The third bail application was is in respect of forty-four year old Kent McKenzie, who is accused of stabbing Police Constable, Delia Hyde on November twenty-first at the police station. McKenzie also appeared before Justice Denis Hanomansingh and was granted bail of five thousand dollars. He was ordered to surrender his travel documents and not […]
There was a fourth person that was granted bail. He is the notorious acupuncturist Kevin Lee, who has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison since November fourteenth on one count of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature. The complainant is a twenty year old woman, who was allegedly a client at his Freetown Road, […]
The Chiquibul forest has turned out to be a lucrative source of income for Guatemalans, who, for over a decade have been carrying on illegal activities. Earlier this week we reported on the logging, xate harvesting and the poaching of the Scarlet Macaw. Tonight, we focus on the settlements established within Belizean territory by Guatemalan […]
There are more movies made in Belize, than you probably know of. They don’t make to the big screen, and the actors are usually not the big names. But location and low costs make Belize an ideal place for B-movies. Dragon Wasp, is one of the latest movies by Sci-Fi that has been produced locally. […]
Most of the actors including lead actor Corin Nemec have been acting all their lives and have a wide network of contacts in Hollywood. The experience of the actors in Belize is one that they all genuinely want to repeat. Perhaps that is why the production company has consistently returned to Belize to make movies […]
Two releases came from the People’s United Party today. In respect of forty thousand dollars being granted by government to U.D.P. representatives, the opposition calls it “misuse of taxpayer funds.” Last Friday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow confirmed the “Christmas Assistance Program” to benefit select families. Barrow had said that Area Reps. are being granted up […]
The P.U.P. also announced today that party leader, Francis Fonseca, accompanied by other party officials, including Carolyn-Trench Sandiford and Julius Espat, met with the Executive Council of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) to engage in a discussion about pressing economic issues. The BCCI Executive, led by President Kay Menzies, dialogued on subjects […]
In crime news, the Punta Gorda Police Formation is investigating three cases of Aggravated Burglary that occurred on Monday night. The incidents occurred within minutes of each other in the San Marcus Village of Toledo. It is alleged that the culprits in each case may have been the same group of men who were wreaking […]
And while those cases in Toledo were done at the hands of fake cops, a city resident is saying that he was beaten up while in the south by real police officers. Belize City resident Anthony Tate says he doesn’t know why the cops beat him during a recent visit to friends in Dangriga. Tate […]
A Belizean organization has received international recognition as well as twenty-five thousand U.S. dollars for its effort in wildlife conservation. Heska Corporation, a Switzerland based company which specializes in advanced veterinary diagnostic products, announced today that the Belize Wildlife & Referral Center (BWRC) received the most votes in its 2011 Inspiration in Action Contest. The […]
Christmas is the annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ that is celebrated on December twenty-fifth. The activities during the celebration range from religious to secular. One particular Belize City neighborhood’s reputation has been tarnished for lacking in brotherly love. But two sons of the area surrounding George Street have organized a party with […]
The Marine Parade monument was inaugurated this morning by the Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya; the councilors mostly stayed away even though the event is one of her last as sitting mayor. The monument stands about twelve feet tall and is a replica of a Mayan site but it is surrounded by canons. Smack in […]
A minor from Dangriga will be spending the Christmas and New Years away from his family but safely behind bars. Because he is underage, the name of the sixteen year old will not be released. He was arrested and charged earlier today for the crime of murder, after he fatally stabbed twenty-one year old Randy […]
Three men are expected to be arraigned on Wednesday for the murder of Nigerian national, forty year old Abayomi Olatunji. Olatunji, who was employed by J & B Security Firm, was viciously stabbed fifteen times and his body was dumped in a feeder road at mile three on the Western Highway, where it was discovered […]
The forty thousand dollar Christmas assistance program; who really is benefiting? In an interview with the media last Friday, following the Sitting of the House, Prime Minister Barrow confirmed that his administration launched the Christmas Assistance Program for disadvantaged families during this holiday season. The PM said that area representatives are being granted up to […]
The Scarlet Macaw may arguably be the most magnificent bird of the parrot family. They live in higher elevations and riparian forests, where they form their habitat in tall deciduous trees and lay about two to three eggs for the year. Only a small population of the endangered species remains in Belize. In the Chiquibul, […]
Tonight’s question is: Are you better off this Christmas, than in previous years? Yes or No? 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.
It’s five days before Christmas Day so we headed downtown to get a feel for the holiday buzz. Belizeans were out doing their last minute shopping and getting ready for the holidays. It has not been an easy year due to the economic hard times, but many are making do and looking forward to spreading […]
In the Magistrate Court this morning in Belmopan, extortion charges were dropped against an Immigration officer. Hermaine Tzib was charged in May of this year after a Lebanese businessman made a complaint that he had extorted over six hundred dollars from him. A preliminary inquiry was held in November and today, the court found that […]
A Bowen & Bowen employee was the victim of a brutal beat down on Freetown Road last Friday. Twenty-six year old Kenrick August is still hospitalized at the KHMH and tonight his alleged attacker is behind bars. Late Monday evening, in the courtroom of Magistrate Roberto Ordonez, thirty year old boat captain, Andy Hernandez was […]
Thieves are becoming craftier at finding ways to get their loot, but a robbery that occurred on November tenth takes the prize for creativity. Fifty year old Eric Barrow allegedly robbed Honey’s Shop on Raccoon Street without even entering the building. How did he do it? Well, according to storeowner, Andy Chen, he caught Barrow […]
At five this morning the Gang Suppression Unit (GSU) executed a search at a one room shack in Biscayne Village. GSU officers spotted Randy Dominguez running out of the house and into the bushes, leaving behind twenty four year old Nathalie Coleman. Inside the house, the GSU found four sixteen-gauge gauge cartridges in a cap. […]
Remember Shyne? He is the prime minister’s son, who was deported from the United States following a nine year conviction for a shooting incident at a night club in New York. When Shyne landed in Belize, he was soon named Musical Ambassador for Belize and was provided with a diplomatic passport. He then moved to […]
Well-known veterinarian Doctor Michael Deshield passed away this morning. Less than a month ago on November eighteenth, Deshield and co-workers of Belize Agricultural Health Authority said their farewells but his work ethic is evident as he maintained a presence at BAHA almost until his time ran out. The well-loved public servant had been battling cancer […]
On a lighter note, they say Christmas is for the children but the cheer spread to the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly today. There we found the Community Policing Unit; they were not on the beat but they were surely on their feet. News Five’s Delahnie Bain reports. Delahnie Bain, Reporting A group of […]
