His nickname is “Clear the Land” but tonight Edmond Castro is being accused of clearing land without proper permission. Since taking office as Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, Castro has been undertaking several projects in his Belize Rural North constituency. One such initiative was a road across the western lagoon within the […]
Today attorney for Brown Sugar Marketplace, Fred Lumor, began the first step of a civil suit against the Fort Street Tourism Village for what they allege is contempt of court. This is after last month’s ruling by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ordering the removal of the walls separating the Brown Sugar Marketplace and Habourview businesses […]
It was big news in early March when Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ordered the removal of the walls barring the Brown Sugar Marketplace and Habourview companies from the boardwalk along the Haulover Creek. According to the ruling, the obstructions were to come down within fourteen days but exactly a month later, nothing on the waterfront […]
He’s only been away for a few days … but during that time the burning issues facing the country have, if anything, only grown hotter. This morning News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams and other journalists caught up with Prime Minister Dean Barrow as he left the studios of Love F.M. The questions covered a wide set […]
A civil suit to recover money is one thing; a criminal prosecution in which people can go to jail is another. And while Barrow was more cautious in his assessment of the case against Said Musa and Ralph Fonseca arising from the diversion of those same Venezuelan millions, he still expressed confidence that the legal […]
A search without a warrant. The tactic has grown more controversial as the police attempt to crack down on increasingly violent crime. News Five’s Janelle Chanona looks at the subject from a legal perspective and finds that just because cops say they’re looking for guns or drugs, it doesn’t mean they can do as they […]
One one coco full basket is a popular proverb in Belize and tonight one social service organisation is glad that a business has made its contribution. On Monday the Belize Chamber of Commerce Western Union handed over two thousand dollars to the Liberty Children’s Home, which provides shelter services to abused, neglected and abandoned children. […]
Having reported on a record number of twenty-nine murders so far this year, tonight I have the pleasure to report that there were no homicides in the last twenty-four hours … or shootings, stabbings or rapes. And the fact that a single day’s absence of violent crime is a news story speaks volumes on the […]
It’s called Operation Cycle Breaker and last Tuesday evening it attracted much more than media attention when a combined team of police and B.D.F. personnel conducted a raid at the Kraal Road home of student counsellor, Carolyn Westby. The raid yielded nothing illegal and the way it was carried out left many people criticising the […]
As a country, Belize has been talking about dealing with climate change for more than a decade, but on the occasion of World Health Day, officials this morning agreed that if we don’t seriously address this global issue, the national impact could be devastating. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Diane Moore, Environmental Officer, U.N.D.P. “At […]
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It was called Operation Cycle Breaker and although a series of searches in Belize City on Thursday resulted in two arrests and the seizure of a quantity of weed, it has also produced an undesired effect … an apology from none other than the Commissioner of Police to one of the owners of the targeted […]
A Corozal importer is in hot water tonight after an official investigation revealed that her products were knock-offs. According to the Customs and Excise Department, on March twenty-first and again on April second, enforcement officers examined a total of four containers bound for the Corozal Free Zone. But when the officials tried to confirm the […]
The latest crime wave is threatening to flood Belize City’s streets in blood. But one group of young people have come together to offer a lifeboat to their peers. News Five’s Marion Ali explains. Marion Ali, Reporting Pageants are the unofficial Belizean past time but one such event scheduled for tonight is organised to communicate […]
The question of official searches also came into play this evening in Belize City, as Police/B.D.F. anti-drug, anti-firearm teams raided homes at various hot spots. The raids, which included dogs from the Canine Unit, started as early as five this morning and should continue into tonight as part of security forces’ efforts to combat the […]
The Maya Leaders Alliance of Southern Belize has chosen a team to negotiate with government over the implementation of the recent Supreme Court ruling affirming Maya land rights. According to a release from the organisation, on Sunday Alcaldes and Village Council chairmen from over thirty communities met in Punta Gorda to endorse the selection, which […]
Thankfully there are no murders to report tonight, but police did hold a news conference today to update the public on what it is doing curb the violence. Although no arrests have been made in recent homicides, some people will feel relieved to learn that several high powered weapons have been seized. Assistant Commissioner of […]
As part of its sixtieth anniversary celebration, the University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies, in conjunction with the Hugh Shearer Institute, this morning held a lecture in honour of women in the Caribbean Trade Union movement. Entitled “Forever Indebted to Women: In Spite of the Difference”, the lecture series was presented by […]
An Orange Walk community is in mourning tonight following the tragic death of a toddler. According to San Felipe villager Isabel Cowo, on Saturday morning her two year old son Eliseo Cowo went outside to play. But the mother says when she went to check on the child around eleven that morning, he was nowhere […]
Isabel Cowo isn’t the only Orange Walk mother to have lost a son over the weekend as on Saturday afternoon a family outing to the New River ended in tragedy. According to thirty-seven year old Palmar villager Martha Casares, she and her three children were swimming in the Rio Aventura area. But she says when […]
The ongoing quarrel between high ranking officers of the Belize Police Department has climaxed with one of the cops involved being suspended. Less than twenty-four hours after he was transferred to a desk job in Belmopan and talking to the media, Senior Superintendent, Chester Williams has been suspended from official duty. On Thursday, Williams told […]
The Peoples’ United Party is not the only Belizean institution suffering from internal divisions. As we reported on last night’s newscast, certain members of the Police Department are at each other’s throats. But the bad blood between Superintendent Edward Broaster and Senior Superintendent Chester Williams involves more than just personalities, as Williams claims he and […]
Belize has no shortage of children in need of care; what is in short supply is the means of helping them. One relatively new source of refuge and renewal can be found in Ladyville … and today the press—including News Five’s Marion Ali—was given a tour. Marion Ali, Reporting After almost three years of operation, […]
This morning it was not business as usual for some taxi drivers at Terminal Four at the Fort Street Tourism Village. They claim they were being kept from making their living because of favouritism and unreasonable treatment from the Belize City Council. But that opinion was not shared by the City Council or the other […]
The fallout over the ten million U.S. dollars from Venezuela that the public never knew about continued today with another member of the People’s United Party distancing himself from the deal. In an eight point press release by Francis Fonseca today, the candidate for P.U.P. leadership maintained that he found out about the additional money […]
