And there is another illegal person in prison facing deportation. Twenty-one year old Jose Cecilio Yanes of Honduras was recently freed of a murder charge in the stabbing death of thirty-one year old Tito Burgos Caballeros, which occurred in March of 2007. But Yanes was back in court today and pleaded guilty to Being a […]
The law caught up today with thirty-nine year old Kumar Prakash, owner of K-Park Supermarket, who was charged with two counts of Employing Persons not in Possession of Employment Permits. When he appeared in Magistrates’ Court, Prakash pleaded not guilty, was offered bail of two thousand five hundred dollars and was remanded into custody until […]
There is another twist to the story of a wooden house on Elston Kerr Street that was destroyed by fire last Thursday. There is now reason to believe the fire was deliberate. The home belonged to twenty eight year old Kimberly Trapp who today told News Five that she has been “going through some changes” […]
Tonight we report on two programming features to complement our newscast and our Morning Show. Firstly, beginning on April fourteenth to twentieth, our breakfast show ‘Open Your Eyes’ will be broadcasted from Trinidad and Tobago and we will have reports in our newscast of the Fifth Summit of the Americas. William Neal and myself will […]
First Caribbean Bank’s Unsung Heroes program has been running since 2003. It’s a recognition program that promotes individuals who give and work tirelessly to develop the community. The local coordinator of the program says that the bank is asking the public to make nominations of outstanding individuals in society. The winner will receive a monetary […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into Sports Monday. The highly anticipated opening of the Inter-office Basketball season got off to a blast, Friday night at the Civic Center with all twenty-four teams representing in the opening ceremonies, which included remarks from the president of the Belize Basketball Federation, Paul Thompson, and I.B.L […]
There are still many hurdles to cross but the family of Rhett Fuller has plenty reasons to celebrate tonight. Fuller’s attorney, Eamon Courtenay, secured a fifty thousand dollars bail for his release this afternoon in Supreme Court. Fuller has been locked up at the Hattieville prison since March twenty seventh. On that date, the Court […]
He was known to everyone as ‘Popula Fat Bwai’, and as his alias indicates, he is well known around town both for his joviality and his weight. Up until today, he was a permanent fixture at his West Canal shop. His real name is Glenford Spain and just around mid-day today in sweltering temperatures, the […]
Chinese national are often in the news as targets of crimes, but today, thirty-eight year old Jin Zhong Wang of Ladyville was in the dock. Wang appeared in Magistrates’ Court to answer to charges for the Possession of two grams of cannabis and Keeping a Greater Number of Ammunition than the amount specified in his […]
Also in the Magistrates’ Court, a group of five appeared twice in as many days for related incidents. On Thursday they were charged with Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition. Only one of them, twenty-four year old Harold Mutrie, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years for each count. But the charges against the […]
South Beach Belize is a mega project in San Pedro AC that has come under close scrutiny by environmentalists and others. Developers of the project propose to build a casino, hotel, condos, restaurant, sports complex, shopping mall, sporting complex and playgrounds fashioned after Florida’s South Beach. The project is planned to sit on a five […]
Remember the story we aired back on January fifteenth where a portion of the Caribbean Sea a few miles northwest of San Pedro was surveyed and leased off for development? Well, News Five did a follow-up on that story today and found out that this particular case represents just one of over forty under investigation […]
We reported on Thursday about a number of logs that were seized by the Orange Walk Forest office on Liberty Avenue from two trucks after they were felled from a protected area near the Honey Camp Lagoon known as the Fresh Water Creek Forest Reserve. Acting Chief Forest Officer, Marcelo Windsor, explained today that while […]
We reported on Thursday’s newscast that B.E.L. had applied for a six percent reduction in electricity rates for the year July first, 2009 to June thirtieth 2010. And in a follow up to that story, a release by the P.U.C. late in the evening, quickly shot down the request. According to the P.U.C, B.E.L. did […]
It wasn’t a grand ceremony today in Belmopan, but for those in the Transport Ministry, the new international driver’s license is a big deal and an accomplishment that was a long time coming. And according to the officials, the card not only meets international standards, but its new security features will prevent fraud. But while […]
We have not heard much from them of late but the Kiwanis Club of Belize Central resurfaced early this year and they are wasting no time. The branch of the organization in Belize will join Kiwanis clubs all over the world in observing the second annual Kiwanis One Day this Saturday. The local beneficiary is […]
The Holy Saturday cycling classic is upon us and after a look at how the riders prepare for the grueling races; News Five’s Duane Moody went behind the scenes today to look at the technical side and find out about the mechanics of the sport… Duane Moody, Reporting There are different types of bicycles; BMX […]
If you’ve tried to access the channel5belize.com website since Thursday afternoon, you may not have been successful. That is because our webmasters at Idealab Studios are having technical difficulties with the server hardware in the U.S. rendering the site unavailable. The webpage should be back up and running over the weekend and Channel Five apologizes […]
Easter is a week away, but you don’t have to wait till then for entertainment. Municipalities throughout the country have been gearing up with activities to entertain families during the day and adults at night. Saffiyah has hunted and found a fair, a teen event and even an art exhibit. Here she is with all […]
While diplomats on both sides concentrate on taking the Guatemalan dispute to the International Court of Justice, encroachments in Belizean territory by Guatemalans continue to grow by leaps and bounds in the Chiquibul National Park deep in the Maya Mountains. Marion Ali did a fly-over of the reserve today and found that in some areas, […]
An international conman who is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States was caught in Belize on Monday. The police department took several days to release the information because they had to trace the web of deceit that took root as far as Australia and the Canary islands. Forty three year […]
There is information tonight that the Orange Walk Forest office on Liberty Avenue today seized logs from two trucks believed to have been illegally felled from a protected area near the Honey Camp Lagoon. If the information reaching our news centre is accurate, then there is cause for concern because we understand that four persons […]
B.E.L. made a surprise announcement today that will be good news to consumers if agreed to by the P.U.C. This comes on the heels of an injunction granted by the Supreme Court on February twenty-sixth to the utility company not to proceed with a rate decrease that would have lowered the cost of electricity to […]
The Hicatee is considered a delicacy and while it is not illegal to hunt the turtles for personal consumption, it is an offence to hunt them for commercial purposes. Today, sixteen Hicatee turtles were returned to their natural habitat after officials from the Fisheries Department caught up on two men with the turtles at the […]
A fire in the wee hours of this morning left a minor with first and second degree burns. Around three-thirty a.m., twenty-eight year old Kimberly Trapp and her eight year old son, Kareem Fisher, along with their thirteen year old neighbour, Robert Lord, was asleep in their wooden home located on Elston Kerr Street when […]
