There have been two notable incidents in very recent months – first the capture of thirty-seven Belizeans in Belizean territorial waters by Guatemalan military, and then the altercation between Guatemalan soldiers and Belize’s Coast Guard. In the first, the Belizeans were taken against their will to Livingston, Guatemala, while in the second Coast Guard personnel […]
So the fate of the Forward Operating Base now lies in the hands of the O.A.S., and the territorial integrity of Belize will lie in the hands of the ICJ, if and when the dispute goes before that tribunal. For now, everything seems to be on hold, and Elrington says that is how it will […]
In June, a Guatemalan gunboat GC-651, the Tecum Uman, crashed into the reef near Middle and Long Cays, causing damage estimated at around forty-eight thousand dollars. With all dispatch, the vessel was pulled off its perch and allowed to return to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, with a bill to follow. Well, that bill has been sent, […]
Turning to crime; the discovery of a badly decomposed body on Wednesday morning in a shallow grave several miles outside the Mennonite community of Springfield, has resulted in the detention of at least two persons. Sometime around five a.m., a taskforce comprised of various units of the police department was deployed into an area off […]
A constant trickle of illegal Cuban immigrants into Belize, presumably with aid from a local human trafficking ring, has resulted in yet another bust in the Cayo District, this time near Roaring Creek. A predawn spot check conducted by Belmopan police has led to the arrest of eleven individuals, including their handlers, during separate operations. […]
Is infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman headed to Belize? While that is the speculation on various Mexican news outlets, there is no indication at the moment that the boss of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, who broke out of a maximum security prison in Altiplano on Saturday, is indeed traveling this way. Local […]
Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, or Shorty, as he is otherwise known, was first arrested in 1993, broke free in 2001 by reportedly taking cover inside a laundry cart and remained on the lam until 2014 when he was caught inside a Mexican beach resort. At the time of his arrest, Guzman was worth an estimated […]
But there is another story of national importance. Emotions were running high in Belize following an armed standoff between the Guatemalan military and the Belize National Coast Guard, on the Sarstoon River back in May when the Guatemalans confronted the Coast Guard. Today there is information that Guatemala is attempting to block the construction of […]
Today, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Eric Eusey, told News Five that his department has no knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the arrests of two Americans and a Panamanian in the US for money laundering last week. The men – James Shipman, Kenneth Landgaard and Michael Dodd, were arrested in a sting operation after […]
On Saturday night, twenty-eight year old Hope Creek resident Leopold Myvette was gunned down by Police officers who fired at least eight shots at him. Their story is that when they approached a group of men in front of Fuentes Bar in the community, Myvette pulled out what appeared to be a firearm and pointed […]
The post-mortem examination, witnessed only by the Police, concluded at around four this afternoon. The family still has gotten no answers, however, and say they are prepared to do whatever it takes to get justice – justice for their family member who they say was gunned down like an animal by Policemen who had no […]
About an hour after he was shot, a thirty-nine year old Belmopan resident succumbed at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he was rushed to for urgent medical treatment. As we reported on Tuesday night, the shooting took place at the Gonzalo Quinto compound in Belize City. A security guard claims he fired at Louis […]
In breaking news tonight, there has been a shooting in the compound of the Gonzalo Quinto warehouse near the Napa roundabout in Belize City. From what we have just learnt, the shooting took place a short while ago and police are currently processing the scene. We can also say that the victim has been rushed […]
Tonight, there is major news coming out of the People’s United Party camp in the wake of last Wednesday’s Dangriga bye-election. News Five was able to confirm today that Godfrey Smith is no longer the National Campaign Manager of the Party, effective immediately. Sources say that Smith had been contemplating leaving the post after the […]
Police have a number of murders to solve, but there is a new case that is baffling authorities in the north. The body of thirty-five year old Vicky Hareshlal Gyanchandani is tonight in the morgue at the Northern Regional Hospital awaiting a post-mortem examination. Police are anxiously awaiting those results to determine if indeed the […]
On Monday, the bloody footage of a man who had been viciously chopped to the face and body made its short-lived rounds on the social media. It was taken off shortly after because of its graphic nature. That footage shows twenty-seven year old Irvin Cantun bleeding profusely with multiple chop wounds to the mouth, head, […]
The island of Caye Caulker has resumed a sense of normalcy in the wake of last month’s public uproar caused by the murder of eighteen-year-old Hilberto Sotz while in police custody on June eight, 2015. Today, his parents are proceeding with legal action against the Belize Police Department. Police constables Leonard Nunez and Hallet King, […]
And our question for tonight: Do you think the police used excessive force in the recent shooting death of Hope Creek resident, Leopold Myvette? 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.
Two Biscayne families are without their house after it was burnt to the ground shortly after two on Saturday morning. Emmerson Michael, his common-law-wife and their seven children lived upstairs, while his sister and her two children lived downstairs of the house at mile twenty-four and a quarter on the Phillip Goldson Highway. While Emmerson […]
The tenth annual national “Du Di Rait Ting” Award Ceremony of the Police Department was held today at the Old Belize Pavilion in Belize City. It’s an initiative that started back in 2005 to encourage youths to lead productive lives and keep out of harm’s way. Hundreds of students from across the country have been […]
A man was shot and killed by police officers in Hope Creek over the weekend. There a questions surrounding his death. Police say that the man pointed a gun at them and they responded with bullets- to the shoulder, abdomen and thigh – which fatally wounded the construction worker. But just how much forced was […]
The relentless spate of gun violence in the Old Capital continued this weekend, leaving one person dead and another clinging to life in separate armed assaults. On Friday night, an eighteen-year-old youth was mercilessly shot and killed on Central American Boulevard. Despite the presence of police in the area, the gunman pulled off a daring […]
A Belize City minor is currently in custody for the murder of star reporter, Kareem Clarke. The minor was detained over the weekend by cops on patrol and the police strongly believe that the teenager is responsible for the cold-blooded killing of Clarke. The slain journalist was laid to rest on Saturday, almost a week […]
But the minor, who has since been detained in connection with the murder of Kareem Clarke, is also the main suspect in a shooting that occurred on Friday night in the Old Capital. Around ten-thirty p.m., Glenn Murillo was in front of a Chinese store on Vernon Street with two friends when a gunman walked […]
For quite some time now, the Ghost Town Gang has been splintered and rival factions have been waging war against each other in an internal squabble that has seen significant carnage since the beginning of the year. The blood feud on Mayflower Street has the Belize Police Department working overtime to find a suitable solution […]
