A special sitting of the House was held today in Belmopan. Today’s sitting ended shortly after mid-day and was not characterized by the bows and arrows that are usually slung across the aisle. The government tabled a report by the Auditor General which showed that under the past administration in the period between September 2007 […]
It has been reported that nine different corporations owe the Belize Bank over four hundred and fifty million dollars in a loan portfolio of six hundred and eighty million dollars. According to the governor of the Central Bank, Glenford Ysaguirre, in a recent court affidavit, at least twenty-eight percent of the bank’s loans are non-performing. […]
Wire taps, telephone intercepts, and email snooping, are all going to be a legislative reality. At today’s House Meeting, Prime Minister Dean Barrow said that this type of legislation will allow for better tracking of criminal activity. Since cell phones are an everyday tool for the criminals, tapping of phone lines will be one of […]
This past Thursday it was disclosed that it will take another two years to replace the Kendall Bridge which was washed away back in 2008 by Tropical Storm Arthur. Government is forecasting that when all said and done, the new bridge will be completed in 2012. Many responded to our question on whether it is […]
Early this morning another victim is believed to have succumbed to dengue fever. The thirty-one year old Belize City man, according to the family, was tested at public facilities but the fever was not detected. He was hospitalized, kept under observation and slipped into a coma. The family ran tests at a private lab which […]
The body of a murdered man found near Cotton Tree on August second, was known only by his many tattoos. On Thursday thirty-one year old Guatemalan National, Lesly Larios Catalan, visited the K.H.M.H. morgue and identified the body as that of her brother, Guillermo Larios Catalan Junior. Guillermo was a twenty-six year old resident from […]
And in an update to the presumed suicide of businessman, Mario Varacalli, a post mortem is yet to be conducted to determine what caused his death. Varacalli was the co-owner of the sub-sandwich restaurant, Hungry Monkey on North Front Street. But it is said that business was slow, bills were mounting and the restaurant employed […]
Twenty-eight year old Valerie Sheran, an expecting mother who was stabbed multiple times by a jealous ex-boyfriend earlier this week, is tonight seeking justice for the death of her unborn baby. The incident took place at her residence on Neal Pen Road despite a restraining order against Sheran’s former boyfriend. Sheran was stabbed above the […]
On February twenty-fourth News Five broke the story of the reported beating of a high school student by his girlfriend’s father, a prominent Belize City cardiologist, and his neighbor. Carlos and Sarli Zelaya, the parents of sixteen year old Carlos Jr., reported to police that their son was at the residence of Dr. John Gough […]
As we reported earlier in the week, the Ministry of Housing has amassed a huge stack of non performing mortgages; in fact it has about fifty-two million dollars worth of unpaid housing loans. According to Housing Minister Michael Finnegan, the dust on some of these loan portfolios can be dated back twenty years. Finnegan says […]
There is heart-wrenching news to report tonight as News Five’s newsroom has just confirmed that a woman was electrocuted in the Village of Estrella in the Corozal District. She has been identified as Leticia Vidal. Two other persons, Saria Tesecum and Rosaura Mai, are said to have been injured when they tried to help Vidal. […]
The last time we told you about Baby Daniel Estell he was waiting in a Los Angeles Hospital for his family to come up with funds to pay for a life-saving surgery. The eight-month old urgently needs a liver transplant and the cost is well over the hundred-thousand-dollar range. While the family was appealing for […]
He died at the age of twenty two, and his death has been shrouded in mystery and unanswered questions for the family, but they are not about to put his memory to rest. Today Eder Alamilla’s dream of helping children to discover their hidden artistic ability, lives on through his family who has held annual […]
Safiyyah’s coming up in a few minutes. But there’s one program that will be happening in Belize City on Saturday morning that will be one third entertainment, one third giveaway, one third healthy, and one hundred percent for your benefit. The Belize City Council in collaboration with Speednet’s Smart and the Belize Diabetes Association will […]
This year’s La Reina de la Costa Maya hails from Guatemala. She beat seven other contestants on Thursday night but there is plenty more activities happening this weekend in the Costa Maya Festival that is underway at La Isla Bonita. Safiyyah has the rundown on that international event along with a stress-free Friday night at […]
