They’ve been targeted a few times previously and on Tuesday night thieves again paid a visit to the offices of National Transport at two and three quarter miles on the Western Highway. The robbers were quick and precise and the incident lasted less than two minutes. It happened shortly after eight before employees were preparing […]
A twenty-six year old deportee who left the jewel some fifteen years ago was found lifeless over the weekend. Sherlock Syfox has been back in Belize for ten months, but on Sunday morning his body was fished out of the sea in the Southern Foreshore area. But is his death a case of murder? His […]
There have been widespread allegations of police brutality that some people believe the abuse is now institutionalized. The most recent case is so shocking that it pales in comparison to other reports. The victim is a pregnant woman whose common-law-husband alleges that Judith Bood miscarried his child after she was accosted by three police officers. […]
The computers were stolen from Youth for the Future, which is situated near the Bel-China Bridge and just about a hundred yards from the couple’s home. Seven Dell brand flat screen computers along with a microwave oven were taken by thieves, who broke into the building sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning in the […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you believe that phone tapping will deter crime? 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.
At least two Belizeans have been killed in Honduras. The two were wanted in connection with the brave March thirtieth armed robbery at the Scotiabank branch in Spanish Lookout and are said to be dead tonight after they were shot and killed in an armed bus robbery. Reports to our newsroom are that Benjamin Peters […]
Almost a year ago, he was convicted for conning a number of persons who fell victim to his scams. Well he’s back; Artemio Acosta has surfaced with a partner in crime, and is moving around in the old capital and in the Hattieville area. This time he is preying on unsuspecting schools or anyone who […]
Was a twenty-three year old deportee murdered? That’s what police are trying to determine. This weekend, the high tide in Belize City did not only wash sea water and debris closer to the mainland; on Sunday morning, the lifeless body of a Belize City man washed up on Southern Foreshore. It was partially decomposed and […]
The second death reported this weekend, was up north in Orange Walk. But the body did not wash to shore in the floods; in fact it was simply sitting in a wheelchair. Police were called to the Slaughterhouse Road area at around seven p.m. on Sunday where a man was found in the wheelchair, parked […]
In our last newscast on Friday, the seventeenth tropical depression for this year intensified and became Tropical Storm Matthew. It initially posed a threat to our nation over the past weekend. Around the country, hurricane preparedness went in full swing since the preliminary forecast for the depression showed that it could culminate as a hurricane […]
Matthew was the third storm to threaten Belize for this year’s hurricane season. And similar to the previous storms, Alex in June and Karl earlier this month, the Jewel was again spared from major damages and loss of life and limb. Matthew is reported to have killed six people as it passed over Nicaragua and […]
Matthew dumped as much as ten inches of rainfall and by this morning the water levels were rising in the west; in some areas as much as ten feet. Bridges and crossings were submerged. But there were some good tidings, in San Ignacio a News Five crew found that the flood waters brought a bounty […]
A ruling was handed down this morning in the Supreme Court in the case of two minors convicted for murder and sentenced to life. Anthony ‘Zambo’ Bowen and David Jones challenged the constitutionality of their prison sentences before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh, whose ruling today was among the last of his judgments before he demits […]
Tropical Storm Matthew has been moving erratically. This afternoon it reduced in strength and intensity as it swirled in the Gulf of Honduras and was downgraded to a tropical depression. But at last check, Matthew had regained strength and was located in Honduras. Winds have increased to forty-nine miles per hour and it is expected […]
Later this afternoon, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) provided an update on its preparations to weather Tropical Storm Matthew. Initial projections had the storm reaching Belize early Sunday morning. But according to NEMO coordinator, Noreen Fairweather it will now hit the coast on Saturday evening. News Five spoke to Fairweather in Belmopan and she […]
Despite the threat of Tropical Storm Matthew, the House of Representatives met in full session today. One of the most controversial bills debated and passed will legalize the government’s use of wire tapping or snooping of telephone lines. It did not go down well with the other side of the House. The leader of the […]
Dean Boyce, the former Chair of BTL’s Executive Committee, was singled out by the Prime Minister. But when we spoke to Boyce this evening, he categorically denied that during his tenure, Telemedia was engaged in wire tapping. Dean Boyce, Former Chairman, Exec. Com., BTL “Whilst at BTL, that was 2005 thru to 2009 there was […]
The prospectus for the sale of shares in Telemedia will be made public on October fifteenth. On Thursday, the Telemedia Employees Trust announced it is interested in acquiring majority shares. It is also known that Digicel Caribbean and the Social Security Board are also in discussions about the purchase of shares. We asked the public […]
The weather report is coming up later in the newscast and will have more on the tropical storm. But earlier this morning, the Belize City Council, more specifically the City Emergency Management Organization, CEMO, made final preparations for hurricane shelters. The plans will avoid chaos for residents in Belize City, which is the most densely […]
Classes have been called off for Friday at schools around the country in light of the imminent threat from Tropical Storm Mathew. We have detailed reports on the storm, but first we go to another development. Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced on Independence Day that the prospectus for the sale of shares for Belize Telemedia […]
Eight days ago, a tropical storm blew across northern Belize. Except for the heavy rains and winds, there were minor damages and Karl moved on to Mexico where it did cause loss of life and significant damages. It’s an active season and tonight a weather system in the Caribbean has now become Tropical Storm Mathew […]
Late this evening, the Ministry of Education confirmed that classes for Friday have been cancelled due to the threat from the storm. The Ministry’s Education Information Officer, Arlette Gomez, says the decision was taken to avoid any type of perils to life and limb. Arlette Gomez, Education Information Officer, M.O.E. (via phone) “We will be […]
And while forecasters keep a close watch on the progress of Tropical Storm Matthew, the Belize City Council is keeping a keen eye on preparedness. That is because if the storm develops into a formidable force stronger than a category two, most of the shelters in Belize City are not deemed fit to withstand a […]
Arriving today in the Jewel on a brief visit, was the six foot ten inches tall, NBA star, Chris “the Birdman’’ Andersen. He has played for the New Orleans Hornets and is currently with the Denver Nuggets. Birdman has made a spectacular comeback; he was banned for two years in 2006 for violating the league’s […]
Two senior officers of the Belize Police Department who will likely not be here for the storm, are Senior Superintendent of Police, Chester Williams and Superintendent Bart Jones. Williams, who was in charge of the Cayo police formation, left Belize today en route to the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies […]
