On Thursday’s newscast, the Prime Minister was questioned about reports that multi-million dollar guarantees had been used to back at least three Glenn Godfrey companies, but the P.M.’s only reply was that he would be challenging those alleged agreements in court. Today a release from the Belize Press Office put forward Minister Ralph Fonseca’s reaction […]
In more news about other multi-million dollar guarantees, a significant part of the controversy surrounding the Universal Health Services debt has been the question of just how all that money accumulated in such a short time. But tonight one of the main principals has come forward not only with his own version of the financial […]
And while the Lizarraga letter has added a new dimension to the discourse about the U.H.S. debt, tonight the United Democratic Party is undeterred in its self-imposed mandate to block the settlement of the liability in the National Assembly. Earlier this week, Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow sent a letter to the Prime Minister […]
A Belize City man is at home recovering from gunshot wounds tonight following a shooting incident on Thursday. Forty-four year old McKoy Daniels has reported to police that around eight last night he was riding his bicycle on Mahogany Street when another cyclist approached from the opposite direction. According to Daniels, without warning the man […]
And while cops try to solve that crime, there is one more gun on the streets of Belize tonight as a businessman has reported his weapon missing. The unnamed owner is offering a thousand dollar reward for the return of his chrome thirty-eight revolver that disappeared from his vehicle somewhere between Belmopan and San Ignacio. […]
A man convicted of manslaughter last week has been sentenced to twelve years behind bars. This afternoon sixty-three year old Francisco Orellano appeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez to learn his fate. The only person who asked for the court’s leniency on the defendant’s behalf was his landlord who described Orellano as a good person and […]
Today was a busy day for Justice John Muria as he presided over two separate but related cases in the legal clash between union leader Christine Perriott and Belize Telecommunications Limited. At nine this morning, Muria was scheduled to hear B.T.L.’s submission for leave to appeal his decision to reinstate Perriott as an employee pending […]
It was billed as a Mother’s Day exhibit and even though News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin had a hard time making a connection between the artwork and mothers, she still walked away impressed by the display. Nehanda Higinio, Artist “Some people are offended by my work, some people are enlightened by it, because it is very […]
Today marked the closing of one week of activities held to observe the services of the Belize Red Cross. Over the past five days, volunteers from across the country participated in various events designed to promote the organisation and recruit more members. According to Director General Lily Bowman, their efforts were a success. Lily Bowman, […]
Our coverage thus far of the annual Tradewinds exercise has focussed on things like crowd control, hand to hand combat, and emergencies at sea. But tonight, the military men show their softer side through music. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting In collaboration with the Governor General’s Music in Schools Programme, for the past week high school students […]
While many Belizean mothers will be relaxing on Sunday, others will be busting a sweat in the eighteenth edition of the Female Cross Country. News Five’s James Adderley reports. James Adderley, Reporting Mother’s Day comes this Sunday, May thirteenth and with it comes the eighteenth running of the annual female cross country cycle classic, a […]
