself with the popular Wyndham Ramada brand, is now being completely leased by an Asian company known as Gray Enterprises […]
And tonight’s question is: now that a deal to pay Fortis seventy million dollars plus thirty-three point three percent of shares has been sealed by G.O.B., was the acquisition of B.E.L. in the best interest of Belize? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll […]
On Monday Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced a settlement with Fortis on the arbitrary 2011 acquisition of that company’s shares in B.E.L. G.O.B. will be paying seventy million dollars to the Canadian company which will also get back thirty-three point three percent of shares in the company. At the time of acquisition, it owned seventy […]
Another expedition to the Sarstoon by the Belize Territorial Volunteers took place early this morning. The group has committed to trek to the Sarstoon every Tuesday, which is the day when the Belize Defense Force carries out a patrol to Cadenas, an observation post along the bank of the Sarstoon River. But the B.D.F. was […]
Ray Davis is no longer the Senator representing the Unions. The decision was taken by the General Council of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize last week, but there was some contention from members who felt that Davis had not been afforded due process. Indeed, we are told that representatives of the P.S.U. and […]
Tonight the Punta Gorda Police Department is investigating an unusual and very disturbing allegation of rape. Over the weekend a student claims that she was beaten up by a group of females, then held down by one man and raped by another. There have been no arrests so far, but according to the Deputy Commander […]
Classes have just resumed, but tonight a student, who is a minor, is a suspect in the robbery of an even younger student. The incident happened on Princess Margaret Drive in Belize City. A fourteen year old student and his father both on foot and are from Ladyville, were pounced upon by three males who […]
Belmopan Police have made at least some progress in identifying skeletal remains found Sunday in the Salvador Area of Belmopan. A Guatemalan farmer, who went to cut sticks in a bushy area of Costa Rica Street extension, got a nasty surprise when he discovered the bones. So far an examination has revealed that the remains […]
