Controversy surrounding the issuance of a piece of prime land in the Belama area persists, despite an injunction from the Supreme Court on Monday to halt construction on the property. Earlier today, the Ministry of Natural Resources, via the Lands Department, issued a release on the forfeiture of a lease granted to Bernadette Pickwoad for […]
Eight days after being reported missing, the body of Canadian national Brian Townsend has been formally identified by Belizean authorities. Townsend is believed to have been attacked on his compound in Valley of Peace on Christmas Eve. An intensive search was launched in that community and surrounding areas, but there was no sign of the […]
News Five has been following the investigation into a rape which occurred in the early hours of Boxing Day. A teenager alleges that she was held down by two persons who had accompanied her to the Princess Casino, while a third person raped her. In her statement to police, two persons were named by the […]
A Belize City youth has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison for robbing a man at gunpoint. Twenty-two-year-old Keron Pinto appeared before Magistrate Dale Cayetano this morning, where he was read a single charge of robbery. He pleaded not guilty to the offense, but due to the nature of the offense, bail was denied […]
A woman, who is accused of burglarizing the home of Farima Gordon, claims that it was a state of paranoia that caused her to enter the Faber’s Road home and steal nothing…that’s right nothing. Thirty-three-year-old Jennifer Tillett, a student of a Jane Usher Boulevard address, appeared before Magistrate Dale Cayetano, where she was read a […]
The People’s United Party has received some less than welcome news to bring in the New Year. The petition to recall former Minister of State Elvin Penner has been rejected out of hand by the Elections and Boundaries Office. Two thousand and two signatures from voters in the Cayo Northeast Constituency were handed in to […]
Our last newscast of 2013 brings no good news to family and friends of Canadian national Brian Townsend, missing and believed murdered on Christmas Eve. Reports early this afternoon suggested that his body had been found, but tonight Benque Viejo Police investigators are unable to confirm if that body, found by Guatemalan authorities four days […]
In the early hours of the morning of Boxing Day, a teenager was raped in San Ignacio minutes after she exited the Princess Casino in that western town. The young girl was allegedly pulled into a car by three men; she was held down by two while the third raped her. Details were sketchy and […]
For the first time in history, the year will end without the start of a sugar cane crop season. In fact, at this point there is still much uncertainty and tension between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and Belize Sugar Industry and American Sugar Refinery. On B.S.I.’s part, there is the reluctance to sign […]
Now, eight days ago, the Belize Sugar Industries and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association came to the negotiating table for the first time since late September. As the fiery release from the BSCFA indicates that much was discussed, but little was resolved with any clarity. Just after that meeting, B.S.I.’s Financial Controller, Belizario Carballo, […]
While BSCFA and B.S.I./ASR battle semantics, legalese and bagasse, the rains continue to pour down over the north of the country. Generally rain is a blessing where agriculture is concerned, but in this case, the old adage – too much of a good thing – is holding true. Unprecedented rains which show no signs of […]
Late this evening, News Five received a copy of a letter from B.S.I.’s Chief Executive Officer, Joey Montalvo, dispatched earlier today to BSCFA Committee of Management Chairman, Leonardo Cano on the longstanding bagasse dispute. Montalvo reiterates B.S.I.’s position without budging an inch, stating that on the basis of those points, which the BSCFA fundamentally disagrees […]
Land disputes are featured regularly in our newscast but tonight there is one that strikes pretty close to home at the Ministry of Natural Resources. It involves prime real estate on Chetumal Street and had been brewing for weeks; today it headed to court where the Pickwoad family desperately sought a court injunction. The property […]
The murder count was down during the year in Belize City but 2013 is ending violently and it is suspected that gang violence has sparked up, resulting in the latest murder in the City. The police will not confirm if the murder of Leon Giovanni Smith was gang related but word on the street […]
Three years ago, on July fifteenth 2010, twenty-four year old Ryan “Cash” Bennett, who according to police also goes by the name Roy Felix, was shot at the corner of Faber’s Road and Nurse Findley Crescent in what is undoubtedly a series of unfortunate and tragic events in the life of the well-known Felix […]
Sixty-four year old Brian Townsend was declared officially missing on Christmas Day. But the Police Department and residents of the community believe that he was attacked in his home at around ten pm on Christmas Eve. Evidence, including a ransacked house, missing items and a blood trail, suggests that Townsend was hurt or killed on […]
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When we last reported on Belize Electricity Limited it was because there was an announcement on a reduction on electricity rates for the fiscal year, 2014. That was after B.E.L. made a submission to the Public Utilities Commission to reduce the mean electricity rate by three cents per kilowatt hour. But the PUC decided to […]
According to B.E.L.’s Senior Manager of Information and Communication Systems, Sean Fuller, the company supports the decision of the PUC, but it will impact operating margins. That proposed rate reduction will save consumers almost fifteen million dollars in the upcoming year, but will set back the electricity company by five million dollars. Sean Fuller, […]
Christmas Day, for most Belizeans, is a time to celebrate and show love and appreciation for family. But for four families, the spirit of Christmas may never be the same, as it was the day when their loved ones perished while traveling along the Philip Goldson Highway. A group of four friends, including twenty-two-year-old Hector […]
The last murder reported in the small community of Valley of Peace, just outside of Belmopan, was in September 2009. But there has been one brutal murder recently and now what, by all indications, is another – in just two weeks. Canadian Brian Townsend has been living in Valley of Peace since 2001. By all […]
Christmas Day is a time for cheer and goodwill, but it’s also a time of excessive alcohol consumption by many. Frequently, that alcohol consumption leads to altercations and bloodshed. That’s exactly what happened in Orange Walk Town on Wednesday. Police were summoned to the emergency ward of the Northern Regional Hospital at around ten-thirty. There […]
Details are sketchy, but tonight there are reports of two rapes – one in Sarteneja and the other in San Ignacio. On Boxing Day Corozal Police received information of a female at the Corozal Hospital who claimed that she had been sexually assaulted. They visited the hospital and spoke to a woman who told them […]
A U.S. national has been missing at sea since Monday and tonight, the Belize National Coast Guard has called off search and rescue efforts. Fifty-seven year old Dieter Kruger and his family were in the country on vacation in the south and on Monday, Kruger and his son were out swimming and snorkeling near the […]
San Ignacio Police have launched a intense manhunt for two men in connection with a murder in the Kontiki Area on Monday night. Fifty-six-year-old Fredy Lopez Sr. was gunned down as he walked with his family on a dark street. Authorities say robbery was the motive, and the men being sought are believed to be […]
