Fire authorities have removed an accelerant bottle and rags that were used to set on fire the Belize Red Cross Society’s headquarters early Thursday morning. But up to news time, police have been unable to crack who was behind the arson. The fire was reported shortly after three on Thursday morning and the bottle of […]
On Tuesday evening Edgar Ayala a security guard and David Longsworth, a customer at Belize Diesel Service Station were both gunned down and killed by a man who wanted the gun of the guard. It did not take long for police to zero in on forty year old Ervin Reneau, who is already behind bars […]
It’s a main source of foreign exchange, but the tourism industry has been facing a myriad of challenges. So today, the stakeholders came out in numbers, packing the Radisson Fort George, to determine the way forward. The occasion was the Belize Tourism Industry Association’s Annual General Meeting. The good news is that the number of […]
The United Democratic Party is holding a convention this weekend, it’s one of the most talked about because City Councilor Roger Espejo is going up against the incumbent Carlos Perdomo for Caribbean Shores. It’s considered a test of against the establishment by a young upstart. Perdomo has a number of ghosts haunting him, so we […]
At news time, the Commercial Free zone in Corozal is facing serious difficulties at the beginning of one of its busiest times of year. The Christmas season could see businesses collapse because of an economic roadblock between local and foreign financial institutions. Acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber is apparently meeting with ministers, representatives of Free […]
The Belize National Coast Guard moved into its new home today. Its address is Mile four on the Western Highway, where the new headquarters sits ideally to keep watch on the territorial waters and the ever present threat of transnational narco-trafficking and other crimes. The new headquarters was built with the assistance from the US […]
Ervin Alexander Reneau, the son of an upstanding Belize City family, was arraigned today for the double homicide in Tuesday night’s mayhem at the Belize Diesel Service Center on the Northern Highway. The forty year old appeared this afternoon before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. He entered court under escort from CIB officers and was jovial, […]
For as far back as many can remember, the Belize Red Cross has been the “go-to” organization for victims of disasters. We saw them recently providing generous assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Richard. So who would want to bring down the humanitarian organization and why? Those are the questions that everyone is asking following […]
The baking of your ham, turkey and black cake will add to the pinch in your pockets this Christmas. That’s because the price per hundred pound cylinder of butane will be jacked up by a whopping eight dollars across the board. So brace yourselves for the new prices: as of Friday, Belize City and Corozal […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you think the Minister of Immigration and Defense deserves a second term in Caribbean Shores? 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.
Telemedia’s Annual General Meeting is taking place tonight. But are there errors in the Auditor’s report that will be presented at that AGM? Reports to News Five say that attorneys for the BTL Employees Trust wrote to Telemedia’s Auditors, PKF Belize, challenging what they term as “significant errors” in the report and financials. The letter […]
The People’s National Party base may be in the southern most district, however, their message and call for good governance is one that is expressed everyday on the streets. The recent firing of the Minister of State Edmund Castro and the immigration scandal which includes human trafficking of Chinese, Sri Lankans, Somalis, and Nigerians are […]
Under pressure, the government announced today that it has disbursed a million dollar grant to the Belize Sugar Control Board to assist farmers with urgent financial obligations. The government, via a release, also chided the opposition for calling for an immediate disbursement of a ten million dollar loan to BSI for third payment to farmers […]
At the close of our newscast on Tuesday night, we reported the breaking news of a fatal shooting at the Belize Diesel Service Center. The news spread quickly across town that a security officer on duty was cold bloodedly murdered. He was not the only victim; a well known master chef of barbeques was at […]
Orange Walk police have still not charged anyone in connection with Tuesday’s early morning murder of seventy year old Paulo “Julian” Diaz. The watchman of San Isidro Construction Supplies was discovered murdered under a shed at his worksite sometime between one and two Tuesday morning when the alarm at the business tripped and alerted the […]
This afternoon, James Donald Baker, sixty- seven year old US national, was escorted to the PGIA and was boarded on an American airline flight bound for Miami. Baker was accompanied on his flight by Detectives Marlon Galvez and Arcadio Chun. It is believed Baker entered Belize through the northern border about a month from Boca […]
You will know by now that Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro was fired last week as minister of state because a Belizean living abroad complained that she had given more than forty-eight thousand dollars to Castro for land she never got. On Tuesday night we asked if the new recall legislation should be tested on […]
This morning, the last of a number of rape cases before the Supreme Court against the man police dubbed as the serial rapist, fell apart when the main suspect said she did not want to testify in fear of her life. The trial judge, Justice Adolph Lucas directed the jury of nine to return a […]
Former immigration officer Maria Guerra who was suspended indefinitely from her post at the Philip Goldson International Airport in the wake of a customs duties evasion scandal in mid-July, 2008, has now been rewarded full restitution by the Supreme Court. Guerra, along with Jose Aldana, a businessman of San Ignacio Town, were jointly charged for […]
At news time tonight, a Texaco security officer was murdered just before seven o’clock at the gas station in front of Courts Belize on the Northern Highway. A second person was shot and taken to the hospital. Initial reports are that it appears that the incident was a robbery. We’ll have more on this on […]
A US fugitive was captured in Belize today. The details are just coming in but the wanted man was hiding out in the old capital. James Donald Baker, described as being red haired, hazel eyes, weighs one hundred sixty pounds, and is five feet nine inches in height. His US address is 3737 North West […]
Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro was fired from his post as Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, since last Wednesday but he has been unable to escape the spotlight. New details are surfacing as to one of the reasons why the Prime Minister felt it necessary to clear Castro as a Minister of […]
There is no end to the immigration scandal. Our investigations have taken us to far away countries whose nationals are willing to spend mightily and take risks to get to the United States. Along the way, they are facilitated by a well organized ring of human smugglers who earn mega bucks to get the human […]
Edmund “Clear the Land’’ Castro was fired for behavior inconsistent with that of a government minister. So tonight’s question is: Do you think that the new recall legislation should be tested the case of fired minister of state Edmund Castro? To take part in the conversation all you have to do is to email comments […]
As the high tourism season cranks up, one of the top destinations recorded its third murder in the past month. A laborer met his death on Sunday morning in San Pedro; he was beaten and left to die on the street in front of his apartment in Boca del Rio area. The twenty-year old and […]
