If you weren’t looking for it, you probably wouldn’t have seen it; but at three p.m. today employees in the Social Security Board offices countrywide walked out. We are informed that they told their supervisors that they were not feeling well and left, quietly and without any fanfare. The employees are listed under essential services […]
Today the People’s United Party launched its Manifesto on Health at Independence Hall in Belize City. The P.U.P., on an intensive run to elections in less than a month, says it plans to revitalize and rescue a health system in crisis after almost eight years of U.D.P. neglect, incompetence, inefficiency and corruption. Mike Rudon was […]
While health is a major platform of the Party, Fonseca says that there are other core issues which his party is addressing – issues which he feels voters will be looking at when they go to the polls on November fourth. Francis Fonseca, PUP Leader “People are very concerned about the economy there is […]
Fonseca also gave us a sneak peek into the governance platform of the party which will be launched soon. That plan will speak to issues like the thirteenth senator and the Integrity Commission. That’s important, he says, because that is what the people of Belize are demanding from their leaders. Francis Fonseca, P.U.P. Leader […]
COLA, the Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action, will be organizing a public meeting in the Pickstock Constituency on Thursday. The venue is significant because of COLA’s most recent campaign. They’ve called on Prime Minister Barrow to remove Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington, but with no success. So now the grassroots activist organization is […]
Just before four this afternoon, traffic was backed up on the George Price Highway near the Lord Ridge Cemetery. Two vehicles traveling in opposite directions collided head on. From what we were able to gather from the scene, a Mazda Tribute, heading to the City, crashed into the front driver’s side of a Chevy Tracker […]
Turning to crime…Tonight, two of three suspects in a brazen daylight robbery at the premises of Southern Choice Butane Ltd., located at mile four on the Phillip Goldson Highway, are behind bars. This morning, Kevin Faber and Warren Davis were escorted in handcuffs to court for arraignment before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. They are […]
As we do every election cycle, News Five is kicking off its pre-election coverage, Meet the Candidates. In the twenty-eight days leading up to general elections, we will attempt to touch base with every single candidate, party affiliated or independent. The outcome of the political race in Caribbean Shores is undoubtedly one to look forward […]
According to Musa, Bradley has too much on his plate with his law practice, City Hall obligations and current campaign for higher office. He took the opportunity to send out a message to the Mayor on behalf of Caribbean Shores residents. Kareem Musa, P.U.P. Candidate, Caribbean Shores “I think he may have taken on […]
On the other side of the political fence is Mayor Darrell Bradley. While Bradley has cemented his reputation as a formidable candidate by concreting streets and drains across the city as mayor, his opponent, Kareem Musa, comes from a sound political stock. Bradley has been covering much ground in the area, meeting and greeting voters […]
Since general elections in 2008, Caribbean Shores has been a concentrated area for the U.D.P. Notwithstanding its label as a red stronghold, Bradley says he is not taking for granted that voters will automatically cast ballots in his favor on the strength of his party. He acknowledges that his constituents are, for the most part, […]
Tonight, forty-four year old Honduran driver, a naturalized Belizean, was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court and was slapped with three traffic offenses in relation to a fatal traffic accident on October fifth, 2015 in which eleven year old Tezzrah Diamond Thompson was killed. This morning, after two nights in custody, John Rodriguez was […]
Reports on the number of persons involved in unlawful sex continue to balloon, while the victims are getting younger. Today, twenty-nine year old Hattieville resident, Akeem Alexander Allen, was arraigned for two counts of Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with a young female, only eleven years old. Allen was also charged for one count of Grievous Harm. […]
Outspoken unionist Raymond Rivers, a stevedore by profession, is making his foray into electoral politics by aligning himself with the Belize Progressive Party. Rivers has thrown his hat into the ring under the banner of the newly formed labor movement and is offering himself as a candidate in Collet. As a resident, Rivers says he […]
But back to politics….earlier today, we caught up with former city councilor, Roger Espejo, who has thrown his hat into the ring in the Fort George division. Now, the sitting area representative is a veteran politician, former prime minister and many times area representative; in fact, he’s served the division for over two and half […]
The Bi-Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Regional Organization of Standards and Qualities, also known as CROS-Q, is being held in Belize. Fifteen standards departments from across the Caribbean are converging to set policies and practices for best standards and quality in the region. Locally, Belize’s Bureau of Standards monitors the quality and performance of […]
Community Policing moved today to Buttonwood Bay in the city. While the area is relatively crime free, it is congested with businesses which means that the flow of traffic is constant. According to the police department, residents need to be alert as they traverse through the area. Supt. Linden Flowers, O.C., Precinct 4 “We […]
