On Thursday, Minister of State with Responsibility for Immigration, Elvin Penner, was fired for his alleged involvement in a scandal at that department. News Five has confirmed that the termination of Penner is related to the nationality certificate and a passport which was processed and issued to South Korean national. That person has been identified […]
The former Executive Director of the Social Investment Fund, Daniel Cano, came forward on Thursday to speak about a one week old scandal of corruption that has rocked the SIF. Cano was required to resign and four others were fired following claims of extortion by contractor, Kenard Smart. On Tuesday, the Corozal-based contractor, who has […]
Kenard Smart’s relationship with the Social Investment Fund, prior to allegations of financial misconduct, has been a rather shaky affair. In January 2011, there was controversy surrounding a contract awarded to him for the construction of the Gulisi School in Dangriga. Despite that conflict, Smart would go on to secure additional contracts from SIF for […]
Of the four employees that were terminated from SIF on Tuesday, public relations officer Mike Hernandez says that the check he received from Kenard Smart, in the sum of five hundred dollars, was a gift for the cordial relationship the organization shared with the contractor during the course of the year. Admittedly, since SIF has […]
Almost every week night there is at least one instance of sexual deviants preying on minors to report. Each of those crimes is heinous in its own right, but tonight one such case is doubly so. That’s because on Tuesday, it is alleged that a couple from Ladyville tag-teamed to sexually assault a fourteen year […]
The partially nude body of twenty-four-year-old Ferris Torres was discovered inside the sports council’s office in Independence Village on Thursday morning. Shortly before nine a.m., police visited the Michael Ashcroft Stadium where they found the caretaker lying face down with what appeared to be abrasions to both knees. While there were no other apparent signs […]
A year ago, the very vocal Yhony Rosado was charged with a firearm offense. He spent one night in jail, but maintained all along that he was innocent of the charge which was made following complaints by his competition. This morning, he made his way back to the Belmopan Magistrate court where his lawyer made […]
A woman, who is married to a British citizen and who has been accused of putting a hit on him by allegedly hiring the services of a Woman Special Constable, is free tonight on Supreme Court bail. Thirty-nine year old San Ignacio resident, Frances Ayala Wilson is facing a single charge of abetment to murder. […]
San Pedro Police today issued an all-points bulletin for McLean August, a man wanted in connection with a chopping and a shooting which resulted in injuries to three persons – two of them minors. The chopping occurred on Tuesday and the shooting occurred on Wednesday. The root of both incidents was a parrot, which was […]
When News Five caught up with the Leader of the Opposition Francis Fonseca on Thursday at National Service Day activities, we also got an update from him in respect of the Public Accounts Committee. The chairman of the PAC is Julius Espat, who is also the Deputy Party Leader of the P.U.P. Espat says he […]
The iconic Ramon’s Village Resort in San Pedro was destroyed by a massive fire on the night of August twenty-seventh. The inferno gutted a total of thirty-two rooms, leaving in its wake millions of dollars in damages. It has been several weeks since that hellish experience which left dozens of international guests displaced. An urgent […]
While the rains are wreaking havoc in rural communities, they are also having dire effect on the industry which is the lifeblood of the north. For the past two years the sugar cane industry has recorded banner crops in terms of production, quality and milling. It is in the interests of all the players in […]
Residents of Consejo Shores in the Corozal District are tonight complaining about the deplorable road condition and sanitation problems they are presently facing, as a result of heavy rains in the north recently. Footage provided by Carol Wildman shows that flooding in the area has caused waste at the nearby dumpsite to spill on to […]
Today, students of schools in every district got a jumpstart on Independence Day festivities, with displays of patriotism and pride in full effect. The students’ parade and rallies to bring in independence have become a tradition, a colorful and vibrant one. Today Mike Rudon was in San Ignacio where students showed their colors for the […]
It is the eve of Belize’s independence. At midnight tonight the symbolic raising of the Belizean flag countrywide will usher in the thirty-second birthday of our young nation. There will be fireworks and jubilation and celebration aplenty, in every corner of the jewel. And tonight, we go back to our archives and pull out footage […]
