Today parliamentarians from constituencies countrywide gathered to debate the 2014 – 2015 Budget, presented by Prime Minister Dean Barrow two weeks ago. It’s titled Bettering People, Building Belize – A Budget for All. PM Barrow has referred to it as a good news budget, perhaps the best yet. As has become tradition, every member on […]
The third speaker for the day was former Prime Minister and political firebrand Said Musa. If there’s one thing that can be said for the wily veteran, it is that he gives as good as he gets. Today, he was in fighting trim, and set his sights squarely on Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Barrow once […]
According to Musa, the performance of the economy under the U.D.P. has been dismal at best, and that is borne out by poverty statistics. The government has boasted about the expanded Boost and food pantry programs, but far from being impressed, Musa says that the need to expand those programs is a reflection of the […]
Following former Prime Minister Said Musa was Collet Area Rep and Minister of Education, Patrick Faber. He’s usually good for two hours, but today he seemed somewhat subdued. Still, he was good for a potshot or two at his favorite whipping horse, the Belize National Teachers Union. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Patrick Faber, Collet Area […]
Area Representative for Orange Walk Central, John Briceño, then took center stage. He was fired up, and combined past achievements and present statistics to lash out at the U.D.P. government. Briceño says that if the Prime Minister thinks he’s bad, he should go ahead and call elections. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. John Briceño, Orange Walk […]
Three police officers escorted a university student to the San Ignacio court this morning. Vince Garbutt was handcuffed, as he made his way to the courtroom of Magistrate Nardia Morgan. He was detained and remained in police custody over the weekend for the murder of his ex girlfriend, Kayla Pandy. Pandy left her home in […]
Police in Rural Belize District had their hands full over the weekend. There were a number of traffic accidents which we will have later in the newscast, but there were also two shootings which occurred in proximity of the police station on Pigeon Street in the Ladyville Community. One person was injured and there was […]
But there was a third shooting in the Ladyville Area…this one occurred early this morning. A search by the family of Corey McKay and Karim Arnold as well as the police was launched just after eight this morning following a report of a shooting in the Bobo Hill Area of the village. From what News […]
There were various traffic accidents over the weekend, at least five, in the Belize District alone; one was fatal. A Honduran national of Iguana Street Extension, Jose Angel Martinez, was riding his bicycle near the Plum Tree taxi stand at the western entrance of the City on Saturday afternoon. Near the pedestrian ramp, Martinez fell […]
A daring, late-evening heist at the western border last Friday, believed to be the work of a duo of Guatemalan bandits, remains the subject of a joint police investigation. The armed robbers, described as properly attired, were bold enough to enter Belizean territory where they proceeded to jack a pair of money changers of almost […]
On Sunday morning, there was a burglary in Belize City. Now that’s nothing out of the ordinary, but in this case the victim was a well-known politician and the burglary seemed focused. We say that because when the home of Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat was breached, the burglar or burglars took only two […]
There is an update to report on the National Bank of Belize. As you know by now, Jose Marin was named Managing Director when the Bank opened its doors last year. Last Friday, he was told to step aside and even though Marin told News Five he had considered stepping down a month ago, he […]
Former Product Development Officer at the Belize Tourism Board, Janine Ebanks-Alpuche has been appointed as executive director of Friends of Belize. Alpuche is responsible for heading the organization’s efforts in fostering favorable economic and job-growth policies in the country. Having served for seven years in her previous post at B.T.B., Alpuche, says F.O.B. Director and […]
There were a total of six traffic accidents over the weekend; four occurred in rural Belize which is the jurisdiction of Rural Executive Officer of the Police Department, Assistant Superintendent Christopher Noble. In a span of month, two children: three year old Ashley Silva and thirteen year old Earl Jones Junior died following violent traffic […]
Two Bowen and Bowen employees are also in critical condition at the K.H.M.H. following an accident on Sunday evening. Thirty eight year old Ian Nunez of Poinsetta Street and thirty-five year old Deon Geban of Faber’s Road had just left a family day at the Bowen and Bowen Factory in Ladyville when upon reaching the […]
Two minor accidents also occurred in Rural Belize District. Although twenty miles apart and not as serious, the number of accidents within his area is of concern to him, says ASP Christopher Noble. Noble explains that there are several causes behind these accidents including road rage. ASP Christopher Noble, Rural Executive Officer, Police Department […]
A Salvadoran national who has been living in Belize illegally had to spend the weekend in lockdown after he was busted while hanging out with a group of men on Friday. This morning, Christian Leonardo Alvarenga, was before the court for being deemed a prohibited immigrant. The twenty-two year old was detained in Hattieville and […]
It was reported on social media over the weekend that Minister of Education, Patrick Faber had damaged the windshield of his wife’s vehicle. The incident happened on Gill Street, where Faber’s wife, Krishna, resides with her mother since the couple separated last year. Faber reportedly had gone to see her after a social event to […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. Week 7 brought up the halfway mark in the National Elite Basketball League so we journeyed to Orange Walk Saturday night where the Running Rebels were looking for only its 2nd season win against league leading San Pedro Tigersharks. A foot that looked much […]
