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Attorney General: JPs will be held accountable

The entry-level position for those involved in the current immigration scandal appears to be that of Justice of the Peace. With one J.P. already admitting to bearing false witness and a number of others running scared, News 5’s Stewart Krohn took the opportunity to ask Attorney General Godfrey Smith what his ministry plans to do […]

Negotiators meet facilitators in Washington

A briefing was held for the press today by Foreign Minister Assad Shoman and Ambassador Fred Martinez. According to reports emerging from the meeting, the pair will travel to Washington, D.C. for a meeting on Monday with their Guatemalan counterparts and facilitators Sir Shridath Ramphal and Paul Reichler. It is hoped that the final presentation […]

New legal aid centre opens in Bz. City

The office may be modest, but the Legal Advice and Services Centre will be providing much needed services to hundreds of low income Belizeans, who are unable to receive proper representation in the courtroom. Today, ceremonies were held to officially open the L.A.S.C. in Belize City. Speaking to the gathering, Attorney General Godfrey Smith said […]

Immigration scandal is nothing new

One consequence of the saturation coverage that this station has given the current immigration scandal is that many viewers are trying to answer the question: What is Channel 5’s agenda? There is no shortage of theories. Some of them attribute the persistence of the reporting to animosity carried over from the Middle East conflict; others […]

Colombian teacher revives accordion music

Over a month ago we reported on the arrival of a music teacher from Colombia who hoped to interest some Belizean youths in taking up an instrument that once echoed through Belize’s history. Tonight, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports that he has succeeded. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The accordion was invented in Germany and eventually made […]