The case of man indicted for the attempted murder of his girlfriend has reached the Supreme Court after the Director of Public Prosecutions appeared before the Chief Justice this week to protest the decision to grant the accused bail. Kirk Anderson formally applied for bail to be overturned for Abdiel Sandoval, after San Ignacio Magistrate […]
Marine experts have certified that a pregnant manatee found dead along the shore in Buttonwood Bay was struck by a boat’s propellers. According to officials from the Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network, during the necropsy performed on the carcass of the adult female, several severe injuries were found across its back. Experts tell News Five […]
One week ago we chronicled the sad story of Lydia Rodriguez, the young Orange Walk mother clinging to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a traffic accident on the Guinea Grass Road. Tonight, Rodriguez remains hospitalised and she needs your help to stay alive. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-six year old Lydia Rodriguez remains […]
For the past eight years, spectators and competitors alike have gathered beneath the Hawkesworth Bridge for the start of the La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge. Before dawn this morning, News Five’s Karla Vernon, Brent Toombs, and Stephen Ferguson headed west where they found spirits higher than the river. Karla Vernon, Reporting The eighth La […]
And while La Ruta Maya is the weekend’s big sporting event, the annual Baron Bliss Harbour Regatta will also kick off on Sunday. The sailing boat race committee hopes that a couple of changes this year will add more excitement to the event. According to Harbour Regatta Chairman Edward Flowers, the race course has been […]
The two party system is alive and well in Belize … and that’s about the only solace the P.U.P. could enjoy this morning as the magnitude of the United Democratic Party’s sweeping nationwide victory became clear. Claiming sixty-four out of sixty-seven seats up for grabs in nine municipalities and winning just under sixty percent of […]
While Zenaida Moya will have her hands full figuring out how to run a city in tough financial times, U.D.P. leader Dean Barrow will spend the next two years trying to parlay yesterday’s municipal success into victory in the 2008 general elections. In the wee hours of this morning he offered a quick analysis of […]
For every winner in last night’s drama there was a corresponding loser. As the leader of the party suffering one of the most lopsided defeats in recent political memory, it was left to Prime Minister Said Musa to face the public, put his spin on the massacre, and rally his demoralized troops. P.M. Said Musa, […]
A Belizean extradited on drug related charges has been convicted in the States. Robert Hertular was found guilty by a jury in U.S. Federal Court of threatening to kill a Belize based D.E.A. agent as well as conspiracy to import cocaine. The offenses date to 2001 and involve the seizure of over a ton of […]
Tonight police need your help in catching two wanted men. A year ago, twenty-one year old Mark Alamilla was arrested and charged in the shooting death of Belize City mechanic Lloyd Bodden. In December the case against Alamilla was set for a final hearing in the preliminary inquiry to see if the matter should be […]
The coroner’s inquest into the death of Leslie Rogers Junior has entered its third day. That inquiry was delayed, however, when two witnesses summoned to appear before Magistrate Margaret Gabb-McKenzie failed to show up. When police officers were dispatched to find and bring the two to court, it was discovered that one of them has […]
A scheduled sentencing in the Supreme Court had its own delay of justice when instead of a wrist slap, a Belize City taxi driver was given a trial date. Forty-four year old Valentine Ferguson appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas this morning to hear his fate after pleading guilty to two counts of causing death by […]
Today, Smart launched its newest telecommunications feature. Smart Live, advertised as the first service of its kind in Belize, is initially being offered only to the phone company’s customers. Smart’s chief executive officer Eduardo Santiago spoke to News Five about Smart Live and the features their clients will now be able to enjoy. Eduardo Santiago, […]
Zenaida Moya and her U.D.P. supporters were not the only ones parading through the streets of Belize City today. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods explains. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Principals, teachers, preschoolers, and parents brave the city?s afternoon heat to celebrate the start of Child Stimulation Month. The observance is held each March to promote early education. […]
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It was a municipal campaign that in many ways seemed more like a full scale general election. The incumbent P.U.P., holding six out of nine urban areas, including Belize City, was vulnerable and the U.D.P. leadership for months has been confidently predicting a major shift in the balance of power. In a few hours we’ll […]
It’s a place where people tend to take their politics seriously. News Five’s Karla Vernon reports from Orange Walk Town. Karla Vernon, Reporting The voter turnout was brisk at the four polling stations in Orange Walk Town today, slowing down only around the lunch hour. Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Briceno was outside the Louisiana Government […]
Moving West, it was left to News Five’s Jacqueline Woods to feel the pulse of the one city and two towns located in the Cayo District. Her first stop was the nation’s capital. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting> The political climate in the City of Belmopan was upbeat as the People?s United Party, the United Democratic Party, […]
In terms of per capita income San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, is by far Belize’s richest municipality. But the island paradise still faces problems not unlike the nation’s lesser endowed towns. As the only council with a split membership — currently six one in favour of the U.D.P. — the race here figures to be the […]
The Northern districts of Belize have been traditional strongholds for the ruling People’s United Party, particularly Corozal. So if the U.D.P. can make inroads here it would likely herald a nationwide victory. News Five’s Karla Vernon reports. Karla Vernon, Reporting The Corozal Bay was calm today and so was voting at Corozal Town?s three polling […]
Our News Five team, Brent Toombs and William Neal are just back from the Southern towns of Dangriga and Punta Gorda. Here?s the report of what they found. William Neal, Reporting As the sun rose in scenic Punta Gorda, the day started as usual with postcard-like images of life in a coastal town. On election […]
Since dawn this morning, the men and women of the Elections and Boundaries Department have been working side by side with more than a hundred public officers to ensure an orderly, efficient voting process in polling stations across the country. Late this afternoon we caught up with the man at the helm of Belize’s electoral […]
