Before noon today, the People’s United Party decided on its new leader following tumultuous days of uncertainty that placed the sixty-one year old party at its lowest ebb. Three candidates; Julius Espat, Mike Espat and Arthur Saldivar, presented their names after Mark Espat declined on Tuesday. This morning they bowed out of the race as […]
The man of the hour P.U.P. Freetown Area Representative Francis Fonseca made a statement on the way forward for the P.U.P. minutes after the announcement. Fonseca clarified that he was not passed over as interim leader, because he supported Espat in that role. Fonseca told the media what he had already said inside independence hall, […]
So on Friday, Francis Fonseca, Said Musa, and Florencio Marin Junior will be leading the oppositions’ charge in the House on the ninth amendment. Indications are that former party leader John Briceño and Cordel Hyde and Mark Espat will not be in Belmopan. Political postulating aside, the finances of the PUP are said to be […]
But it is not all that simple in the P.U.P. While the issue of leadership has been settled, up to late this evening, Briceño, Espat and Hyde maintained that they will not be supporting Musa, the former prime minister as the leader of the opposition in the House. The National Executive of the P.U.P. this […]
Remember U.H.S.? That’s the acronym for the former Universal Health Services hospital. But the name U.H.S. will forever be linked to the huge national controversy over whether the government should have guaranteed the U.H.S. debt to the Belize Bank. In 2007 the issue ignited U.D.P.-led demonstrations in Belmopan that erupted in the stoning of the […]
Going back to Friday’s House meeting, the report from the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on the Ninth Amendment bill has been cleaned up. News Five has seen a copy of the recommendations submitted after the ninth amendment was taken on a countrywide road show. A quick read of what you will see on Friday […]
Belize City police are tonight looking for one person, a former Belize Defense Force corporal, in connection with the disappearance of a cache of high powered weapons from a warehouse at the B.D.F. headquarters in Ladyville that was detected last week. Dennis Ireland, a resident of Mahogany Street, is being sought for his suspected role […]
The government is organizing a massive show of support at Friday’s House sitting when it will pass the Ninth Amendment. We’ve just told you the major changes that after the consultations the government is making. Since its introduction before the House of Representatives on July twenty-second, various organizations, including the Belize Chamber of Commerce & […]
The third cohort of the women in politics project kicked off today at the Whitfield Tower on Coney Drive. Eighteen women from all walks of life will receive training on the rigors of electoral politics. News Five’s Delahnie Bain reports. Delahnie Bain, Reporting More women are stepping up to challenge of taking on the world […]
Paul Perriott has been absent from the senate for a few months and now that absence is permanent. Perriott, who has been in the US with his wife, Christine, in recent months, was sent an email days ago, that he was being replaced as Senator. News Five spoke with President of the N.T.U.C.B., Dylan Reneau, […]
Michael and Diana Mechling of Ohio came to Belize on a one day cruise in February. But their visit to the Jewel ended in tragedy when the couple went snorkeling at Goff’s Caye and Diana was slashed by the propellers of the tour boat. She was severely injured on her lower body and bled to […]
University of Belize students, eighteen year old Gladys Chiac and nineteen year old Tiffany Herrera were knocked down on Wednesday night on the Ring Road in Belmopan. The students were hit by a car driven at the time by Police Constable, thirty one year old Solomon Mas, attached to the Belmopan Police Station. While Herrera […]
The trial against Danny Anderson for the senseless murder of nineteen year old Joyce Mitchell will go to trial in the Supreme Court. Mitchell was shot on the head as she sat on the back of a vehicle in June 2010. A preliminary inquiry started this morning before Chief Magistrate, Anna Marie Smith, where Anderson […]
Irene Garcia and Alfred Avilez of St. Matthews Village are the proud parents of three healthy baby girls. The identical triplets were delivered by caesarian section at the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan. The family and doctors are ecstatic over the bundles of joy. Today News five’s Andrea Polanco visited with the mom and the […]
The U.S Military Liaison Office through the U.S Department of Defense’s Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) is embarking on several projects throughout Belize. Over a million Belize dollars will be spent in renovating and expanding school facilities. The project got underway at the Dorothy Menzies Child Care Center, which will benefit from a new wing. The […]
Hurricane Hattie was one of the worst to hit Belize. It caused untold destruction and human loss. The Museum of Belize, Belize Archives and Records as well as the Craig Family have compiled photographs and other images that tell the story of the pre and post hurricane Hattie. That exhibition opens on Monday, but today […]
There are many forms of cancer; many of which are life threatening. Colon cancer; a common and preventable one, affects both men and women and with screening, early detection can save your life. Healthy living looks at the options available to detect the disease. Dr. Mark Musa, Gastroenterologist “It’s the second leading cause of cancer […]
