The controversy over Prime Minister Said Musa’s unilateral government guarantee and subsequent assumption of a thirty-three million dollar loan from the Belize Bank to Universal Health Services has now escalated into something more closely resembling a financial, constitutional, and political crisis. Today the P.M. for the first time spoke directly to the Belizean people on […]
With those obvious questions still awaiting answers, it was left to the Leader of the Opposition to weigh in with his assessment. For Dean Barrow, a man who pursues the P.U.P. for a living, it was just one more instance in which Said Musa’s mouth got him into even deeper trouble. Dean Barrow, Leader of […]
We’re not sure if they’re going to have a victory party, but the residents of West Landivar have something to celebrate tonight because they have triumphed in their efforts to quash a project proposal by local developer David Gegg. The businessman had expressed his intention to construct a marina, restaurant, and office complex on his […]
Corozal police are investigating the deaths of two men who were found in an abandoned well five hours after they were hired to clean the water hole. According to forty-six year old Antonio Campos, a farmer from the Corozal District, on Tuesday he hired thirty year old Herman Perfilio Sanchez and seventeen year old Marcos […]
For the last six months, he’s been outside local jurisdiction, but come Monday morning, Belize City businessman Ben Bou-Nahra will stand trial for manslaughter. Today, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions confirmed to News Five that the case against Bou-Nahra in connection with the death of Shawn Copius will start next week. The […]
Four days after a Blue Marlin Drive home was burglarised and its owners robbed at gunpoint, Belize City police have arrested the three young men they strongly believe committed the crime. This morning, seventeen year old Julian Ebanks, twenty-six year old Nicholas Gordon, and twenty-eight year old Kenrick Reneau were all charged with Aggravated Burglary […]
A former traffic officer convicted of knocking down and killing a teenager has been fined for the offence. Convicted of causing the death of nineteen year old Dwayne Francis by careless conduct last week, this morning Glen Rivero appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas for sentencing. Before handing down his decision, Lucas listened to mitigation pleas […]
For better or for worse, technology has infiltrated the lives of Belizeans all over the country. And on Monday technology found its way to the Valley of Peace in the Cayo District with the inauguration of an internet cafe and community data centre. The centre comes equipped with three state of the art computers and […]
Watching the natural disasters that routinely parade across the screens of international T.V. newscasts, it becomes clear that the world’s military forces do far more than fight wars. That’s why the uniformed men and women now in Belize are not just shooting guns. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The training participants are part of the contingent taking […]
As the popularity of poetry grows, so does the number of local enthusiasts who will no doubt welcome the new C.D. launched today. The disc samples the work of some of the best already in the business and newcomers hoping to make a name for themselves. This morning News Five’s Kendra Griffith enjoyed a preview […]
