Since he was booted from Cabinet for his involvement in the recent passport scandal in which a South Korean was issued with a Belize passport while in jail on September ninth, former Minister of State Elvin Penner, has not been seen in public, and except for an email, he has made no comment to the […]
While the Ministry of Immigration is investigating itself, there has been an open call for a criminal inquiry into the issuance of the fraudulent Belizean passport to South Korean businessman Kim Won-Hong. On Tuesday, a formal report was filed by talk show host Evan Mose Hyde requesting the involvement of the Belize Police Department in […]
Amid the ongoing debacle is the very real possibility that a recall mechanism, enshrined in the constitution, will be triggered by the opposition. The government of the day maintains control of the House of Representatives by a hairsbreadth. That seventeen-fourteen majority can be gravely affected if the constituents of Cayo Northeast collectively decide that after […]
While the Prime Minister spoke to the media at Whitfield Towers the leader of the opposition also spoke to News Five at Independence Hall. For the opposition, Penner, in fact, is suddenly in the spotlight for more than his involvement in the passport scandal. He and his seat are in the Opposition’s cross-hairs as a […]
P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca told us that he has a team ready to go to work collecting signatures, but he decided as a courtesy to give Penner a chance to do the right thing. In the meantime, Fonseca is applying pressure in another quarter. Today, P.U.P. Senator Lisa Shoman called for a Senate inquiry into […]
Deputy Mayor Eric Chang returns from Taiwan on Thursday to face the blaring music of his alleged involvement in the existing passport scandal. Chang is accused of being the courier of a fraudulent Belizean passport to imprisoned South Korean businessman, Kim Wonhong, a few weeks ago. While Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley has gone on […]
And our question for tonight is: How do you think Kim Wonhong obtained Belizean nationality: a. He married a Belizean b. He lived in Belize for five years c. He paid for it Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can […]
The issue of the passport scandal was also placed squarely on the floor of the senate by the opposition and we’ll have that coming up. Following today’s special sitting of the Senate, the Minister of Immigration, Godwin Hulse, gave the media an update on the current investigation into the passport scandal. Hulse refrained from commenting […]
The opposition has already said that it will be triggering a recall if Elvin Penner does not resign by October seventh. In the senate today, Lisa Shoman of the P.U.P. introduced a motion on the passport scandal asking for support for an investigation. According to Shoman, the issue of such national importance that she believes […]
Four days; five murders…that’s the new record for Camalote and Roaring Creek communities of the George Price Highway. Tonight, we report on the most recent murder which is also most bizarre homicide. Pedro Ruben Andrade Luna, a resident of the Arizona Area in the outskirts of Teakettle, was shot and killed for trespassing a farm […]
For years, the City Center stood abandoned and forlorn, awaiting a rehabilitation and renovation which never seemed to materialize. But now it is, and to make way for what is promised as a glorious new multi-million dollar complex, the old building is being dismantled. Because of the state of the condemned building, the work has […]
