Both major political parties are in the south right now on the last sprint to Wednesday’s bye elections. News Five will have period reports all day from Dangriga as the voters go to polls to select a representative to succeed former area rep Ivan Ramos. Our coverage begins on Open Your Eyes and we’ll continue […]
Earlier today, the People’s United Party issued a statement on the withdrawal of a lawsuit in the Supreme Court by Minister of State, Edmond Castro against Alverine Burgess and Great Belize Productions. The surprise move by Castro came on Friday when oral closing arguments were to be heard before the presiding judge, Courtney Abel. Throughout […]
Last week Senator representing the Council of Churches, Father Noel Leslie, surprisingly voted YES for the very controversial Petrocaribe Amended Loan Act. We say surprisingly because on May first, when the Act was first passed, the Churches had voted NO. But over the weekend Leslie sent out a release on his own behalf and on […]
Late on Monday evening, four members of the same family were released from the Western Regional after they had been hospitalized following a chopping incident that happened on Saturday shortly before midnight. In the early hours of Sunday morning the family were rushed to the hospital with varying degrees of chop wounds- all caused by […]
It has been over twenty-four hours since the execution-style murder of beloved print journalist Kareem Clarke. At news time tonight, Belize City police are no closer to ascertaining a motive in the deadly shooting. As we’ve reported, Clarke was riding his bicycle in the early hours of Monday morning after reportedly leaving the residence of […]
And tonight’s question is: Do you support the repeal of the Petrocaribe Loans Act? 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.
On Wednesday political newcomer Anthony Sabal, the P.U.P.’s David, will go up against veteran politician and the U.D.P.’s goliath, Frank “Pawpa” Mena. The U.D.P. has boasted that its victory will be massive, and has been on the ground for the past month in numbers. So has the P.U.P., which is chronically cash-strapped, but has been […]
Three weeks ago, there was some doubt that the P.U.P. would contest the bye-election and indeed, without serious internal agitation, perhaps it wouldn’t have. But today, Fonseca says the decision to contest was the right one, and a good one for the party, regardless of the outcome after the last ballot is counted. Francis […]
The arrest of Maya activist and spokesperson for Maya Leaders Alliance, Cristina Coc and other Maya leaders, is getting further local and international attention. Earlier today no less than the Geneva based United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples made a statement on the pre-dawn arrests as well as the issue of […]
On Monday’s newscast we told you about the changes to the organization structure and the ranks at the Eastern Division in Belize City. Former Officer Commanding the Eastern Division, Assistant Commissioner Dezerie Phillips, is now Divisional North Regional Commander of north side Belize City and the cayes. Her deputy, Senior Superintendent Edward Broaster is now […]
There was a daring robbery in the downtown area on Monday afternoon. A Taiwanese member of staff at the Embassy concluded transactions and had just exited the Belize Bank on Albert Street when he was pounced upon. The driver of the diplomatic mission was accosted by a lone gunman in the parking lot of the […]
Five Belize City men charged, in separate incidents, with weed possession were before the courts today. The first to be arraigned was forty-six year old Michael Wade, who was accused of being in possession of one point three grams of cannabis. He appeared unrepresented and told the court that he smoked weed because it gives […]
The focus of the National AIDS Commission is on men getting them tested and providing them with prevention tools. But according to studies, the youth are also a most vulnerable population. For the rest of the week, the Commission is developing the appropriate national response to control and reduce the number of affected persons. The […]
The Mek Mi Rich Game Show was introduced to the country nine months ago with a jackpot of half a million dollars. The televised game show plays three times weekly and has finally produced a winner. Last Thursday, after several easy to win challenges and promotions of one thousand and five thousand dollars cash prizes, […]
And finally to end the news, there is sad news to report. The Institute of Creative Arts and the country have lost an icon in the creative arts industry. Rosita Balthazar lost her fight to cancer on Monday night at her Los Lagos home in the Belize District. One of the founding members of the […]
