A murder trial ended before it could start this morning when Prosecutor for the DPP’s office, Keisha Williams, discontinued a case against a well known criminal figure. You’re probably guessing that it was another case of a missing witness… and you’re right. Williams said that their office as well as the Police Department made numerous […]
The woes in the transport industry are far from resolved; in fact the situation is becoming even more complex. Last Friday, the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative staged a protest that effectively closed down the northern and western highways over new road service permits granted to Sergio Chuc of West Line. The Prime Minister intervened and […]
Up north, shortly before ten on Monday morning, Corozal Police were called to the Santa Elena Border where they discovered the lifeless body of thirty-two year old San Benito Mejia Tun, a Mexican sub-inspector police officer attached to the ‘Policia Estatal Preventiva’ in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. Tun’s body was floating face-down in the Hondo River, […]
A ban has been placed on attorney-at-law Arthur Saldivar from visiting clients at the Belize Central prison. A letter to this effect has been sent to Saldivar, the President of the Bar Association as well as to the Acting Chief Justice, the D.P.P. and the Attorney General. The action by the Kolbe Foundation comes on […]
Tonight’s question is: How do you rate the government’s handling of the bus crisis: good or unsatisfactory? 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.
Emotions were running high in Hattieville this afternoon when a house granted to a hurricane victim was about to be taken away and handed over to a fire victim. Albert Hendy lost his house when the eye of Hurricane Richard swept across Hattieville. NEMO provided him with a new house, but today when the organization […]
A twenty-six year old was executed on Sunday night in Orange Walk Town. Alberto Atarna Tutt was shot multiple times, including to the back of his head. Just prior to his murder, he was at his mother’s house on the Belize/Corozal Road; he didn’t go too far when he met his tragic death in the […]
While police investigate Tutt’s murder, a Teakettle resident has been arrested and charged for the murder of twenty-three year old Shane Simpliss, who was brutally killed last Wednesday night. Simpliss was among a group that was partying at the home of seventeen year old Elton Vasquez in Teakettle Village when two other friends showed up […]
Last Friday, the transportation industry came to a screeching halt when members of the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative staged a protest closing off the northern and western highways. It resulted in the blockage of all major thoroughfares as well as the burning of tires across the Western and Northern Highways. Commuters were unable to take […]
But there is dissention within the membership of the Belizean Bus Association. On Sunday a meeting was held to discuss bus runs in the northern zone. Those discussions did not end favorably as several of the northern operators broke away from the collective concerns of the association. BBA president, Thomas Shaw has gone on record […]
Carnival has always been a traditional and integral part of the September celebrations. It is perhaps the most anticipated event in the calendar of activities for the mas camps as well as spectators who line the streets to take in the color of the flamboyant costumes as well as the energy of the revelers. But […]
The hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea is just around the corner. The National Meteorological Service expects that Belize will see an active hurricane season between June first and November thirtieth, but this year won’t be as busy as last year. Still yet, Belizeans should be well prepared for any storm. […]
There is crisis in the transportation industry; we will have full coverage of today’s events. But we start tonight with an accident on the Northern Highway. A News Five team returning to the city was first to reach the scene of the accident near Mile thirty-seven. A van traveling to the Hattieville prison carrying thirteen […]
The Belize Bus Owners Cooperative essentially shut down the highways at the crack of dawn. Students, workers and commuters could not get to their destination because buses blocked the main thoroughfares while others simply did not leave from terminals. The Belize Bus Owners Cooperative has been insisting that road service permits granted to UDP supporter, […]
The protests were called off when the Prime Minister and the bus association sat down to dialogue. After that meeting at the P.M.’s Belize City office, the Belizean Bus Association and the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative agreed to a compromise. Thomas Shaw, President, Belizean Bus Association “He promised that he will resolve the situation and […]
Turning to the question of the week; we asked do you think that the scope of jurisdiction of the Gang Suppression Unit should be extended beyond the gangs and the city limits. That question garnered mix responses from our viewers with fifty-eight percent saying yes and forty-two percent saying no. One of the persons who […]
The protest paralyzed the country for hours, testing the resolve of the government to deal with its worst national crisis. After Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with the Belize Bus Association President Thomas Shaw and the Chairman of the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative Claude Frazer at ten this morning, he had a sit down with […]
The Chairman of BBOC, Claude Frazer did not attend this afternoon’s press conference. There was tension in the room when it appeared that the BBA had changed its position about the negotiations earlier in the day. But at the end of the conference, the BBA, BBOC and the Northern bus operators agreed to flesh out […]
Two persons were murdered on Wednesday; one in the City and the other miles away in the village of Teakettle in the west. Firstly, when we left you on Wednesday, police were just processing the crime scene at Belama Phase 1 where the body of Charles Anthony Anderson was found. Anderson was murdered execution style […]
Earlier we told you about a murder in the city. Hours later, in the western village of Teakettle, a twenty-four year old man was shot in the chest and chopped on the head and arm. Shane Simplis’ family is still in shock at the brutal murder that happened when he was among a group of […]
A jury of seven women and five men went into deliberation ten minutes after midday to decide the fate of twenty-nine year old Harrison Smith, who is charged with the 2007 murder of Lionel Welcome. Four hours passed before the jurors emerged with unanimous Not Guilty verdicts for both murder and the alternative manslaughter charge. […]
The pre-dawn swoop on the premises of businessman Miguel Menjivar by the Police Department’s Gang Suppression Unit on May twentieth has been the subject of controversy in the aftermath of the shootout that ensued during the operation. Although the incident occurred a week ago, varying accounts of what transpired that morning have been ventilated. On […]
In mid-May at its Annual General Meeting, the Belize Electricity Limited declared that its profits had plunged by five million dollars for the 2010 financial year and that it made only three point four million dollars. At that juncture, B.E.L. declared that because of the declining profits, it has not been able to meet loan […]
A twenty-one page decision was handed down this morning by Justice Minnet Hafiz on the ongoing feud in the citrus industry over strongman Henry Canton. The Citrus Growers Association has been relentless in its efforts to oust Canton from his post as C.E.O. of Citrus Products of Belize Limited and at an extraordinary General Meeting […]
The body of a taxi driver was found inside a maroon taxi with license plate B-6419 on Guzman Crescent in the Belama Phase One Area of Belize City. The body had one bullet wound to the back of the head and according to one report from the scene, the vehicle was parked since two o’clock […]
