Sporting fans around the country will be stunned to find out that Belize has been suspended from the CONCACAF Champions League for this season. The suspension was announced late Monday night and was anticipated. According to Bertie Chimilio, president of the Football Federation of Belize, the Jewel was one of several countries given a one […]
One of Belize’s major income earners, the citrus industry, faces a new threat. It has to do with the citrus greening disease that has recently been detected in northern, western and southern Belize. The only silver lining is that so far the disease had not been detected in citrus groves but in private backyards. Today […]
There is good news for Belize on the Influenza A (H1N1) that has put the world on edge. News Five was told by the Ministry of Health today, that the results of the last three samples that were sent to CAREC on Friday have come back and they are negative. This means that all forty […]
It is almost a year and the Barrow administration has been unable to fill the post of Solicitor General. News Five confirmed today that no one has yet been appointed to the top job since the June 2008 departure of the then Solicitor General Tanya Herwanger who precipitously left that office, and the country for […]
A single mother from Armenia Village on the Hummingbird Highway is taking the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources, Gaspar Vega, to court after he cancelled a lease to the land she has occupied since 1997. Four lawyers appeared in court this morning when the case got underway. In addition to Vega, Edna […]
With Witz removed, the remaining defendant is Minister Vega. But while Hubert Elrington will have to wait to how the next ruling affects his client, Joaquina Smith, both Mckoy for Samayoa and Douglas Carr for Vega expressed confidence. Douglas Carr, Attorney for Minister of Lands “We did nothing unlawful or there was no abuse of […]
And on the issue of lands, News Five reported last week on mounting allegations about instances of alleged corruption at the Ministry of Natural Resources where according to one newspaper, quote “the bribes have become substantially bigger for services that should be free.” Unquote. While the response from GOB has been dismissive for most part, […]
A U.S. national who was charged for last week’s attempted robbery of San Hill Gas Station Grocery Store is in more trouble tonight and is now facing a string of additional charges. On Monday the book was thrown at eighteen year old Nathaniel Bowen Jr. and he was slapped with twelve new charges: three counts […]
A father and son appeared in Magistrates’ Court today along with two other accused, and were promptly charged with Aggravated Burglary. Wayne Herrera senior and junior, Leon Yorke and Martin Ramirez all pleaded not guilty to the offence. While Wayne junior, Yorke and Ramirez were offered bail of four thousand dollars and had their case […]
And in crime news up north, a business in the Corozal Free Zone was busted between six and nine this past Monday morning. The store named the Multi Marcas Company is now short of some ten thousand dollars in cash and items. Thirty-seven year old Manager, Alma Quan, reported to police that upon reaching her […]
There is a developing story reaching News 5 that a private house is being built on land that may be the property of a Belize City government school behind the Racoon Street Police Station. The land in question was originally owned by businessman Darrell Carter, who years ago sold it to the government of Belize. […]
Over the weekend, heavy rains in southern Belize caused the Sittee River to swell and last night water levels increased to almost 9 feet above normal threatening to overflow the Kendal crossing. The dangerously high levels bring back memories of last June’s flooding by Tropical Storm Arthur and depression number sixteen when southern Belize was […]
It’s only the second of its kind, the National Height Census, which was carried out today among standard one students across the country. The information gathered from the process will be sent for analysis abroad to determine how malnutrition affects growth patterns among a certain age group of school children. Both the Ministries of Health […]
While thousands participated in the census, hundreds backed up traffic on Albert Street this afternoon as Saint Ignatius students took to the streets in a march for peace. The rallying cry by the entire student body was to end the rampant crime and violence destroying families and communities. Instead, the youngsters are asking the public […]
