This morning the news of multiple terminations at the Belize City Council spread like wildfire on social media. But Mayor Bernard Wagner told News Five the employees in question are all of retirement age and council is to begin enforcing the City Council Act. He says keeping them on the payroll is costing CitCo hundreds […]
The Belize National Fire Service headquarters has relocated to two temporary sites in Belize City. You’ll recall that the previous U.D.P. administration sold the fire station to Atlantic Bank before the General Elections. Today personnel were removing the final pieces of equipment as they closed off operations on Cleghorn Street. Fire Chief Colin Gillett tells […]
A Guatemalan xatéro is being accused of shooting a police officer in the Toledo District. Reports are that Police Constable Ronaldo Camara was on his way from San Jose Hawai with a joint patrol team when he stopped at a river to fetch water. Camara reportedly fell behind the patrol, and in the process of […]
A seventeen-year-old female minor, reportedly involved in the murders of Gonzalo Rosado and Wayne Cadle, was granted bail when she appeared in court this morning. The young woman was charged with four counts related to conspiracy to commit murder and was represented in court today by attorney Hurl Hamilton. News Five spoke with Hamilton by […]
Authorities are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains in the Mosquitoville area in San Ignacio. According to police, bones and a skull along with some pieces of garments were discovered in some high bushes in an isolated area. Police say the identity of the person remains uncertain. The remains were taken to the National Forensic […]
Today, Eyder Radiel Sanchez, a resident of San Roman Village in the Corozal District was slapped with a slew of charges. He was identified as the driver of a pickup that alleged crashed head-on into a car, killing Assistant Superintendent of Police Fernando Neal and injuring another officer. The accident occurred between miles seventy-six and […]
Last week, the Acting Chief Justice ruled that the past administration violated Maya Customary Land Tenure for the residents of Jalacte. The village and two men were awarded six point three million dollars as settlement in the case which arose after the former administration approved the upgrade of the Jalacte Road between 2013 and 2015. […]
Another one of those good governance measures that the government introduced back in May is the Protected Disclosures Bill of 2021. Popularly known as the Whistleblower’s legislation, it seeks to protect whistleblowers from being reprimanded when they disclose or reveal corrupt acts committed by public officers or elected officials. Attorney General Magali Marin-Young says the […]
Former Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte was also asked to weigh in on the whistleblower’s legislation. And he says that while it hasn’t been fully ventilated in the public and his party hasn’t discussed it, he has some preliminary personal concerns with the bill. Peyrefitte says that while he believes it could lead to malicious acts […]
Last month, PM John Briceño discussed narco-trafficking with President Alejandro Giammettei during his time in Guatemala. Former Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte says that he hopes Briceño gets all the multinational help needed to tackle this criminal activity. Michael Peyrefitte, Former Attorney General “I know that we work very closely with the Americans when it […]
As we’ve reported over the last few weeks, Belize has gotten an extension of its international bond payment. But U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte says that he remains concerned about how this will play out because he believes PM John Briceño is very naïve when it comes to charting the super bond waters. Michael Peyrefitte, […]
Since it started the COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout, the Ministry of Health’s goal has been to get two hundred and fifty-one thousand Belizeans over the age of eighteen fully vaccinated. But three months later, only eight percent of this population has taken advantage of the vaccinations being offered. To increase these numbers, the M.O.H.W. is looking […]
A much-loved member of the Belize police department died over the weekend, leaving friends, family and the force to mourn the death of another senior officer. News Five’s Duane Moody was in Corozal today to find out more about Assistant Superintendent Fernando Neal, the status of the other victim and the men who reportedly fled […]
Over the weekend, a pair of teenagers was handed over to local authorities by their counterparts in Guatemala. The youths, seventeen and eighteen years old, respectively, are being held in connection with two murders. As we reported on March second, Gonzalo Rosado was shot and killed inside his vehicle which was parked in front of […]
A Belize City resident is recovering from a gunshot injury following an attempt on his life on Friday night. Mark Burgess was walking along Iguana Street around ten-thirty p.m. when upon reaching its intersection with Seagull Street someone opened fire. The Lakeview Street resident was injured in the shooting and was transported to the Karl […]
In Southern Belize, a Guatemalan laborer lost his life on Sunday evening during a hit and run near Maya King. Police responded to the location shortly after five p.m. where they According to police, Rosa Martinez was driving a single-cab Toyota pickup along that stretch of road when Diaz reportedly swerved into her lane. She […]
For almost two weeks, Belizeans at home and abroad have been speculating that there might be volcanic or geothermal activity in the Maya Mountains, at an area known as the Sleeping Giant where smoke has been seen billowing in the distance. Well, today we got confirmation that it was nothing mysterious or—as some had begun […]
Today, the United Nations Development Program donated a trove of information and communication technology equipment to the Belize’s judiciary to improve the access to justice by addressing the challenges leading to inadequate data and the back log in cases. The donation, valued at one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, was made possible through the Spotlight […]
Shyne Barrow for leader of the United Democratic Party? It appears Moses Shyne Barrow is making moves to position himself as the frontrunner for the position, should Patrick Faber be recalled. This evening, we received a copy of the letter sent to Governor General Froyla Tzalam. The letter was signed by Barrow himself, along with […]
The recall petition seeking to oust United Democratic Party Leader Patrick Faber is under review. Today, Chairman of the U.D.P., Michael Peyrefitte hosted a zoom briefing to talk about the process which includes verifying the signatures and then setting a time and place to do the recall vote. He notes that while there is no […]
So if Leader of the U.D.P. Patrick Faber is recalled and removed, who will succeed him? That is going to be left up to a national convention if more than one person offers him or herself for the position. If that happens, those persons come from a very small pool of eight people. In the […]
Chairman Michael Peyrefitte was also asked whether former Prime Minister Dean Barrow still wields any power in the United Democratic Party and whether or not he has weighed in on the current leadership issues. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P. “I can assure you that he does not. As I said before in a previous interview, […]
And what does the chairman thinks of this so-called “leadership crisis” the U.D.P. is facing? He told us that he never expected they would be going through this, but it is all part and parcel of the democratic process. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P. “It is unusual. As I have said before, it is never […]
The price of regular gasoline and diesel will increase at midnight tonight. The price of regular fuel will increase by eight cents, from ten dollars and ninety-five cents to eleven dollars and three cents per gallon. Diesel will also see an increase of eight cents, from ten dollars and fifty-one cents to ten dollars and […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has received some much needed equipment for COVID-19 patients. The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization and the Government of Canada donated six High-Flow Nasal Cannula systems and two advanced Patient Monitors with carbon dioxide and invasive blood pressure monitoring. The gift included the needed accessories. A release from PAHO says, […]
