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3 Belize City men on charges related to city burglaries

Three Belize City men appeared in Magistrate’s Court today on charges related to two burglaries which occurred in the Old Capital over the weekend. The Lawn and Garden Depot on Mercy Lane was broken into between five o’clock on Friday evening and eight-thirty on Saturday morning.  Eight trimmer cutters and a chainsaw, a total value […]

Electrician charged for fight inside police station cell

A twenty-nine year old Belize City electrician got himself in trouble on Saturday night while visiting San Pedro. Twenty-nine year old Kareem Eagan was in detention at the island’s police station when he got into an altercation with four other men in the holding cell. Today Eagan was read four counts of Wounding for allegedly […]

More manatee deaths; are mariners to blame?

In recent times, a growing number of manatees have turned up dead along the coasts. Researchers believe that the manatee population is under threat. This morning, an injured sea cow was spotted near the Haulover and another turned up dead. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Manatee researchers were back near the Haulover […]

Original songs and amazing performances at KTV Duets!!

Who will earn the bragging rights of being the first KTV Duets champ? It’s too soon to tell, but on Tuesday night the Group A duos showed the fans and the judges that they’re fighting for the grand prize. Each pair brought hype to the stage and energized the crowd. They interacted with the audience […]

Opposition says refurbished 9th still allows for Parliamentary Supremacy

This Wednesday, the second round of consultations on the Ninth Amendment Bill will take place in Corozal. At the same time the Belize Teachers Union will be meeting in the nation’s capital also on the ninth. The two events will provide a sense of what the pulse of the people is to the amended Ninth.  […]

Church compromises with government on 9th Amendment

The Bar Association and the Chamber of Commerce initially were against the ninth; they are yet to pronounce their positions on the new version. The opposition from the churches, however, proved to be too much to ignore and the government has taken out offensive or contentious language from the bill that barred access to the […]

Cops drop charges against mother of slain youth

There was a huge spectacle when Belizeans for Justice member, forty-seven year old Danalyn Murillo, was arrested and charged for Insulting Words and Common Assault against Police Constable, David Griffith. Today those charges were dropped when Murillo appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. Murillo was accused of approaching PC Griffith during a Port Loyola political […]

Viewers get their say in poll of the day

Tonight’s Question is: Do you think the government should withdraw the Ninth Amendment in its entirety? 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.

Guatemalan shot by B.D.F. in San Jose Las Flores?

There is tension tonight over the shooting of twenty-one year old Luis Alberto Garcia Pineda on the western border on Monday. Garcia claims that a military patrol by the Belize Defence Force shot and wounded him during a raid in the village of San Jose Las Flores in the Chiquibul, Melchor de Mencos. The report […]

P.U.P. and U.D.P. prepare for City Council Elections

The next Municipal elections will test the popularity of the ruling party, which controls all municipalities. It is also a precursor to the landscape of the next general elections. In the City, the red council has gone from scandal to scandal and will have a tough time convincing city residents that they deserve their votes […]

Standard & Poors downgrade Belize

On June twenty-first international financial services company Standard & Poor’s lowered Belize’s credit rating to a B minus following government’s acquisition of B.E.L. and its re-nationalization of Telemedia.  Compensation to the Fortis Group, the previous owner of B.E.L. has not been paid, nor has government paid the previous owners of B.T.L. since acquiring the company […]

Coming soon to a phone near you: SMART 3G Network

There is some breakthrough in the telecoms industry. SpeedNet Communications announced today that finally it has been able to sign off on an interconnection agreement with Belize Telemedia Limited, provided by the Public Utilities Commission.   It is expected that this should remove any hurdles that would prevent SMART from introducing the three G platform. According […]

List of Sri Lankan nationals raise eyebrows

There are lingering questions tonight about a list of single entry visas issued to a long list of Sri Lankan and Indian nationals. The twenty-one visa approvals were granted by Immigration and Nationality Services to two Indian and nineteen Sri Lankan nationals to scout film locations in the country.  The visa approvals are dated July […]

