There is major news to report tonight on the judicial front. A letter dated January twenty-fourth Justice Denys Barrow suddenly resigned as a judge on the court of appeal, less than two years after taking up the job. The justice, who is the brother of the Prime Minister, was named to the Court of Appeal […]
The non-governmental organizations stepped up the ante today calling on government to protect the national parks. The issue of drilling in the Sarstoon Temash has come to the front burner of the N.G.O. community following remarks from Prime Minister Dean Barrow on January sixth that drilling will be permitted in the Sarstoon Temash. News Five’s […]
While NGOs want full protection of the National Park, the barrier reef came under attack late last week. An investigation is underway into the damage of approximately ten meters, a little over thirty feet, of coral reef near the Blue Hole in the Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, an area co-managed by the Belize Audubon […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you prefer to purchase butane gas from BNE or importers? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Butane importers are planning to close businesses this Wednesday to protest competition coming from Belize National Energy. BNE says it can retail butane for prices much cheaper, about thirty-five percent less per hundred pound cylinder, than the importers, but it can only supply for now, thirty percent of the country’s demand. The Liquid Petroleum Gas […]
Late this evening, The Belize Bakers’ Association issued a release proclaiming its support for BNE’s supply of butane at cheaper prices. According to the association, they are already bracing for increased production costs due to rising prices for wheat on the world market. The less expensive butane is therefore a welcomed initiative. In its release, […]
Cruise tourism continues to spin out of control. Today only one Carnival line called on port; that’s the Valor, but the Dream with a capacity of three thousand nine hundred passengers did not make it to port. It gets worse for the rest of the week when the cancellations will mean that at least ten […]
There were two cases in court today that were brought by the Customs Department. In the first, two men from Bladen Village in the Toledo District were astounded when they were each fined twenty-four thousand, three hundred and thirty dollars for contraband vegetables and energy drinks. Raul Riviera and Angel Pachan were intercepted as they […]
In the other case, two businessmen faced similar charges for the sale of a vehicle without the proper procedures. Muhammad Hamze, a car dealer of Blue Marlin Boulevard, had to answer to two offences: Recklessly Dealing with Uncustommed Goods and Reckless Possession of a Vehicle for which the identification number was tampered With. That’s because […]
A tour guide was killed on Monday night when a sports car he was driving overturned on the Western Highway. Thirty-three year old Damacio Reyes was heading toward his home in Franks Eddy Village, when he lost control of the vehicle. Because the impact caused severe injuries, Reyes died almost instantly. Police Press Officer, Sergeant […]
You might remember Mark King as a former City Councilor or more specifically as the Councilor who first blew the whistle on Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers when he made allegations of mismanagement. Since then, we also heard from King when he and former Deputy Mayor, Anthony Michael gave shelter to George Betson, who was forcefully […]
On Monday night we showed this picture in a story about Kareem Flowers who was shot as he walked on Dean Street on Sunday night. We have since been informed that the Kareem Flowers we showed was not the one injured in the shooting.
The wait is finally over and we’re just minutes away from the biggest karaoke showdown you’ve ever seen. Tonight is the first live show at the Bliss and you won’t believe what we have in store for you. By now you will know that the sensational duo of Santi Castillo and Conchita Moreno will be […]
