City Hall is admitting that it owes Social Security contributions in contradiction to what Mayor Zenaida Moya told News Five yesterday in respect of over three hundred thousand dollars owed in Social Security contributions. When approached, the mayor was vehement that she signed cheques to the Belize Social Security Board and she was not aware […]
But still there is not going to be an audit of the finances at City Hall under the stewardship of Mayor Zenaida Moya, not before the March fourth elections, despite repeated calls for one and all the hype about accountability and transparency. Yesterday, the Mayor told News Five to expect one today, but what landed […]
It’s the count down to elections and the campaign is beginning to pick up dust from both sides of the political spectrum. Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Moya when confronted on Monday about thousands of dollars in cheques made out to her brother’s trucking company, SM Construction, said they were not new. Tonight the P.U.P.’s mayoral […]
But while Reneau explained the scholarship fraud, he also took time to outline his team’s plan to govern the city. The city, according to Reneau, will be managed based on a seven-point plan. The mayoral aspirant outlined the key issues of his platform. Dr Cecil “Chubby” Reneau, P.U.P. Mayoral Candidate, Belize City “Those problems are […]
It is three weeks since the horrific killing of Antanacio Gutierrez in one of the worst strikes in the country. Today, while the dust has settled at the Tower Hill Mill, the core sampler has been dismantled and deliveries are back on stream, his widow has broken her silence. Benita Gutierrez has released a letter […]
The story of the Cubans that were found off the coastof Belize is unraveling and more details have been uncovered. A reliable source has informed us that there were two bodies that were found on the reef, not one. The bodies were found about fourteen miles north of Middle Caye by the North Light House. […]
Last night we reported on a controversy over the ownership of a building at the Farmer’s Market and tonight the tempest has increased to a war of words. This morning Laura Leonardo’s lawyer, Dolores Balderamos Garcia, contacted News Five disputing the chain of events given by the Ramclams. According to Balderamos Garcia, the Ramclams did […]
An Albert Street businessman was robbed near the entrance of his home. At about two o’clock Monday morning, fifty-three year old Madhu Babani, the proprietor of Swamy’s Boutique, arrived at the entrance of his Albert Street home. Near the entrance of the nearby alley, three male persons came up to him, one of them armed […]
Perhaps it was just bad luck, but Madhu Babani was not the only Albert Street businessman who suffered losses yesterday. A store owned by his brother, Danny Babani was burglarized last night across the street from where Madhu was robbed. The store “A Fashion” sits next door to Belize Global Travel Services Limited. Early this […]
Also targeted over the course of the weekend was the office of the Director of Public Prosecution, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt. According to the secretary, forty-six year old Estelle Mossiah, when she left work Friday evening at five p.m. everything was in order and on Monday morning around seven-thirty she was shocked to find that the office […]
San Ignacio police have detained a man in connection with a burglary and fire that reportedly occurred on Monday night in the Mountain Pine Ridge area. Police report that around nine-thirty on Monday night they got a tip of a suspicious grey van in the area. When police intercepted the van upon their arrival they […]
Two Belize City women find themselves in very dire straits tonight after two separate incidents just hours apart left them incapacitated in the female ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The first incident occurred some time after one on Saturday morning as twenty-nine year old Pamela Stuart was heading to her house on Pelican […]
The second case involves a case of attempted arson. When we covered the story on Monday night there were no injuries to report but tonight we have images of very graphic burns a woman sustained when her house was set on fire. Fifty-five year old Juanita Gonzalez told News Five from her hospital bed that […]
It’s not our morning show but a California based men’s magazine called Open Your Eyes is having an online competition among three beauties who want to be on the cover of their March issue. One of the young beauties is Twenty-one year old Jessica Ochoa. Ochoa’s mother is a Belizean who migrated to the U.S. […]
March fourth is quickly approaching and so far Channel Five’s Open Your Eyes breakfast show has featured mayoral candidates from five of the nine municipalities. Today the P.U.P. and U.D.P. hopefuls made the journey from the Suga City to Church Street to talk about their plans for the future. Current Orange Walk Mayor, Ravei Gonzalez, […]
