There is a crisis of significant proportions brewing in the sugar-cane industry, lifeblood of the north and one of the country’s largest export-earners. A.S.R.-owned B.S.I. on Monday announced that following a failure to come to terms, it would be bypassing the B.S.C.F.A. completely. The company has now initiated discussions with the leaders of the three […]
Even as B.S.I. was trying to convince farmers to jump the B.S.C.F.A. ship, that body was holding emergency meetings with the eighteen directors of the different branches. Today’s round of meeting ended at just after midday and the media was on hand to get a preliminary response from the B.S.C.F.A. reps. It was a little […]
The People’s United Party has issued a statement in respect of the developments in the sugar industry. The party says the B.S.I./A.S.R. decision to bypass the B.S.C.F.A. is unprecedented and does not augur well for the viability of the industry. The opposition also notes that there is an absence of participation by the government. In […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you think A.S.R./B.S.I. should bypass B.S.C.F.A. and deal directly with cane farmers? 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 to questions@channel5belize.com.
Work on Douglas Jones Street in Belize City came to an abrupt stop this morning. A letter from the Ministry of Works to the Flood Mitigation Project which in turn sub-contracts Medina Infrastructure Limited, informed that health and safety issues of workers were at the core of the decision. About seventy persons were employed; they […]
Tonight, News Five has been able to confirm that at least twenty persons from Benque Viejo del Carmen and Succotz have been summoned to appear in court on Thursday, November thirteenth. There they will be read charges for participating in a protest which turned violent on August nineteenth. The very heated protest was spurred by […]
There is an utterly disturbing report tonight concerning the alleged rape of a ninety-eight-year-old Belize City woman. The incident occurred on Friday night while the elderly woman was asleep at home. It is reported that sometime after one a.m., in the wee hours of Saturday morning, a prowler entered her residence by breaching the door. […]
A repeat theft and burglary offender was today sentenced to two and a half years in prison for a similar crime. Forty-two year old Jason Wade, who also goes by the name Jason Adolphus, was caught and detained by a homeowner from whom he stolen several items valued at one thousand two hundred and sixty-five […]
The trial of twenty-six year old Perfilio Rodriguez, aka “Vanessa Paris Champagne,” was set to commence on Monday for the offense of Aggravated Assault with a knife upon Golda Orozco, the sister of the Executive Director of UNIBAM, Caleb Orozco. But when both sides did not show up, the matter was further adjourned for this […]
Police suspect that Corwin Mendoza, who has been missing since Sunday, was murdered and his body disposed of in the river at Roaring Creek. Mendoza’s family says he left his house to visit his girlfriend; his personal belongings would later be found along the river trail. Two persons are custody; one who is related to […]
On Monday night at about ten o’clock, a decaying body was found at a house on Pine Street, Belize City after neighbors alerted the police that something was awry in the house. William Garbutt was last seen alive days ago, so it is not clear when he was killed or why. But an autopsy carried […]
Reports circulated last week but tonight there is confirmation – popular P.U.P. Area representative for Orange Walk East, Doctor Marco Tulio Mendez, has decided to step down. He made the announcement this morning at his political office, where he says he will stay in a supporting role for whoever will be the new standard bearer […]
In other political news…A special sitting of the House of Representative is slated for next week Tuesday in the Capital. In an ad aired in this newscast, the U.D.P. called on its supporters to join in a rally at the steps of the national assembly. The government will be taking to the House for a […]
On Monday, we reported that a late-afternoon meeting between the National Institute of Culture and History, the Belize Tourism Board and representatives of FECTAB ended into the night in a walkout when disgruntled tour operators decided that they had had enough of a seemingly fruitless discussion. The parties convened at the B.T.B. headquarters to discuss […]
The mysterious disappearance of Joeth Pratt, an employee of Cisco Construction Ltd., conjures up recent memories of the loss of Hattieville Chairman Kevin Carcamo, who also went missing a few months ago in a densely forested area. Pratt, who also goes by the nickname Chyna, is a resident of Lords Bank. She was last seen […]
There is a serious daily beat down that is occurring right here on Coney Drive and it hasn’t and won’t make it into any police report. Eight Mexicans and eight Belizeans are preparing for a Mixed Martial Arts mash-up that will take place inside the Belize Elementary Auditorium at the end of the month. The […]
The under-sixteen national basketball team left the country on Monday en route to Panama for the 2014 COCABA U-sixteen Basketball Championship Tournament slated to start on Wednesday. The delegation consisting of Coaches Matthew Smiling, Fred Gabourel and Linbergh Graham and the twelve-member team will see the young athletes compete against the six Central American Countries […]
