The groundbreaking decision handed down by the Supreme Court earlier today has been met with mixed reception. Immediately following the ruling, Special Envoy for Women and Children, Kim Simplis Barrow, said “it’s a great day for Belize; it’s a great day for human rights; one step closer to dignity and the respect we all deserve.” […]
The National Evangelical Association of Belize has been vocal in its objection to the challenge ever since it was filed six years ago. This morning, outside of the Supreme Court near Battlefield Park, a handful of churchgoers gathered with their placards to denounce the outcome. NEAB, led by Pastor Lance Lewis, expressed its displeasure with […]
UNIBAM President Simone Hill says that the legal victory, aside from being a significant human rights achievement in Belize, was the result of a collective effort which included input from the UWI Rights Advocacy Project, URAP. Simone Hill, President, UNIBAM “I remember the days when many of the men of the community who identify […]
At around four-thirty this evening Melissa Ferguson was formally arraigned on one single count of Conspiracy to Kidnap two persons – Pastor Llewellyn Lucas and one other. No single step in this ongoing saga has been a simple one and the Court proceeding of Ferguson was no exception. She was actually taken before the Magistrate […]
Bradley maintains that his client, Ferguson, could and would have left the country if she was guilty of the crime for which she has been charged or for the murder which arose out of that kidnapping. Richard “Dickie” Bradley, Attorney for Melissa Ferguson “If I knew for a moment there was the slightest way […]
He maintains that it’s all about optics – pointing out that while Ferguson has been charged for conspiring to kidnap Pastor Lucas and another man, she has not been charged with conspiring to kill Lucas even though Police are saying that kidnapping led to Pastor Lucas being brutally murdered. Richard “Dickie” Bradley, Attorney for […]
Melissa Ferguson remains in the custody of the National Crimes Investigation Branch tonight, as officers await a directive from ACP Joseph Myvett, Head of the NCIB, on whether to charge or release her. The companion of accused murder and kidnapper William Danny Mason handed herself in on Monday and was questioned by investigators for six […]
The gruesome murder of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas and the circumstances surrounding the discovery of his head on Friday, July fifteenth shocked the nation. Police have remained circumspect in their revelations, but have claimed that there is surveillance video which clearly shows the kidnapping of Pastor Lue and two others at Mason’s Intelco Hill home. According […]
According to Ferguson – more specifically according to what Ferguson has told her attorney and allegedly investigators, she didn’t begin to realize that something was happening until her husband showed up that night in the presence of Police. Richard “Dickie” Bradley, Attorney for Melissa Ferguson “Her husband had come in the presence of police […]
William “Danny” Mason has become the proverbial bogeyman hiding in the closets and under the beds of Cabinet Ministers, high-level politicians and high-ranking Police Officers. Even securely behind bars at the Belize Central Prison, the con-man allegedly turned murderer is still somehow pulling strings. An article in the Amandala Newspaper this morning made a slightly […]
News Five also managed to contact Hattieville Commander Rochelle Chan who explained to us that he met Mason only once while conducting an investigation concerning an employee at his ranch at Mile thirty-one. Chan claims that during that conversation the subject of possible donations to the Police came up but it never went beyond that. […]
Four persons were in Court today for the very vicious beating of a young woman in Dangriga on Sunday afternoon. According to reports, and evidence, three women pushed their way into the home of Brimmime Martinez, one of them with a large knife in hand, and proceeded to pound on her in front of her […]
An investigation is ongoing on the overnight murder of a Belizean in Guatemala. News Five has confirmed that Mario Estuardo Cunil, a resident of Arenal on the Belizean side, was killed this morning in Guatemala. Reports are that on Monday night, the twenty-four year old left his home and went socializing at a bar on […]
Before noon today, Melissa Ferguson, the wife of accused murderer William “Danny” Mason, turned herself in to the Belmopan Police. Police had been looking for Ferguson and had issued a wanted bulletin for her arrest in connection with the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas on July fifteenth. The bulletin was issued on July nineteenth, four […]
At news time tonight Melissa Ferguson, also known as Mila Mason, has been at the CIB headquarters in Belmopan since eleven-forty-five this morning when she walked into the Police Station in the company of attorney Richard “Dickie” Bradley. Ferguson has been the subject of what we were told was an intensive manhunt since July twenty-first, […]
While there were no known casualties caused by Hurricane Earl, immediately in its aftermath a plumber from Camalote, Cayo, who had just been released on parole, was found murdered in the City where he had moved following his release from prison. Fifty-one year old Carl Trapp, who is well-known to the law, was viciously stabbed […]
While we have been spared the loss of life by Hurricane Earl, families are still in shelters having suffered substantive damages to their roofs, belongings or their houses. A total of one hundred and sixty-four persons are living in the shelters, most of them in the City. Seventy-eight persons are at the Unity Presbyterian, St. […]
Melissa Ferguson’s attorney has just provided an interview on her statement to the police. We’ll have all that coming up later in the newscast. But thirty-eight persons were killed in Mexico by remnants of Hurricane Earl after it battered Belize. Fortunately, casualties have not been reported in Belize, but initial estimates are that the damages […]
UNICEF is assisting with care packages that are being distributed to families in the shelters. There is also a possibility that the organization will provide financial support to the Belize City Council for the ongoing clean-up campaign. UNICEF Rep Ivan Yerovi says preparedness is key in times of natural disasters. Ivan Yerovi, Representative, UNICEF […]
Sanitation works have been ongoing for the past four days in neighborhoods in Belize City hard hit by Hurricane Earl. Most of the main thoroughfares across the Old Capital have been cleared and traffic is flowing unimpeded. In some areas, however, debris and fallen trees have been stockpiled unto the streets, causing inconvenience to commuters. […]
At new time tonight, here at Channel Five we remain without electricity even while most of Coney Drive has been powered up, which means that we are in the twenty percent countrywide that remain without power from B.E.L. Tonight’s broadcast has been prepared with the use of generators, so we ask our audience to bear […]
According to Mayor Bradley, the area of Southern Foreshore, particularly near the House of Culture, has been recognized as one of several locations in need of urgent rehabilitation. Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “We also have identified the debris surrounding the House of Culture so that we are going in there cutting down as […]
The task of rebuilding is humongous in Belize City. Teams have been deployed to affected areas. This morning, we headed to Phase Three of the sprawling community of Belama where devastation can be seen everywhere. Many suffered damage to their roofs, in many cases, roofs and houses could not withstand the winds of eighty-miles per […]
Iconic Belize City landmark Bird’s Isle, long since a popular venue for sporting activities and entertainment, is tonight no more. The prominent location in the Yarborough community was brought to its knees during Hurricane Earl, before caving in on itself on Thursday morning. Built in the late sixties, Bird’s Isle became the venue of choice […]
With irreparable damage having been done to the original structure, are there any immediate plans to restore Bird’s Isle to its greatness? Isani Cayetano “Now on a long term basis; I know it’s probably still a bit too early to decide what will become of where the basketball court used to be. Are there […]
