Two-time fugitive Carlos Keme who was on remand at the Belize Central Prison for the murder of Karina Daniels in Orange Walk Town in October 2009 has been caught for the second time across the northern border. Keme escaped from police custody on April fifteenth while he was being escorted to the Supreme Court in […]
Our question on Tuesday night received plenty comments and responses poured in from the viewers, eighty-eight percent of them voting that yes, the two point six tons of cocaine be destroyed as soon as possible. One viewer commented saying “Absolutely & witnessed by more than just the Minister & police Department. We would hate to […]
Channel Five has distinguished itself in Belize and the region for excellence in the news, entertainment, sports, documentaries, our morning show and a host of other locally produced programs. The creativity and the talent of our staff have been consistently recognized and this year, Channel Five won the two major categories in the news awards […]
When the Chief Justice was squeezed out, Justice Samuel Awich was moved up as Acting CJ. Well, there is word tonight that an acting justice of the Supreme Court has been appointed for a six month period. He is Denis Stanley Hannomansingh from Guyana. His appointment, however, did not happen without its share of resistance […]
There’s a standoff between Waste Control and the Belize City Council over the perennial problem of garbage. The city has been unable to meet its obligations and Waste Control says it will be reducing garbage collection on the Northside of the City. So get ready for the stench. The Belize Waste Control notified residents today […]
A murder trial against Roger Wagner Junior ended with an acquittal in the Supreme Court today. Wagner was accused of shooting Griffith Green Junior on December twenty-eighth, 2008 and back then the main witness, Trevor Flowers, claimed he saw it all. But today Flowers told the court he didn’t see anything and alleged that he […]
A notorious figure, who has been out of the news for months, resurfaced at court today. He is thirty-two year old Darien Banks and he was arraigned along with his wife, thirty-six year old Desiree Barrow Banks after being busted with twenty-six point five pounds of weed along with a Colt AR-fifteen Rifle and eighty-four […]
General elections are more than two years away, but the horses are already lining up at the gate. In the Caribbean Shores constituency, the campaign for divisional convention is heating up. The upstart Councilor Roger Espejo is taking on the incumbent, the Minister of Defense, Carlos Perdomo, an old hand in the division. News Five’s […]
In January of this year, the Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, said that sixty percent of teachers have no pedagogical training. The remarks were made in the context of the heat he was getting on the issue of Corporal Punishment. Today the minister commissioned a set of senior educators to help in the process of […]
While the nation is still reeling from the suspected drug plane that landed on the Southern Highway after midnight on Saturday, there’s some information that at any other time would have been seen as mere coincidence, but is now open for speculation. Last week Thursday, a small twin engine plane bearing the markings TG-MCA landed […]
More than thirty-six hours after one of the biggest cocaine seizures, five police officers and a customs boatman are still in custody of the Punta Gorda police as investigations continue into Saturday’s international drug smuggling operation on the Southern Highway. Corporals Vidal Cajun and Nelson Middleton; the driver assigned to the GG, Sergeants Lawrence Humes […]
There are more revelations to report in the immigration scam that was cracked since early October. We have so far followed the paper trail on how the Chinese and Sri Lankan nationals make their way to Belize as part of an international human smuggling ring. Tonight our continued investigations take us to Somalia, a country […]
Tonight question is: Do you think that the cocaine seized in last Saturday’s major drug bust on the Southern Highway should be destroyed before it turns into flour? Get involved by emailing your comments and responses to questions@channel5belize.com or by sending a text, using SMART phones only, to 8686. You can also participate in our […]
Dangriga police continue to look for a suspect in connection with the brutal murder of thirty four year old Sheline Martinez whose body was found on Sunday morning on the steps of a residence on George Price Drive in that municipality. But while police try to close in on their suspect, Martinez’ mother, Helen Cayetano, […]
Due to the volume of news on Monday night, we did not include our report on the accidental shooting of a seven year old school boy. The standard one student from St Mary’s Primary School has been unable to attend classes since the beginning of the week due to the shooting. Keron Coleman is at […]
A thirty-four year old private tutor will now pay the price for getting too close to a ten year old student in April of this year. Andrew Lord was found guilty late Friday evening of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature but he was spared jail time today when Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie fined […]
When Ricky Valencia was granted bail on October twenty-ninth, it took him four days to come up with the eight thousand dollars. But today the twenty-seven year old Belize City resident, who is accused in the June first shooting of Attorney Rodwell Williams, was sent back to Hattieville. One of the bail conditions was that […]
Cruise ship tourism in the peninsula is meeting more opposition. The Placencia branch of the Belize Tourism Industry Association has rejected a proposal by the Belize Tourism Board and Royal Caribbean cruise line. Placencia residents and major investors on October twenty-second vehemently objected to the idea. B.T.I.A. Placencia says cruise tourism will have a negative […]
We have featured several human interest groups over the years and most become an integral part of the communities they assist. While that is true in most cases, a group called the Humanitarian Association, despite its many charitable contributions, is being pushed out of Benque Viejo. Believe it or not, it’s the Health Department that […]
The Ya’axche Conservation Trust, an organization launched in 1998 to protect the Bladen Nature Reserve in Stann Creek and Toledo Districts, has been recognized internationally through a prestigious award bestowed upon its executive director. The Marsh Awards which is endorsed by the Zoological Society of London honors unsung heroes who aim to improve the world […]
A farmer and a barber in taxi kidnapped two teenage girls in the west. The two girls, aged eighteen and fifteen years old, told police that they were standing in front of Brother’s Supermarket in Santa Elena Town, Cayo, on Monday when the black Mazda car pulled up and the driver engaged them in conversation. […]
The University of the West Indies Open Campus in Belize is one of forty-five in sixteen countries and it’s the third stop in a series of regional country conferences. With twelve of the smaller campuses taking turns to host the events, this is only the second to be held locally in the past seven years. […]
The reps from the University of the West Indies also signed a Memo of Understanding with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry to formalize training for the private sector. The MOU has five areas of collaboration, including: capacity-building through public education, research and data analysis, policy development, and regional integration. The agreement will also […]
You still have time to catch the opening of a new exhibit by master painter Pen Cayetano at the Mexican Institute. Just in time for Garifuna Settlement Day on November nineteenth, Cayetano embraces the future but also captures images of his own past. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Opening tonight is the […]
Hurricane Richard did not only affect human life when it tore through the mid portion of the country on October twenty-fourth. At the Belize Zoo, most of the enclosures for the animals were destroyed and the facility has had to close to the public. But works to clear away the debris and renovate the zoo […]
