Forestry Minister Lisel Alamilla has publicly burned rosewood, declared an amnesty which benefitted illegal exporters and then disclosed a deal which saw those illegal exporters getting back their rosewood. That deal supposedly involved exporters selling the rosewood and splitting the proceeds half/half with G.O.B. Condemnation notwithstanding, the deal was struck and the matter blew over. […]
Another hot-button issue involves court action by SATIIM and Maya Alcaldes against U.S. Capital Energy and the Government of Belize. This issue is the oil exploration which is already underway within the boundaries of the Sarstoon Temash National Park, as well as an access road to the drill site more than four miles long and […]
The case of the United States of America versus Rawel Pelayo, also known as Berto, has been growing for at least four years. Pelayo and others are accused of “intentionally and knowingly did combine, conspire, confederate and agree together and with each other to violate the narcotics law of the United States.” Count one of […]
Belize City businessman Rhett Fuller has spent fifteen years evading the long arms of Uncle Sam. Fuller is wanted by the U.S. for his involvement in the 1990 murder of Larry Miller during a North Miami Beach drug deal gone sour. Since the US started extradition proceedings in 1998, Fuller has taken every legal option […]
To start this segment, tonight’s question is: Do you think that it is better to burn rosewood, or for the illegal agents to get the profits? 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 […]
In a present society that is rife with moral decay the old proverb “honesty is the best policy” has all but lost its meaning. So, when two members of the Belize National A Selection blew the whistle on a potential match fixer in Portland, prior to the Jaguars taking on the United States in round […]
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente has also commended the boys for their honesty. An invitation for the pair to fly to Chicago on Friday was the result of an email correspondence between Vicente and the competition’s organizers. He also spoke with News Five earlier today and reiterated the need for honesty and sportsmanship in football. […]
An under-sixteen football team from the west was on a friendly tournament in Merida last week and their performance caught the attention of organizers since they lost only one of the five days of games. As a result, the team has been invited to compete in another tournament in Merida. Twelve teams from five different […]
It is a bitter sweet moment for the national team. As it celebrates Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair, it is mourning the death of team member Luis Mendez. Mendez played defense in UNCAF games against Costa Rica that sealed a spot in the Gold Cup for the Jaguars. Mendez died tragically in Guatemala on Tuesday […]
Michelle Perdomo taught for about four decades at Saint John’s high school and junior college. She taught or influenced much of the artists that have produced memorable work in Belize. Perdomo came to Belize after falling in love with a teacher named Carlos, who eventually became the Minister of National Security and is the current […]
A dispute over land has left one man critically injured in the K.H.M.H. and another behind bars while Police hunt for his brother. Sand Hill residents Eric and Prince Lockwood are accused of injuring a relative, Nelson Lockwood with an iron bar and rocks. Today Eric appeared before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton and was charged for […]
A firearm found on Gill Street by the Gang Suppression Unit back in May was used in the January murder of Marvin Forman, according to ballistic tests. The firearm is a Taurus nine millimeter pistol which had also gone missing from the police and is one of two used in the Foreman murder for which […]
The Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas, a recent document published by the Organization of American States, presented during its forty-third annual General Assembly in June, is being revisited by several Caribbean countries in examining their role in the transshipment of narcotics to North America and Europe. Trinidad & Tobago notes that, like […]
The Institute of Creative Arts is hosting tonight a one-of-a-kind show at the Bliss Institute. It is a summer bram featuring well-known violinist, William Harvey from Cultures in Harmony. Harvey has conducted over twenty projects in over a dozen countries to promote cultural understanding through music and tonight he will be fusing music from his […]
Group A rocked the audience and the judges at the Bliss on Tuesday night as another round of competition in Be the Next Superstar took place. The show progressed with awesome performances by the aspiring superstars who did their best to win over the judges and importantly the voting public. Some put their imprint on […]
