There are two other persons who were shot over the weekend in separate incidents and they have survived the incidents. Eighteen year old Stephan Flowers was shot in the abdomen on Saturday night on Courtney Crescent. Flowers along with Ian Henkis, were riding on Mopan Street towards Sibun Street when they were approached from behind […]
On Thursday August fourth the Belize Council of Churches, in a letter to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, stated its position on the proposed Ninth Amendment Bill. And while the Council does support protecting state ownership of the utility companies, it does not support the changes to Sections Two and Sixty-Nine of the Constitution. That view […]
On Saturday, media reports in South America linked a major drug bust in Venezuela to Belize. According to the newspaper, La Patilla, a Super King Air was busted with millions of dollars worth of cocaine. Several law enforcement officers were implicated in the bust and two of them were shot during the incident. But that […]
There’s progress tonight between the Ministry of Sports, the National Sports Council and the Football Federation of Belize. All groups signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes the way out of the impasse. This means that the Ministry of Sports has committed to FIFA that it now accepts the Belize selection to participate in the […]
There was murder before the lunch hour today in the City. Trenton Smith was released from prison in late July and this morning he was executed at a house on Johnson Street. The murder has all the trappings of a gang related homicide. News Five Isani Cayetano has a report. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The murder […]
Belize City police are tonight investigating what they believe is a case of arson. Sometime around four o’clock this morning a red Toyota Camry belonging to Kylie Rivers was set on fire. Rivers reported to police that she had parked the vehicle on Antelope Street Extension, adjacent to her brother’s house around ten-thirty on Thursday […]
The controversial ninth amendment has stirred up emotions and there have been heated debates over the proposed bill. We asked our viewers this week if the government wants to nationalize utilities do you think it should remove people’s rights under the Belize Constitution to challenge such nationalizations in court? Seventy-eight percent of voters said no […]
There was more opposition than there was support to the Ninth Amendment at Wednesday night’s consultations at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. There was also plenty politics at play. Those who oppose the amendment base their objections on the removal of the right to access the court for full ventilation of claims to future amendments […]
Two men, who have spent a year in prison awaiting trial for murder, were freed of the charge today but tonight they are still behind bars. Twenty-one year olds Akeem Humes and Ryan Alvarez got the news this morning when the Prosecutor, Sergeant Carol Tucker, announced that the charges are being withdrawn. But the Chief […]
Approximately one hundred cases of Miller Draft beer were confiscated by Customs officers in the north on Wednesday. Reports are that the officers were on patrol in Paraiso village in Corozal when they spotted a white GMC van exiting a feeder road. The officers followed the vehicle and intercepted it between miles eighty-nine and ninety […]
By all accounts, the public consultations on Wednesday night at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall, was a political sideshow. Operatives worked the room drowning speakers at the podium and clouding the gravity of the proposed ninth amendment. There were others, however, who went with prepared positions such as the Bar, the Council of Churches and […]
And if anyone was wondering what the true motive is for this Ninth Amendment Bill that has stirred a hornet’s nest in Belize the answer was provided by Minister John Saldivar, Acting Chairman of the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday night. Minister Saldivar made the comments to answer the other Saldivar, Arthur the […]
The emerging consensus over the proposed ninth amendment seems to favor nationalization but there is strong objection to the far reaching amendment that would deprive fundamental rights and freedoms. The National Trade Union Congress of Belize, President, Dylan Reneau, says he could not get into Parish Hall, but here is their position. Dylan Reneau, President, […]
While many were tuning in to the public consultations on the ninth, a duo of armed robbers heisted a little over five thousand dollars in cash from the A&R Fuel Depot at mile one and a half on the Northern Highway on Wednesday night. The business was hit by two young men who entered the […]
Also in the city, around four on Wednesday afternoon after several shots were fired; thirty year old Nelson Kareem Bowen was hit in the right thigh. A lone gunman on a bike believed to be from the Ghost Town Gang rode up on Sarstoon Street and opened fire across the canal at Bowen’s home on […]
On Wednesday night’s newscast, we reported on a fire in Benque Viejo. Although neighbors assisted victims such as Hector Martinez who lived in the building, his father-in-law who owned the structure, confirmed to News Five earlier today that his loss was about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in assets. Rudolfo Hernandez stopped by our […]
The first round of public consultations on the proposed ninth amendment is scheduled to start shortly at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. From what we gather, the turnout is expected to be large despite trepidation that the proceedings will be railroaded by hotheads. Employees of the Ministry of Works told us that they have been […]
On Tuesday, Rhett Fuller and his wife Ann, got the bad news that the Privy Council dismissed his appeal for an extradition request by the United States government. Fuller has been in an out of the courts fighting extradition for the alleged murder of Larry Miller in Florida USA way back in 1989. The Privy […]
Twenty year old Jorge Agustin, of St Matthews Village was killed in the dead of night on Sunday. Agustin’s body was discovered early Monday morning with multiple gunshot wounds. The body was discovered a few feet away from his home in a remote area of the village. Agustin was dressed in only boxer shorts. On […]
The reduction in Belize’s credit ratings by Standard & Poor’s has been attributed to government’s recent acquisition of B.E.L. that is heavily indebted to its creditors. Compensation to Fortis, the previous owner of B.E.L. has not been paid and in the case of Telemedia, the other utility that has been nationalized twice, that debt is […]
Since the usurping of B.E.L. and Telemedia a month ago, there have been questions and concerns about other companies including Port of Belize Limited that might find themselves in government’s crosshairs. Among the many questions is whether GOB will move towards nationalizing the fledgling oil industry, which is seen by some as the answer to […]
In its ongoing series called “Did You Know” the Chamber of Commerce unearths a scandalous increase in the budget of our diplomatic mission in Brussels for this year. According to the tid-bit of information, the government approved a budget of more than three-quarter million dollars for Brussels in the sum of eight hundred and twenty […]
A large plume of smoke was visible over the western border town of Benque on August eighth. At about eight-thirty on Monday morning, the Benque Police Formation and the Fire department responded to a fire in the Zone Four area, which is one street away from the Arenal Road. The home, which belonged to Hector […]
It took more than a decade to settle; that’s the extradition request by the US Government of Belizean Rhett Fuller that started in the Belize courts in 1999. London’s Privy Council today turned down Fuller’s appeal, he still has one more avenue to explore but the judgment will have a significant bearing on future extradition […]
Before midday today, a terrible traffic accident claimed the life of a Belizean business man, sixty-nine year old Franco Gentile. The accident happened on the Southern Highway while Gentile was driving a 2006 Toyota Prado, heading towards Silk Grass Village. Between miles one and two, he lost control of the vehicle and ended on the […]
