The allegation about rogue cops in the police department resonated throughout the country and can’t be easily forgotten. Since Detective Corporal Jermaine Mangar can no longer be seen as the poster boy for rogue cops, then where are the rogue cops? This afternoon while at a police department ceremony, News Five’s Jose Sanchez asked the […]
Eight year old Marquise Mahler was laid to rest today. It was an emotional funeral for family, friends and the community. The child did not live to finish primary school; he was gunned down last Friday on Faber’s Road and died the following day. His murder is signaling the hideous lows to which crime has […]
There is a growing number of children on the streets that are hustling for spare change to survive. On Tuesday we asked: Are you concerned about the number of kids begging on the streets? Ninety-five percent of our viewers said yes. One viewer from our e-poll suggested “the police need to start picking up these […]
While at the Du Di Rait Ting Ceremony this morning at Old Belize, Police Minister Doug Singh and Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries looked like old buddies. Singh even indicated that he personally liked Jeffries, but his previous comments gave the impression that Jeffries might be squeezed out of his post, even though the ink […]
Following receipt of a death threat on Tuesday by an executive of the group Belizeans for Justice the newly installed Minister of Police, Doug Singh, gave the organization his assurance that a press conference at the Radisson which was initially scheduled for today would be secured by members of the police department. While the public […]
PC Jermaine Mangar was not the only cop in court this morning. Interdicted Police Cpl. Mark August was in the news in late 2009 when Fernando Searle, a Mechanic and his common-law-wife, Tanya Pitts accused him of assault, using threatening words and damage to property. But this morning, August’s case was adjourned for the fourth […]
On June seventeenth of this year, twenty-two year old Arturo Eck was found guilty of the November 2007 murder of Eugenio Tzul. This morning in Orange Walk’s magistrate court, Justice Michelle Arana sentenced Eck to life imprisonment. No character witnesses were called but on behalf of Tzul, his attorney Hubert Elrington begged for leniency on […]
In other news, an international dance company is threatening to rock the country with its unique form of dance. Step Afrika is in the Jewel, courtesy of the US Embassy and NICH, as part of a three country tour of Central America. The group will be holding free concerts so get ready to step, stomp […]
In May and June the Prime Minister, Dean Barrow introduced plans to take back the streets from criminals with a programme called Operation Restore Belize. The objective was to chart a way forward after consultation with various sub-committees, whose jobs will be to monitor and assist in implementing new initiatives in deterring crime. It’s is […]
Minister Singh also says he wants to give the Police Department a complete overhaul and that will include officers who are on the heavy side a leaner look. Today he told us that his line last week about “cops with their guts hanging out” was not meant to offend anyone but merely to urge them […]
Do the Rait thing, it’s an initiative that started back in 2005 , to encourage youths to lead productive lives and keep out of harm’s way. This morning, a ceremony was held to recognize the newest winner of the initiative; she’s a charming young woman from San Ignacio. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports from Old […]
Julio Escalante has been hospitalized since last week when he was badly injured in a traffic mishap. It has not been an easy time for the groom-to-be of our reality wedding, From Yes to I Do. The young man has persevered because he intends to keep his appointment on August 21st with Vanessa Ramos, his […]
A climate of fear is pervading the streets of the City tonight, and it is anticipated that more violence will erupt following a slew of shootings that ended in the murder of Marques Mahler and Calvin Graham late last week. Earlier today, a scheduled anti-crime event was called off when one of the leading organizers […]
Belizeans for Justice had planned to present recommendations to reduce crime at their press conference on Wednesday. But all that is now on hold in the face of the risk to their personal security. A few weeks ago, Doug Singh was installed as the new minister of police, but the NGO is now demanding the […]
As we said earlier there is a sense of fear among City residents. One of the crime events was called off because of death threats to the organizers. And even as the family of eight year old Marques Mahler grieves and prepares for his burial, they have also been receiving threats. News Five’s Isani Cayetano […]
Just about everyone who has been downtown or elsewhere in the City has been approached by the large number of persons begging for some change. Initially that profession was confined to the homeless but that has changed significantly with unemployment and school children on vacation. Tonight we ask: Are you concerned about the number of […]
Sugar cane production decreased by twelve point six percent in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2009. But that is not the only problem plaguing the industry. Cane farmers are agitating for a general meeting of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers’ Association, and as they have in the past, […]
The defense and prosecution in the murder trial of two brothers closed their case today before Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas. The brothers, Jody and Lynton Gentle, are accused of the June sixteenth 2007 murder of Alpheus Smith who was gunned down in broad daylight on Curassow Street. Smith was shot multiple times to the […]
In the courts, forty-five year old Clinton Martin, who was caught red handed stealing cement blocks at the Caye Caulker Water Taxi Association, was today spared from going to jail after he pleaded guilty to the charge of theft. The Security Guard, Andy Martinez, reported that this past Sunday, at about two-thirty p.m., he saw […]
Well-known criminal figure, Basil Willis, who already has thirty offenses to his name, had two more charges added to his extensive rap sheet today. Willis, a resident of Black Orchid Street in Belize City, is behind bars after being accused of robbing Mexican national, Juan Villatoro. Willis, who was charged with Robbery and Wounding, pleaded […]
The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Belize’s Youth for the Future are collaborating for a special summer program at the IT-VET Campus. Participating kids from Belize City are enjoying a fusion of culture, sports and art with a touch of Taiwanese flavor. The weeklong agenda is facilitated by Taiwanese, teaching different courses. It all […]
Mexico is celebrating two hundred years of independence and the one hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican revolution. And our northern neighbours will be holding numerous cultural events throughout the year on this side of the border. One such event comes up on Wednesday evening, with the visit of the Quintana Roo Classic […]
Get ready for the red carpet because it’s time for the annual film festival. Beginning tonight and for the duration of the festival, only on this station, catch the Belize International Film Festival TV show. In partnership with our friends from NICH, the shows will be aired weeknights after the news. View the trailers of […]
There is this news from the region, four years ago he fell ill, subsequently gave up power to his younger brother Raul Castro, and most wrote him off because his ailing health. But on Monday in Havana, the former Cuban president Fidel Castro, appeared for more than an hour on a current affairs television show […]
Santo Domingo, the capital city of the Dominican Republic and home to the recent Centro Basket Tournament, is the oldest and continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas. In fact it was founded by Columbus in 1496 and became the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World. Channel Five’s William Neal and […]
