Forty six year old Floyd Budd, who says he is homeless and cannot feed himself, was sentenced to six years in prison for burglarizing the Valumed Phamacy. When he appeared in front of Magistrate Sharon Frazer this morning, Budd also said he thinks jail is the best place for him because he will have three […]
The long arms of the law finally caught up with thirty-one year old Marlon Moya after almost a month on the lam. Police detained Moya because he allegedly broke into a house in Hattieville on December twelfth 2009. Moya allegedly abused an eleven year old girl while in the house and stole a DVD player […]
Thirty-eight year old Garrison Nicholson is known in Burrell Boom as a horse trainer. And it might sound like “rake” for Boledo, but the father of two children is going to jail for two years for stealing two doors. In his hearing this morning, Nicholson pleaded guilty to Theft and claimed that the hard times […]
Two teenagers were killed in separate incidents when grenades exploded on Mayflower Street and more recently on Kraal Road. It is known that eighteen of twenty-four grenades have not been located since they went missing from the British Forces armory. So when calls were made today to the Ready Call Centre that grenades had been […]
On Wednesday leaders of rival Belize City gangs are expected to congregate for a make or break deal that could end the violence in the streets. The mood is very tense tonight as one inmate has confessed to murdering another convict affiliated with a rival gang behind the prison walls of the Hattieville Prison. Twenty-one […]
The term artificial was used in December by Foreign Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington to describe our borders with Guatemala. The public condemnation was fierce and the minister turned to the Webster dictionary to explain himself away. But that did not quell the outrage, in particular since there has been no word yet from Prime Minister […]
The city is still reeling from the recent grenade that detonated on Kraal Road. One man, Lusby Martinez, has been charged with the murder of fourteen year old Rudolph Flowers, the victim of that explosion. But fear continues to grip the public since it is known that many more grenades are still in the hands […]
People who become unemployed after ten consecutive years on the job with the same employer may be entitled to double the money in severance pay. That’s the good news, the down side is that should this become law, it will not be retroactive. Discussions between the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the Belize […]
Earlier in the newscast, Senator Eamon Courtenay, was critical about the use of the word artificial to describe the borders with Guatemala. When he appeared this morning on Open Your Eyes, Courtenay also said that the possibility of an early referendum to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice for resolution, could be […]
Three customs officers have been committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court for Forgery. Aruny Perez, Carl Augustine and Michael McKenzie are charged in connection with a container of pseudo-ephedrine which arrived in Belize in September of 2008 and then disappeared into thin air. The officers were accused of forgery after the container went […]
A police corporal has been charged with seven criminal offences for allegedly beating up a couple. Thirty-two year old Mark August of the Queen Street Patrol branch is charged Wounding Fernando Searle in Christmas week. He is also accused of Threatening Searle at his garage on the Northern highway and for damaging a metal gate. […]
James Rhaburn of Crooked Tree Village turned one hundred and five just before the close of 2009. And having celebrated his birthday on December thirty-first, Rhaburn is believed to be the oldest living person in Belize. His father passed away when Rhaburn was only fourteen years old and he had to drop out of school […]
A cashier at the Caye Caulker branch of Bowen and Bowen Company Limited is in big trouble tonight after he admitted to using company money for personal business. The manager of the distribution centre told police that he discovered over six thousand five hundred dollars short when he was balancing his sales receipts on New […]
A brave B.D.F. volunteer from Roaring Creek Village is hospitalized tonight and is hoping to beat the odds. Nineteen year old Ramon Cadle broke his neck and fractured his spinal cord while swimming in a creek during the Christmas Holidays. While his prognosis to return to a normal life is not optimistic, the family has […]
A British type defensive grenade exploded in the final days of 2009 instantly killing a fourteen year old boy. It is believed the grenade originated from a batch gone missing a few years ago from the British Forces and is the sixth to surface in the streets of Belize City and the second to be […]
The murder of twenty-three year old Christopher Galvez remains under investigation. His family has expressed outrage and that seems to have struck a chord with the Minister of National Security. On New Year’s Eve, the man in charge of that portfolio, Carlos Perdomo, announced that his Ministry has assigned a three-person inquiry to investigate the […]
The Sugar Industry faced tremendous hard times in 2009, and the end of that year provided more frustration for the caneros in the northern districts. The season started in December with low production and long lines backed up at the gates of Belize Sugar Industries Factory at Tower Hill in Orange Walk. The Belize Sugar […]
Since the meeting in Belmopan has been called off, Madrid said that B.S.C.F.A. is now requesting Minister Montero to go to the sugar belt to meet with the caneros. One of the matters that they have on their agenda is the formation of the United Cane Farmers Association. Madrid says that the B.S.C.F.A. is now […]
The Supreme Court is still in recess, but at the Magistrates’ Court Mark Medina was charged for unlicensed firearm and ammunition. Medina was freed of several offences in 2009 including Murder and Burglary, but at the start of 2010 he is behind bars. Police say that on December twenty-eighth they searched Medina’s house on Berkeley […]
The year 2009 closed with a barrage of shootings, murders and a grenade attack in which one person was killed. It is the number one public concern and this morning on Open Your Eyes the Chairman of the Crime Control Council outlined the work of the council to monitor the crime situation and make recommendations […]
Most people start the year with promises of having a fresh start and a new outlook on life. And that’s exactly what Great Belize Productions/Channel Five is doing. The station has a fresh look and we are now broadcasting from our home on Coney Drive as we move forward with the new decade. The work […]
The year 2010 started with bundles of joy for at least five families around the country. News Five today caught up with the first baby born at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital one hour into the morning of January first. Thirty-three year old Yvane Mangar gave birth to her third child, a baby boy, Javion […]
A musical artist has recognized that the crime situation in Belize City has been stagnant. His solution is to spread peace and love through gospel music. Yon Bevans had once spent time behind bars for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Those few months in remand, drew him closer to the lord and he […]
It’s the start of the New Year and invariably that means new expectations and goals for the year ahead. Some persons set out to lose weight, others want to buy a new car, or go to church and still others simply want good health. News Five hit downtown Albert Street and found out that there […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and it is indeed with great pleasure that we welcome you to this first delivery of Sports Monday for 2010. New Years Day brings with it a monster cycling show sponsored by Krem and this time around some hundred and ten athletes in the four major categories suited up for […]
