As we said, Steven Hyde, the cousin of Russell Hyde, is the third victim in a recent string of murders that started with the fatal shooting of thirty-three year old, mother of three Roselia Galvez. Galvez was travelling in a Toyota truck on May seventeenth when she was shot to the head. She was sitting […]
Representatives of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize met in extended session this afternoon with Prime Minister Dean Barrow to discuss proposed amendments to the Petrocaribe Loans Act. The atmosphere, according to President Marvin Mora, was conducive to a meaningful discussion on suggested changes that will be brought before the House of Representatives on […]
Among the key questions coming out of this afternoon’s meeting is the scope of the Petrocaribe Loans Act which, according to Mora, also prevents a successive government from abusing or misusing the funds. Despite the prime minister’s willingness to listen to the unions, there is a specific timeline to be followed. The amendments will be […]
When the prime minister requested an audience with the N.T.U.C.B. on the issue of the controversial Petrocaribe Loans Act, the invitation was rather specific: all were welcomed to attend except firebrand union rep Audrey Matura-Shepherd. That offer came on the heels of Matura’s frankness on Senator Ray Davis’ abstention from voting on the passage of […]
In a most unusual case involving an attorney, Audrey Matura-Shepherd is being cited for contempt of court which is considered a serious offense that can result in imprisonment for any anyone found guilty of the charge. The matter came up this morning and was adjourned for early July. Matura-Shepherd did not offer comments after the […]
News Five was the only media house in Guatemala City where an amendment was formalized to the 2008 Special Agreement this past Monday. It is all part of a process which could land the territorial dispute before the International Court of Justice. Belize’s Foreign Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington signed on the dotted line for Belize […]
There is a lot of crime news, but tonight we start our newscast with a historic event that occurred in Guatemala City on Monday. A Belizean delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington, was there to join the Guatemalan Foreign Minister, Carlos Raul Morales, in signing an amendment to the original special […]
According to the original Special Agreement, a simultaneous referenda was scheduled for October 2013, but Guatemala decided it was not proceeding with it and for years, it did not support taking the territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice. But all that has now changed and Guatemala is now aggressively pursuing that route. We […]
Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales told the media that for both countries to move forward, the bilateral agenda between the two must be separate from the territorial dispute. This strategy resulted in the signing of a number of agreements at the SICA summit last December in Placencia. Nine of these have now gone through the […]
A gruesome killing in the Valley of Peace Road, Cayo has left a family devastated and shaken up. They can’t say why Edilberto Madrid was gruesomely murdered in a neighborhood where he was well-known. The Roaring Creek resident and tattoo artist has been charged for Attempted Murder, Kept Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition, among other charges, […]
While that murder was in Valley of Peace, on Friday evening, as the extended holiday weekend was just getting underway, gun violence erupted once more on the south side of the City. A gunman opened fire on two men who were hanging out in a yard. One died as he underwent surgery, while the other […]
Also on the crime blotter, twenty-four-year-old Shawn Pascasio was stabbed multiple times on Sunday morning during an altercation outside of Elements Nightclub on Newtown Barracks. Pascasio was reportedly standing on the sidewalk in the company of several others when a fight broke out. During the fracas a knife was produced and the Muhammad Ali Street […]
The wanton bloodlust over the holiday weekend culminated on Monday night with a violent attack on a pair of Belize City men who were seated in front of their home near the Wilton Cumberbatch Field. After seven p.m., Mark Gentle and Calvin Cumberbatch were assailed by a pair of gunmen who fired multiple shots at […]
Since he went missing on April thirtieth, the family of Densfield Bowen, feared the worst. Tonight, as they grieve, they are preparing to lay him to rest and close a sad chapter of their lives. Bowen, a stevedore and an alleged gang affiliate, was found dead on Thursday afternoon near Mile eight on the George […]
A Belize City resident was shot on Thursday night in Belize City. Thirty two year old Luis Dominguez was riding his bike on JR Street shortly before eight last night when a man came out of a yard and fired several shots at him. Dominguez, we understand, was hit twice, once to the neck area […]
There is a very ugly situation brewing in the village of Santa Marta in the Orange Walk District, and it involves squatting. Thirteen farmers cleared and cultivated five hundred and twenty acres of land decades ago. They have been working the land since then, primarily to grow cane. But the land is privately owned, part […]
What’s the connection between Minister of State Edmond Castro and Santa Marta in the Orange Walk District? Well, you would think none, but you would be wrong. Earlier this week Castro was battered by the media who were asking him if he was squatting on privately owned land in Santa Marta. Government, as well as […]
Caleb Orozco. He has become the face of the LGBT Community and he has been in news for years challenging section 53 of the Belize Constitution. Well, this is not about that challenge. But, maybe it is that challenge that landed him in the prestigious New York Times. Today an article of almost five thousand […]
Just before five o’clock today a decomposing body was found near at mile eight on the George Price Highway. Our crew is still on the scene but we can say that a family’s worst fear has been confirmed as the body believed to be that of Denfield ‘LL’ Bowen was discovered on a feeder road […]
At the top of the newscast, we reported that the body of Denfield Bowen had been found at mile 8 on the George Price Highway. Our crew is just back and we have an interview with his common-law wife about the discovery of Bowen’s body. Claudine Dawson, Common-law Wife of Denfield Bowen “When we […]
While police determine the identity of the murder victim found at mile eight a while ago, on Wednesday night a twenty-six year old Belize City resident was shot in a yard close to his house in the south side of the Old Capital. A lone gunman walked up to the yard, opened the gates and […]
Minister of State Edmund Castro has been having a warm time of it lately. He finished off last week in court, where the judge and the public had to listen to hours of very compelling and unpleasant testimony – first about distinctly low points in his political career, and then about his alleged involvement in […]
There is turmoil in Guatemala tonight where they have been mass firings of government ministers by the embattled President, Otto Perez Molina who is under pressure to resign. Still yet, a government delegation is planning to travel to Guatemala City this weekend where an amendment to the Special Agreement will be ratified before outgoing OAS […]
According to Shoman, the PUP cannot endorse government’s position to amend the Special Agreement since there has not been any input by the opposition or public consultation on the matter. Lisa Shoman “At that time, as far as the Leader of the Opposition was confirmed this was not yet answered in the affirmative. In […]
During the prime minister’s press briefing last Thursday, he told the media that Belize would have an advantage were Guatemala to proceed with individual referendum in November. Our vote, he said, would hinge on the outcome of Guatemala’s decision. That position, is seemingly not a shared one, since Shoman says that it’s a departure from […]
