Prime Minister Dean Barrow is on the record that general elections are likely to follow the March Seventh municipal elections. But from the looks of it, there is surely a lot of activity to signal that we are now in the political season and that the generals may be sooner rather than later. Aside from […]
It was day two at the Port of Belize today and all indications are that the flow of business was seamless following the takeover by Private Investment Limited on Thursday. The test will be this Saturday when PBL will be clearing a Caribbean Shipping Line vessel that was scheduled to arrive today but experienced a […]
A Corozal minor has made serious allegations against town councilor, Willie Cruz, who she claims got her drunk and raped her after she passed out. The incident reportedly occurred on December twenty-ninth and a doctor has certified that the sixteen year old girl was carnally known, but no charges have yet been brought against Cruz, […]
On Thursday, nineteen year old Dale Tillett succumbed to gunshot wounds he sustained during an altercation on New Year’s Eve. He is the first murder victim recorded for 2012 and today charges against his alleged shooter, thirty-two year old Renan Briceño Junior, were formally upgraded by Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. Briceño was initially charged on […]
The House of Representatives is being convened for next Friday and speculation is that the prime minister may drop a bomb. PM Dean Barrow will also seek House approval to write off over seventeen million dollars in housing loans with the Social Security Board. According to the PM, the government will spend in the range […]
Municipal elections are only two months away, but there’s a major change in the Belmopan slate of the Vision Inspired by the People. VIP announced today that its mayoral candidate, Marlon Skeen, is stepping down. It means that VIP is now in a rush to find a new mayoral candidate by the time it launches […]
The first murder victim for 2012, Dale Tillett, was shot in the Palm Island Night Club, which is known for regular advertisements of its French Kiss club promotions. The owner of the club, John Curly, has gone on the defense over the recent shooting that occurred in the parking lot. Curly sent a release saying […]
A fire destroyed the contents of a small bungalow apartment and has left a three year old baby hospitalized. This morning shortly after eight-thirty, thirty five year old Claudia Blanco was asleep when she woke up to a fire inside her living room. At the time, her two children, a three and a nine year […]
There is another murder suspect that headed to court today. Twenty year old Edwin Millian appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer in connection with the brutal slaying of fifty-five year old Santos Benito Elvir, a farm worker from the Stann Creek District, whose body was discovered on a feeder road on October seventh, 2011. Millian […]
Twenty-three year old Jason Tingling, a resident of Gentle Avenue, was today arraigned on four counts of unlawful carnal knowledge after being accused of engaging in a series of sexual encounters with a minor dating back to 2010. Tingling appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer in the company of attorney Ellis Arnold where he was […]
There is a strong breeze of electioneering that is blowing not only among town and city councilors but also standard bearers. And while the Prime Minister has not given a specific date for the general elections, we note that elected Caribbean Shores Representative Santi Castillo is fixing up a city park and promising to pave […]
Also here on the north side, late this evening the Ministry of Works and City Council were in Caribbean Shores assessing the streets that are about to be paved. Boots singled out Caribbean Shores and Freetown for areas that are being upgraded. In the Freetown, the P.U.P. party leader and area representative will be challenged […]
Not unlike the ministry of works, a resident of San Pedro is doing her own version of road building. Abby Williams is a single mother who has experienced her fair share of hardships in life. In the past year and a half, Williams has taken her trials and converted them into music to share her […]
It was announced in mid December of 2011 that the royal family would be embarking on a worldwide tour in 2012 as part of celebrations for Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. On his first solo tour, Prince Harry is expected to visit Belize, the Bahamas and Jamaica. But there is another high profile woman who has […]
As part of Channel Five’s twenty-year anniversary we are doing a retrospective on events that were part of our nation building. And as you know, nationhood is not only defined by politics but by his history and culture. In 1992, two young fledgling artists came out on the scene and hosted an exhibit called Minus […]
