There is a major shakeup in the Social Security Board tonight and it is the first of a kind. The Board of Directors at an emergency meeting today, recommended that its C.E.O. Merlene Bailey be suspended from her duties at S.S.B. This comes on the heels of a story we broke on Friday of insider […]
On Tuesday the People’s United Party issued a release which pointed fingers at the senior management of S.S.B., including C.E.O. Merlene Bailey whom it said is part of the insider trading scheme. Sources close to News Five confirmed today that at the board meeting, it was disclosed that Bailey had reduced her loan to qualify […]
There’s another hot button issue that is stirring up controversy. On Friday of last week News Five broke the story of the rushed naturalization-taking place in Belmopan. Hundreds stood in line outside of the George Price Center where they were sworn in and walked away with their nationality certificates. The process is facilitated to pad […]
Aside from the use of fraudulent addresses in Orange Walk, this morning in Ladyville dozens of immigrants lined up outside a private house in the Mitchell Estate area, a stone’s throw away from the home of area representative Michael Hutchinson, where it is believed that immigration officers were on hand to facilitate the naturalization process. […]
The Orange Walk Police Station was packed today with suspects in the brutal murder of businessman, Rodulfo Pererra. Nineteen year old Leonardo Ayuso was the first to be formally arraigned this morning for Abetment to Commit Murder. Ayuso is believed to have been driving the getaway vehicle on Saturday night when Pererra was ambushed. At […]
Late last week, Marlon Skeen, stepped down as mayoral candidate for the Belmopan based Vision Inspired by the People. But by this morning, VIP introduced its new mayoral candidate and aspiring councilors for the upcoming March seventh elections. The event took place in Belmopan and News Five’s Jose Sanchez was there. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Earlier […]
Paul Morgan replaced Marlon Skeen as the VIP Mayoral candidate for Belmopan. In a joint release, it was announced that Skeen would run as an independent candidate. News Five asked Morgan today what took place on the proverbial eve of the municipal election. Paul Morgan, VIP Mayoral Candidate for Belmopan “Well as you see, we […]
Over the weekend, a fire destroyed three houses in San Pedro Town. On Saturday around eleven-thirty a.m., police and fire officials of the island were called out to the DFC area, where three structures were engulfed in flames. According to reports, the main structure, a two level wooden and concrete house was occupied by twenty-four […]
The home of Zoe Oliver, the principal of the Burrell Boom Primary School, was burglarized on Monday. Police have since arrested another Boom resident, twenty-two year old Ryan Gillett, who was found in possession of a two thousand dollar laptop that was stolen from Oliver’s home. Today, Gillett appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers and was […]
In early December news of the collapse of the rice industry up north spread like wildfire across the country. Businesses in the Mennonite community of Blue Creek were on the verge of closing their doors permanently due to a slump in domestic sales caused by importation of rice into the local market. But following the […]
Earlier we told you about the mass naturalization of new Belizeans. In Orange Walk, a resident disclosed on Tuesday with documents that persons were fraudulently using her address and today in Ladyville others were caught on amateur video at a private house where they were being facilitated with the processing for naturalizing. The PM has […]
