As Belizeans prepare to start the extended celebration weekend, citizen’s security is a huge concern in light of lethal explosives found in recent days. A number of mass events such as Saturday’s road march as well as concerts and the popular jouvert have the police on high alert. Facing public condemnation for tear gassing Belizeans […]
Are mixed signals being sent by the Ministry of Home Affairs? The Police Department spent upwards of half an hour at its Thursday press conference seeking to justify its treatment of protestors and members of the press, particularly KREM Television’s Marisol Amaya, during Wednesday’s protest turned riot at the Tower Hill Bridge in Orange Walk. […]
The unfortunate incident on Wednesday during which reporter Marisol Amaya was physically assaulted by members of the Special Patrol Unit on the Tower Hill Bridge in Orange Walk, remains a trending topic in the social media realm. The wanton tear-gassing and beat down of journalists during the uproar has seen a number of government officials […]
The news according to Orange Walk North area representative Gaspar Vega that he is considering running for another term put a cat among the pigeons in the United Democratic Party’s plans. The Opposition People’s United Party is salivating at the prospect, but not so fast. While Vega can run even though he is discredited, Elrington […]
The Orange Walk North area representative made his first televised interview in several months during Wednesday’s protests, but was careful to skirt the issue of activities at the Ministry of Natural Resources. As we have reported, he appeared to balance whatever irregularities have been observed in the scads of documents released to the press since […]
A pair of officers attached to Precinct Three in Belize City is out on bail after being arraigned on extortion related charges earlier today. The duo, identified as Sergeant Lenancio Bol and Police Constable Daniel Requena, appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford after being held in detention since Thursday. It is alleged that on September fifth, […]
A Belizean was reportedly killed in the Champon area of the western border with Guatemala. News Five has learned that San Jose Succotz tour guide Carlos “Botty” Manzanero was at the Larios establishment with his wife when he was shot a total of eight times: once to the right knee, twice to the left hand […]
Pressure from members of the subdivision of Las Flores in Belmopan seems to have turned the Catholic Church around on the issue of two parcels of land located next to the Roman Catholic community school which residents want returned from the purchaser. On Thursday there was a protest at Belmopan City Hall by residents and […]
A set of triplets was delivered at the K.H.M.H.’s Labour and Delivery Unit on Tuesday. Sometime, around ten that morning, the first time mother delivered two boys and one girl. The babies all weighed an average of five pounds. They were admitted for observation over the past couple days and were discharged today. On Wednesday […]
Holiday weekends often carry a greater load of patients for the national referral hospital, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. This weekend, that load increases because all surgery related cases are being referred there specifically for patients from the Northern Health Region – Corozal and Orange Walk. This is because upgrades are being […]
Before Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Harvest Caye opened last November, Belize had exactly zero docking facilities for visiting cruise ships. With construction set to open on Michael Feinstein’s Stake Bank project in December, and the subjects of this next story, there could be as many as three in the coming years. The Government of Belize and […]
A second phase to the project will add two berthing docks and a five-star three hundred-room hotel and water theme park. The Government, represented at the signing by Minister of Economic Development Erwin Contreras and Minister of Defence John Saldivar, expects that at least seven hundred Belizeans will be employed to build the new facility. […]
After four years and six months on remand for the murder of Ardon Belgrave in March 2013, Akeem Augustine, is freed of murder. Belgrave was shot and executed while on a job site on Caesar Ridge Road, Belize City. His acquittal came this morning before Justice Adolph Lucas where the evidence presented by the crown […]
Latest reports say that at least fifty-eight persons have lost their lives following a magnitude eight point one earthquake in Mexico on Thursday night, causing tsunami warnings for countries across Central America. In Belize, there have not been tremors for a few years so many were startled when buildings and vehicles across the country shook […]
Since the start of this week we have been showing you the devastation of Hurricane Irma across the Caribbean, particularly the Leeward Islands. St Barthelemy, St Maarten, Barbuda and several others have seen massive destruction in the millions of dollars. Puerto Rico was also in Irma’s path and now over a million residents are without […]
No justice of the peace should be asking people to pay for services they provide for free. That is according to the Attorney General’s Ministry, which sent out a statement condemning reports it has received of JP’s soliciting remuneration for their services. According to the Ministry, any JP found guilty of soliciting any form of […]
The digital world is changing rapidly as we know. We can get information at our fingertips with just the click of button as long we have access to the internet and internet-ready devices. While cell phones and other tech gadgets bring new possibilities, they also bring challenges when it comes to literacy. So, for the […]
This Saturday Channel Five will be bringing you a comprehensive and live coverage of the 2017 annual carnival road march. Our coverage starts at one in the afternoon and hosts Duane Moody and Shari Williams will bring it to you live in your living room if you are unable to make it out to the […]
Junior and senior bands showed off their costumes on Thursday night at various camps around the city. Four bands were the last to be judged in this season prior to Saturday’s road march. For the most part, this year, the bands are fittingly celebrating the wonders of the jewel. News Five’s Duane Moody hit the […]
