Last Thursday, we reported that some fifty thousand people had received their first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine since the inoculation process began in early March. That number is up by seven thousand so far, as the second dose is also being administered for the first three phases of the rollout exercise. Today, Health and […]
The skeletal remains of an unidentified male person were retrieved from a bushy area in Elridgeville, Toledo District shortly before noon today. Sometime around twelve o’clock, Punta Gorda police were called out to the village where C.I.B. personnel observed a decomposed corpse clad in a pair of shorts and an orange striped shirt. The discovery […]
The victim of Tuesday afternoon’s fatal road traffic accident, involving a high-ranking police officer, has been identified as seventy-three-year-old American national Bertina Juran Cruce. As was reported at the time, preliminary investigations indicate ACP Aaron Guzman was driving in the direction of Orange Walk on the Phillip Goldson Highway when his SUV and Cruce’s car […]
A man from Trial Farm Village died in a freak accident earlier this afternoon. Police say the farmer, Salvador Ozaeta, was working on a tractor at a cane field in Yo Creek Village in the Orange Walk District. It is believed that while he was reversing, the tractor reportedly fell into a culvert and overturned. […]
Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise recently concluded a working tour of the country to gain insight into what’s happening on the ground at the various branches and departments. Minister Jose Mai shared his findings today with News Five, including some issued discovered in Toledo that need to be corrected immediately. Jose Mai, […]
Prime Minister John Briceño made his first official visit to Guatemala on Tuesday. This morning he participated in a press conference at the Presidential House with President Alejandro Giammattei Falla. The Guatemalan President thanked PM Briceño for accepting his invitation and for engaging the Guatemalan counterparts in meetings. President Giammattei Falla spoke of shared interests […]
In his statement today at the presidential house, PM Briceño opened by thanking the Guatemala’s President for the invitation and warm welcome. Briceño outlined areas such as commerce, tourism and education as some of the key areas of cooperation they want to collaborate on with Guatemala. Here’s a portion of Briceño’s speech. Prime Minister […]
Two days after she was charged with manslaughter by negligence in the shooting death of Superintendent Henry Jemmott in San Pedro, today Jasmine Hartin was back in the court. Her attorneys Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith and Hector Guerra appeared before Supreme Court Justice Herbert Lord while Hartin attended the bail application hearing via video link […]
Reports spread like wildfire this afternoon that a man had been pulled under water by a crocodile in the San Pedrito area of San Pedro Town. According to reports, the man was near the lagoon side of the island when a crocodile approached and attacked. A rescue team comprised of police, Triple R, ACES, the […]
Bondholders of Belize’s five hundred and fifty million U.S. dollar external debt have once again rejected government’s proposal of new terms until a meeting is held among all parties. The creditor committee, comprised of GMO and Greylock of the United States and ABRDN of London, says the Briceno administration turned down the suggestion that they […]
In cabinet news…Cabinet welcomed the comprehensive Completion Report of the Emergency Works carried out from November 2020 to May 2021 from Julius Espat, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Housing. The report includes infrastructure works conducted after the passing of hurricanes Eta and Iota and funds cabinet approved to urgently restore and repair countrywide damage to […]
Jose Alpuche, Belize’s Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, presented his letters of credentials to Alejandro Giammattei Falla, the President of Guatemala, during a ceremony at the National Palace of Culture in Guatemala City. In his remarks, President Giammattei emphasized Belize and Guatemala’s shared vision of expanding and deepening all aspects of the bilateral relations […]
The story is garnering international media attention and causing Belizeans to put forth all sorts of theories about the case that seems straight out of a murder mystery. But while the speculation continues and the foreign media join local reporters in the hunt for interviews and footage, tonight the woman who has been questioned by […]
The death of Superintendent Henry Jemmott has hit his colleagues hard and also the many people of San Pedro who knew him over the years. While his most recent posting was as commander of precinct two at Eastern Division, today San Pedranos remembered him and his contribution to their community. Duane Moody, Reporting Around […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Aaron Guzman is the subject of a police investigation following a fatal traffic mishap in Bella Vista Village on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Reports are that Guzman was travelling from Corozal when his police issued SUV collided into a car being driven by an American woman. While ACP Guzman walked away […]
Well-known pharmacist Edward Flowers is lucky to have escaped grave injury when he came under gunfire on Monday night in Belize City. The forty-two-year-old had just closed his pharmacy for business when an unknown individual took aim at him. Multiple shots were fired in Flowers’ direction, hitting him in the right shoulder. The incident took […]
The man charged with the murder of a Ladyville man in 2018 has been sentenced to fourteen years in prison. Robert Brown, who was charged with the murder of Gavin Palmerston, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. But the former heavy-duty equipment operator from Mitchell Estate, Ladyville, will spend only six years and […]
As all Belizeans know, June first marks the beginning of the hurricane season which runs until November thirty-first each year. While Belize has always tended to be most threatened by hurricanes that form late in the season, tropical cyclones are possible at any time of the year. The Belize Met Service has released the names […]
The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins today and the Belize Red Cross has been busy preparing for the next six months, amid predictions of up to twenty named storms forming in the Atlantic Ocean. Deadly rains, landslides and floods could further affect communities across the country that are already dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive […]
Three days after the shooting death of Superintendent Henry Jemmott on San Pedro, the main suspect, Canadian national Jasmine Hartin was charged for his killing. Along with attorney Godfrey Smith, Hartin appeared before the magistrate where she was charged with Manslaughter by Negligence. While it is not known if she was being given special treatment […]
During the weekly press briefing today in Belmopan, the first topic of discussion was death of Superintendent Jermott. Police Commissioner Chester Williams ran the briefing himself and spoke about the post mortem, his updates to the family and the investigation into the death at San Pedro. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The post mortem […]
This just in….Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith at the conclusion of today’s arraignment told the media that his client Jasmine Hartin was denied bail. She remains in police custody, pending remand to the Central prison in Hattieville. Godfrey Smith, Attorney for Jasmine Hartin “We are not gonna give a statement today, but we are going […]
A family man was shot and killed in the west on Friday night. Police say that they believe he was targeted for his truck which may have been taken across the border. News Five’s Andrea Polanco was in Benque today. Andrea Polanco, Reporting 49-year-old Wayne Cadle was shot and killed on Riverside Street in […]
Belize officially reopened its borders today for international tourists. News Five’s Andrea Polanco stopped in at the Benque Viejo – Santa Elena Border today to find out how the reopening was going: Andrea Polanco, Reporting Pictured here are four of the five tourists who entered Belize through its western border today up to midday […]
Leader of the Opposition Patrick Faber is tonight apologizing to the nation for a viral video in which he is heard acting aggressively towards the mother of his two year old daughter. In the home surveillance footage that was leaked on social media, there is a heated verbal exchange and then the sound of a […]
