In court news, a case that sparked outrage in the Cayo District has caught the attention of attorney Orson Elrington. He plans to file for an appeal of a three-year prison sentence given to Ramiro de la Rosa, from Duck Run Two. Earlier this month De la Rosa pleaded guilty to possession of an unlicensed […]
When he appeared on Open Your Eyes this morning, U.D.P. Party Leader Patrick Faber also spoke about his ambitions to be restored as Leader of the Opposition. Marleni Cuellar, Host, Open Your Eyes “Have you made any strides in being able to regain the position as Leader of the Opposition?” Patrick Faber, Party […]
A rift has already developed between U.D.P. Party Leader Patrick Faber, who just retained his position during Sunday’s recall convention, and the party’s Leader of the Opposition, Shyne Barrow. On Monday, a statement was issued by the U.D.P. Parliamentary Caucus which says the Opposition is staunchly against the Eleventh Amendment. But when Patrick Faber appeared […]
The votes are in and Patrick Faber lives to fight another day, but in the wake of a less than resounding victory at Sunday’s recall convention, his detractors are still asking him to step down as U.D.P. party leader. Faber, who was been under fire from factions inside the United Democratic Party for several weeks, […]
The recent senatorial shuffle saw former Belmopan Mayor Khalid Belisle’s stint as a parliamentarian come to an abrupt end when he was replaced by former Senate President Darrell Bradley. The move was essentially to pave the way for Bradley’s likely ascent to leadership should a recall of Patrick Faber be successful. Belisle now appears to […]
Several hours after emerging victorious at the recall convention, a call was once again made for Patrick Faber to abdicate his post as leader of the U.D.P. In thanking the delegates who participated in the vote, Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow took to social media where he said, “the majority of the U.D.P. delegates […]
An incident in Benque Viejo del Carmen which left a man dead has provoked outrage in this quiet border town. The victim was reportedly wading in the Mopan River trying to get to Guatemala. Witnesses claim the police not only shot at him but callously refused to pull him from the water. They claim police […]
Today, the Director of Communications in the Belize Police Department gave a very different version from those of the witnesses in the area. When asked about shots fired on the scene, Fitzroy Yearwood said, “we have confirmed that the officer may have fired a warning shot in the air.” He also claims officers responded rapidly […]
In another case of fatal violence, fifty-year-old William Alexander Thompson was found stabbed to death at the intersection of High Street in Santa Elena Town and Cristo Rey Road over the weekend. The Police Department’s Fitzroy Yearwood shares the details. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Director of Communications “We found the body of Thompson with stab […]
Also over the weekend, a Big Falls resident, Simon Baki has died from chop wounds. He was reportedly out drinking when the attack occurred. He was rushed to the Punta Gorda hospital, but pronounced dead upon arrival. Today, after consulting with the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, police arrested and charged Donicio Pau, […]
It’s do or die this weekend for embattled party leader Patrick Faber whose mettle is being tested by his colleagues in the United Democratic Party. After several weeks of calculated, internal maneuvers to have him unseated as Leader of the Opposition, Sunday’s outcome can very well be the death knell in his bid to someday […]
Belize’s borders with neighbouring Mexico and Guatemala remain closed as both countries are reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases over the past week. In Mexico, Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell acknowledged that they are facing a third wave. Mexico reportedly saw a skyrocketing of COVID cases with over nine thousand, four hundred COVID-related deaths in […]
With as many as ten COVID-19 variants across the world, some Belizeans are questioning the effectiveness of the vaccines against these variants. That is one of the questions we posed to Senior Medical Technician at the Central Medical Lab, Aldo Sosa earlier this week. Aldo Sosa, Senior Medical Technician, Central Lab “While we all […]
The Prime Minister has met with the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, at UN Headquarters in New York. According to a release from the Government of Belize Press Office, among the issues raised by PM Briceño is the need for concessionary financing for Small Island Developing States for post COVID-19 pandemic recovery and Belize’s […]
The contraband produce trade is big business in Belize. But this illicit activity is also taking money out of the pockets of local farmers. Onion farmers, for example, can only cultivate for a certain period of time because that is when climate conditions allow for healthy crops. And so they plant and sell during that […]
Today, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority confirmed to News Five that there has indeed been a flood of contraband produce on the market, and not just onions. Earlier today, a team of BAHA and Customs officials seized two separate shipments in two trucks at illegal border crossings in Orange Walk. The trucks were carrying illegal […]
While contraband business is booming, BAHA authorities are working with customs and police. They recognize public education and stiffer penalties may be needed to help tackle this growing issue. And contrabandistas are no longer limiting themselves to overland transport. On the Phone: Margarito Garcia, Technical Director of Quarantine Department, BAHA “It is an ongoing […]
Although the northern border is still closed to the average Belizean, a special delegation, led by the Minister of Agriculture Jose Abelardo Mai, went across to Mexico on Thursday. Their purpose was to meet with Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture, Victor Manuel Villalobos Arambula and discuss areas of partnership and cooperation. Those talks focused on agriculture, […]
Belize City police have arrested three men whom they believe were involved in recent armed robberies at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited and the Biltmore Plaza Hotel. The incidents made headlines earlier this week when the suspects entered B.H.P.L. on Sunday morning and stole monies and personal items from employees at gunpoint. On Monday, another pair […]
Back in May when she was arrested, Jasmine Hartin, the thirty-two year old Canadian woman facing a manslaughter by negligence charge in the death of police Superintendent Henry Jemmott, told police Jemmott had been teaching her to use a gun. But last week, videos surfaced of her expertly using a shotgun to hit watermelons. Now, […]
Special operations conducted by members of the Belize Police Department in Buena Vista Village, Corozal District, have resulted in the seizure of three parcels of suspected cocaine. According to a police report, a commuter bus approached a vehicular checkpoint near mile sixty-six on the Phillip Goldson Highway around one o’clock this afternoon. When the officers […]
Moments after seizing a small shipment of cocaine onboard a passenger bus, police at the vehicular checkpoint near Buena Vista stopped another bus traveling towards Corozal Town. While conducting a search of that vehicle, officers came across a blue, floral bag that was on the floor of the luggage area at the rear of the […]
A father and his three sons, as well as an employee of the family, are behind bars at the Belize Central Prison where they will remain until August tenth when they are set to return to court. On Wednesday afternoon, forty-one-year-old Johan Petkau, a resident of Shipyard, Orange Walk District, appeared in the lower court […]
In news from this week’s Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister is in the United States to meet the U.N. Secretary-General, António Guterres for discussions on climate change, Belize’s work on the Economic and Social Council, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory, which is now before the International Court of Justice. Deputy […]
The Prime Minister of Belize has ordered that flags in Belize be flown at half mast for three days in tribute to the late President of Haiti Jovenel Moise. The Government of Belize and the Caribbean Community has joined the people of Haiti in mourning the death of President Moise, following his assassination inside his […]
