Current systems administrator at the Immigration Department, Georgia Bowen, worked at the Information Technology section of the Department during the time of the Won Hong Kim case. It has been established through prior testimony at the Senate Committee that a ‘picture of a picture’ can be taken and introduced into the system. But how can […]
A fire which has now been determined to be a case of arson ripped through two buildings early on Tuesday night in the City. Five family members were displaced as a result of the blaze which was seemingly the result of a dispute between the Palacio relatives. The affected persons, however, wish not to take […]
It was widely suspected that the weekend fire at the Belize Audubon Society’s Education Center in Crooked Tree was arson. A completed investigation by fire officials has now confirmed that someone deliberately set the place on fire. It is well-known that in the past, there has been conflict between some residents and the Audubon over […]
The Matalon Building on Coney Drive was shot up Tuesday night. Police say as many as thirteen shots were fired and eleven of them met their target on the first two floors, which are used by the Belize Bank. The bank issued a brief statement today to confirm the incident, saying that no one was […]
A bus conductor, who has been travelling to and from Belize City for years, was injured in July 2016 when a patron got personal with him after he was removed from the bus because he could not pay his fare. The conductor, Samir Martinez, was hit on the head and robbed of his money bag […]
A female coast guard was placed on interdiction in January of 2016 when she attacked and choked another female officer over an old beef that had been festering between them. After spending days in lock down at the Belize Central Prison awaiting her fate, she was sent home with two court fines. Last year, Maribel […]
“Positive Play, Positive Minds, Brighter Tomorrow” was the theme of a two-day early childhood development conference convened by UNICEF and several local ministries. As many as a hundred and eighty stakeholders were present for the event that discussed programs that addressed issues related to child development, literacy, as well as parenting, and specialized services for […]
The Saint Martin De Porres Parish received a twenty-five-thousand-dollar cheque from Rotary. Today, visiting Rotarians from Houston Texas and local Rotarians went to visit the School and handed over the cheque. The money will be invested in the school’s feeding program which assists more than eighty children. News Five’s Andrea Polanco has more on this […]
The Belize City Council has teamed up with the Belize Association of Planners and the Caribbean Network for Urban Land Management to host the 2017 Caribbean Urban Forum. Approximately one hundred and fifty persons will engage in discussions on how to better plan for growing cities and towns. News Five’s Duane Moody was at the Radisson […]
Senator for the Churches, Ashley Rocke, has been in hot water in some quarters for not paying attention to his duties during the Senate Special Select Committee. A few weeks ago, journalist Micah Goodin captured a picture of Rocke apparently browsing social media while in a public hearing. It prompted a stinging reaction from Chairman […]
The Saint Martin De Porres Parish will be getting a brand new hall in the next few weeks. The structure has been under construction adjacent to the Parish – it is worth around eight hundred thousand dollars and is expected to be used as a source of revenue for the Parish. Today, Father Matt Ruhl […]
A father of seven children was executed on Monday morning when he attempted to assist persons in a traffic accident. The Good Samaritan was a Guatemalan national who lived with his family in Hope Creek, Stann Creek District. Edwardo Samuel Caal Sub was driving behind a stolen vehicle that was transporting a set of robbers […]
The firestorm in the wake of a racially charged conversation involving the President of the Public Service Union, Eldred Neal, continues to burn fiercely tonight. Various entities, including the Council of Management of the P.S.U., the National Garifuna Council and the Government, as well as the Opposition, are weighing in on Neal’s inflammatory remarks about […]
Turning to the voice behind the now infamous recording, this evening Eldred Neal stopped by our office for an extended sit-down, during which he attempts to explain his position. For context, the P.S.U. President prefaced the conversation by explaining how the trio, including himself, former N.T.U.C.B. President Marvin Mora and Belize Water Services Union President […]
Elsewhere in the newscast, you will hear Mora throw Neal under the bus for those unsavory remarks. Neal, however, says that his counterpart has conveniently forgotten his role in that conversation and the derogatory comments he also made. When asked about the perceived culture war, Neal told News Five he was only speaking to what […]
The meeting of Eldred Neal and Luke Palacio this afternoon, when the Joint Unions Negotiating Team convened at the B.N.T.U. headquarters here in Belize City, was likely an awkward encounter in the wake of Neal’s blunt remarks about the outgoing union president. Palacio, as many already know, is a proud member of the Garifuna community […]
The other persons to whom Neal was speaking in the recording were Marvin Mora, the current general secretary of the Belize Energy Workers’ Union and Lorelei Westby of the Belize Water Services’ Workers’ Union. Tonight, we reveal another damaging portion of the recording in which Mora details why the Garifuna’s reach extends across all sectors […]
This afternoon, Mora issued a twenty-one minute defense outside the B.E.L. compound. He opened with an apology to the Garifuna people for any remarks he made in the incendiary recording which would insult and demean them and bring his own reputation as a champion of Garifuna rights into disrepute. But Mora spent much of the […]
According to Mora, he was doing two things: the first was to attempt to find out the reason why the P.S.U. did not support Fayne Nicasio, a Garifuna woman, for the post of president of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. It’s a post Mora himself held until last December. After winning a vote […]
Mora claimed that the recording was done without anyone’s knowledge, including the person on whose device it was recorded, and then a portion of it was cut and given to someone as a means of refuting rumors of racism by Mora. Apparently it was recorded off a loudspeaker by someone else and this is the […]
We can confirm that a Guatemalan national has been found dead in the Chiquibul National Park. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs late this evening confirmed the death of the national, but says that the identity and cause of death have not been ascertained; and the deceased is still at the location. According to the release, […]
A letter demanding that P.S.U. President Eldred Neal stands down from contesting his seat during the upcoming Annual General Meeting has been signed by nine members of the union’s Council of Management. Among the signatories is Chair of the Belize District Branch, Edmund Zuniga Junior. Not only does he sit on the committee, he’s also […]
Also signing on the document dated May sixth, was Kenneth Mortis. He is the second vice president of the Public Service Union and is a career fireman. Mortis says that both he and Neal were supported heavily by the southern branches of the P.S.U., including Dangriga, in their bid for seats on the executive. Mortis […]
Leader of the People’s United Party, John Briceño, joined in with condemnation of the inflammatory remarks made by Eldred Neal. He pointed to the Father of the Nation George Price’s vision of a Belize where we are all one and not subject to division based on race, color or any other divisive thing. As he […]
This afternoon, the People’s United Party continued its assault on the Integrity Commission’s decision to look at only declarations of public figures for the year 2016. The Party argues that the decision, made on the basis that the Prevention of Corruption Act is unclear on the power of the Commission to be retroactive; that no […]
