This morning images surfaced showing the carcasses of over two hundred heads of chickens along the highway in the Spanish Lookout Community. News Five has since learnt that the chickens died as a result of heat strokes, caused by the over one hundred degree weekend temperatures. According to Henry Wiebe, a member of the Health […]
On Monday, just before the nightly curfew, Santa Elena resident Gabino Garnett Junior was leaving his girlfriend’s house in Esperanza Village when he met his death. Garnett Junior, a father of four, was mercilessly gunned down. He was rushed to the hospital, but he didn’t survive the attack. News Five went west to find out […]
Former Minister of Works Rene Montero is at the heart of a land scandal in which it is alleged that a number of dubious transactions were conducted on his behalf through the Ministry of Natural Resources during his terms of office. The latest revelation regarding a scheme that was purportedly ran by the Cayo Central […]
In another case, De La Rosa shares the story of an individual who later found out that his information was used to acquire a piece of land. He approached De La Rosa, who at the time was also under Montero’s employ, and asked him to relay a message to the former Minister of Works. He […]
In light of Eddie de la Rosa’s testimony, who says he witnessed the corrupt activities within government ministries, the P.S.U. says that people like De La Rosa need protecting. De La Rosa fled to the U.S. after he felt his life was in danger because he is now a whistleblower. The Public Service Union says […]
The Public Service Union is also addressing complaints made by public officers regarding unfair dismissal. In its release, the P.S.U. says that it received several complaints from public officers who have been terminated under the Briceño Administration. The union says that it vows to challenge these terminations following the rules and regulations set out under […]
The P.S.U.’s Dean Flowers took the opportunity to weigh in on the Good Governance motion introduced in the House on Friday. The unions have always been a very vocal advocate for signing the UNCAC and more stringent anti-corruption policies. Flowers says that legislation is what is needed to fight corruption, not a motion. He says […]
When the Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise, Jose Mai, told the House on Friday that he favored limiting import permits for certain milk and cheeses on the market, it caused quite a stir. Many took to social media to voice their concerns about not having access to their preferred products. Well, it seems […]
Minister Mai confirmed to News Five that cabinet decided that the Corozal Free Zone will be reopened on February first. Its reopening was one of the manifesto promises of the party. The free zone had been closed for almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and thousands of persons became unemployed in the north. […]
When will the milling at the B.S.I. factory at Tower Hill resume? It is all dependent on the weather conditions – and the rains brought on by the weekend cold front aren’t promising. But this afternoon, Minister of Agriculture Jose Mai says that it is expected to restart on Thursday or by the weekend. Last […]
While milling is to resume within the next few days, Agriculture Minister Jose Mai does not believe that the hundreds of thousands of sugar cane still in the fields will make it to the mills in time. Here’s how he explains it. Jose Mai, Minister of Agriculture “Last year the crop shrunk by thirty […]
2020 was a dreadful year for many, and we are all happy to leave that year in the past. But not everything was bad. Some good news from last year is that the number of dengue cases saw a significant decline compared to 2019. One thousand one hundred and sixty-three cases were recorded instead of […]
The midges are on the move, swarming residences along the coastline. The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness has been notified of the midges’ invasions. Fortunately, these tiny pesky bugs are not seen as a public health hazard, but even so, the ministry sent out workers on an extermination mission. […]
Patrick Faber made his debut as the Leader of the Opposition during the Sitting of the House on Friday. It is the first time he and his elected members are sitting on that side of the House. And while they may be few in numbers, they are strong in debating. Here is that story. […]
The Sitting of the House wasn’t without its sparks, and several flew across the aisle on Friday. Things got testy between Leader of the Opposition Patrick Faber and Prime Minister John Briceño. But the back and forth between Mesopotamia Area Representative Moses “Shyne” Barrow and Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat was a bit more […]
When the People’s United Party was in opposition, its members bashed the then U.D.P. Government for its nepotism. But since the P.U.P. has now formed government and political boards are being appointed, the now opposition U.D.P. is turning the tables. The U.D.P. is calling out the Briceño Administration for what it says are nepotistic appointments […]
On January fifth, cabinet announced following a weekly briefing that authorization had been given to the National Forensic Science Service to enter into a formal agreement with Central America Health Sciences University. For years, the forensics department had been using the Belize Medical College anatomy lab to conduct post-mortem examinations on bodies found in advanced […]
Ladyville police busted a taxi driver on Saturday night carrying a significant quantity of marijuana hidden inside a gas tank. The driver, Jose Maldonado, was not only operating with curfew hours, but he was also carrying a female passenger, Reina Gongora. Both are residents of Corozal District. Police say the shipment of drugs was destined […]
A feud between rival gangs in Ebony Street’s area has left William Archillo recovering from gunshot wounds he received on Friday night. Archillo was rushed to the K.H.M.H., where investigators would later catch up with him while receiving treatment. He told them that while standing on the street, a vehicle appeared on the scene, an […]
Even Football training is going online. The Football Federation of Belize announced today that it is investing eighteen thousand U.S. dollars in developing its youth players. The money is to the enrolment of a hundred and eighty players from the u-fifteen, u-seventeen and u-nineteen players to the Evo Soccer programme. It is a year-long online […]
