Based on the documentary, McAfee’s former employees have been identified as conspirators in the murder of Faull. Ex-caretaker at the San Pedro property, Cassian Chavarria, whose nickname ironically is “Cash,” was portrayed as the person that made deposits and payments at the behest of McAfee. In his interview, he claimed he deposited five thousand dollars […]
Attorney Bryan Neal represents five of the persons featured in the documentary. Today we asked him if based on their own admissions on the Faull murder, they stand to face criminal charges. Bryan Neal, Attorney “All Belizeans should be offended by that video; they should be concerned about the way that video paints this […]
Moses Sulph has been cleared of rape. Back in February 2013, Sulph was accused of raping a UB student at a house in Belmopan. He had denied the charge and maintained that he consensual sex with the woman. Today, Sulph stopped by our News Five studios to say that he feels vindicated after he was […]
A murder case fell apart in the Supreme Court before Justice Troadio Gonzalez on Monday. Thirty-one year old Erasmo Lino walked from the murder of twenty-four year old Laurencio Ho Junior. Lino was charged back in March 2011 for killing his Roaring Creek neighbour, who met his death while celebrating his birthday. The D.P.P.’s office […]
As we reported on Monday, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington spoke at the United Nations lashing out at the incredulous statements made last week by the Guatemalan President, Jimmy Morales. Soon after Elrington spoke, the UN Permanent Representative of Guatemala, Jorge Skinner Klee upped the ante when he exercised the right to reply to respond to […]
Last week, the Prime Minister confirmed to the nation on Independence Day that the country is in recession. Within days of that pronouncement, the IMF issued its latest report on Belize in which it speaks of dire economic conditions and recommends more taxes and a reduction of the wage bill. The IMF states that GDP […]
The 2016 CARSI ESF program grant recipients were announced today. The awards, valued over three million Belize dollars, are aimed at supporting the U.S. Government’s objectives of strengthening citizen security through job creation and providing activities and educational opportunities for at risk youth. News Five’s Andrea Polanco attended today’s grant signing ceremony. Andrea Polanco, […]
It is coming up on ten months since the tragic blaze at the mile twenty-one, George Price Highway compound of the Princess Royal Youth Hostel. A three-room wooden structure that was used to house the female resident minors went up in flames. Fatally trapped inside the burning building were three girls—sixteen year olds Ana Melinda […]
But beyond the ultimate fate of workers at the Youth Hostel, the primary concern is the health, well-being and safety of the institution’s residents. Many of them come from troubled homes and untenable family situations and the Hostel is the last resort before the far less welcoming Wagner’s Youth Facility on the grounds of the […]
Recently four young residents of the Dorothy Menzies Child Care Center on Saint Thomas Street, Belize City, disappeared after attending the Buttonwood Bay Primary School. The centre’s driver dropped them of at school but when he went to pick them up, they were missing. The children ranged in age from six to fourteen years. They […]
Belize’s long-established mental health facility, originally known as “Seaview” when it was located along the Newtown Barracks in Belize City, and later “Rockview” after it moved to the George Price Highway, is now located in a quiet section of Belmopan and is now known as “Palmview.” But there has never been established a separate facility […]
The Building Opportunities for Our Social Transformation, better known as BOOST, a conditional cash transfer program has been described as the “flagship” of the Dean Barrow administration’s “pro-people/pro-poor” policy – hailed for lifting families to a higher standard of living. It offers financial incentives for adhering to a carefully monitored list of social indicators. But […]
Belize continues to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of Hurricane Earl, and here in the Belize District at least twenty-two families who have spent weeks of their lives in shelters can expect to come home – to a permanent home – by the end of the month. Thousands were affected when the category […]
The Ministry of Human Development this morning formally launched what it calls a “one-stop shop” for everything you need to know about Belize. Called BelizeInfo, it comes out of the I.D.B. – funded Community Action for Public Safety (CAPS) project started five years ago. With over sixty-five thousand data values ranging from measurement of homicides […]
For now, the Ministry is taking charge of the system, with other ministries of Government and even private entities contributing data for collation and analysis. But the main marker for its success will be how it is used. For more on that we spoke to Ministry C.E.O., Judith Alpuche. Judith Alpuche, C.E.O., Ministry of […]
Another initiative was launched this morning at the Radisson Hotel in Belize City. The United Nations Development Programme, with support from the EU and other partners, is financing a Biodiversity Finance Initiative, BIOFIN. A one point six million dollar package over the next two years will be invested on a biodiversity finance strategy to ensure […]
Eleven years ago, in 2005, the Belize National Teachers Union went on a week-long strike joining other organizations in a sustained campaign against government on the economic issues including proposed tax hikes at that time. Tonight, the B.N.T.U. is preparing again for strike action against the government if its eight demands are not met. Eighteen […]
Today, President Luke Palacio said they intended to meet with the other unions to tell their side. He also addressed the warning he gave last week about intending to sue Government over allegations of union-busting. Luke Palacio, National President, B.N.T.U. “Yes, every effort will be made to meet with the other unions; we definitely […]
In his address to the nation, Prime Minister Dean Barrow gave specific examples of Government’s attempts to compromise with the Belize National Teachers’ Union. One is the Occupational Safety and Health Bill, which the unions have championed since its introduction several years ago. According to the Prime Minister, while the Bill died at the end […]
Palacio confirmed that the strike action is not indefinite. Despite the Union’s own financial issues, he says the teachers are quite willing to make the sacrifices necessary to cut the Government down to size. Luke Palacio, National President, B.N.T.U. “No, we cannot say that it’s indefinite, but we know that we will carry out […]
The Prime Minister conceded that he was prepared to increase to two the Opposition representatives on the Senate Select Committee to investigate the Special Audit on the Immigration Department. Today, we caught up with the Opposition Leader John Briceño. He expressed continued support to the B.N.T.U. That aside, Briceño condemned Government’s bullying and conniving ways. […]
Today, Minister of Foreign Affairs addressed the United Nations in a spirited speech touching principally on the Belize-Guatemala dispute. In his address to the seventy-first General Assembly, it was the first time that Wilfred Elrington finally took on Guatemala’s hostility against Belize. Elrington used some choice words and said Guatemala was “impeding the peaceful ingress […]
Elrington dedicated much time to respond to the Guatemalan President’s statement last week on the shooting incident involving the minor in the Chiquibul. And he didn’t hold back about what he thought of the Guatemalan’s response to the O.A.S. report by the international experts. Elrington said that Guatemala’s rejection is not just “reprehensible but also […]
The gruesome discovery of a decomposing body in the Valley Peace, Cayo, has shocked the community in the area. Roaring Creek resident, Rudolph Selgado, an employee of BWSL, had been missing for days. Sensing that something was awfully wrong, his common-law-wife organized a search party but came up empty-handed. In the wee hours of Sunday […]
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee aired on Saturday night. The Showtime documentary chronicles the activities of software tech John McAfee while he lived in Belize. The sensational documentary was produced by award winning filmmaker Nanette Burnstein. It includes interviews with local politicians, journalists, family and friends of Gregory Faull, along with those closest […]
