Today, Iranian-American businessman Michael Modiri went public for the first time since it was allege in January 2016 that he was the intended victim of an execution plot. In a sensational story which dominated the news for weeks, American investor Bradley Paumen was accused of putting a hit on Modiri and three other persons. Paumen […]
But back to Paumen…He’s the millionaire owner of Dark Night Cave Tours, and as we said, the man who was arrested and charged for organizing and paying for a hit on Michael Modiri early this year. It got somewhat complicated, but Police investigators believed that the motive was land. Modiri owns the land in Frank’s […]
The way forward for Paumen, Modiri and Dark Night caves seems fraught with obstacles, even with the judgment handed down in the Supreme Court today. Modiri claims that in an ideal scenario, access to the caves would be opened up to local tour operators so that one man doesn’t make all the money. It sounds […]
Fifty-nine-year-old Julia Arana, a domestic of Trial Farm Village, remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Friday night. The 2007 Toyota Hilux that knocked down Arana was driven at the time by Orange Walk South Area Representative Jose Abelardo Mai. According to Mai, he was driving along […]
In the wake of the unfortunate incident, there has been talk that Arana may have attempted to take her own life by stepping into the path of the moving vehicle. Her son flatly dispelled those rumors today. Nissan Arana, Son of Accident Victim “Up to now, well I noh gaan myself personally fu gaan […]
Is the national university, the University of Belize, in complete academic disarray where students go through programs without learning anything, but still getting straight A’s? Former lecturer Marcio Augusto has written a scathing article that was published in today’s edition of the Amandala Newspaper which he makes that assertion. In the editorial, the Portuguese professor […]
And our question of tonight is: Do you believe Pastor Scott Stirm should apologize properly to the Garifuna community? 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
The curfew for minors is a topic that is being hotly debated across the land. ACP Chester Williams believes that it is the answer to keeping minors away from urban crime and gang activity. But in many sectors, it is out rightly rejected because it is in contravention to the rights of the child and […]
The curfew in Belize City has been in effect for more than two weeks now. The concept is that any youth under eighteen years of age, not accompanied by an adult, who is found on the streets of the city after nine at night, will be detained. So far the initiative first broached by Eastern […]
ACP Williams claims that one criticism also leveled at the initiative is that it punishes children for the deficiencies of their parents. He counters that by claiming that it not punishment, but actually the Police stepping in to assist the youths – keeping them productive and guiding them in the right direction. ACP Chester […]
A minor is the first to be charged in Punta Gorda for a brazen robbery that occurred at a Chinese store on March twenty-first. He is among a trio of masked men who it is believed entered the store on Jose Maria Nunez Street in Punta Gorda Town. Seventeen-year-old Clinton Medina of Hopeville was charged […]
A fifty-year old granny from Carmelita, Orange Walk, has been fined ten thousand dollars for attempting to smuggle four hundred grams of weed into the Hattieville prison. Florence Chuc pleaded guilty to drug trafficking when she appeared before Senior Magistrate, Sharon Fraser for the incident which happened back on September fourth 2011. As a first […]
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the case of Rosalia Castillo who was found not guilty of the stabbing death of Carla Perez in December 2010 and sentenced to twelve years in prison. On the night of the fatal stabbing, Castillo and Perez were reportedly at an establishment in Cayo when a young man made […]
On last night’s newscast we showed you an undecided Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez, senior U.D.P. Minister who says he’s not quite ready to come public with who he supports for First Deputy Leader of the Party. Best reports are that he is leaning away from his Southside colleague Patrick Faber and looking West at John Saldivar. […]
Tariq Cano…you may remember him as the runner up in first season one of Channel Five’s The Belize Apprentice. But what many did not know is that Cano is a cyclist. He’s been riding for over a decade and a half and has been competing since the age of fourteen. Throughout the years, he has […]
Cano, who was employed with the Belize Bank for some years, decided to give up the business suit for a cycling jersey. The twenty-five year old says his goal is to become the first Belizean born to enter the professional leagues. Tariq Cano, Cyclist “It started last year. What you have to do is […]
Father Matthew Ruhl, a Jesuit priest at Saint Martin’s Parish in Belize City, has been quite vocal in his support of Garifuna spirituality. He draws a parallel between Catholicism and its belief in the Resurrection to that of the Garinagu and the communion with the spirits of their ancestors. The comparison comes in the wake […]
Over the weekend, Father Matt delivered a rousing homily during the Sunday Mass. The religious lecture touched on everything, including recent statements made against the Dugu ceremony. Isani Cayetano “Now you delivered a rather powerful homily on Sunday discussing this very same issue. In terms of the reception from your congregation, I’m almost certain […]
The Dugu ceremony is performed in Garifuna culture as a form of spiritual healing. It is very rare that the ceremony can be captured by cameras but back in 1989, Great Belize Productions was allowed to video the ceremony. We went back to our archives and tonight we look at a Mali, which is part […]
