The body of a woman fished out of the Belize River on Wednesday, remains unidentified tonight. No one has come forward to verify her identity despite very distinct features on the body. It is believed, however, that in life she was homeless who wandered the streets of the City. The body had cut wounds to […]
There’s another murder to report tonight. About two miles off the Buena Vista Road in the Cayo District a body of a middle-aged man of Hispanic origins was discovered. According to police, the body was found lying face up in a pond of water on a ranch in Buena Vista Village. We are unable to […]
With Christmas just around the corner, criminals are on the loose. This afternoon, they are targeted Belize Electricity Limited in broad daylight. Police are investigating the hold up of a security guard that happened shortly before three this afternoon. Two assailants made their way to the entrance of B.E.L. Headquarters at mile two on the […]
In the Capital, the Senate hosted its final session for 2016 at the National Assembly. It reviewed and passed nine bills brought back from the House and several motions. Of these, the most important are the motions asking for ratification of the Special Agreement between Belize and Guatemala formalizing a potential settlement of the unfounded […]
The Opposition contends that there has been a rush to judgment and that the Government need not have acted with such haste. They say their view is bolstered by an admission from the Foreign Minister that the ratification of the Agreements is not and has never been needed to hold the referendum. That, combined with […]
One thousand six hundred acres of prime farm land gobbled up by a powerful family in five years, at great loss to the Government and people of Belize. That, in brief, is the story of the land grab in Carmelita village, Orange Walk, broken by News Five and spurred on by the People’s United Party. […]
Among the bills considered by the Senate today is the Treasury Bill (Number Three) Amendment Bill, which juggles the limits that Government can raise on treasury bills and treasury notes. There is a net increase of a quarter billion dollars which should adequately cover the second B.T.L. Arbitration Award payment. But it brings its own […]
Belize Rural South Area Representative, Manuel Heredia Junior, according to the Auditor General’s report, received fifty-two visa foils that were to have been delivered to the Officer in Charge of the Immigration Department in San Pedro. On Wednesday, Supervisor of Audit Carla Faber testified before the Senate Select Committee that Heredia was not authorized to […]
According to Heredia, acting as a courier to convey documents, including passports and visas foils, from San Pedro to the respective departments within the Ministry of Immigration is simply part of the services he provides to his constituents. Manuel Heredia Jr., Area Rep., Belize Rural South “Ever since I was mayor of San Pedro, […]
Who is leaking inaccurate suggestions of private deliberations of the Senate Special Select Committee on Immigration to certain sections of the media? That question came up in the full meeting of the Senate during debate on the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. According to the United Democratic Party’s organ, the Guardian newspaper, Senator Mark Lizarraga is at […]
A News Five crew was on Harvest Caye today at the invitation of Norwegian Cruise Lines. It is the first time the media was invited to experience the cruise port in southern Belize. We can say that NCL has developed a world-class tourist destination and we’ll have that report on Friday. But in Belmopan, member […]
Minister of Tourism Manuel Heredia Junior also took on Federation of Cruise Tourism Association of Belize for their allegation that visitors who booked with NCL to call on Belize, did so because they had already made arrangements with independent tour operators in Belize City. According to Heredia Junior, NCL disagrees with FECTAB and that all […]
Since NCL launched its Harvest Caye destination on November seventeenth, there have been concerns among local tour operators that their counterparts in Placencia aren’t getting a slice of the tourism pie. According to Colin Murphy, Senior Vice President of Destination Development for NCL, a number of shore excursions are presently being offered to guests which […]
Over a hundred and twenty persons are new Belizeans. The group of persons took the oath making them citizens of the country in Belmopan on Wednesday. They come from as close as Central America and the Caribbean and as far as Mynamar, formerly Burma, and Bangladesh in Asia. The Minister of State of Immigration welcomed […]
Interdicted police officer, Darren Evan Martinez who was accused of committing a heinous act on an eight year old child in February of this year, will have to stand trial at the Supreme Court for the offense of sexual assault on the minor. In the Belize City Magistrate’s Court, his case was committed to stand […]
There was yet another robbery on the George Price Highway near miles twenty. A pair of robbers, pretending to be commuters, boarded a Shaw bus en route to Belmopan and would soon hold up the driver and the conductor at gunpoint. The alert conductor would switch the moneybag unknown to the robbers who then got […]
Christmas is a time of sharing and caring and the Police of Eastern Division North Precinct Three want to spread some cheer this holiday season. Press Officer of Eastern Division North Fitzroy Yearwood says that six needy families will be given food hampers as a part of their outreach to the communities they serve. But […]
Christmastime is said to be a period of joy and merriment; where families come together and celebrate and build memories with their loved ones. The kids look forward to see what Santa delivered and everyone anticipates that traditional Christmas meal. Sounds great right? Well for many this is certainly not their experience in this season, […]
