According to ASP Yearwood, the incident is not being investigated as a double murder, notwithstanding the fact that police have not determined whether the weapon used to kill Guy is a licensed firearm. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “It is not a double murder, it’s a murder and a loss of […]
Police have detained at least two people for questioning following the murder of a Guatemalan resident of Belmopan. On Saturday morning, a passerby found the lifeless body of fifty-year-old Armando Cacao with a cut wound to the throat. He was last seen on Friday night, reportedly intoxicated, but those who knew Cacao described him as […]
A team of law enforcement officers is investigating a robbery involving a duo of Hispanic men and Belize Fisheries Department personnel. The Belizeans were in the Bacalar Chico Reserve conducting marine studies in the water when they were fired upon and robbed by men who came up to them in a boat. The thieves took […]
The Belize Coast Guard is currently conducting a search for Karl Wagner after his fishing boat was found capsized and riddled with bullets. Wagner, a resident of Independence Village, set out to sea in a black and white boat name NEESHA with a seventy-horsepower Yamaha outboard engine, on Friday night. No one has seen or […]
Over the weekend, there were a string of armed robberies reported in the Orange Walk and Cayo Districts as well as at sea within the Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve. The Belize Police Department and the Belize Coast Guard are actively working to solve these property crimes and are narrowing down on the culprits. Tonight, News […]
Lake Independence resident Kareem Smith escaped grave injury on Sunday, when he came under armed attack by someone who emerged from a vehicle on Mahogany Street. Smith, who is no stranger to the law, told police that he was near Flamboyant Street when the incident happened. An arrest has been made in that shooting. […]
An attempt was also made on the life of a Belize City resident on Sunday. Ryan Foster was riding a bicycle in the company of another individual when they came under gunfire in the vicinity of Sarstoon Street. Foster was struck by one of the bullets and is hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. […]
Today, Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser granted a stay of execution in the case of Ramiro De la Rosa. He was sentenced earlier this month after police searched his home in Duck Run Two community and rounded him and his wife up for a loaded shotgun that was licensed to his recently deceased father. De la […]
Yes we are in the rainy season, yes, we are in hurricane season. But tornados? This morning, some residents of Billy White in the Cayo District felt like they were in the middle of the Wizard of Oz, complete with a flying dog circling the house. News Five’s Paul Lopez surveyed the damage and spoke […]
And while the residents of Billy White certainly had a time of it with today’s freak storm, News Five spoke with Deputy Chief Meteorologist Michelle Augustine who classified it as a thunderstorm, not a tornado. On the Phone: Michelle Augustine, Deputy Chief Meteorologist “Between eight-thirty and eight-forty-five this morning, there was an isolated thunderstorm […]
At this time, Belize City residents are gathered at the Battlefield Park in Belize City as they stage yet another protest to express their discontent about the fatal shooting of fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett by a police officer. As early as five-thirty this evening and until seven-thirty tonight, candles will be lit and the protestors with […]
This afternoon, funeral services were held for Laddie Gillett, who was laid to rest in the Cayo District. The fourteen-year-old student was shot last Wednesday night by Police Corporal Kareem Martinez as Gillett and a friend headed back to a resort where they were staying in Placencia. What was a fun-filled family vacation ended tragically […]
Minister Bernard says that the shooting death of the teen and the need for stronger reform were discussed at this past cabinet meeting. But he also says individual officers must understand their role. Kevin Bernard, Minister of Youth “There is need for stronger reforms in the police department. There is need for us to […]
The Government of Belize has released an updated Statutory Instrument for COVID regulations. As of Monday, July twenty-sixth, the curfew hours will move to ten p.m. to four a.m. daily. Additionally, churches in the locked down villages of Conejo, Midway and Barranco will not be allowed to operate for a period of two weeks. The […]
For some migrants from Central American countries, Belize is to them what the U.S. is to Belizeans – a safe haven where economic opportunities seem endless. But when families are fleeing their country to save their own lives, sometimes they need to access social services. So today, an M.O.U. was signed to ensure that over […]
The commission of inquiry into the sale of public assets under the previous government ended abruptly in mid-April when N.T.U.C.B. President Luke Martinez castigated the Briceño administration during a televised broadcast from the House of Culture here in Belize City. The hearings were adjourned indefinitely after the live feed was cut. Prior to that session, […]
The peace of the Eight Miles Community was shattered this morning when a hold-up at a grocery store left one of the alleged perpetrators dead, even though he arrived prepared, wearing a bulletproof vest. It all unfolded around nine a.m., and News Five’s Paul Lopez arrived on the scene just moments later. Paul Lopez, […]
The Public Service Union is speaking out following a leaked letter that guarantees C.E.O. salaries and allowances will not be touched. The document, from the Office of the Prime Minister, dated July second and signed by Cabinet Secretary Stuart Leslie is addressed to all Chief Executive Officers in Ministries of the Government of Belize. It […]
The P.S.U. is now seeking legal advice because the Public Sector Emoluments and Allowances Bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives on May twenty-eighth and in the Senate on June fourth, instituted salary cuts across the board. Dean Flowers, President, P.S.U. “My immediate reaction when a copy of the letter was sent […]
The Public Service Union has also written to Governor-General Froyla T’zalam, expressing concern over the Governor-General Conditions of Service Amendment Bill, 2021, which provides for an increase in salary, duty allowance and insurance coverage for the GG and her immediate family. In the letter, dated July fifteenth, the P.S.U. says that while it supports the […]
A television show featuring proponents of the COVID-19 vaccine and the Belizean Rights and Justice Movement, a newly formed group against the shot, has been called off. The decision follows Prime Minister John Briceño’s call to Love FM’s morning show on Wednesday to share his position on the controversial issue. News Five spoke with attorney […]
For a different legal perspective on free speech, News Five spoke with Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck. He says that the constitution is quite clear on certain restrictions, including the fact that one cannot purposely spread misinformation. He says fact-checking is key and other laws must be respected. Andrew Marshalleck, Attorney-at-law “Well I think the […]
A cabinet brief issued by the Briceño administration on Wednesday says Henry Charles Usher, Minister of the Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform, has provided an update on the forthcoming redistricting exercise. Viewers may recall there is presently a case before Acting Chief Justice Michelle Arana involving the revision of legislative districts. Attorney Andrew Marshalleck, […]
Here’s a heads up to restaurants and other businesses as nightlife activities are once again being restricted due to the increasing COVID-19 cases. Start changing your schedules now since the curfew will be extended once again. Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat broke the news today that effective this Monday, July twenty-sixth, the curfew […]
And there is bad news tonight for some rural churches who have not heeded Ministry of Health warnings. Health and Wellness Minister Michel Chebat says that the data is showing increasing numbers in some villages due to church gatherings. While he declined to name which ones today, he says G.O.B. will be closing down these […]
