The harrowing experience of fighting for dear life in a desperate attempt to ward off a knife-wielding intruder is a memory that will forever remain etched in the consciousness of fifty-one year old Betty Westby and her family. On Wednesday night, someone she knew forcibly entered her Crooked Tree home and attempted to kill her […]
Charlys Nunez, who also goes by the name Ninja, is known for his dancing skills having competed in many of Channel Five’s entertainment shows such as Duets, Superstar and Masters of the Floor. Today, Nunez came to our studio on Coney Drive claiming he was wrongfully detained at the Raccoon Street Police Station for forty-eight […]
On Wednesday at his press conference, Prime Minister Dean Barrow boasted at length about the infrastructure projects being carried out across the country. He spoke about works in all districts, and made special mention of two projects in Orange Walk. One is the paving of the Phillip Goldson Highway running through the town itself. We […]
An Orange Walk couple who owns a bakery in Ladyville were today in the Belize Magistrate’s Court where they were read a single charge of handling stolen goods. Fifty-four year old Ernesto Cruz and fifty-two year old Anna Christina Cruz were charged in relation to an I-pad belonging to attorney and politician Arthur Saldivar. […]
There was a frightening home invasion in the village of Crooked Tree, Belize District at the house of the resident pastor while he was at a prayer meeting in Ladyville. His wife was at home with her elderly mother and her teenage son when her nightmare unfolded. At around seven o’clock, Pastor Maurice Westby got […]
This morning, Denny Grijalva was in court, but it had nothing to do with Noh Mul, that well known and previously pristine Mayan monument which was destroyed by Grijalva’s company. In fact, this time the U.D.P. standard bearer for Orange Walk Central is the claimant, since Grijalva’s company is suing the Orange Walk Town Council […]
Belize City Mayor, Darrell Bradley, says the council’s debts to sanitation companies are perennial, but while he seems content with that explanation, the fact is that the Council is getting services and cannot pay for them. News Five is informed that where Belize Maintenance Limited is concerned, the Council owes close to eighteen weeks, more […]
But while the Mayor is focused on the bottom line, the fact is that the lives of more than one hundred employees will be drastically impacted when BML’s contract is discontinued. Employees of BML are already crying foul, claiming that the Mayor intends to do away with their daily bread. Well, with no apologies…he is […]
A DHL courier was badly injured in a late afternoon accident today right here on Coney Drive. It happened at around four thirty, when the courier was heading back to his office near Young’s Automotive on Coney Drive. The cyclist collided into a pickup which turned onto the busy thoroughfare. An eyewitness told us that […]
Three organizations were awarded grant funding for initiatives across the Belize District including small ruminants, home gardening and nature appreciation. The grants were presented by officials of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture and the Ministry of Rural Development. In the case of the National Kriol Council, the funding will be used for gardening […]
At his marathon press session on Wednesday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow updated the media on infrastructure works across the country. Those works have been lauded at every turn by the PM, but there’s one long-delayed and bedevilling project which definitely evokes no joy in the PM or in residents and commuters. We’re talking about the […]
The Prime Minister hosted a marathon press briefing today on the heels of a one hour televised interview on Sunday with banker Steve Duncan. PM Dean Barrow spoke on a long list of issues, but we start with his response to a question on Doctor Errol Elrington. Now, Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington may be the Minister […]
And while Doctor Errol Elrington’s fugitive status isn’t the government’s concern, the controversies surrounding nephew of the Deputy Prime Minister, Imer Hernandez, aren’t either. Hernandez is a contractor of choice, awarded millions of dollars for contracts across the country including the Belmopan market and the Orange Walk road and drainage project. Hernandez, the nephew of […]
At his lengthy press conference the Prime Minister was also asked, as he routinely is, about the state of the economy. There have been unprecedented injections of mostly Petrocaribe sourced cash into the country’s infrastructure – roads and buildings across the country. But despite massive spending on infrastructure, the economy continues to record negligible growth, […]
But while Barrow isn’t paying any attention to the IMF, he’s paying plenty to the hotbed of corruption in his own front yard. So much so that Cabinet has approved a proposal for big changes submitted by C.E.O. Sharon Ramclam and Commissioner of Lands Wilbert Vallejos. Those two senior officers have tag-teamed to come up […]
As you heard, accountability will be one of the key premises of the new systems being put in place – making all officers accountable for their actions. A critical component of the cleanup will be cracking down on lands officers who have used their status, connections and knowledge to raid government coffers in every way. […]
On Monday, News Five reported on the appointment of Foreign Affairs C.E.O. Alexis Rosado as new Ambassador to Guatemala. He will be taking over from the late Alfredo Martinez. It’s an important posting, more so because of the critical and ongoing discussions between both countries where the territorial dispute is concerned. As we said, the […]
There is yet another murder to add to the long list of homicides in the month of July. A shooting incident back on July tenth has turned into a murder. Godfrey Jones was shot on Lizarraga Avenue as he socialized with friends. He was rushed to the K.H.M.H. where he remained in stable condition until […]
There has been no end to the senseless violence which continues to plague Belize City despite attempts by the Police Department to maintain law and order. Following the wake of a bloody weekend in which three women were shot and one man gunned down, there is another murder to report. It happened late Monday night […]
Late this evening, Officer Commanding Precinct Three told News Five that Police have been conducting an intense investigation since Monday night, and are following a number of leads which could assist in the identification of Whylie’s killer. Suzette Anderson, Officer Commanding Precinct Three “As a result of that the CIB personnel attached to Precinct […]
Honduran national Carlos Mayorga, a tacos vendor, was brutally killed at his house on Mopan Street. Three female assistants were also targeted in the gun violence that occurred early on Saturday morning. Today one of the victims, Alida Asencio, succumbed at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Asencio was hit to the chest and abdomen…she lost […]
Today, attorney Hubert Elrington confirmed what we reported on Monday night that his brother, Errol Elrington, is in Belize and has been here since he fled the US after being interviewed by federal and state agents. An arrest warrant was issued for him in October, 2013, so he is legitimately a fugitive from justice? Errol […]
What was attorney Arthur Saldivar’s missing Ipad doing in the home of the Deputy Prime Minister’s brother in Orange Walk? That’s the million dollar question right now for Saldivar. He lost his Ipad at a bakery in Ladyville, and when he tracked it using a built-in feature, it had somehow made its way to a […]
According to the tracking feature, the Ipad was taken to this home in Orange Walk. We didn’t know it at the time of the interview this morning, but we’ve learned that the house belongs to German Vega, who is the brother of the Deputy Prime Minister. Saldivar isn’t taking the matter lightly, even before he […]
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