The names are in and the battle for leader of the People’s United Party is officially on. Past P.U.P. leader John Briceño got in his nomination first, on Monday, along with endorsement signatures from eight constituency chairmen from the northern caucus, except for Corozal South East where the area rep is Florencio Marin Junior. Outgoing […]
Two thousand seven hundred and ninety-three delegates will vote at the National convention – one for every twenty-five P.U.P. votes cast in the November fourth general election. As we told you, immediate past leader Francis Fonseca reportedly submitted a complete slate for all open positions. It’s not yet clear how that will work out at […]
For days, we have been reporting on the attempts by businessman Jack Charles of Xtra House and RC Imports to import rice from Guyana into the local market. The rice, he says, is to be sold at a price lower than it is currently retailing. Sounds good for consumers, especially at this time of the […]
And tonight’s question is: Should the importation of rice from Guyana be allowed into the country? 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
Details are sketchy at this point, but News Five has been able to confirm that the body of a very well known P.G. resident was found in his vehicle on a deserted feeder road. According to reports, just before midday somebody passing by saw the body of sixty-one year old taxi-man Antonio Rodriguez, a resident […]
While consumers and industry stakeholders anxiously await the outcome of an ongoing scenario involving the proposed importation of Guyanese rice, the Government of Belize earlier today announced a decrease in the cost per pound of Grade C rice. Loose rice, as it is otherwise known, is seventy percent whole grain and thirty percent broken, in […]
According to Stanley Rempel, C.E.O. of Circle R Products, the decrease in the cost of Grade C rice is the result of lengthy discussions with government on the issue. Grade C rice, says the producer, is widely consumed by Belizeans. Isani Cayetano “There is a sense of timeliness with regards to a government release […]
Coming out of the ongoing controversy is the fact that grain growers in the south are being paid considerably less per pound of rice than their colleagues in the Orange Walk District. That point was made earlier today by activist Wil Maheia. He contends that farmers in Toledo are being paid thirty cents per pound, […]
While there is controversy over rice, consumers are up in arms over the price of sugar, which is also locally produced. The Bureau of Standards has been hard at work following up official reports of price gouging where local plantation white sugar is concerned. Based on a long-standing request from cane-farmers, G.O.B. approved an increase […]
The Christmas holidays are upon us, but for the Sanchez family of Belize City, there is little to look forward to. Last Friday, their belongings were destroyed when a fire spread through their house on the King’s Park area. With nothing left except for the clothes on their backs, the family is attempting to rebuild […]
There were two arrests in the armed robbery of Santiago Castillo Limited which took place last Friday in Belmopan. Twenty-one year Edvik Guerra of Santa Elena, Cayo, and twenty-three year old Leroy Myvette, also of the Cayo District, were charged with the armed robbery of a San Cas employee, Lester Wagner, who was counting money […]
Tonight, an ITVET student is on remand at the Belize Central Prison accused of sexual abuse of a fourteen year old girl. He is twenty-year old Kristoff Myvett. It is alleged that Myvett abused the minor on September twenty-eighth, 2015 in Belize City. Myvett appeared before the Senior Magistrate, Sharon Fraser today and was represented […]
Two sisters who claim they found a cop’s ATM card on the street are home free from a charge of theft. Twenty-two year old Chelsea and twenty-one year old Monique Martinez along with a third person, Ervin Zelaya, settled out of court with Corporal Bonifacio Rash. Zelaya was charged with eighteen counts of theft and […]
Mercy Care Centre, HelpAge Belize, Salvation Army, HOPE Toledo, Belize Red Cross Society are among several organizations that provide care for elderly persons in Belize. This morning in the City, the spirit of Christmas was present at the Sister Cecilia Home where the residents were having a jolly good time with an unusual set of […]
Twenty-seven persons have completed courses in home care giving and wait staff and are ready to enter the workforce. Their training was held at the ITVET and was organized by numerous agencies including PAHO, the Ministry of Health and BERT. Duane Moody was present for the ceremony and has this report. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