Financial Intelligence Unit zones in

Guatemalan national Ivan Padilla Mena remains in police custody tonight after being busted at the Western Border in Benque Viejo Town on Monday with an unusual sum of cash in Belize dollars.  Police along with members of the Financial Intelligence Unit conducted a search of a Toyota Hilux bearing Guatemalan license plates driven by Padilla […]

Attorney says scrap the 9th Amendment

Earlier we told you the views of the opposition and the churches, but what’s the thinking of others who have been vocal on the ninth? Well, the modified version of the ninth still does not enjoy the support of Attorneys Arthur Saldivar and Hubert Elrington. Saldivar said this morning that the changes to the ninth […]

Attorney Elrington is also unimpressed by changes to amendment

Attorney Hubert Elrington is also unimpressed by the changes. He questions the government’s ability to properly conduct consultations and says the recent article in the Jamaica Gleaner placed the prime minister on a bad footing. Hubert Elrington, Attorney “Belmopan does not have the mental equipment to guide the conversation. What is up in Belmopan does […]

Businessman loses million dollar corn crop to TS Harvey

Assessment on the damage left behind by tropical storm Harvey on Saturday is underway and for one businessman, he has summed up his losses to close to a million dollars. John Carr, pioneer of Banana Bank Lodge says the unexpected force winds that lashed his corn fields over the weekend, flattened major plots of his […]

Restoring 199 year old St. John’s Cathedral

The St John’s Cathedral is the oldest Anglican cathedral in Central America. It is where Moskito Indians were crowned and forms an intrinsic part of the history of the former capital. While the historic building has withstood the tests of time, restoration has been going on for more than a decade to retain its originality. […]

UNICEF puts children rights at center of development in Belize

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is at the forefront of issues affecting children and adolescents.  The situation of children and women were analyzed by UNICEF to determine the challenges and progress made since the United Nations adopted the convention on the rights of the child. That report will be released this Wednesday, but today […]

Duet is defined as sold out family entertainment

The Bliss is the place to be on Tuesday nights for the biggest song competition in the country… that is KTV Duets, of course. Tonight, Group A is coming back with all new hits; some of them originals, while others will perform your favorite songs karaoke style. And while they try to impress the judges […]

9th Amendment to be amended

The Prime Minister announced today that it is removing specific language on the proposed ninth amendment but is it still dangerous for Belize’s democracy? On July twenty-second, Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s government introduced a controversial ninth amendment to the Belize Constitution in the House of Representatives that unleashed fiery public debate. The bill has come […]

Jamaican Gleaner worries about Belize Constitution Amendment

As we said, the Jamaica’s Gleaner, in this Sunday edition, took on the question of the Ninth Amendment, head on.  The editorial surmised that Belize was heading down a slippery slope.   The Gleaner likened the government’s attempt to the skinning of a cat, which in the end, would result in great collateral damage and at […]

Experts say water spout not slow tornado in Crooked Tree

Tropical Storm Harvey turned out, fortunately, to be more bark than bite on Saturday. The big news coming out of the storm were claims that tornados had ripped through the villages of Crooked Tree and San Lazaro in the north. There was an air of both excitement and despair; excitement because tornados are unknown in […]

Tropical Storm Harvey passes over “like wah lee breeze”

Harvey made landfall at midday on Saturday, earlier than forecasted, but weakened considerably as it hit Dangriga. The predictions that it would turn into a hurricane quickly dissipated along with the storm. Most areas in its path did, however, experience heavy rains, but damages are minimal. Shelters were opened but few were occupied. Our News […]

Tyrone Crown murdered in Belize City

Tyrone Crown, a resident of Louise Bevans Street, was executed in cold blood just before dark on Saturday evening. A hail of bullets emptied on his body, caused his immediate death as he headed to his house, a stone’s throw away.  Crown, a mechanic, lived immediately in front of where Giovanni Chi was killed last […]