The calm at the beginning of this year was holding… at least for the first eighteen days. But on Monday evening the first murder took place around six o’clock during a high school football game. It was not a student that fell victim nor does his murder appear to have gang influence. In fact, it […]
There’s another murder to report tonight. The life of a Belizean was taken mid afternoon in neighboring Guatemala. News Five has learnt that twenty-eight year old Wendy Navarette was shot to death today in Guatemala City as she headed to pick up one of her children from school. Details are trickling in and when News […]
Turning to political news, it was their first press conference for this year, and from the looks of it, the People’s United Party started the year with a bang. The Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, had the opening salvo and he was backed up by two of his deputy leaders, Mark Espat and Francis […]
As our newscast ended at seven-thirty Monday night, a ruling was made in the Telemedia appeal against Speednet, the owner of SMART. The Appeals Court panel of Justices Manuel Sosa, Elliot Motley and Dennis Morrison decided to uphold an original ruling by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh in favor of Smart. That means SMART’s services will […]
Earlier in the newscast we told you about the PUP’s press conference at Independence Hall. After a feisty statement by the party leader, his Deputy, Mark Espat made his own pronunciations about the economy and the recession. Espat says that there are thirty-two thousand more Belizeans living in poverty and over twenty thousand Belizeans who […]
The Opposition did not hold back its criticism of the sophomore year of the U.D.P. government. Former Minister of Education Francis Fonseca spoke on the crime wave that has been sweeping across the country. He reiterated that the opposition has offered on numerous occasions to work with the government to eradicate urban terrorism. Fonseca again […]
The Belize/Guatemala dispute was fully ventilated at today’s press conference. Senator Eamon Courtenay said the possibility of a referendum to lead us to the International Court of Justice is not any closer after all the discussions have been made over the past years. Courtenay says that a referendum may be at least four years away […]
While the opposition raised the ante calling for the resignation of Foreign Minister, on Monday, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington wearing his hat as Attorney General gave a commitment on the Caribbean Court of Justice. The CCJ has been an idea toyed with in judicial and even parliamentary circles for years and not every country in the […]
The Supreme Court opened on a calm note on Monday, but the tone was much different today when the case of a gruesome murder came up for trial. While the case is already sensational, more drama was added this morning when it took almost an hour to select the twelve member jury due to clashes […]
Earlier today, the Prime Minister of Haiti, Rene Preval, said that at least seventy thousand bodies have been recovered from the rubble, but as many as two hundred thousand are feared dead. The earthquake that hit the island one week ago has left wanton death and destruction, and the compelling images from Haiti tell the […]
Since tragedy struck the poverty-stricken island, millions of dollars have been pouring into Haiti for relief efforts. The International Red Cross is one of the leading agencies working around the clock to render aid to the victims of the quake. This afternoon, the Belize Red Cross received a ten thousand dollar cheque from Simpson Oil […]
Channel Five’s efforts to assist Haiti, will take place this Friday night right here at our headquarters on Coney Drive. It’s a one of a kind live concert—a tribute to musical legend and UNESCO’s Artist for Peace, Andy Palacio and an appeal for assistance to Haiti. The show will feature an impressive lineup of world […]
In the past twenty-hours, we introduced Channel’s News website. The look is modern, crisp and appealing to the eye. And importantly, in keeping with our commitment to constantly improve and bring you the best in programming, the new webpage offers numerous options to view our nightly newscast and other programming. There are various added features […]
And if you thought the website is hot, well tonight is also the big premiere of the highly anticipated KTV Latino, Channel Five’s newest entertainment show. And if you are wondering on the format, you don’t need to feel left out because the show is both in English and Spanish. Many auditioned last year from […]
The traditional opening ceremony of the Supreme Court took place this morning, marking the official start of a crammed calendar for the year ahead. There was the usual pomp and circumstance befitting the occasion but unlike last year, the tone was different. The 2009 speeches were remarkable and memorable. The Chief Justice charged that government […]
The Supreme Court opened today and simultaneously taking place, is an unprecedented special sitting of the Court of Appeal to hear the appeal by Belize Telemedia Limited against the CJ’s injunction preventing it from interrupting Smart’s services. It is an unusual occurrence taking place more infrequently than a solar eclipse. For the first time in […]
He celebrated his ninety-first birthday only last Friday, and this year there was no public appearance to mark the occasion, mostly because, as he put it, the recession does not lend to a party. Despite his age, George Price, the Father of the nation, can frequently be seen taking his walk between his home and […]
Attorney General Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington told News Five late last year that the government would be advertising the post of Chief Justice since the CJ, Abdulai Conteh, is reaching retirement age. At the opening of the Supreme Court this morning, the CJ himself said that many have been talking about his possible retirement in 2010. […]
And while the Police Department says crime was down for 2009, the court calendar reflected an overwhelming figure of cases dispensed of in 2009 by nine justices. At today’s opening the CJ presented the alarming figures which included the backlog of cases in the court system. Dr. Abdulai Conteh, Chief Justice “In that year a […]
So did Elrington apologize when he said openly in court today that he humbly begged “That any unhappy remark I made be attributed solely to inadvertence, ignorance and perhaps inexperience?” Well, we asked him afterwards what he meant. Marion Ali “You offered an apology to the CJ referring to last year’s comments made. I think […]
In other legal news, Senior Counsels Lois Young and Lisa Shoman, appeared on opposite sides before the Privy Council in London this morning over what is called “the referendum case”. This goes back to 2008 when the government tried to amend the human rights provisions of the Belize Constitution without taking the matter to a […]
Assistance to Haiti continues to surge in the wake of last Tuesday’s earthquake. The International Red Cross says that at least fifty thousand persons have been killed. The destruction to infrastructure is massive, the airport is overwhelmed and unable to process the aid that is pouring into the island and the port is closed due […]
The long arms of the law caught up with a U.S. fugitive hiding in Belize. Acting on a tip, police investigations led them to a boat at the Cucumber Beach Marina on the Western Highway. Last Friday the cops searched the boat “Latitude Adjustment”, owned by US National William Russell Jewett Junior and found not […]
Also in the Magistrate’s Court, a student who has been in police custody since last Thursday was charged for stabbing twenty year old Giovanni Abraham with a knife. Eighteen year old Mark Anthony Usher Junior was taken to court and slapped with charges of Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Harm. The incident occurred sometime […]
And an Orange Walk resident, twenty year Darrel Berry spent Christmas Day in the hospital after he was shot several times in the wee hours of December twenty-fourth. And now the man police believe shot Berry, is spending time in the Hattieville Prison until he has his day in court. Twenty-seven year old Kareem Barona […]
