Today at one p.m., a postmortem was performed on the charred bodies of Shadisha Arnold, Ana Carlos and Elizabeth McKoy. According to the families, only Arnold’s mother was informed of the date and time for the autopsy and the others were only told late this morning. But Belize Progressive Party representatives, Jose Espat and Elizabeth […]
And tonight’s question is: Do you believe there’s negligence which led to the death of three girls in a fire at the Princess Royal Youth Hostel? 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 […]
Legal redress in the wake of Saturday’s deadly fire at the female section of the Princess Royal Youth Hostel is an option that most likely will be explored by the grieving families of the trio of teenagers who perished in the mid-afternoon blaze. There are two investigations taking place, including one by the police to […]
Collectively, attorneys offering counsel to the fire victims’ families have come up with a figure for compensation in the absence of a formula such as the one used to calculate the potential earnings of an adult. According to Saldivar, the existing laws of Belize do not provide for compensation in the death of persons under […]
Three female minors, one-fourteen and two-sixteen years old lost their lives tragically in a fire at the Youth Hostel on Saturday at Mile twenty-one on the George Price Highway. Tonight, there are still more questions than answers in the heartbreaking death of the girls. They had been locked inside a room as a form of […]
The news of the tragedy spread like wildfire across social media as families and friends of Arnold, Carlos and McKoy expressed outrage at the senseless loss of life. Residents are placed in the care of these facilities for rehabilitation purposes and it is not expected that they would be mistreated, much less die. The tragedy […]
As we said, there are many unanswered questions, but a criminal as well as an independent investigation are currently underway to determine if there is negligence in the death of the three minors. Executive Director of the National Committee for Families and Children, Margaret Nicholas, who is also former Director of the Family Court and […]
The terrible, senseless deaths of three young girls entrusted to the care of the state are tragedy enough. No matter what any investigation indicates, or reveals, the primary victims are gone. But there is another tragedy, and other victims. As the fire burned on Saturday at the Youth Hostel, the frustrated, angry and grief-stricken screams […]
News Five has extensive coverage tonight of the very under the radar visit of Guatemalan President Elect Jimmy Morales. Morales is on a whirlwind round of country visits prior to his official inauguration, but there was no official announcement of his trip to Belize and media reports in Guatemala said that he wasn’t coming to […]
Against that backdrop of little protest and big guns, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Guatemalan President-Elect Jimmy Morales met for about thirty minutes, for discussions and the usual photo op. The media stationed outside got to see Morales for about three seconds total, between arrival and departure, and the Prime Minister departed without an interview. […]
COLA President Geovanni Brackett, one of five persons who protested on Coney Drive, was released at around midday from the Queen Street Police Station, without being charged. He told News Five that he feels that he was targeted by the GSU, but that is just the price that any activist must be prepared to pay. […]
Another Belize City man was gunned down on Thursday. This time the targeted assassination took place in Ladyville, in an area known as Japan. Kevin Peters, alias Breast, was an infamous figure in the Taylor’s Alley neighborhood. He met his bloody end in a hail of gunfire while celebrating Thanksgiving with his family. Police have […]
But will there be retaliation for the coldblooded murder of Peters? Regional Rural Commander Senior Superintendent Edward Broaster told the media today that there have been several threats made against members of the Taylor’s Alley Gang, with whom Peters was known to have associated himself. So, will there be reprisals for his murder? Commander for […]
There was also another murder on Thursday in Belize City in which a well-known businessman was killed at his establishment on Vernon Street. As we reported, two gunmen on bicycle shot and killed Ruben Perez during a robbery at his construction supplies business just after three p.m. on Thursday. Perez was shot once to the […]
This morning stakeholders in the sugar industry met at SICB headquarters in Orange Walk. For the first time in three years, the crop season is set to start when it should, but there are critical issues which need to be resolved including the first payment for sugar. That and other matters were on the table […]
There has also had to be some tweaking where deliveries to the factory are concerned. A most recent survey estimates that farmers have one point seven million tons of cane in the fields to deliver. BSI, best case scenario, can mill about one point three million. That means if all goes exceptionally well, about four […]
It went mostly under the radar until very recently, but the shrimp industry has taken a major hit and it hasn’t recovered. We’re talking all shrimp farms in the country but one completely closed down…six hundred employees laid off and production down to almost zero, a loss of about thirty million dollars so far. Today […]
And from agriculture to straight politics…Minister of Agriculture Gaspar Vega and Minister of Natural Resources Godwin Hulse have been at loggerheads since elections, over office space. Vega is a senior Minister, a major player in the UDP and he wasn’t letting go of his office at the Natural Resources building, which also houses agriculture. Hulse […]
Belize City Businessman and owner of Perez Construction, Ruben Perez was murdered in cold blood sometime after three this afternoon. Perez was killed at his Sand and Cement Distribution Company located near the junction of Vernon Street and the George Price Highway. Two men on bicycles reportedly rode into the business and opened fire […]
Following the news of the amazing catch and release of prize fish and fugitive millionaire David Nanes, Belize certainly got a black eye on the international scene. And tonight there is another, after the US issued sanctions on a company registered in Belize and believed to be doing business with the Islamic State of Iraq […]
Three men who have been on remand for murder just over a year were today told that they could leave the courtroom free men. Daniel Caine, Bart Lucas and Oscar Flores were accused of the October 2014 murder of Harrison Smith, but one year after, Police were unable to present the court with any evidence […]
A trio of men is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being busted with an unlicensed firearm, as well as a stash of marijuana. Twenty-year-old Shakedi Baizar, proprietor of a bike shop in the West Lake area of the Mile Eight Community, along with two relatives were nabbed on Wednesday when personnel […]
The latest unemployment figures released by the Statistical Institute of Belize indicate that there are presently more men who are unemployed than there are women without jobs. Over the past twelve months, a total of five thousand new jobs have been created; approximately four thousand of them are filled by men. Dr. Leopold Perriott, […]
The tourism industry which is among the top revenue generators for the country has also experienced a slight decline in the number of cruise passengers disembarking in Belize City. That ten percent decrease is the equivalent of seventeen thousand persons. Jefte Ochaeta, Statistician, SIB “Hotels and restaurants decreased by two percent. There was a […]
Dance X Belize 2015 started on Monday of this week with master classes being held with local dance groups throughout the country. following a Forum and Barefoot Belize production on Wednesday night at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, today there was a lecture and mini performance for primary and high school children. Duane […]
