The Constitution requires the Auditor General to watch over the public purse. But the last time a Report from the Auditor General was tabled in Parliament was way back in 1999 and previous to that was a 1989 Report. So tomorrow when the House convenes in Belmopan, the Auditor General, trying to regain relevance, will […]
And still on the House, we’ve been reporting that government intends to amend the Business Tax Act and at tomorrow’s meeting the Bill will be presented for its first reading which will raise taxes by more than five percent on telecommunications. And in an update to that unfolding story, News Five has learnt that four […]
And from taxes to rice, on November tenth the Belize Agro-productive Sector fired off a letter to Prime Minister Dean Barrow expressing outrage at the recent importation of rice. The letter to P.M. Barrow refers to a shipment of rice ordered last week Monday when the Marketing and Development Corporation imported one hundred and fifty […]
It is not only rice farmers that are complaining, they are joined by the Belize Electricity Limited that is saying it is broke. In the fight between the two elephants the utility company says that the Public Utilities Commission retroactively applied charges against it amounting to near thirty-six million dollars which has caused a cash […]
The utility company may be broke but a UB nursing student and a mother of three is a more than a hundred thousand dollars richer. Tonight twenty-eight year old Erlett Lozano also has a new status: lotto winner. The Belmopan resident found out she won Wednesday’s hundred and twenty thousand dollar jackpot this morning and […]
And in another piece of good news, NBC’s Today Show co-host Matt Lauer is coming to Belize. The Today Show is a staple breakfast show of the United States of America which attracts millions of viewers. And recently, during the week of the presidential election, the program was the top rated broadcast morning show in […]
The Ministry of Transport’s rescheduling and zoning of the commercial bus industry was supposed to alleviate the problem of overcrowding. But as we found out yesterday morning, exactly three weeks after the new system was implemented, overcrowding is still a problem. A News Five team took to the Northern Highway between seven and eight-thirty yesterday […]
You don’t have to be a driver to notice that Belize City streets are in desperate need for repairs. For far too long city residents have been clamoring for help with the deplorable state of the streets. And now that the rains and floods have come and gone, we wonder why there is no progress […]
A domestic worker of Flamboyant Street in Belize City who allegedly attempted to help herself to bed sheets has been charged with Attempted Theft. Today fifty-one year old Martha Young appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford who placed charges on her for allegedly trying to steal two sets of sheets from Bottom Dollar Supermarket. Young wanted […]
Gun amnesty has been extended for a month and there are still many Belizeans who do not intend to take advantage of the program to hand in illegal weapons without fear of being sent off to prison. Thirty-three year old Luis Alberto Williams Junior probably wished he heeded the warnings as on Wednesday about ten-thirty […]
A Santa Elena resident boarded a bus a free man but came off it a prisoner. On occasion criminals use public transportation to peddle drugs. But one man did not consider the fact that his parcel of marijuana had a strong smell and a police officer was sitting nearby. On Wednesday, an officer boarded a […]
Sexual assaults on minors have become constant on our newscast and tonight we report on three more cases of Carnal Knowledge. In the first instance, Ladyville police are searching for a man in his twenties in connection with an alleged case of Carnal Knowledge upon a thirteen year old girl in Burrell Boom Village. The […]
There was a ruckus when eight kids were taken to the Queen Street Police Station for kicking a ball that accidentally hit a three year old child on Tuesday night. According to witnesses, the minors were playing football on Eve Street in the yard of the apartment complex where they live. The toddler hit with […]
The flood waters are slowly receding and affected communities are on their way to recovery. Today a News Five team accompanied Joint Task Force Bravo comprising the U.S. and Belize militaries as they visited the Belize District to provide medical assistance to the residents who are facing diseases in the aftermath of the floods. Duane […]
Courtesy of the Mexican Embassy and NICH, the Xalapa Marimba and Percussion Ensemble will be performing in Belize City and Benque Viejo del Carmen beginning this evening. The much acclaimed group comprises eight individuals and professionals of the University of Veracruz in Mexico. After their first performance last year, the group is back for an […]
In Part two of our Diabetes Series, we look at the different types of diabetes and lifestyles for diabetics . Healthy Living has details. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Every year on November fourteenth, millions worldwide add their voices and join efforts to commemorate World Diabetes Day. This day is an effort to spread awareness about a […]
