The Police Department has lost an officer with thirty-eight years of experience under his belt. Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries retired today at the end of the workday. Jeffries has been applauded and criticized for being a hands on commissioner. He was a quintessential fixture on the frontlines of every major riot, protest, and the […]
It may be a farewell but it’s not quite a goodbye for Jeffries. There are reports that he will take a post at the Ministry of Transport. Before winding up his thoughts during the Police Link Up show, Jeffries offered some advice and reflection on issues such as promotional rules that need to be resolved. […]
We are heading up to the Christmas so it means every penny counts. And if you want to start the month of December with some savings and good cheer, you should head out to the pumps because prices of fuel are going down some. The price of diesel will decrease by as much as forty-six […]
The shooting death of forty-one year old Selvin Williams, a resident of Bladden Village does not appear to be a case of murder. The watchman, who was employed at Gomez Saw Mill on the Southern Highway, was shot once to the right side of his head on Monday evening. When Punta Gorda police reached the […]
Earlier on Monday, Bullet Tree taxi driver, forty five year old Domiciano Quixchan, was murdered. One of the passengers in the taxi, twenty-one year old Hernan Manzanero, who was hospitalized at the San Ignacio Hospital, was released but was soon detained by police as part of the ongoing investigation. Police say that Quixchan was on […]
Tonight’s question is: Who do you think can better represent Caribbean Shores from the U.D.P. camp? Santi Castillo, Ann Marie Williams or Chandra Nisbet Cansino? 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 […]
Throughout his storied life and illustrious career in politics there have been quite a number of publications written about Father of the Nation, George Cadle Price. While those books delved into the man and his many achievements none were sanctioned by him until he was approached by former government minister and now practicing attorney, Godfrey […]
The United States Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues and the Special Representative to Muslim Communities has approved fifty nominations for participation in the Women in Public Service Project. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton launched the project in March 2011. The Project is a partnership between the State Department and the Seven Sisters Women’s Colleges […]
Last week the first hearing in court for the highly anticipated case of Caleb Orozco and the United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM) versus the Attorney General was adjourned to December ninth. The Council of Churches had filed an application seeking to strike off listed expert witnesses for the UNIBAM and its claimants on the grounds […]
A band of suspected thieves responsible for stealing a little over seventy-three thousand dollars in electronics from Lebanese businessman Bassem Chakaraun appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers today before being remanded to the Belize Central Prison. Sometime between seven-thirty p.m. on November twenty-sixth and one o’clock a.m. on November twenty-eighth, seven men including siblings Derrick and […]
Guatemalan canero, Romolgo Garcia was told on Monday that he was a free man when the charges of maim and use of deadly means of harm were withdrawn because there was no case file. Garcia’s freedom was short-lived and soon enough, he was rearrested and charged. Today, the Guatemalan cane farmer headed back to court […]
Today officially marks the end of an active Atlantic Basin Hurricane season and while there were a few scares, in the end the Jewel was spared. The Western Caribbean was the area buzzing with storm activities; two systems, Tropical Storm Harvey and Hurricane Rina, sent NEMO into emergency. At the start of the season eighteen […]
Birthdays are happy occasions and at the Belize Zoo, it is no different. This morning a special harpy eagle, who our cameras have been following for some time, reached another milestone inching closer to one decade of life. We were there when Panama turned on his charm greeting students and visitors and the cameras of […]
It is widely known that Guatemalan nationals are constantly invading Belize’s forests, logging and harvesting xate illegally. They have become increasingly brazen, moving further into Belizean territory and have attacked B.D.F. soldiers on numerous occasions. But the illegal activity in the forest goes beyond trees and xate, the Guatemalans are also hunting Belize’s national animal, […]
There are allegations and counter allegations from two residents of Maskall Village. In one corner is the chairman, Michael Jones and in the other is David Lambert. The complaints will be settled in the courts but in the meantime, both have turned to the court of public opinion with their versions of the stories. News […]
By now you know that here at Great Belize Productions/Channel Five, we have consistently competed and won the Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s awards for excellence in journalism. This year we won four awards for stories presented for television broadcasting. It is a distinction that we have maintained throughout the years which places the local programming produced […]
A young university student lost his life tragically on November twenty fifth. The police report was not released until late Monday evening. It outlined an incident in which Greg Alexander Flowers went swimming with his friends and did not resurface. A family member identified the body, according to the report, after it was transferred to […]
And though the drowning remains suspect, there is no guesswork with what happened to a Cayo resident. The cab driver and Bullet Tree resident was found dead two hours after his vehicle was chartered to take a family to the North of the country. On Monday afternoon around one o’clock, San Ignacio Police discovered the […]
On Monday night we told you about the home invasion that has left sixty-eight year old Caspula Westby fighting for her life in the hospital. Since late yesterday evening Westby’s condition made a turn for the worse and the doctors at the KHMH had to induce a coma. Westby was asleep in her bed when […]
In November 2009, the Belizean public was introduced to four-year-old Tarrell Sutherland who was diagnosed with ichthyosis, a rare condition which causes the skin to become dry, thick and scaly. At the time he was diagnosed as the second person in the country to be afflicted with the disease. Since then Randy Robateau has also […]
Today the Ministry of Education’s National Resource Center for Inclusive Education (NARCIE) held the first ever Disability Awareness Quiz Competition. Six district finalists participated and after the extra reserve round, Christina Aldana of Holy Redeemer Primary School took first place. Erlette Thomas of NARCIE says that the aim is to spread awareness and foster acceptance […]
An eight hundred dollar gold chain was snatched from Janice Leslie on Saturday, but her two friends did not let the thief get away. Thirty-year-old Moses Conorquie was arrested and he was arraigned late Monday evening in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. Conorquie is charged with Robbery and Wounding. According to police, they […]
Twenty-five year old Andre Hutchinson has also had his fair share of court appearances and today he was back before a magistrate. This time, Hutchinson was charged for Using Threatening Words against the manager of the Esso Gas Station, Angel Miguel Espat. Allegations made by Espat are that on Saturday Hutchinson told him “bwai you […]
Belize’s tourism industry is slowly but surely rebounding from the effects of the global recession, which hit hard especially for hotel owners and tour operators. The Belize Tourism Board and Belize Tourism Industry Association have been working together to promote the Jewel as a destination, to keep the numbers on an upward trend. After the […]
Cabinet, during a regular session today, was informed that forty thousand dollars was disbursed to rice formers in Toledo last week by the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation. Another two hundred thousand dollars will be paid out this week followed by a hundred thousand next week as part payment for the current rice crop. It […]
