There’s good news and bad news coming out of Guatemala tonight. The good news is that after almost six days in captivity the four Belizeans being held in Peten jail will go before a judge. The bad news, however, is that once they make their appearance, the preliminary investigation could take three months. News Five’s […]
The press release was cryptically short but the news had to be viewed as positive. At around one this afternoon the phone rang in Belmopan and the caller on the other end was Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo. We do not have a transcript of the conversation but based on our own experience, the call must […]
While efforts to free the prisoners continue on the diplomatic and legal fronts, a bizarre incident Monday Night has added a new dimension to an already complicated hostage crisis. Around 7:40pm a loud bang was heard on “A” street in King’s Park. It seems that a small homemade incendiary device–better know as a bomb–exploded near […]
In case you haven’t noticed amidst the tensions with Guatemala and the murder of another child in Belize City, the Town Board Elections are on Wednesday. 31,026 people have registered to vote in Wednesday’s Town Board election and the first Belmopan city council election. Chief Elections Officer Myrtle Palacio said Belize’s political culture has demonstrated […]
A man on a bicycle was killed Monday on the Western Highway during a crash. However, 57 year old Martin Ortega wasn’t hit by a car or truck, but a motorcycle. Police say the collision occurred between miles eight and nine around 5:00pm. Ortega who lives at mile eight was heading west and trying to […]
The body of a Benque man was found Monday morning in the Mopan River. It was identified as 67 year old Majin Cario of George Price Boulevard in Benque Viejo del Carmen. A post mortem has determined the cause of death was drowning. There were no signs of injury.
Police have charged a laborer from San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Joseph Budna, with an unnatural crime and aggravated assault following reports a 14 year old boy that he was raped. The teen told police he was walking with some friends near Louisiana Field, Orange Walk on Saturday evening when a Creole man stopped and asked […]
With all the furor over Guatemala this weekend, few people knew that a woman dear to the hearts of many Belizeans had died. On Sunday night around 10:00pm. Sister Mary Cecilia succumbed after a valiant battle with cancer. She would have been 88 in March. She will be remembered for her dedicated service to Belize’s […]
To protest the murder of another child, Noemi Hernandez, and continuing crimes against children the NCH/Belize Action for Children, the National Committee for Families and Children and the Young Women’s Christian Association are organizing a march on Thursday afternoon. The agencies are inviting all southside schools to meet at the Roger’s Stadium at 2:30 and […]
It is the biggest crisis yet faced by the eighteen-month-old government of Prime Minister Said Musa. Four Belizeans–three soldiers and a policeman–literally kidnapped by a force of approximately twenty-five Guatemalan Army men. Tonight those men–Police Constable Macedonio Sanchez, BDF Private Luciano Tzub, Lance Corporal Lucio Arana and Second Lieutenant Romaldo Herrera–remain in custody at a […]
That was the latest from Guatemala, but for those of you who missed News Five’s special report on Sunday, which aired again at noon today and is posted on our website, we’d like to repeat a portion of our interview with Police Constable Sanchez on Sunday. He and the entire patrol reported that they had […]
The problem of internal unity–or rather lack thereof–has always bedeviled Belize in its relations with Guatemala. On the surface this instance is no different, with the Opposition and Government sparring over who did what to whom and the exact conditions which must precede any united front. But at a press conference today, despite some righteous […]
After a day and a half of searching, shortly after seven on Saturday morning, the body of Kelvin “Brambles” Barrow was found floating in the water, just a few yards off the New Brighton Beach. Barrow disappeared underwater on Thursday after walking out to sea in an attempt to elude the police. Earlier that afternoon […]
A two-year-old girl is dead after reportedly falling down a flight of stairs. The tragic accident took place around one Saturday afternoon on West Street in Belize City. According to police, the toddler and a five-month-old baby were left in the care of their twelve-year-old brother while the mother went to work. The older boy […]
This weekend two tractors collided, killing one of the drivers. According to the police, thirty-nine-year old Henry Bodden was driving a red Massey Ferguson tractor on his way home Sunday morning. Between miles eighteen and nineteen on the Stann Creek Valley Road, he crashed into a blue Ford Tractor. The tractor was driven by thirty-four-year […]
A teenage boy has reported being raped in the Orange Walk District. The fourteen year old told police he was walking with some friends near Louisiana Field on the evening of the twenty-sixth, when a Creole man stopped and asked if one of them would translate for him. The youth agreed to do the favor, […]
On Sunday an inmate received minor surgery after he was chopped at Hattieville prison. According to the Department of Corrections, the incident happened shortly after nine Sunday morning. Reports are that Paul Ysaguirre went to the institution’s kitchen, but after entering the building he was confronted by fellow inmate, Bert Elijio. The inmates are alleged […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and welcome to this fresh portion of Sports Monday. In a bid to achieve gold, the Belize Amateur Boxing Association opted to host this year’s Copa Maya at the Civic Center, with participation from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. First to come up, with the precious metal was Joseph Egan, […]
At news time tonight, three members of the Belize Defense Force and a Belizean Police Officer are still being held by Guatemalan authorities. Technical talks in Miami between the two countries have been suspended until their release. Sources inside the BDF tell News Five that around 10:00 yesterday morning, a Belizean border patrol, consisting of […]
The day after the body of 14-year-old Noemi Hernandez was found, police called a press conference to talk about how they are going to handle this, the 4th murder of a Belize City girl. It is actually the 5th if you include the unexplained death of Samantha Gordon. While the police pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran […]
Noemi Hernandez’s remains were buried yesterday at the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery, however her father, Francis Hernandez went to Police today asking if the remains could be exhumed so the family could hold a proper funeral. However during a Police press conference this evening, Mario Vernon, Head of C.I.B. said that Mr. Hernandez, who was present […]
The body of a man believed to have drowned yesterday in the sea off the Port Loyola area has still not been found. At the time of his disappearance, Kelvin Dennis Barrow was trying to elude police. The pursuit had both Barrow and an officer in the sea for over an hour in plain view […]
A 29 year old man from Santa Elena Cayo, Mark Hyde has been charged with rape and indecent assault following accusations that he drugged a young woman and raped her on the nineteenth of February. The woman told police she accepted a drink from Hyde at Legend 2000 nightclub in Santa Elena Town, and the […]
In another case, this time in the Orange Walk District, a cane cutter from Douglas Village, has been charged with incest, indecent assault and rape. His seven and eight year old half sisters told police he had raped them several times over the last year. The girls reported the matter on the Tuesday but the […]
In a few months they will have frayed edges, scratches, names and phone numbers scribbled all over them, but right now the new BTL phone books are in perfect condition and being handed out to offices and homes throughout the country. One thing you will notice right away is the increase in the cellular phone […]
