So here are the facts – a Guatemalan vessel is in Belizean waters, but preliminary investigations are that it is not a voluntary presence. Mike Rudon was on the site today and has the story. Mike Rudon, Reporting Here’s something we’ve never seen before and may never see again – a sixty-five foot Guatemalan […]
The Belize Jaguars did us proud today as they edged out the Dominican Republic’s national football team in a match aired exclusively on this station. Super striker Deon McCauley continues to solidify his legend by adding two more international goals to his growing number of athletic achievements. But, football is a team sport and our […]
As we told you on Wednesday night, Dangriga Police recovered the shotgun used and detained suspects in the latest homicide of that municipality. Well, we can confirm that two men have been charged with the murder of fifty-one-year-old Ralston Patnett. The men, thirty year old Brandon Mason Kerr and thirty-two-year old Lindsburgh Oxford Williams were […]
Two policemen, Constables Hallet King and Leonard Nunez, were charged with the murder of eighteen-year-old Hilberto Sotz on Wednesday. And as we told you on Wednesday night, three others have been put on interdiction; they are Corporal Kirby Palma, Edilberto Patt and Bernadette Ramos, who are all facing thirteen disciplinary charges, including acting uncivil while […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow had been trying to fight it off, meeting with multiple parties in Miami and Belize over the past few weeks. But the case of developer of the Stake Bank cruise port project Michael Feinstein, former business partners Fort Street Tourism Village, and the Government of Belize was back before Justice Courtney […]
The autopsy on the body of Hilberto Sotz was finally released this morning and the second form student of Baptist High School did not die of natural causes as police had originally indicated he died after complaining of chest pains. By this afternoon, Caye Caulker Police Officers, forty-three year old Leonard Nunez and thirty-two year […]
Up to news time, there has been no statement from the police department on the crisis they have on their hands. But we can confirm that aside from the two officers that have been charged today, three others are on interdiction until the determination of a tribunal. Corporal Kirby Palma, Eriberto Patt and Bernardette Ramos […]
Just minutes before seven tonight, the ministry of national security just finally sent out a release on the death of Hilberto Sotz. It states that “the Hon. John Saldivar, Minister of National Security, condemns the alleged use of unwarranted personal violence by PC Leonard Nunez and PC Hallet King and the apparent neglect of duty […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow has refused to speak on the very significant confrontation between Guatemalan and Belizean armed forces on Sarstoon Island. It happened two weeks ago and there has been no official statement from the Government. What has been confirmed, though unofficially, is that the Coast Guard was on a ten day mission, and […]
We also finally got an opportunity – finally – to ask Hulse about his former C.E.O. in the Ministry of Immigration, Candelaria Saldivar. Three weeks ago Saldivar, quite abruptly, was placed on administrative leave. And nobody would tell us why. Hulse did not respond to our calls and texts and even whatsapp queries. Today he […]
On Monday night, we told you about the brutal murder of fifty one year old Ralston Patnett. The former veteran fireman was killed around midnight on Sunday on the Jetty Road in Dangriga Town. Police were called out to the scene near the Commerce Bight Port, where a car, described as a red Camry, was […]
This Thursday, the Belize Jaguars will play the Dominican Republic team in their own turf at the Estadio Olympico Felix Sanchez in Santo Domingo. The national football team departed on Tuesday and spent today practicing. We are pleased to report tonight that Great Belize Productions/ Channel Five is acquiring the exclusive media rights to the […]
All hell broke loose on Caye Caulker on Monday night after word spread across the island that a young man had died while in police custody. Protesters took the streets and the Gang Suppression Unit was later called into the island to bring control. Eighteen-year-old Hilberto Sotz was detained before noon on Monday and hours […]
The grand old party, that once supremely powerful political entity, is on the verge of a decision to not contest the Dangriga bye-election set for July eighth, following the resignation of Ivan Ramos as area representative. Now that would be a first in Belize for any of the mass parties and today, the topic was […]
Personnel from the Gang Suppression Unit have been deployed to Caye Caulker where they have remained stationed since Monday night. The GSU was summoned to the island during a heightened state of unrest among residents who took to the streets in protest following Sotz death. Amid the chaos, an angry mob proceeded to target the […]
While dozens of officers have descended on the otherwise quiet village of Caye Caulker, among their ranks is Assistant Commissioner of Police Noel Leal. He is heading an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Hilberto Sotz. He is also tasked with carefully examining the role the arresting officers may have played in […]
So it is very likely that the P.U.P. will bow out of the bye-election set for one month from today. That means the party would give up, voluntarily, another seat, which it won in the 2012 general elections. It would also send the message that the P.U.P. is as weak as the incumbent U.D.P. consistently […]
Today, one of Ramos’ closer colleagues, Toledo West Area Representative Oscar Requeña, reiterated the Party’s position that in the end the choice to step down was made by Ramos. And while he didn’t go as far as to entertain the talk of a payoff for a resignation, Requeña openly suggests that Ramos wasn’t getting the […]
And our question for tonight is: Should the P.U.P. contest the upcoming Dangriga bye-elections? 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
There is breaking news. A Cayo resident has died at the police station in Caye Caulker. Police are not talking about this incident, but Gilbert Zotz died in custody so there are many questions to answer. A team of police investigators from San Pedro are on their way to Caye Caulker to investigate the incident. […]
A student from the Bernice Yorke Institute of Learning has topped the 2015 Primary School Examinations. Back in 2013, the institution yielded the top performer and in 2014, the second highest grade and now in 2015, Bernice Yorke did it again. Gabriel Hope, a thirteen year old student from Belize City topped this year with […]
There is a lot of political news tonight and we can confirm that a bye election will take place in July for the Dangriga Constituency following the resignation of area representative Ivan Ramos. We are coming to all that but we start with a story about the Petrocaribe funds; an issue that has been in […]
A late evening press release from the government has confirmed that a bi-election for the Dangriga Constituency will be held exactly one month from today, on Wednesday, July eighth. So how could this happen…two People’s United Party candidates resigning from the House…two bi-elections in just a few months? The stepping down of Dangriga Area Representative […]
In mid-May the P.U.P. announced via conference that Ivan Ramos would not be running again, and would make way for Anthony Sabal. At that conference Ramos seemed openly bitter, suggesting that his leaving was other than voluntary. So did he decide to leave or was he pushed out of the P.U.P.? According to P.U.P. Leader, […]
While Ivan Ramos was making his announcement in Dangriga, Prime Minister Dean Barrow was making it on the podium at Darrell Bradley’s endorsement convention in Belize City. That fact hasn’t escaped the PUP’s attention, and has helped to fuel their conviction that Ramos was bribed to step down. Ramos’ financial woes made centre stage when […]
