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Reporter Hipolito Novelo is currently in snowy Salt Lake, Utah, where the case of Lev Dermen is taking place. The sitting was postponed this morning and resumed in the afternoon. As you know, Dermen is accused in a billion-dollar tax fraud and his business partner Jacob Kingston has made allegations linking Minister John Saldivar to […]
Written on February 3, 2020 | Posted in
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There were two stabbing deaths over the weekend and both happened in the same village up north. Death came for Daniel Cano as he was hanging out and having a good time with friends at a house in the village. Cano was stabbed multiple times during an altercation by a relative of his friend just […]
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The village which lies along the Philip Goldson Highway is not known for violence so when a second body was discovered over the weekend, it sent the community in shock. Someone stabbed and killed Juan David Mendez and left his body on a dirt road. It was found in a pool of blood by his […]
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Police have arrested and charged one man for the shooting murder of Kajoan Tony Roches. Today, Adrian Claude Swasey appeared before the court where he was charged with a single count of murder. He was denied bail and remanded until May fourth. Roches was shot and killed in Belize City on Thursday night. Today, police […]
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There was a string of shootings in the city on Sunday. The shootings all happened in a small area and police say that at least two of the incidents may be connected. Earlier today, police told the media that several persons have been detained for each of the shootings, but up to news time, no […]
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Forty-one-year-old Emory Gonzalez was brutally attacked by three men while he and a woman waited at the entrance of Old Belize on the George Price Highway. The attack happened over the weekend and Gonzalez as injured on his face and head. The ugly incident was caught on video and while police has determined the motive […]
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The start of classes at Trial Farm Government School in Orange Walk District was delayed for two hours this morning as teachers met with Ministry of Education officials. The meeting was convened because a standard two teacher had been assaulted by a nine-year-old student. Carmen Avilez told News Five today that the teachers have been […]
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The much anticipated ruling in respect of the Petrocaribe case brought by the Opposition was delivered this morning by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin in the Supreme Court. The ruling found that over one billion dollars were spent illegally and that the Prime Minister had violated the constitution. In the unprecedented ruling, the CJ found that […]
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Following today’s decision, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, who represents the People’s United Party, broke down the Supreme Court ruling in layman’s terms before likening government’s expenditure of public funds to that of a small-time panades operation. When asked if an appeal is expected, Courtenay says he wouldn’t be surprised, despite government’s lawyer conceding in trial […]
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On the heels of an interview with Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, the question of government’s fiscal prudence was also put to Financial Secretary Joseph Waight. Here’s how he responded. Reporter “The criticism is that you all were running the government’s finances like one would a panades shop. Your response?” Joseph Waight, Financial Secretary […]
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The P.U.P. says the ruling is a victory for the people of Belize, not for the People’s United Party. A release states that the historic and hopefully precedent setting move, the Supreme Court has found that a sitting Prime Minister violated the Constitution, repeatedly, and has legally bound him from continuing the illegal practice of […]
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The trial of Lev Dermen in the U.S. District Court of Utah before Judge Jill Parrish recessed today and will resume on Monday morning. News Five has been following very closely the developments leading up to the hearing, as well as the details of what is transpiring during the trial. Earlier today, we spoke via […]
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During our interview with Carlisle, we inquired what bearing, if any, an admission corroborated by evidence proving that Dermen did in fact pay Saldivar these significant sums of money, would have on trial. Isani Cayetano “In the pretrial hearing, were you privy to any documents or any information that would have either suggested or […]
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A resident of Mahogany Street, Belize City was shot and killed around eight-thirty on Thursday night. Two men rode by on Ebony Street where Kajoan Tony Roches was hanging out with friends. One of them opened fire targeting Roches and causing his immediate demise. Here is New Five’s Duane Moody. Duane Moody, Reporting Another […]
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The Ministry of National Security has launched an investigation into a number of allegations against members of the Belize Defence Force. On Wednesday night, we broke the story about mounting reports of sexual assaults and other infractions committed against recruits. Well, the Ministry says that it is taking those allegations seriously and an independent team […]
Written on January 30, 2020 | Posted in
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An article today in the Salt Lake Tribute directly links Minister John Saldivar to bribes from Lev Dermen and former business partner Jacob Kingston. The allegation is made by Kingston, who is expected to present text messages as exhibits between him and Saldivar, in the course of the trial in Utah. But the minister, who […]
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Late this evening, Minister John Saldivar issued a press statement denying the article in the Salt Lake Tribune. He says that the article suggests that Jacob Kingston will testify that Lev Dermen bribed him, but does not say in exchange for what. He also says that no one knows what Kingston will say and to […]
Written on January 30, 2020 | Posted in
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All hell is breaking loose in an internal war in the U.D.P. which is ten days away from a convention to settle leadership. On Wednesday, DPM Faber, who is vying to become leader, posted a message referring to a convicted criminal in direct reference to Shyne Barrow, who is the moving hand behind the “Associated […]
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Turning to crime, police provided updates today to a number of murders under investigation. Police say that Belize City resident Everal Gray is the gunman that executed Jahvin Wagner back in November 2019 in Dangriga. Wagner was speaking with a friend in front of his grandmother’s house on Commerce Street in Dangriga when a gunman […]
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Why was Delbert Alvarez killed? It remains a mystery for the family and the police, who have been on the ground trying to crack the case. Alvarez was gunned down on the night of January twenty-eighth as he went to purchase weed; his body was found on the veranda of a house on Cumberbatch Street […]
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Ernesto Williams, the proprietor of Sky Deck on Baymen Avenue, Belize City, was executed on January twenty-fourth as he left a friend’s residence on Orange Street. Surveillance footage in the area captured as the gunman approached and fired the deadly shots at Williams. There is reportedly no evidence to suggest that the businessman’s life had […]
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The B.D.F. is investigating some its own tonight on the heels of explosive allegations. Those under investigation are senior officers who stand accused of sexual assault and abuse of authority committed against female recruits. The recruits are to be matriculating to soldiers in two days time, but reports are that they have endured unspeakable acts […]
Written on January 29, 2020 | Posted in
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There was a murder in the city before nine o’clock on Tuesday night. Delbert Alvarez was shot and killed on Cumberbatch Street, not far from his house. The victim’s family says that he had gone to buy weed when he was shot on the veranda of a house. There are tensions in certain neighbourhoods in […]
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A cop on motorcycle is fortunate to have escaped gunshots this afternoon. He was riding in the area of Mapp Street, Belize City, where neighbours say they heard gunshots from a passing SUV, presumably meant for William Woodye. The frightening ordeal was enough to cause him to crash into a parked vehicle and he landed […]
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Police have still not been able to crack the murder of Denroy Nicolas in Punta Gorda. Nicholas was shot and killed as he exited his mother’s house to go into his room. His life was cut short the night before he was to appear in court. As his family grieves, they are preparing to lay […]
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