Belize recorded its latest murder in the Stann Creek Valley. The long list is inching closer to a hundred. Around nine-thirty this morning, three Central American nationals were hanging out on a farm in Hope Creek where they work. A quarrel started between two of the men and ended with the murder of Anival Lopez. […]
We have been reporting on the novel case being brought against the Attorney General by UNIBAM, the advocacy group for gay rights. Caleb Orosco, its executive president, is taking the attorney general to court seeking a declaration that section fifty-two of the criminal code is unconstitutional because it criminalizes “carnal intercourse against the order of […]
Journalist and talk show host, Glenn Tillett, was arrested in August along with his daughter, Katyce Flowers, for Handling Stolen Goods. The charge was in connection with computers and accessories found at his house following a burglary at the Salvador Embassy in Belmopan. Tillett was escorted to the Belmopan Police Station but had to be […]
Also in court, a Belize City woman pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault against a twelve year old boy. The child reported that on Tuesday thirty-two year old Martha Smith slapped him several times and kicked him in the back, causing him to fall. While Smith doesn’t deny the allegations, she told the […]
Two Belizeans are heading to the United Kingdom having been awarded the 2011 Chevening scholarships. Orlando Vera from the Forensics Lab will be pursuing a Masters Degree in Forensic Science and Police Inspector Marcelino Choco will be doing a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management. Both will attend Strathclyde University in Glasgow. Vera and Choco […]
You’ve heard a lot about Trusts on this newscast including the BNE Charitable Trust which has donated to several community development projects. Today the Treaty Charitable Trust (TCT) launched the Belizean National Leadership Fund. The initiative, which promises to set the bar on donations and charity in Belize, intends to do so when its parent […]
They say that God won’t give us more than we can handle but Odessa Orosco is being tested. Orosco has been having a rough time; two months ago she buried her son, Christopher Bowman, who passed away after struggling with a vascular tumor. And on Tuesday, the heavy rains have collapsed her small wooden house […]
Three persons died in a horrible traffic accident in the south just after noon today. Belize City Councilor Andrew Faber, the younger brother of Education Minister Patrick Faber, as well as two female passengers who were traveling with him inside his Mitsubishi pickup truck, perished in a traffic mishap along the Placencia Road. Around twelve-thirty […]
Undoubtedly, the tragedy has rocked the families of the accident victims as well as Faber’s colleagues at City Hall and his friends in the United Democratic Party. The loss also hit close to home here at Channel Five where Gianni Taylor was the daughter of a staff member and a regular visitor. News Five this […]
Gianni Taylor also interned at City Hall briefly and Mayor Zenaida Moya shared fond memories of her. Zenaida Moya, Belize City Mayor “Gianni of course I’ve known from she was a young girl and a sweet person. She attended Pallotti High School—not with me; of course she is way younger than me. She asked me […]
There was another accident earlier in the day; it happened at around nine-thirty this morning on the Western Highway. Two buses, one from D and E Bus Line and the other from G-Line, both heading into the city from the Belmopan terminal collided around mile fourteen and a half. At least fifteen persons were injured […]
Millions of dollars, at the last count, more than thirteen, are owed to the Sales Tax Department and they are cracking down on businesses that are in the red. In July a number of established businesses were issued with committal warrants for failure to pay. Well, today the Sales Tax took well-known attorney Lionel Welch […]
Tonight’s question is: Should the Ninth Amendment be put on hold until a referendum is held to determine the people’s will on the constitutional change? 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 […]
Three of the country’s largest suppliers of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) are still on strike. Belize Western Energy Limited (BWEL), Gas Tomza Limited and Zeta Gas Limited have not been retailing to distributors since last Friday. Today, the managers of three importers should have met with the government to discuss a price adjustment that they […]
Police constables Elston Rojas and Rudolph Azueta as well as Belize City resident Emmerson Skyers were charged on Monday evening for their involvement in a daring robbery inside the Corozal Free Zone over the weekend. Shortly after five p.m. on Saturday an armed man entered North American International Company where he proceeded to rob Chinese […]
On Monday we reported the death of Elston Gentle; he was badly beaten by Mahogany Heights residents who intervened in a domestic dispute between him and his common-law-wife on Friday. Gentle, a repeat domestic abuse offender, had stabbed Yvonne Smith numerous times and neighbors had to physically wrestle him away from her. But Gentle’s family […]
Cleo Robinson was shot on the night of February, twenty-third 2010; It took months to make an initial arrest and in August 2010, the well-known street figure, Jermaine Belgrave, was charged for attempted murder. Robinson died fourteen months later on June thirtieth of this year and today the charge against Belgrave was upgraded to one […]
Several streets flooded in the old capital today as a result of heavy rains. But according to the Chief Meteorologist, Dennis Gonguez, the showers were more intense in southern Belize, causing flooding in some areas. And you’ll want to keep those umbrellas and raincoats handy because Gonguez says that the downpour is being caused by […]
There’s some positive news to report tonight. A group of thirteen young men and women were bestowed with the prestigious youth awards at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. They were joined by their peers and families for the happy occasion. The awards are in recognition of their high standards of achievement in different […]
Monday’s KTV Duets; it was a different night, but the show had the same hype and energy that the fans have come to expect. In fact, it was even more exciting because the Group B duos shifted things into high gear in their last chance to qualify for the semi-finals. The performers came out with […]
A repeat domestic abuse offender became the victim of vigilante justice at Mahogany Heights on the Western Highway. Elston Leopold Gentle is a convicted offender and on Friday night he repeatedly stabbed his common-law wife inside their house. When she fled, he pursued her and continued inflicting wounds but the residents also caught up with […]
There were no murders reported in the City over the holiday weekend but trigger-happy robbers in the west caused the demise of a supermarket owner. Three others were injured when the robbers fired indiscriminately at employees and customers. It happened after seven on September tenth night when the store was buzzing with customers. News Five’s […]
Three persons are in custody tonight, including two cops, for a huge robbery at the Commercial Free Zone. The three are expected to be arraigned on Tuesday. The two officers, one from Corozal and the other from San Pedro, are believed to have facilitated the crime, while Emmerson Skyers is alleged to have carried out […]
In the heated and drawn-out debate over the proposed ninth amendment to the constitution, several independent thinkers have suggested that the controversial bill should be taken to a referendum. That view has been picking up steam since the debate on the ninth has been totally politicized. Well, today the NGO, Friends of Belize (FOB), launched […]
There is a shutdown of butane gas companies in Belize City and around the country. Since Friday Gas TOMZA, BWEL and ZETA Gas have not been supplying gas to distributors in all districts. Their employees have been sent home until there is a resolution to the shutdown that is having an effect on consumers. The […]
