As we told you, the journey has been a painful one. In 2013 then accused money launderer Michael Coye passed away from a heart attack. He suffered from a diabetic condition in prison and five days after receiving bail he was dead. So while the victory for the family is complete, it is also bittersweet. […]
This morning P.U.P. Leader John Briceño met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow at his office on Coney Drive in Belize City. It was a courtesy visit, but it comes at a time when the debate on the Sarstoon is raging. After the meeting Briceño confirmed that it did come up as a point of discussion. […]
In a release from the P.U.P. issued on Monday, there was a call for the recall for consultations of Ambassador Alexis Rosado who is based in Guatemala. Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington has scoffed at that suggestion, dismissing it as “a most ridiculous call.” Today Briceño clarified that the P.U.P. certainly did not mean cutting all […]
The Belize Coastguard made a bust today up north which ended in the detention of forty-three-year-old Waldo Bernal Pol, a Cuban national. Pol is in police custody tonight, for almost twenty pounds of marijuana found on him near the Belize/Mexico Border. A joint operation involving customs, coastguard and B.D.F. personnel on Tuesday night, near the […]
Orange Walk Police are reporting a drug bust of five kilos of marijuana in town this afternoon. Acting on intelligence Police stopped a Cadillac Escalade and found the stash of compressed marijuana, neatly packaged. The operation is significant because the drugs are believed to be part of a regular movement of from the Mexican side. […]
Woman Police Constable Sheneah Caliz is alive tonight after being shot in the head by a robber caught in the act. Caliz and two other officers were on routine patrol on Albert Street Monday at around seven-thirty P.M. when they interrupted a robbery in progress. It was a brazen attempt to grab a cash bag […]
Jamal Jackson is no stranger to the Police. He was charged for the 2010 stabbing murder of a security guard at the Belize Biltmore Plaza but was acquitted in 2015 after the witness recanted his statement to Police. According to a release issued by the G.S.U. today officers responded to reports of the shooting and […]
Jackson is only one of many persons who have been charged for murder and then acquitted. While the conviction rate in Belize is not a matter of public record, the reality is that it is far more common to see somebody walk free from murder than it is to see a conviction. Assistant Commissioner of […]
A criminal investigation conducted by Dangriga police, following the gruesome discovery of a fetus on Thursday, will likely give rise to charges being levied against a minor, as well as a possible accomplice. The discarded stillborn was retrieved by dogs from an overgrown lot in the Benguche area. Residents say that it was found a […]
The Belize Progressive Party, formed last year just before general elections, continues to maintain that it is a feasible option to the two mass parties which have dominated electoral politics in Belize. The B.P.P.’s mantra since inception has been dual-pronged – a strictly anti-corruption agenda coupled with an almost militaristic nationalism where the Belize/Guatemala dispute […]
And our question for tonight is: Do you think Belize has lost the Sarstoon to Guatemala? Yes or No? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com
The blockage on Saturday by the Guatemalan navy of the B.T.V. expedition continues to cause public outrage because there is a growing sentiment that Belize has lost the Sarstoon. Almost one year to date after a delegation from the Belize Territorial Volunteers was detained in Guatemala overnight; Saturday’s visit organized by Wil Maheia was to […]
The first anniversary of an expedition in 2015 which ended in confrontation between the Guatemalan Navy and the Belize Territorial Volunteers to the Sarstoon Island was commemorated over the weekend. The B.T.V. lead by activist Wil Maheia organized a trip on Saturday to mark the occasion. As it did in the first trip in 2015, […]
The Government sent out a release prior to the Belize Territorial Volunteers’ anniversary expedition to Gracias A Dios. As you know now, the expedition only reached the mouth of the Sarstoon. But that wasn’t the only problem, the turnout was dismal. Other than Wil Maheia, there were only two civilians that went other than the […]
While the Belizean media observed the Guatemalan military to be well within Belizean territory, the Guatemalan press says the reverse. An article in Prensa Libre on Saturday boldly declares that “Guatemalan forces prevented an invasion by Belizeans in Livingston.” The article goes on to say that the navy as well as representatives from the Immigration […]
The People’s United Party weighed into the debate today with a very strongly worded release and position. It made reference to an assertion by Guatemala’s Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales to the Guatemalan media on Saturday that all of the Sarstoon belongs to Guatemala. The P.U.P. stated that it (quote) categorically rejects the specious claim […]
Footage taken on Saturday in the Sarstoon clearly shows Guatemalan military vessels way inside Belizean territorial waters. In fact, some images show one naval craft in the foreground, while the Forward Operating Base being constructed by the BDF is far in the background, making an irrefutable case for encroachment by Guatemalan military. Courtenay says this […]
Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, in the wake of what transpired along the Sarstoon River on Saturday, has indicated that government will be lodging another protest note to Guatemalan officials in the days ahead. Elrington told the media this evening that the blockade by the Guatemalan military was to be expected since a claim over the […]
A recently published article in Prensa Libre of a written account provided by the Guatemalan foreign ministry says that the Belizean delegation was fended off peacefully. According to a translation of that article, Guatemala remains firm that the territorial dispute will be settled at the I.C.J. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs “The English […]
A fetus believed to be between six and seven months, was pulled out from an overgrown lot in the Benguche area of Dangriga on Thursday afternoon. The unborn was reportedly discarded in a piece of cloth that had been set on fire. A resident spotted a dog with the fetus and immediately called the police. […]
Maya Island Air Cessna Flight two, twenty-two with seven passengers on board was forced to abort its flight and make an emergency landing at the Municipal Airstrip just a couple minutes after it took off en route to San Pedro on Thursday evening. We’ve been following the reports since Thursday night, but were only able […]
A group of four fishermen, returning from camp near Colson Caye this morning, is lucky to have returned to safe harbor earlier today after drifting outside of the barrier reef. The men were heading home ahead of this weekend’s cold front when their vessel began experiencing mechanical difficulties. Despite signaling for help from a passing […]
The long neglected, long abandoned premier arena for football in Belize City is getting a new lease on life. Thanks to successive sports councils which seem to have been in a state of hibernation, the M.C.C. Grounds has fallen into serious disrepair. In stories past we’ve shown you the disservice done to the pitch by […]
A cab driver from Dangriga remains hospitalized at the KHMH tonight after being shot and left for dead along the Southern Highway on Thursday. Darrel Lory, a well-known taxi man, was attacked by an unnamed assailant as he drove his vehicle along the stretch of road. It is unclear what precipitated the near fatal incident […]
The vocal tour operator, Yhony Rosado, is having his own share of woes. He was on television recently making a public complain that he was being harassed over a new business venture. Well today, he was taken to court by the Social Security Department for his business, Econo Tire. The police picked him up on […]
