One day ahead of a demonstration organized by community activist Nigel Petillo, a campaign has been launched to smear his name. News Five has obtained land transaction documents leaked from within the Ministry of Natural Resources that led us to seek an interview with him
We also asked activist Nigel Petillo for his thoughts on the press release from the University of Belize’s Board of Trustees Chairman, Godfrey Smith. Petillo says that it was necessary to hear from the chairman. In the same breath, he invited U.B. students to join
Former Port Loyola Area Representative Anthony “Boots” Martinez is back and is gearing up for a showdown with his successor. After failing to trigger a recall of sitting area rep, Gilroy Usher Senior, the seasoned politician has decided to come out of retirement and run
Martinez’s effort at ousting Gilroy Usher from his office as Port Loyola area rep may have been frustrated by all the hurdles that he says were intentionally placed before him, but he is intent on mounting a challenge to take back his seat in the
The endorsement of former Area Representative “Boots” Martinez and two other U.D.P. standard bearers, amid a division within the United Democratic Party, has been met with criticism by the Alliance for Democracy, a faction within the U.D.P. But what role, if any, will he play
Today, the Ministry of Education took a milestone step that has been almost two decades in the making. The ministry officially launched its National Accreditation Council. According to the legislation that accompanies the establishment of the council, its primary function is to improve and maintain
About a month ago, the Association of Protected Areas Management Organization (APAMO) called for a meeting with the prime minister to seek his intervention, following amendments to the National Protected Areas Systems Act and the PACT Act. APAMO felt that a proper consultative process was
This morning, the badly decomposed body of a male person was discovered along the shores of Lark Caye, just off the coast of the Placencia Peninsula. Information to News Five is that the owner of the island along with several individuals took a trip to
Today, the Belize Police Department carried out the destruction of over five hundred pounds of cannabis. The drugs were seized during a police operation earlier this month in Dangriga Town. The operation led to the discovery of several barrels containing the cannabis. With the approval
On Wednesday, we heard from the Director of Finance, Shawn Chavarria, on a record high second payment for sugarcane farmers. At the end of the 2023, 2024 season just over one million tons of sugarcane was delivered to the mill from which one hundred and
