The assessment of damages caused to the reef by a Guatemalan vessel running aground last Wednesday has been completed. On Thursday, the preliminary dive was done by members of the Department of the Environment even before the sixty-five foot gunboat was removed. After it was pulled off its inadvertent dry dock by a tugboat sent […]
Up north, a housewife has given police a report of a horrifying experience she lived at the hands of her husband. Maria Pech of Santa Clara Village, Corozal claims that on Monday, she was assaulted by her husband, Joel, in her yard. While it is not known what prompted the domestic dispute, Maria claims it […]
On Wednesday, Guatemalan gunboat GC-651, Tecum Uman, allegedly suffered mechanical difficulties and crashed into the reef just off Middle Caye in the Glover’s Reef system. By Saturday morning, it was pulled off by a Guatemalan tug and was under tow, on the way back to Puerto Barrios. There was serious concern about the presence of […]
That explanation by C.E.O. Wallace will likely do little to quell anti-Guatemalan sentiment, especially after two very hostile encounters recently with Guatemalan military. Just over two months ago, thirty-seven Belizeans were detained in Belizean waters by Guatemalan soldiers and taken against their will to Livingston. To date, there has been no official update on that […]
Maheia is also very vocal on another, more recent issue – as recent as this weekend. Five Belizeans are claiming that they were detained by Guatemalan military in Santa Cruz and then were basically terrorized and threatened before being falsely charged in a Guatemala Court. According to the men, who say they had gone over […]
In political news…The People’s United Party decided over the weekend to contest the bye-election set for July eighth in Dangriga. Last week, the party met and coming out of that meeting, multiple sources revealed that the P.U.P. was considering the unprecedented – sitting out the election. That revelation raised a storm of protest from the […]
Today, Fonseca was on the ground in Dangriga, and we are told that the call has gone out to all Standard-Bearers to rally the troops and report for duty. Passion and determination aside, the P.U.P. is strapped for cash, and Fonseca told us that he intends to make no apologies for focusing on the upcoming […]
And our question for tonight is: Do you support G.O.B.’s release of the Guatemalan gunboat? 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
Across the regional football community much has been said about the illustrious careers of star striker Deon McCauley and goalkeeper Woodrow West. McCauley presently holds a record, along with six others, for the most goals scored at this stage of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers. West’s achievements on the pitch have also not gone unnoticed. […]
Sunday’s momentous victory in front of hundreds of cheering fans at the F.F.B. Field ensures Belize a place in the third round of qualifying matches ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It is the first time in football history that the Jaguars have made it this far, overwhelming the Dominican Republic with a […]
The detention of five Belizeans in Guatemala, and the alleged abuse of those detainees, has resulted in a formal protest being forwarded to Guatemala. It’s an incredible story which started making the rounds on Saturday – five Belizeans who were allegedly hanging out in the Guatemalan village of Santa Cruz, just across the border from […]
Despite the worst fears of the detained men, they were not shot and left in that grassy pasture as they expected. Instead they were taken eight more kilometres where they met up with a mobile unit and were subjected to a preliminary interrogation. Voice of: Ashton McKenzie, Detained in Guatemala “They rubbed us down. […]
McKenzie and his companions were taken back to the Police Station without being allowed to speak on their own behalf. They were first put into a cell with other Guatemalan prisoners, but say that when they witnessed the conditions of the cell they begged to be allowed to stay outside the cell in an open […]
As we told you earlier, a formal note has been sent to Guatemala through diplomatic channels, following the reports made by the men. According to Acting C.E.O. in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Audrey Wallace, they had no inkling of the abuses which are now being alleged. Voice of: Audrey Wallace, Acting C.E.O., Ministry […]
Three persons lost their lives over the weekend in separate incidents in the west and the Old Capital. On Friday night, shots rang out on Partridge Street Extension sometime around eight-thirty p.m. When the echoes of the blasts subsided, twenty-eight-year-old Allison Williams of Rivero Street, Belize City laid dead on the street, next to his […]
Twenty-four hours after the murder of Williams, shots rang out once again in the city. Just after nine p.m., twenty-seven-year-old Jason Sutherland was shot to the left foot as he stood on Central American Boulevard. According to Sutherland, he heard several shots and later realized that he had been shot. He was rushed to the […]
Less than twenty-four hours after the Belize National Football Team won the away game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Thursday, the athletes and coaching staff touched down at the Phillip Goldson International Airport today. Beaming with confidence, the team arrived motivated and determined to defend its goal in Sunday’s matchup against the […]
But with a win in the Dominican Republic, are the Belize Jaguars ready to defend its turf and what are their predictions for the game? Deon McCauley, Striker, Belize Jaguars “The hard work that this team put in and the hard work that I put in, I mean with that alone, I know that […]
Tonight, News Five can confirm that Guatemalan military vessel GC-651 is still high and dry, perched on the reef between Middle Caye and Long Caye in the Glover’s Reef system, thirty-six miles from the Dangriga mainland. The Coast Guard has stated that the passage of the vessel through Belize’s territorial waters is allowed, under the […]
Just like clockwork, the rains came in June, and for residents of Crooked Tree that wasn’t good news. Their causeway was elevated just days before to deal with the inevitable flooding, but after the first few hours of rain it developed serious cracks. Twenty-four hours after, an entire section of the causeway fell away. That […]
And in more news on road safety…today, sixteen young men and women graduated from the Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) Train the Trainers Programme at the George Price Center. YOURS is an international youth-led and youth-oriented, not-for-profit, N.G.O. that is focused on youth and road safety. In partnership with the Government of Belize and the […]
The Ministry of Health has been plagued by ambulance complaints; hospitals either don’t have ambulances or the ones that they do have aren’t working properly. The list of reports about these issues include patients waiting for hours for the ambulance to arrive and they have to use their personal vehicles or that the ambulance malfunctions […]
A trio of Belize City men has been committed to stand trial for murder and attempted murder in the Supreme Court, following a preliminary inquiry earlier today. The first to be heard was the case of Devon Bailey, who is being accused of trying to kill thirty-one-year-old Charles Hines and Eldon Solomon in August 2014. […]
What is a Guatemalan naval gunboat, unauthorized at that, doing in Belizean waters? That was the million dollar question after reports surfaced early this morning. Coming on the heels of an incident in the Sarstoon two weeks ago which spawned much anti-Guatemalan sentiment, conspiracy theories ran rampant. The Guatemalan naval vessel, reportedly navigating international waters en […]
According to C.E.O. Lovell, Mexican officials have confirmed that the Guatemalan coast guard vessel was indeed on its way to the small island town. To allay concerns that may arise out of the incident, Lovell says that despite appearing to be a legitimate voyage, the matter will be dealt with at the highest level between […]
