The shocking double murder of Mark Sewell and Gabriel Escalante has devastated two families but the close knit Ladyville Community is also in mourning. The two men were described as friendly and easy-going productive members of the village. Two friends of the deceased told us that the killings have left the residents shaken and grieving […]
There are more details tonight on the murder of former Great Belize Productions Channel Five employee, Marcia Downs. She will be laid to rest this Saturday following funeral services at Central Assembly of God Church on Freetown Road. On Wednesday night, she was executed at a gate leading to her house off Handyside Street, Belize […]
Tonight we can report some relief in the price of diesel fuel for the coming weekend. As of Saturday morning, prices for diesel in Belize City go down to ten dollars and one cent, a decrease of twelve cents from the current price of ten dollars and thirteen cents. Meanwhile, there is a slight increase […]
It spread like wildfire on Thursday night during news time that officers attached to the Gang Suppression Unit had opened fire on George Street residents. While it has since been confirmed that the officers used non-lethal rubber bullets, the residents are crying foul even though the unit is claiming that they opened fire to overwhelm […]
While it is reported that the GSU team was in the area to pick up a fellow officer, Tillett alleges that it was a clear act of police brutality as he claims women and children were also injured during the confrontation. Three persons, including Tillett, were taken into custody and Deputy Commissioner Chester Williams had […]
The Belize Airports Authority confirms that works will be carried out on the runway of the Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport this weekend. The scheduled remedial works, however, for the next four days are not expected to interrupt operations and flights will be relocated to the taxiway which is equipped to be used as a […]
The relentless cycle of gun violence has left us devastated here at Great Belize Productions Channel Five. Today, we mourn the death of one of our own, Marcia Downs. A mother of two, Marcia left work on Wednesday evening and within hours, she was dead. Someone she knew walked up to the gate of her […]
While the family states they fear for the safety of their loved ones, late this evening News Five spoke one-on-one with Marcia’s boyfriend, who has his own conclusions about the reason for her murder. While he did not want to disclose his full name, Michael says he was at the hospital when Marcia took her […]
The family of Government Minister Rene Montero, according to documents, got more than three million dollars in compensation and interest for lands taken by a former administration almost two decades ago. The story broke just before the municipal elections. But what happened to the land itself? In the case of six parcels located in north […]
All of Central America including Belize has been listed in the 2018 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report of the U.S. State Department, published this week. These and other countries have been identified as major sources and in Belize’s case, transshipment points for illicit drugs including marijuana and cocaine, most of which end up in the […]
The primary finding of the I.N.C.S.R. states, “Belize’s drug control efforts are hampered by the same challenges faced by the rest of the country’s security sector – corruption, insufficient investigative capacity, an ineffective judicial sector, and a lack of political will.” But U.S. Embassy acting deputy chief of mission Deborah Lingwood says while there is […]
Over the past weekend, Corozal North area representative Hugo Patt held the top seat in the land as Prime Minister Dean Barrow travelled to the U.S. for medical consultations. The P.M. is expected to leave out again this weekend and so Patt was today asked about the unique experience of being number one, even for […]
If you are planning to travel from the Belize City municipal airstrip this weekend, you will likely have to make new plans. There is word tonight that the airstrip will be closed for urgent repairs to the runway. The relevant authorities met today to consider the concerns of the operators and took the decision to […]
Seven point five million Guatemalans are eligible to vote in this Sunday’s historic referendum to be held in Guatemala. On the last leg of the campaign, President Jimmy Morales has been on the ground and on the airwaves campaigning for a yes vote to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice. Last week, […]
Firings have been reported at the Punta Gorda Town Council as well as at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. In the south, News Five has learned that ten persons have been let go from the staff of the P.G. Town Council. We spoke to one of them today and he says he learned the news […]
Meanwhile, an employment crisis is unfolding at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, amid other serious issues that the national referral hospital is presently facing to do with the crumbling roof. News Five understands that there has been a string of terminations at the hospital in which a number of employees, including former city councilor Doctor […]
The Immigration Department has recently been conducting raids on establishments believed to employ persons who are suspected victims of trafficking in persons. Over the weekend, seven women employed in four such different bars in Belize City and Ladyville were detained and on Tuesday, taken to court. While there was no proof the women were actually […]
On Tuesday, a freak storm hit Crique Jute (hoo-te) Village in southern Belize around three-thirty in the afternoon. It was approximately thirty minutes of hail and what residents say were winds of about thirty to forty miles per hour. Huge trees were taken down blocking pathways to houses and destroying several farms in the village, […]
A senior citizen was found dead this morning inside his house in Saint Ann Village on the Maskall Road. Neighbours visited Augustine Smith’s house and found him with his face blasted open, apparently from a bullet of his shot gun. A note was discovered on the scene with a short message. Family and friends believe […]
Twenty-four year old Japheth Bennett has been behind bars since 2009. In 2013, as a minor, he was convicted of the murder of Ellis “Pepper Gacho” Meighan, who was ambushed on Banak Street and Central American Boulevard while riding on a bicycle. The thirty-seven year old was shot once to the back of the head, […]
It has been a rough month since Mayor Bernard Wagner assumed office at City Hall following the March seventh municipals after over a decade of U.D.P. rule. He is still settling into his new post as head of the Belize City Council, but tonight he finds himself in a pickle. Mayor Wagner has come under […]
According to Mayor Wagner, there seem to be forces within his administration that are working against the best interest of the Belize City Council. He questions their tardiness in presenting him with the guidelines for carrying out that form of public assistance due to their political differences. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor “Going forward […]
City Administrator Candice Miller has been suspended from managerial duties until sometime in early May, pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation into questionable debts left behind by the former Belize City Council. Those arrears include a hefty tab owed to a Chinese restaurant situated across the street from City Hall, where Joe Bradley, father […]
So what’s the fate of the social assistance programme, the cause of the annoyance over the past few days? Well, Mayor Wagner says the programme will be done away with in the days ahead, in favor of what will be known as a city fund. That initiative will see the empowerment of self-styled entrepreneurs using […]
Belize has been designated for the third year by the United States as a major transshipment point for the trafficking of drugs to North America. Other countries within Central America and the Caribbean have also been named under that description. But is the recent report issued by the U.S. Department of State credible, since Belize […]
