The Ya’axché Conservation Trust weighed in on the illegal Rosewood extraction that is rampant in Toledo villages on Open Your Eyes. Cristina Coc of the Maya Leaders Alliance was also a guest on the show where it was explained that the MLA, the Toledo Alcaldes Association and Ya’axché are not saying “no” to logging, they […]
Marvin Deras, thirty-seven year old radio DJ and Eco-tours operator, is dead after an accident that happened over a week ago. On Saturday August seventh, sometime around three in the morning, Deras was driving on the Northern Highway, when his SUV collided into another vehicle driven by forty-seven year old Lyndon Guiseppi. When Ladyville Police […]
The forty-second Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), of which Channel Five is a member, is set to commence at the Coco Beach Resort in San Pedro on Wednesday. Media houses from across the region have flown in to attend the three-day gathering to discuss the current state of affairs within the […]
And while the media moguls mingle on San Pedro, one local all around entertainer who is a regular in media circles is releasing his latest project to the press. Berne Velasquez is releasing his latest album, called Dileeyu, which he says is going have the carnival bands as well as the spectators shaking in the […]
Two young students were awarded full scholarship after meeting the Rotary Club of Belize Sunrise Criteria. Today, Mark Laredo Junior and Curt Nunez were each presented with a four year full tuition scholarship to attend St John’s College (SJC). Both recipients are graduates of the St. Martin de Porres Primary School and were recommended on […]
KTV Duets is back for another round of performances that you won’t want to miss. Tonight it’s going to be the Group B duos in the spotlight, singing their hearts out to stay in the race for ten thousand dollars. The six pairs that have survived the eliminations must make each performance better than the […]
There are two murders and two shooting incidents that occurred over the weekend. But a third shooting incident occurred just before two this afternoon. It was a brazen bank robbery attempt at the Atlantic Bank Ladyville Branch. Two employees were shot during a struggle with the robbers and are lucky to be alive. Our news […]
In the southernmost reaches of the country a resident of Jalacte Village was fatally stabbed at the start of the weekend. Details of the murder remain sketchy and News Five will have more information on the homicide as soon as it is made available by the Police Department. Toledo, nonetheless, was not the only district […]
There are two other persons who were shot over the weekend in separate incidents and they have survived the incidents. Eighteen year old Stephan Flowers was shot in the abdomen on Saturday night on Courtney Crescent. Flowers along with Ian Henkis, were riding on Mopan Street towards Sibun Street when they were approached from behind […]
On Thursday August fourth the Belize Council of Churches, in a letter to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, stated its position on the proposed Ninth Amendment Bill. And while the Council does support protecting state ownership of the utility companies, it does not support the changes to Sections Two and Sixty-Nine of the Constitution. That view […]
On Saturday, media reports in South America linked a major drug bust in Venezuela to Belize. According to the newspaper, La Patilla, a Super King Air was busted with millions of dollars worth of cocaine. Several law enforcement officers were implicated in the bust and two of them were shot during the incident. But that […]
A recently vacated house on the Central American Boulevard went up in flames early this morning. The Fire Department received the report of the blaze at around two-thirty-five this morning and they were on the scene in a record three minutes. But the speedy response still could not save the two storey wooden and concrete […]
A Belize City family is mourning tonight because they lost a brother and a son and even worse, they could not host a proper funeral service. The pain that they felt when they lost thirty eight year old Adam Kuylen was magnified after the public health system failed them in their time of need. According […]
According to World Health Organization statistics, about three hundred and forty six million people worldwide are living with diabetes. In 2004, over three million people died from complications related to high blood sugar. And that is why the Belize Diabetes Association has embarked on a special session to educate those who have lived with diabetes […]
In Magistrate’s Court today, Fullers Alley resident Kimberly Oshon pleaded not guilty to charges of keeping a firearm and ammunition without a gun license. The twenty-seven year old woman was detained at around twenty minutes after nine o’clock on Friday night on Cemetery Road. She then led the cops to an area behind a fence […]
Only a week ago, forty year old Warren Allen Logan pleaded guilty to Handling Stolen Goods after he and his common-law-wife Stephanie Hemsley, were found in possession of a DVD player and other small items that were stolen from Josephine Waller. Well today the couple was back in court, again on a charge of Handling […]
And though the next story is not classified as handling stolen goods, residents of Toledo would like someone to be charged for the illegal cutting and shipment of rosewood out of the District. The illegal harvesting was overlooked for months, until the Maya Leaders Alliance recently brought the issue to the forefront. Today the Ya’axché […]
After six years together, Yumi Saki and Leon Guild, took their relationship to the next level on From Yes to I Do… Channel Five Will Follow You. The couple recited their vows in an intimate outdoor ceremony at the Radisson, where family and friends gathered as witnesses to their commitment to each other. After the […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this serving of Sports Monday. After winning 5 straight outings against Belizean Teams, this visiting Alajuela Male Softball Team of Costa Rica took the pitch inside Roger’s Stadium on Saturday against the National Male Team to conclude the tour. Team Belize takes the lead when Charles Solis pitching for […]
There’s progress tonight between the Ministry of Sports, the National Sports Council and the Football Federation of Belize. All groups signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes the way out of the impasse. This means that the Ministry of Sports has committed to FIFA that it now accepts the Belize selection to participate in the […]
There was murder before the lunch hour today in the City. Trenton Smith was released from prison in late July and this morning he was executed at a house on Johnson Street. The murder has all the trappings of a gang related homicide. News Five Isani Cayetano has a report. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The murder […]
Belize City police are tonight investigating what they believe is a case of arson. Sometime around four o’clock this morning a red Toyota Camry belonging to Kylie Rivers was set on fire. Rivers reported to police that she had parked the vehicle on Antelope Street Extension, adjacent to her brother’s house around ten-thirty on Thursday […]
The controversial ninth amendment has stirred up emotions and there have been heated debates over the proposed bill. We asked our viewers this week if the government wants to nationalize utilities do you think it should remove people’s rights under the Belize Constitution to challenge such nationalizations in court? Seventy-eight percent of voters said no […]
There was more opposition than there was support to the Ninth Amendment at Wednesday night’s consultations at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. There was also plenty politics at play. Those who oppose the amendment base their objections on the removal of the right to access the court for full ventilation of claims to future amendments […]
Two men, who have spent a year in prison awaiting trial for murder, were freed of the charge today but tonight they are still behind bars. Twenty-one year olds Akeem Humes and Ryan Alvarez got the news this morning when the Prosecutor, Sergeant Carol Tucker, announced that the charges are being withdrawn. But the Chief […]
