The body of a very popular Belmopan taxi-man was found this afternoon in the Rivera area of Belmopan. Forty-five year old Lionel Gillett was last seen by family members at around nine last night as he headed for his home. When he didn’t answer calls to his phone, friends went looking for him at his […]
On Tuesday’s newscast we told you about reports of a ruckus in Cabinet…reports later denied by all the Ministers with whom we came into contact. But while nobody will outrightly admit it, there is a chasm between the Saldivar camp, a majority of Cabinet and the Faber camp. News Five has been able to confirm […]
The campaign for deputy leadership of the United Democratic Party was a spirited effort and both camps somehow managed to temper the mudslinging. While the issue of Faber’s professional relationship with women in his ministry and his political life came up, he says the negative spin by his opponent caught him by surprise. According to […]
On Tuesday, avid U.D.P. supporter Ingrid Hernandez, a constituent of Belize Rural Central, stopped by our office to express her discontent with animosity taking place within the party after Sunday’s convention. She had been working as a campaigner for Area Representative Beverly Castillo and was subsequently chosen as a delegate in the special convention. Hernandez, […]
Patrick Faber will be confirmed as Deputy Prime Minister by next week Tuesday, and fully expects that in that position he will be groomed for eventual leadership of the United Democratic Party. John Saldivar has indicated that he will contest in 2020, but Faber seems unconcerned, since he told News Five that he’s grown up […]
Julia Arana was hit on the Phillip Goldson Highway on April first. The Trial Farm resident was crossing the highway when a vehicle driven by area representative Jose Abelardo Mai hit her, leaving her comatose for some time. The mother of popular cyclist Nissan Arana was subsequent released from the K.H.M.H., but as we said, […]
The IMF’s Article Four consultation report came out last week, and as we reported then, it seems to be pretty much all bad news. It makes reference to a slowing economy and rising external vulnerabilities, reduction in GDP growth, widening of the current account deficit, falling exports, falling international reserves, widening of the fiscal deficit, […]
The IMF states in its Article Four consultation that Belize is on shaky footing economically and measures will need to be put in place for recovery in the medium and long term. Earlier you heard the numbers man Joseph Waight explaining about austerity and government having to control expenditures. But Waight isn’t a politician. The […]
The People’s United Party has also issued a statement on the IMF report and it is not taking the blame for the economic woes. According to the P.U.P., while the U.D.P. government has been unable to truthfully explain the economic realities to the Belizean people, in his budget presentation, Party Leader John Briceño signaled that […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington attended the eight summit of the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Heads of State and Governments. The summit concluded today in Papua New Guinea with the adoption of a declaration which included language on Belize. It reads in part: “We strongly reaffirm unequivocal support for Belize’s sovereignty and territorial integrity […]
On Friday News Five was stopped by Guatemalan military as we tried to enter the Sarstoon. They claimed that we were in their national waters. That claim is nothing new, but it is distressing because just days before Belize and Guatemala had allegedly come to an informal understanding that Belizeans would be allowed untrammeled access […]
While John Saldivar has been in the news of late mostly in reference to his bid for U.D.P. Deputy Leader, he is the Minister of National Security and border security features prominently in his portfolio. So when we had the opportunity we asked him about the incident on Friday in the Sarstoon, and also about […]
Earlier in our newscast Financial Secretary Joseph Waight explained that to deal with a deteriorating fiscal position GOB will have to tighten its belt and control expenditures. But there’s one looming expenditure over which they have no control. That’s the arbitration award for the nationalization of B.T.L. What we know so far is the assessment […]
A security guard will stand trial for the murder of forty-one year old Wilmer Cisneros which occurred at Blue House Bar on April twenty-fifth, 2015 in Ladyville. Cisneros lost his life in what relatives say was a senseless killing. He was stabbed to the abdomen and chest while his friend thirty-year old Roger Jimenez received a cut […]
Over the years, we have covered the adventures of young Rowan Garel, an amazing and extraordinary young man who has been blind since birth. His approach has not only been about testing his limits, but to raise funds for others affected by blindness. His bucket list includes a climb of Victoria Peak and a dive […]
For months now the media has been following the silt situation at the Southern Foreshore. It’s gotten progressively worse, to the point where there is a real threat that the waterway would be completely blocked. Two weeks ago Mayor Darrell Bradley explained that they are looking into the very expensive but only option of dredging. […]
The Miss Universe pageant is the most prestigious in the world. Last year alone, the beauty pageant was viewed on television by more than eight million viewers. But of the delegates that participate annually in the event, only eighty-six countries send representatives. It’s been almost a decade since Belize has had representation, following a ban […]
The 2016 Miss Belize winner will be chosen at a pageant on September tenth. Today a call was made for aspirants to become an ambassador of beauty for Belize. At the press conference, Director and Pageant Coordinator, Opal Enriquez spoke of the requirements for participation. Opal Enriquez, Director/Pageant Coordinator, Queen of the Jewel “Delegates […]
The 2016 Hurricane Season official starts today and the outlook on activity for this season points to an average to slightly above average number of systems for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico region. That’s the message coming out of the National Met Service. According to Chief Met Officer, Dennis Gonguez, it […]
