Over the weekend, Oscar Williams was brutally attacked by a group of men when he tried to defend his daughter from a group of young men hurling disrespectful remarks at her. Williams is unconscious and remains hospitalized, as he slowly recovers. News Five’s Andrea Polanco has the story. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Forty-two year old […]
Following the incident, there was some expectation that the government would host an immediate press conference to at least express top-level outrage. That hasn’t happened. In fact, the only thing that has happened is the issuance of a very tepid press release. We’ve tried getting a comment from Prime Minister Dean Barrow, and he has […]
According to Minister Elrington, there is an allegation that Belizeans went across the Guatemalan side, and there is an allegation that Guatemalans came over on our side – and there won’t be any action taken until they determine what the truth is. He says they will ask the Guatemalans to join with them in asking […]
Voters across the country, in all nine municipalities, will take to the polls in their respective cities and towns on Wednesday, to cast ballots for their party or candidates of choice. While a number of the sixty-seven available seats for local government will be hotly contested in some places, it is predicted that both major […]
Tamai also broke down the number of polling stations, as well as the deployment of public officers who will be working on Election Day. Counting, she says, will be done in one location at the close of polls, except for Belize City which has a total of ten counting stations. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections […]
Last Wednesday, the People’s United Party issued a terse release criticizing the Elections and Boundaries Department for failing to consult with them on a number of issues, including the prompt settling by the department of those polling stations that were not yet agreed upon, the final location of all counting stations and the number of […]
With the polls scheduled to open in less than twelve hours, the countdown begins as to who will take the sixty-seven seats in the nine municipalities. Today, News Five took to the streets of downtown Belize City to hear from residents if they have already made up their minds on their choice for mayor and […]
In less than twelve hours, the polls will open across the country for residents to choose their municipal leaders. In good tradition, Channel Five is teaming up with Love FM and Love TV to bring you live reports and all day commentary from media correspondents and seasoned political analysts. The all day broadcast, right up […]
On Wednesday, Belizeans will go to the polls to elect representatives in sixty-seven seats up for grabs countrywide. In politics there’s no such thing as a sure thing, but political pundits have debated at length about municipalities which are guaranteed one way or the other, and others which will be battlegrounds. One area which is […]
In the event that message was a little obscure, Prime Minister Barrow then threw out Petrocaribe for good measure. According to the PM, their political war chest, their golden treasure, is bulging with Petrocaribe monies, and all Orange Walk residents have to do to access it is to place their Xs for the U.D.P. […]
This morning, a team of law enforcement officers in San Pedro busted a couple in possession of a substantial quantity of marijuana. Acting on information received the team visited and apartment in San Pedrito which is being occupied by twenty-seven-year-old Jeffery Navarette and twenty-four-year-old Delfina Romero. A physical search of Navarette yielded a black plastic […]
A jury of five women and four men will decide the fate of siblings, Jermaine and Austin Stevens, who are currently on trial for rape and abetment to rape, respectively. The brothers were arrested and charged back in March of 2012 for the rape of a then eighteen-year-old female. According to the victim, whilst staying […]
A Biscayne sculptor and farmer was today spared from going to jail after pleading guilty to discharging a firearm in public. Fifty-three-year-old Robert Westby today appeared before Magistrate Herbert Panton where he pleaded guilty to the offense; fortunately for him, the magistrate imposed a non-custodial sentence and fined Westby three hundred dollars, plus the cost […]
On Tuesday night, you heard Lord Ashcroft speak on his lack of involvement in political financing for the municipal elections in Belize, but that he remains open to dialogue with the two major parties in the future. In our interview with him, he also spoke on the political system in the UK and drew comparisons […]
Moving from politics to the economy, we also took the opportunity to get Lord Ashcroft’s perspective on Belize and Petrocaribe. He says that he doesn’t believe countries should be accumulating debts and not creating wealth. Lord Michael Ashcroft “If Belize is going to grow there are certain things I think the citizens should be […]
