Fresh off a plane from Washington D.C., this evening Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington addressed the nation on the issue of the compromis. Elrington says the briefing is part of the government’s commitment to keep the public informed and educated on the Belize/Guatemala process. During the lengthy conference that concluded at six this evening, […]
But while the decision to go to the I.C.J. rests in the hands of the people, G.O.B. believes it is the way to go. Elrington says he cannot come up with another means of settling the dispute save for picking up arms and for Ambassador Fred Martinez, Guatemalan’s constitution says it has ownership of Belize […]
And while there is still quite a way to go before the Guatemalan claim to Belize reaches the International Court of Justice… if it even does. In the meantime, O.A.S. Secretary General, Jose Miguel Insulza, who has been involved in the process for years, is keeping his fingers crossed that it will work out and […]
Belizeans have been feeling the pain of a high cost of living, according to a recent poll of City residents. But are there plans to bring down prices? News Five’s Marion Ali canvassed the main suppliers of imported goods to find out if there will ever be some relief. Marion Ali, Reporting While Belizeans have […]
He said he had to kill them and now the verdict is in for thirty-four year old Ryan Horne. Horne was accused of brutally stabbing to death two sisters, Rosa and Sandra Esquivel. The trial took place in the court of Justice Adolph Lucas and a jury of seven men and five women deliberated for […]
In an update of a story we aired last Thursday of a body found in the Blue Hole, News Five has confirmed that the body has still not been retrieved from the deep waters because police say the process is technical and financing to put off this operation has come up short. Police also say […]
Police are following leads in the death of a man whose lifeless body was found in a pool of blood on a feeder road about a quarter mile from the George Price Boulevard in Benque Viejo Del Carmen. This morning police visited the site where they found the body of Felix Enriquez Martinez, a resident […]
Around that same time in the Cayo District, police visited the Iguana Creek Bridge where they found the lifeless body of fifty-six year old Melvin Mendoza of Unitedville. According to reports, the deceased and his friend Orlando Trapp were both travelling from Black Man Eddy towards Spanish Lookout in Mendoza’s Ford Ranger Pickup with license […]
It is usual that traffic accidents involve vehicles, but this time it also has to do with horses. At mile thirteen on the Western Highway last night a woman was injured and the two horses were killed. Husband and wife duo, Isela and Jason Garay were reportedly heading towards Belmopan shortly after eleven last night […]
And in other news, at around four-thirty Sunday evening, twenty-one year old Rangel Delgado of San Narciso Village, Corozal was walking in front of Escuela Mexico Secondaria High School in the San Roman Village when he was approached by a machete wielding assailant. Delgado says that his attacker swung the machete at him cutting off […]
Belizeans expect the government to deal with crises in the most efficient manner in cases of national medical emergencies. And to do that, a lot of tedious and meticulous planning must be done. The Pan American Health Organization in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control and the Ministry of Health are working on one […]
What happens to children when they are gravely ill and tertiary level care is not available in the country? Many turn to the International Hospital for Children. The I.H.C. offers critical surgical care to persons up to the age of twenty-one and has been facilitating referrals from Belize to the U.S. for specialized medical care. […]
It’s a little over two weeks before Christmas and a family of ten left homeless in a fire in late November, has dim prospects for housing. The head of the family is blind, another member is unemployed and while they had received shelter for a few days, the Belize City family is destitute and desperate […]
The Under-Twelve National Basketball Team will be leaving tomorrow en route to the regional COCABA Competition which will be held in Guatemala City. And to test their mettle, the team has been competing with various schools throughout Belize City. Today, News Five caught up with the team at the Belize City Centre where they were […]
The second episode of Channel Five’s, Tek It or Leave It airs tonight following the live broadcast of Gimme Five. Picked from a live studio audience, last Wednesday night a Ladyville resident got the chance to “tek” home five thousand dollars in cash and Rose Cutkelvin, a mother of four of Belize City, walked away […]
The compromis has been signed. Just after ten this morning, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington, Guatemalan Foreign Minister, Haroldo Rodas, and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza put their signatures on the bottom line of the special agreement in which both countries agree to go to the I.C.J. to settle Guatemala’s claim to Belizean […]
The P.U.P.’s were not the only ones to receive a copy of the special agreement. After weeks of speculation by Belizeans as to what was contained in the document, the secrecy came to an end with the nine-article document that was finally emailed to press this afternoon. The four-page document begins with a preamble stating […]
Going to the I.C.J. will cost in the range of twenty million dollars, according to members of the negotiating team. And where is this money coming from? Government will be relying on various sources, including the “Group of Friends” which is a number of countries, member states of the O.A.S. and others who have been […]
While politicians are seeing the decision to go to the I.C.J. as a necessity to end the Guatemalan claim, many Belizeans are not sure. So far the N.T.U.C.B. has publicly said they do not think the I.C.J. is the way to go and late this evening the Maya Leaders Alliance of Southern Belize let its […]
A three-year old boy was trapped and perished in a fire at an apartment building over the weekend in Belize City. Seven families were left homeless and the Fire and Police Departments are now looking for answers in the heap of rubble that was left behind by the blaze. Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting […]
A woman is left traumatized tonight after a home intrusion at her home in the Belama Phase Two area after two thieves broke into her home in the wee hours of Saturday and held her hostage. The woman’s family has asked the police and media to refrain from revealing her name for fear that her […]
Another aggravated burglary was reported over the weekend, this time on Friday night. The victim is thirty-nine year old Xiao Hua Zhu, proprietor of Jenny’s Shop on Meighan Avenue. Zhu reported to police that she was closing up the shutter when she was approached by two men; one of them was armed with a silver […]
While police search for those two culprits, another burglary victim assisted them by nabbing his own. Around three-fifteen a.m. on Saturday, seventy-five year old Lawrence Matute was asleep at his Baymen Avenue home when he was awakened by a noise coming from his bedroom window. Instead of cowering in a corner, Matute reached under his […]
The charge of abetment is not one that is reported often, but anyone who is charged with that offense can expect a maximum sentence of twenty years. Today, a jury of five women and four men deliberated and found twenty-eight year old Delita Chavez guilty of Abetment of Dangerous Harm on thirty-three year old Kimberly […]
While the Ministry of Agriculture insists there is no shortage of red kidney beans, they have still ordered the importation of two hundred thousand pounds of pinto beans into the country for two reasons. Firstly, it is to ensure that there is an adequate supply of a suitable alternate and also to have available beans […]
