On Friday, we showed you a group of almost two hundred men and women who were granted Belizean citizenship by the Immigration and Nationality Department. The timing of the swearing-in, eleven days ahead of the upcoming general elections, has been raising eyebrows in many quarters. New information, however, confirm what many people had been saying; […]
Earlier today, we attempted to reach the Minister of Immigration, Godwin Hulse, but he was unavailable. According to Saldivar, the Penner scandal in September 2013 was what broke the camel’s back because the irregular issuance of passports was taking place for some time. And as the documents would show, the Minister of Immigration himself was […]
Late this evening, News Five was able to confirm reports that there was an armed robbery in San Ignacio. It happened at around four, and the victims were two Madisco employees who had just finished making deliveries in a white Kia truck. The truck was parked behind the Scotiabank when it was approached by two […]
Did Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega dispatch members of the feared Gang Suppression Unit to terrorize residents of San Jose in the Orange Walk District? That’s a question to which we certainly won’t get a definitive, official and credible answer. But the residents who woke up before dawn on Sunday to the sounds of the […]
Bomba is a small community off the Old Northern Highway in the Belize Rural North constituency. There are twenty-seven families living in the village without electricity even though wires were installed since January of this year. So while the families live without power supply, they now have to face other challenges resulting from the flooding […]
A claim against the Government of Belize filed by businessman Mike Menjivar, proprietor of La Cabana Restaurant and Bar, was dismissed this morning in the Supreme Court. The protracted legal battle followed a raid on Menjivar’s residence in Belmopan in May 2011. The lawsuit fell apart today when his attorney failed to comply with specific […]
According to Menjivar, the dismissal of the matter will force them back to the drawing board. The case against government however, will only rear its head in another form. Miguel Menjivar, Suit Against G.O.B. Dismissed “They had abused in such an extreme way all of our things, business, family, rights and everything. So, I […]
A fatal traffic mishap in the Toledo District over the weekend has claimed the life of a man whose identity is yet to be confirmed by Punta Gorda police. On Saturday evening, officers attached to the southern formation were summoned to an area of the San Antonio Road where they observed the lifeless body of […]
A near-fatal stabbing incident over the weekend in the Lake Independence area has left one man in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Twenty-two-year-old Jermaine Locke was assaulted while conversing with two other men on Tibruce Street. He was stabbed once in the upper left chest and was reportedly rushed to the hospital […]
A decision was handed down today in the Supreme Court of Judge Adolph Lucas in a trial of judge without jury in which a San Pedro man was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. Jason Reyes was accused of the fatal stabbing of Lionel Pinelo on November fifth, 2010 in front of […]
Carlos Morales, a comedian, won by a huge landslide in Sunday’s elections in Guatemala, beating Sandra Torres by a margin of two to one. He received sixty-seven point four percent of the votes, while Torres received thirty-two point six. Morales campaigned on a promise to fight corruption, which plagued President Otto Perez Molina last month. […]
On the heels of the statement by the president elect of Guatemala, the Belize National Teachers Union, the most active among the unions, sent out a release stating its position in respect of the claim to Belizean territory as well as recent incidents that seemingly erode sovereignty. The B.N.T.U. refers to the response by the […]
A youth senator…that’s one of the proposals that the youth arm of the People’s United Party put forth in a manifesto last Saturday. The document, called Agenda For Now, also seeks to promote education, arts and culture and the general empowerment of the youth. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Alberto Vellos, President, Belize Youth […]
There are two recent immigration incidents over which there is rising concern. Between the months of September and October over four hundred persons were sworn in as new Belizeans. And last week, a knapsack was found at a print shop in San Ignacio containing nationality applications and passports of seven persons. The law requires that […]
A massive, citywide cleanup spearheaded by the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, and the Belize City Council is underway. The campaign continues one week after torrential rains flooded parts of the Old Capital. This afternoon, Councilor Phillip Willoughby met with the media where he issued a notice for residents needing to dispose of debris that […]
Waste material, says Willoughby, is being dealt with promptly by all related agencies, including the Solid Waste Management Authority. Phillip Willoughby, CEMO “There will be a three-day window opportunity for residents to put out all waste material or debris. As you know, the Ministry of Human Services will be issuing relief and supplies and […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Verdes FC has proven that unless Belizean football travels, we will remain unable to compete at the international level. Last Thursday’s 8-nil defeat to San Francisco FC at Panama mirrors that of their loss to Blanco Gallos at Queretaro Mexico. Here at home, Verdes […]
