Still there is another home invasion, but this one ended in rape of a retired woman in a secluded area of Hattieville. A Canadian woman and her husband living for some time in the Freetown Sibun Area of the village, was the victim of the horrible sexual crime. The incident happened around two on Monday […]
Closer to home in Belize City, Monday night turned deadly for twenty-seven year old Eddie Neal, who was killed by at least two assailants on Central American Boulevard. Neal has been in trouble with the law on previous occasions and is known to have a beef with a Kraal Road gang. News Five’s Jose Sanchez […]
It is not known if it is a suicide or homicide, but a prison inmate was found dead in his cell on Friday night. Alfonso Eck was convicted in 2005 on numerous charges including maim and assault. Eck was due for release in 2010, but his life was cut short as his body was found […]
Back in August, the government compulsorily acquired Belize Telemedia. The value of the company has been placed at three hundred million US dollars. And now the Employees Trust, which holds a twenty-two percent stake in the company, has launched a constitutional motion challenging the expropriation of the company. The value of the trust is now […]
Almost a year ago, the sixth amendment act was passed by the House of Representatives and then by the senate. That’s a year ago, but it was never signed into law and since then has been gathering dust because the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in cases brought by businessman Barry Bowen and the Land […]
Also passed by the senate today was the bill to amend the Evidence Act and the Indictable Procedure Act to make way for the use of depositions in both Magistrate and Supreme Courts. The amendment allows for statements to be entered as evidence in the courts in an attempt to protect witnesses who are fearful […]
U.B. students showed up at the various campuses for classes today, but there were no staff or teachers on hand. That’s because the faculty and staff staged a mass sick out following a meeting last week Thursday in which the U.B. board could not reach a compromise with the teachers’ representative Leonardo Pott over a […]
To become aligned with the Caribbean Single Market Economy, the government introduced a bill in the House that changed the tax structure for imported spirits. That meant stiff competition for the manufacturer of Belikin Beer since the price of Heineken beer went down. And on August twenty-fourth, a bill to add a deposit of twenty-five […]
According to the Associated Press, a Belizean residing in the United States is being held for the brutal slashing of a University of California, Los Angeles student in a chemistry lab. The incident happened last Thursday and the assailant is identified as another U.C.L.A student, Damon Thompson, who moved to the U.S. about two years […]
Another Belizean, however, lost his life in a traffic accident also in Los Angeles. Thirty-six year old motorcyclist, Orrin Casey, formerly of Belmopan, was killed by a ninety-four year old driver. It happened this past Monday morning when Casey was hit by the elderly man who was trying to exit a shopping centre in the […]
A Ladyville resident who took his family to San Felipe on Monday did not make it back home. Samuel Diaz was enjoying a day of swimming at the Rio Bravo River when the current took him under and he never resurfaced. Attempts by his stepson to rescue him were fruitless and Diaz’ is yet to […]
The remaining murder suspect for the 2007 murder of Curlin Felix in 2007 was freed today. Three were initially charged and two Mark Vernon and Cassian Bennett, beat the murder rap in 2008. Today, the court freed Wababa Noralez, the final suspect for the murder. Wababa’s case began last week Tuesday, but today Senior Crown […]
A forty year-old woman of Belize City was raped last Wednesday on Chancellor Street and tonight police say investigations into the sexual crime has led them to arrest of a well-known city man. Twenty five year old Kareem Williams, who has been in trouble with the law on numerous occasions, was this morning charged with […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley rolling into your living room with this thing we call Sports Monday. The Belize Premier Football League provided evidence of still being alive this weekend with the actual completion of a double header package. Upon checking we found out that of the seven teams that started the 2009 season only […]
The legal battle on the hasty expropriation by government on Telemedia is on. Late word to News Five this evening is that a constitutional challenge has been mounted against the government’s nationalization of Belize Telemedia Limited. On August twenty-fourth, the government rushed a Telecommunications Amendment Bill through the House of Representatives and by the afternoon […]
The House of Representatives resumed regular sessions in Belmopan today. One issue that was well ventilated involved the judiciary, which has not had a good year doesn’t seem to be getting better. At the opening of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General questioned the competence of the Judiciary. This was followed by a move by […]
Also in the House, legislation was debated to provide for statements to admitted into evidence from witnesses who are fearful of testifying in court. There was general agreement that something has to be done to curb crime, but is the amendment the answer? News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports from Belmopan. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The Evidence […]
It was reported earlier today elsewhere in the media that about a million dollars worth of suspected pseudoephedrine were confiscated from a house in the Lake Independence area on Thursday night. According to the sensational report, the drug was the property of the Ministry of Health and had been stashed there for over a year. […]
Zenaida Moya Flowers, Belize City’s mayor has been under the radar since she faced twenty two counts of Uttering a False Document and two counts of Failure to Comply with City Council Regulations. The spin she pulled on the story was that she was being targeted by Prime Minister Barrow, through his “Minion” Patrick Tillett, […]
Turning to a story that has made international headlines; the possible deportation of Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s son, the well known rapper, Shyne. When News Five spoke to his lawyer, Oscar Michelen, on Tuesday, he told us that no decision would be made before today on whether or not Shyne will be sent back to […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you about the passage of a bill to allow for witnesses statements to be admitted in court. It is intended that the legislation will secure convictions to reduce the horrifying levels of crime. On Thursday, News Five sat down with the Minister of National Security, Carlos Perdomo to get […]
The Oppenheimer Report “Multiple Caution Flags” focused on the investor confidence in Belize. One of the caution points referred to the fact that Taiwan is no longer seeking full membership into the United Nations. Taiwan has made over fifty million U.S. dollars in commitments to Belize. And the only gesture Belize has consistently made to […]
The rivalry between the buses companies covering the Ladyville/Lord’s Bank route continues to rage out of control. Last Thursday night, an off duty driver for Ramos Shuttle Service was reportedly attacked by a driver from Skai’s Bus Line, the weapon, a machete. News Five spoke to Ramos’ driver, Aldorae Flowers, who says he has had […]
While we could not reach the driver from Skai’s Bus Line for comment, we spoke to the owner of the Ramos buses, who once employed Haliday. Bert Ramos says Haliday was always a troublemaker and was fired from his company because of it. Bert Ramos, Owner, Ramos Shuttle Service “Apparently he is a deportee, he […]
Twenty year old Randy Coye was brutally beaten and murdered in the Lord Ridge Cemetery last Friday night. Five men were arraigned today and are facing charges for the homicide. Brandon Smith, Kenroy Humes, Leon Gray, Deshawn Mena and Edwin Flowers filed into the court of Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie and all of them except […]
