Former Minister of Health, Joe Coye was charged in April of 2008 for theft and obtaining property by deception. The proprietor of J.E.C., Alfred Schakron, alleged that he gave five hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars to Coye and his driver Cornel Flowers for the government property on which the Putt-Putt Bar was located on Newtown […]
On November thirtieth another vessel was added to the cadre of foreign vessels that have navigated into the reef. The Great Escape an eighty-five foot luxury yacht, like its predecessors the Westerhaven and the Azteca, has crashed on Belize’s priceless barrier reef. All accounts say that the yacht’s owner did not check in with any […]
A US fugitive, William Russell Jewett Jr., has been in the news since Monday because he was found in Belize with a large bundle of cash. Jewett was busted with over a hundred and twenty thousand dollars on his boat and slapped with charges from the F.I.U., Customs and Immigration. But now, thirty-three year old […]
There is another scandal brewing, this time in the Police Department, and it surrounds the mysterious release of thirty-two year old Keon Williams aka “Gambis”. Gambis was accused of sexually assaulting a fourteen year old boy in November 2009 and was charged for Committing an Unnatural Crime last Tuesday. Gambis was denied bail and was […]
Gambis’ family, who live on Supal Street on Southside Belize City, has its own version. His mother, Enid, told News Five today that she was at home when several police officers burst into the property inquiring on the whereabouts of her son and accused her of covering up for him. Enid Williams is also standing […]
The BELCOGEN project at the Belize Sugar Industries has been running into a series of snags. And now mechanical failures that have been affecting processing operations have landed one employee in the hospital. Edward Robinson was scalded over ninety percent of his body late Tuesday evening and is being treated for the extensive burns. Attempts […]
On Monday night a sporting match between Ladyville Technical and Nazarene High schools ended fatally for a spectator. Twenty-seven year old Salvador Martinez intervened to stop a fight when he was stabbed on the chest. There are many lingering questions on his death, particularly the issue of poor security at sport facilities. According to school […]
After four days in police custody and two nights remanded at the Hattieville Prison, thirty three -year-old American national, William Russell Jewett will be spending more time behind bars. Jewett’s arrest came as a result of a search of his vessel on Friday, January fifteenth. The police in collaboration with the Financial Intelligence Unit personnel […]
News that another well was spewing oil in commercial quantities caused a firestorm recently. That’s because the find was reported in the foreign press in a less than complimentary article in an Irish newspaper on January twelfth and government had not yet made any pronouncements nor had it acknowledged the find. It also sparked outrage […]
The Opposition appeared, at least for the cameras on Tuesday, to be one happy family. And when Espat took the couch this morning, we also inquired about the state of affairs in the PUP and the viability of a third party. He explained that he supports third parties, and answered the question on whether he […]
The calm at the beginning of this year was holding… at least for the first eighteen days. But on Monday evening the first murder took place around six o’clock during a high school football game. It was not a student that fell victim nor does his murder appear to have gang influence. In fact, it […]
There’s another murder to report tonight. The life of a Belizean was taken mid afternoon in neighboring Guatemala. News Five has learnt that twenty-eight year old Wendy Navarette was shot to death today in Guatemala City as she headed to pick up one of her children from school. Details are trickling in and when News […]
Turning to political news, it was their first press conference for this year, and from the looks of it, the People’s United Party started the year with a bang. The Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, had the opening salvo and he was backed up by two of his deputy leaders, Mark Espat and Francis […]
As our newscast ended at seven-thirty Monday night, a ruling was made in the Telemedia appeal against Speednet, the owner of SMART. The Appeals Court panel of Justices Manuel Sosa, Elliot Motley and Dennis Morrison decided to uphold an original ruling by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh in favor of Smart. That means SMART’s services will […]
The traditional opening ceremony of the Supreme Court took place this morning, marking the official start of a crammed calendar for the year ahead. There was the usual pomp and circumstance befitting the occasion but unlike last year, the tone was different. The 2009 speeches were remarkable and memorable. The Chief Justice charged that government […]
The Supreme Court opened today and simultaneously taking place, is an unprecedented special sitting of the Court of Appeal to hear the appeal by Belize Telemedia Limited against the CJ’s injunction preventing it from interrupting Smart’s services. It is an unusual occurrence taking place more infrequently than a solar eclipse. For the first time in […]
He celebrated his ninety-first birthday only last Friday, and this year there was no public appearance to mark the occasion, mostly because, as he put it, the recession does not lend to a party. Despite his age, George Price, the Father of the nation, can frequently be seen taking his walk between his home and […]
Attorney General Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington told News Five late last year that the government would be advertising the post of Chief Justice since the CJ, Abdulai Conteh, is reaching retirement age. At the opening of the Supreme Court this morning, the CJ himself said that many have been talking about his possible retirement in 2010. […]
And while the Police Department says crime was down for 2009, the court calendar reflected an overwhelming figure of cases dispensed of in 2009 by nine justices. At today’s opening the CJ presented the alarming figures which included the backlog of cases in the court system. Dr. Abdulai Conteh, Chief Justice “In that year a […]
So did Elrington apologize when he said openly in court today that he humbly begged “That any unhappy remark I made be attributed solely to inadvertence, ignorance and perhaps inexperience?” Well, we asked him afterwards what he meant. Marion Ali “You offered an apology to the CJ referring to last year’s comments made. I think […]
The human tragedy continues to grow in the island of Haiti as rescue workers work around the clock to save persons trapped under the rubble caused by Tuesday’s earthquake. Relief efforts are underway but the extent of human loss and destruction is still unknown. The tragedy has touched everyone in what is being considered as […]
The death toll so far from Tuesday’s earthquake stands at forty thousand. But at least another hundred thousand are feared dead. The news has triggered one local student to try to make contact with a close family in the island. Misty Williams says that since the quake shattered most parts of Haiti she has had […]
The three people displaced by the earthquake are Rochelle and Nerland or Stephanie Estiverne and their mother, Michelle Jubaum. Meanwhile, one of many church groups that have initiated fund-raising efforts for the earthquake victims is the Central Bible International. Our camera caught the group, headed by Pastor Nelson Juarez, as they began the relief drive […]
The price of fuel went up in the first week of the year and now it’s cooking gas that’s going up… and it’s no minor increase. In fact, the price per hundred pound cylinder of butane is taking an alarming ten dollar jump beginning Saturday. What’s worse is that it follows a seven dollar increase […]
The owners of one of the oldest colonial buildings in the city are tonight looking for shelter. The Eusey family has lived at their downtown home for generations, but now the building is a safety hazard and at least a part of it has been torn down. News Five Jose Sanchez has this story. Jose […]
