There is late breaking news tonight of a fatal traffic accident in the Cayo District. The incident reportedly occurred in Georgeville Village at around six thirty this evening and the victim is said to be a nine year old boy. We’ll have more on this story in Thursday’s newscast.
You might be hearing a lot of Punta music on the radio as Garifuna Settlement Day approaches, but soon the airwaves will be flooded with Christmas songs. And with Christmas, comes the annual Brukdong competition. So musicians countrywide are called to showcase their talent and submit Brukdong songs that will get the audience moving. Handsome […]
It is one of the leading causes of death in the world and Belize is no exception. This week the Belize Diabetes Association is taking the opportunity to sensitize the public on how to prevent the disease. And because more and more, young people are being affected—primarily with type one diabetes—the Association is focusing its […]
Gun violence has flared up again in the city. The executions of Eric “Ghetto Fab” Savery on Friday and Kenroy Mejia on Saturday, were followed by the homicide of Keon Williams Myvette just after six o’clock on Monday night. It is not known why he was executed, but Myvette was recently twice tried for the […]
Three hours later, there was another victim of gun violence. The first attempt on Keith Middleton was back in October, but on Monday night Middleton was shot in confines of his home and in the presence of his girlfriend. The blast caught him in the chest but so far he has survived both attempts. News […]
Two days after a vicious stabbing in San Pedro ended the life of twenty-three year old Lionel Pinelo, police have a suspect in custody. Today, twenty-one year old Jason Reyes, a resident of the Boca Del Rio area, was arraigned for Murder in the San Pedro Magistrate Court. No plea was taken on the indictable […]
The courtroom drama today was pale in comparison to the political theater that played out when she was first charged on October first, 2009 days after she had given birth to her first child. At the time Mayor Zenaida Moya became the first sitting mayor to be criminally charged. She angrily fought back at her […]
Tonight we ask: Is government displaying any transparency and accountability to get to the bottom of the ongoing immigration scandal? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
An online report circulated to media houses today contains rather shocking revelations about a former minister of government as well as a former prime minister. The content of the document is the result of an appeal of a convicted drug trafficker, who was extradited to the United States and convicted in 2007 in a U.S. […]
The government is being completely silent on the gaping holes being exposed in Belize’s national security apparatus by the continuing revelations about the immigration scandal. Our investigations have shown that there are ongoing breaches, at multiple layers, in Belize’s national security arrangements at our diplomatic missions abroad, and locally at the Ministry of Defence and […]
The Visa and Immigration scandal has revealed a human trafficking ring that spans across the globe. The official investigation of the three flights with thirty-three Chinese Nationals that were trafficked through the international airport in September and October is lagging. The People’s United Party had already called for a Commission of Inquiry and now another […]
We have been reporting that the High Commissioner Kamela Palma was fired on November first with immediate effect. Her firing caused a maelstrom; the Prime Minister Dean Barrow said she was disrespectful, insubordinate and outrageous. On Monday a rather undiplomatic release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the High Commissioner all sorts of names. […]
There is a report to News Five that Denroy Tillett, the principal of Belmopan Comprehensive School, was taken into custody this afternoon. Belmopan Police have confirmed that Tillett was detained for allegedly sexually assaulting a female teacher, but they would not release any further information on the incident and it is not certain if he […]
While Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers was discharged of criminal charges today, three other women charged in another sensational case were committed to stand trial. Back in July 2009, twenty-four year old Monica Escarpeta, a treasury clerk, was charged with the Theft of two hundred and ninety-one thousand dollars from the Treasury Department. Her mother, fifty-three […]
Human trafficking and corruption are common issues confronting the jewel. Earlier today the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, known as (ABA ROLI), launched an initiative to combat transnational crime. The organization is grounded in the belief that rule of law promotion is the most effective long term antidote to the most pressing problems […]
It was both a joyful and a poignant occasion. There was one happy student who is the recipient of a high school scholarship while the benefactor relived the memories of the murder of her nephew. Dominque Norales was awarded the first Christopher Galvez scholarship by Yolanda Schakron, his fearless aunt who has galvanized the community […]
Among those present this morning’s celebration were members of Belizeans for Justice. The organization is continuing with its mission to instill a sense of hope among families grieving the murders of loved ones. We asked Joan Sutherland, who also lost her son to crime a few years ago what gives her strength when it seems […]
We have featured the plight of many hurricane victims who have desperately sought assistance to rebuild their lives. Hattieville resident, Therese Livingston, was one of the persons who lost everything. In an emotional interview, she told News Five that her mobile home was flipped and totaled by hurricane Richard’s winds. Livingston also told us that […]
There’s breaking news just into our newsroom tonight. Keon Williams Myvett was shot in the head just before news time on Castle Street. Williams was rushed to the K.H.M.H. and is believed to be dead. We’ll have more on this tomorrow but Williams was recently acquitted of Manslaughter charge in the 2007 of Michael Gladden.
In our newscast on Friday we left you with the story of Eric Savery, the notorious street figure who was killed on East Canal on Friday afternoon. A little over twenty-four hours later, a minor was executed as he slept at an abandoned house in close proximity to the Savery murder scene. It is not […]
As we said, Eric Savery, also known as Eric Lewis, was murdered on Friday afternoon. Tonight Belize City Police are questioning one person in his shooting death. The thirty-seven year old was executed near East Canal sometime around two o’clock after an attempt on his life in the morning. The individual in custody is said […]
The weekend’s other murder took place in San Pedro where a cabinet maker was stabbed to death outside a bar. Lionel Pinelo had moved to the island years ago in search of a better future. But just before midnight on Friday, he was viciously stabbed outside a bar and he died hours later, early Saturday […]
Police are still trying to close in on leads in the other murder in San Pedro of Spanish flight attendant, thirty-seven year old Maria Antonia Plaza Gomez who was strangled to death on October thirty-first. Late last Friday evening San Pedro police detained a man who matched the description of the suspect in whose company […]
Our investigations on the immigration scandal started weeks ago when chartered flights from Haiti carrying Chinese nationals landed at the Philip Goldson International Airport. It exposed a human smuggling ring which we have said is international and complex. So far we have focused on the Chinese nationals who invariably obtain visas at the Embassy of […]
The media publicity over the termination of High Commissioner Kamela Palma on November first has stirred an ant’s nest in Belmopan. Last Friday at a press conference, Prime Minister Dean Barrow left a window open when he declared that Palma could possibly get her job back if she apologized to the C.E.O. of the Ministry […]
