Kyron Bennett of “Team No Sleep Music” says King’s murder is a serious blow to musicians seeking to shed a positive light on communities riddled with gang rivalry and drug warfare. Bennett expressed how unsafe he feels as they prepare to lay King to rest. Kyron Bennett, Team No Sleep Music “To me right […]
News Five also spoke with Marlon Kuylen at the Football Federation of Belize who met John King in training. Kuylen says the F.F.B. seeks to create a safe space for young men and women from various backgrounds to flourish. What the cameras do not capture is the time spent investing in the personal lives of […]
John King had a prior attack on his life in June of 2021 at the same location where he was shot and killed on Saturday night. In that incident, King escaped with a gunshot wound to the buttocks. Police are now conducting an investigation to determine the motive behind this latest deadly attack. ASP […]
Only an hour before John King was gunned down on Victoria Street Saturday night, there was another murder in Belize City. Thirty nine year old Mark Lord was walking on Jones Avenue when a gunman approached him and opened fire. He sustained injuries to the body that eventually led to his death. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood […]
The Cycling Federation of Belize has lost two members of its team in a motorcycle accident Sunday. It happened when the Annual Women’s Cross Country Cycling Classic was underway from San Ignacio to Belize City. News Five’s Marion Ali has the tragic story. Dion Leslie, Vice President, Cycling Federation of Belize “Mr. Banks and […]
Police and neighbours of Carlton Gladden, also known as “Yanki” of Mahogany Heights are trying to figure out who would want him dead. The fifty-two-year-old man was shot dead inside his house sometime around seven-thirty last Friday night. Marion Ali went searching for answers and filed the following report. Marion Ali, Reporting The impromptu […]
The fifth and last murder recorded over the weekend was that of a fifteen-year-old in Belmopan. Daniel Gutierrez was reported missing by his aunt last Tuesday, and the family began searching for him. Five days later, their worst fears were confirmed – the decomposing body of the teen was found in a cemetery. Gutierrez was […]
It is the first fatal accident being reported in Gales Point Manatee, but on Saturday night, seventeen-year-old Jashua Samuels lost his life after he lost control of a motorcycle. Around six p.m., Samuels was riding the motorcycle near the cemetery in the village when he crashed into a lamppost and sustained severe head and body […]
In another motorcycle accident over the weekend, Khalila Rodriguez and Daniel Morales were seriously injured, but survived. That crash happened Sunday night on the Cristo Rey road in the Cayo District. Today ASP Fitzroy Yearwood shared the information available. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “Police responded to a report around six […]
As Belizeans prepare for their Easter caye trips, the Belize Port Authority is calling out water taxi operators for overcharging commuters. A release from B.P.A. advises the general public that they have not approved any increase in passenger fares and any changes above the approved rates are unlawful and will not be tolerated. Commuters are […]
According to Commissioner Swaso, there is a mechanism in place for water taxi operators to seek a justifiable increase in fares, if deemed necessary. But, any fare above what has been approved and published is illegal and unlawful. Major Gilbert Swaso, Commissioner, Belize Port Authority “There is a process that if the water taxi […]
And for those who purchase water taxi tickets online, some water taxi operators offer their services in U.S. dollars at a significantly higher mark up via a reservation system on their websites. News Five looked at one such site today, using this Saturday’s date. We found the price for a one way from Belize City […]
A nineteen-year-old customer care representative was shot and killed in La Democracia Village on Thursday night. The incident happened sometime around ten p.m. when Tyreak August was at home with two other young men. Someone emerged from the rear of the property and opened fire, fatally injuring August. Police responded to the scene of the […]
The body of businessman Yichao Li was discovered this morning floating in the sea in Corozal Town. Police were called out to an area on First Avenue along the seashore where they saw the body of a man dressed in a black pants and jacket suit, a light blue polo shirt and black shoes. At […]
The Forest Department has confirmed that a Caye Caulker resident, Joshua Young, was attacked and injured by a crocodile today. The attack happened around ten in the morning on the north side of the Split. Young had been diving and spear fishing when the croc went after him causing injuries to face. He was transported […]
The Human Rights Commission of Belize has issued a statement reminding the public that under the Refuge Act, it is not illegal for someone to enter Belize without proper documentation and to request asylum. The statement comes after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said there has been an uptick in the number of Cubans attempting […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on Belize’s abstention from the resolution tabled in the United Nations General Assembly to suspend Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council. The ministry says Belize took the decision to abstain “following obligatory consultations among CARICOM Member States on April fourth and seventh, which did not […]
The Government of Belize and the U.S. Embassy are joining forces to try and assist with reducing the back log of legal cases. This week was the first session to examine the issue. Senior officials from the Belize judiciary and legal community examined the framework and standards of criminal case management processes as well as […]
Some of Belize’s most influential groups and leaders have pledged their support in favor of a referendum on the cannabis bill. In a latest addition to those calling for a referendum, business man Lord Michael Ashcroft tweeted today that he agrees with former Prime Minister Dean Barrow and will also be signing the petition for […]
A public meeting convened by Mayor Bernard Wagner and the Belize City Council was held on Thursday evening at the House of Culture. The gathering was to hear and address the concerns of those who wanted to know more about how they are affected by the new parking meters. For some reason the merchants from […]
The Council of Churches is standing in solidarity with the National Evangelical Association of Belize in the call for a referendum on the cannabis bill. But, the Council of Churches has yet to decide whether it will support the petition being circulated to trigger the referendum. Bishop Phillip Wright, the President of the Council of […]
In its release on the cannabis bill, the Council of Churches requested a meeting with the Minister of Religious Affairs, Henry Charles Usher. We asked Bishop Wright for an update on that request. Additionally, Bishop Wright tackled the prevailing debate of the separation between church and state, a discourse that has been raised time and […]
We also got an opportunity to speak with Luke Martinez, the President of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, following a release from the Congress in support of the call for a referendum on the cannabis bill. While the N.T.U.C.B. has taken this position, labor unions under the umbrella organization have not necessarily formed […]
As many as eighteen undocumented migrants were detained after illegally entering Belize earlier this week. The group which consists of sixteen Cubans and two Nicaraguan adults was busted in a cane field near the outskirts of Carmelita Village in Orange Walk District. The operation on Tuesday night was carried out by members of the Mobile […]
Since the introduction of a parking meter pilot project earlier this week, business owners and residents in the downtown area, as well as restaurant owners along the entertainment strip, have been up in arms amid concerns that they are losing business. Motorists have been avoiding newly installed parking meters on Albert Street, as well as […]
