To continue to engage at risk youths, the GREAT and Cadet Programmes have joined forces for an event they call the GREAT Cup. It will feature three sporting disciplines and will see youths from different precincts join forces for the games. It will kick off in October. Inspector Elroy Carcamo tells us more. Insp. […]
The Tyler Savery Foundation distributed close to one hundred school bags to under-privileged children. The kids were treated to a fun day at the pool at the Pickwick Club and they each received backpacks with school supplies for the new school year. We spoke with the founder, Shakera Young. She explains why she decided to […]
Great Belize Television’s Channel Five has once again emerged victorious at the annual Caribbean Broadcasting Awards Competition held on Tuesday night in Nassau, Bahamas. As many as eight coveted prizes were won in fourteen various TV categories, including Climate Change and Renewable Energy, Coverage of Disaster Risk and Best Public Service Spot. The awards were […]
There are two murders to report tonight and in both cases, the identity of the victims has still not been established. Just before two p.m. today, police were called out to an area between miles three and four on the George Price Highway. Some three hundred feet off the pavement in some bushes, they discovered […]
Belize City police are investigating what appears to be a murder at sea. Shortly after one o’clock this afternoon, officers were summoned to an area on Princess Margaret Drive near St. Anthony’s Trading Company where a report was made that an unidentified person was badly beaten and tossed into the murky waters a short distance […]
An accused killer is tonight on the run from the law after escaping from police custody early this morning. Twenty-four-year-old Jevon Belizaire was arrested and charged on Tuesday for the murder of his next door neighbor on Neal’s Pen Road on Sunday night. He was being held at the Raccoon Street Police Station prior to […]
There have been quite a few murders in San Pedro over the past week, including several shootings. Last Wednesday night, Scott Charles was shot multiple times inside his home in the Bay Side area of San Pedro Town, as he responded to a knock at the front door to his house. He died the following […]
Minister Heredia says that the trafficking and sale of drugs are at the heart of criminal activities on the island, but are there contradictory rules in place? At last Friday’s House Meeting, the government tabled a bill to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act that decriminalizes possession of up to ten grams of marijuana. But […]
Recently, further revelations were made about the land-grabbing activities of the Vega family during Gaspar Vega’s tenure as Minister of Natural Resources. Tonight, News Five can share some documents concerning land originally turned over to the Belmopan City Council under Said Musa as Prime Minister, but which ended up in the hands of Ignacio German […]
Get ready for higher gas prices once again. For the second time in eight days, prices are set to rise at midnight tonight for premium gasoline and diesel. Premium rises to near eleven dollars at ten dollars and ninety-nine cents from ten dollars and forty-nine cents, while diesel climbs over the nine-dollar mark to nine […]
There was minimal resistance from the Opposition at last Friday’s meeting of the House of Representatives to the amendment to the Town Councils Act, which allows for greater power of the municipal councils to obtain funds for capital projects. The reason ostensibly given by Prime Minister Dean Barrow for the rush-through of the bill is […]
The Government side was hard-put to defend the bill, with Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte accusing the opposition of playing politics with the issue. Dr. Carla Barnett pointed out that Government has issued no guarantee for the project and is not otherwise involved beyond the legislation. It had already done the kind of inspection necessary to […]
It is the sole province of the senate to accede to the ratification of international treaties and conventions signed by Belize in order for them to be ratified. At this morning’s meeting the senate considered three such treaties: the Protocol Amending the CARICOM Agreement on Social Security; the Amendment to Annex Three of the Agreement […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow was dismissive of statements made by the Senator for Non-Governmental Organizations, Osmany Salas, concerning the importance of re-registration to our national political system. While not engaging directly with the P.M., Salas re-emphasized that with the Guatemala I.C.J. referendum coming; Belize must get its house in order and clean up the voters’ […]
Is the Taiwanese Embassy meddling in the affairs of government? It’s a suspicion that many in the Belize Chinese Association are grappling with tonight, reportedly following a decision by the Barrow administration not to waive a sum of sixty-six thousand dollars in visa fees for a visiting group of thirty-three visually impaired Chinese performers. The […]
Reports have been circulating that the chairman of the Belize Airports Authority resigned. According to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, it may have been based on concerns raised by an ex-employee, though it is not clear if these concerns have to do with misappropriation of funds. But the Minister in charge of Civil Aviation, Manuel Heredia […]
Speaking about the BAA, there have been concerns about the travel tax that was implemented, particularly so for Tropic Air, which had some regional flights that they had to suspend. The Belize Tourism Industry Association has also issued a statement because the tax does not foster development of the domestic airline. It stressed for intervention […]
Four students from across the country were awarded scholarships today courtesy of the Belize Tourism Board. They are all pursuing degrees in various areas of tourism and the overall value of the awards provided to the 2017-2018 cohort is approximately thirty-one thousand dollars. News Five’s Duane Moody was at a brief ceremony at the B.T.B. […]
Businessman John Zabaneh is a well-known entrepreneur in South Stann Creek whose ventures, including Mayan King Limited, Mid-south Investments Limited, Belize Chemicals Limited and Crown Paradise Enterprises were all flagged by the U.S. Treasury back in 2012. Those companies were designated as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers and were sanctioned based on U.S. foreign policy and […]
P.U.P. Senator Valerie Woods, having heard the prime minister’s response to former Foreign Minister Lisa Shoman’s open letter on Thursday, is also weighing in on the comment made by Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington. While responding to questions asked by the media last Wednesday, the chief diplomat reiterated that Belize’s borders are not internationally recognized and […]
According to Woods, while government at some point will turn to the people for a vote on whether the Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute should be taken to the ICJ for resolution, it should avow that Belize’s borders are indeed internationally recognized. Valerie Woods, Opposition Senator “All that I stated was, one: I commend Ms. Shoman. […]
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Lisa Shoman appears to have stepped on a few toes last week after writing an open letter to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, appealing to him to distance himself from comments made by Wilfred Elrington. Foreign Minister Elrington repeated in a news interview on August sixteenth, as he has said several times […]
Maheia also spoke to News Five about the re-registration campaign as it relates to the referendum to attend the International Court of Justice to resolve the Guatemalan claim. The Belize Progressive Party of which the BTV’s Maheia is deputy leader, recently met the United Nations Advisory mission visiting Belize to discuss the Guatemalan referendum expected […]
A post mortem on the body of thirty-year-old Dwayne Almendarez was conducted this afternoon in Belize City and certified that the Yo Creek resident died as a result of complications related to gunshot injuries. Almendarez was mortally wounded during a shooting incident in the Orange Walk District last week which involved a customs officer on […]
Belize City will host the United Democratic Party’s next convention to select a municipal slate for the 2018 elections due in March this coming Sunday. The headline is the mayoral race, the first since 2011, as incumbent councilors Dion Leslie and Philip Willoughby go head-to-head for votes. But whoever wins will be counting on the […]
