Trial by judge alone, otherwise known as trial without jury, was first introduced for constitutional amendment in the House of Representatives on May thirteenth. It was presented as a means to curb crime by protecting the identity of witnesses and allowing admission of testimonies into evidence without their presence in the courtroom. With the Barrow […]
On Tuesday, Justice Denis Hanomansingh dismissed a case of incest brought against a resident of Corozal after the alleged victim, the man’s daughter, failed to appear in court to testify against him. The young girl was sixteen years old at the time when she was allegedly molested. She was reportedly prepared to take the stand […]
The municipal elections are set for March seventh, 2012. The elections normally precede the general elections but there is speculation that the general elections will be held before or along with the municipals. Both major parties, the P.U.P. and the U.D.P. have fielded mayoral and councilor candidates, today a third and much smaller party, presented […]
The amalgamation of the six PNP candidates and VIP’s Belize City municipal slate and a soon to be revealed Belmopan slate, will not impress the P.U.P. and the U.D.P. But VIP’s Bobby Lopez, came from the capital this morning with a list of demands. In addition to calling for elections, Lopez called for the enactment […]
Turning to the referendum on offshore oil exploration; it has been given the official green light as the Office of the Governor General has informed Oceana in Belize that the secondary stage in a series of actions necessary to hold a vote on the issue has been completed. A little over eighteen thousand signatures were […]
Well-known Ghost Town Gang affiliate, twenty-four year old Emmerson Trapp was arrested and charged for kept unlicensed firearm and kept unlicensed ammunition. Today, the Gang Suppression Unit conducted a search at Trapp’s residence on Pelican Street where they discovered a nine-millimeter pistol along with a magazine containing nine rounds of ammunition. A further search of […]
Over a hundred special needs children in Belize were in a festive mood today. The Stella Maris students were treated to their much anticipated Christmas party, sponsored by the Belize Bank. They had games, dancing and great food to get them in the holiday spirit. But the icing on the cake was a visit from […]
The House of Representatives meets this Friday in Belmopan. And before you start speculating that the date for general elections will be announced, we can say that we are satisfied that you won’t hear that on Friday. It will, however, be the first time that Francis Fonseca will lead the parliamentary opposition in the House […]
Last Friday, a young girl was killed in Double Head Cabbage when she was hit by a school bus. There is another traffic accident to report to night, but fortunately there are no casualties. It happened at mile twelve on the Western Highway shortly before eight o’clock this morning and left one person hospitalized in […]
When police discovered a badly stabbed body off a feeder road at mile three on the Western Highway on Friday, they had no clue who it was. By Monday night police identified the victim as forty-year old Nigerian Security Guard, Abayomi Olatunji. While police have no leads on this murder, his family in Nigeria believes […]
Goldburn “Easy Glen” Adolphus is a well known U.D.P. supporter and former City Council employee. More recently he ran into trouble with the law over an unpaid debt and when we caught up with the brash personality today, he was in a quandary with the City Council. Now unemployed, Easy Glen carries on his hustle […]
An investigation is ongoing on an incident at the residence of Prime Minister Dean Barrow. PM Barrow returned to country last Saturday from Miami where he was accompanying his wife, Kim Simplis Barrow, on a second round of chemotherapy. According to reports, someone stoned the PM’s house shattering a window. Video surveillance tapes have been […]
In our previous poll, sixty-two percent of viewers thought that the Prime Minister will be calling early elections. Many reasons are advanced as to why the PM will call early elections. Some say he will have to implement IMF recommendations to increase the dreaded GST, others think he is getting pressure over corruption and the […]
Sorrel is an herb that is associated with the Christmas season; there’s sorrel wine, cake and juice and now there is sorrel stout. That new product was introduced into the market on December third. But if you’re looking for the new stout, well you have to wait a bit because the stock has been totally […]
A teenager who is accused of having sex with a fifteen year old minor will have to stand trial in the Supreme Court for the crime of Carnal Knowledge. The preliminary inquiry in the case against eighteen year old Orlin Arias concluded with a paper committal this morning in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Ann […]
A Fisherman of the Conch Shell Bay area is facing criminal charges after he reportedly lost his temper during an argument with a seventeen year old girl on Sunday. Twenty-one year old Luke Cox was charged with Harm when he appeared before Magistrate Sharon Frazer today. The teenager alleges that she was at a Chinese […]
The Church’s holy war against UNIBAM is yet to begin in the Supreme Court but in addition to a strong ally in the government, the moral battle is getting support from a third independent party. The Vision Inspired by the People is against the UNIBAM agenda and the party members became outraged when they found […]
Twelve year old Khevona Williams, who had been missing since Thursday evening, is at home safe and sound tonight. The first form student from Anglican Cathedral College, disappeared from the bus terminal in Belize, where she was waiting for a bus to return home to Mahogany Heights. Williams’ mother, Khandi Carter, appeared on News Five […]
A high profile professor at the University of Quintana Roo is making a serious allegation about local immigration officials. According to Professor Carlos Barrachina, two close family friends, Honduran national, Xenia Paz Bardales and Mexican National, Yolanda Pineda Castillo, were abused by officers at the western border as they tried to reach Mexico via Belize […]
A Mexican entrepreneur travelled from Merida to share her experiences as an entrepreneur with Belizean women. The workshop called Women´s Empowerment took place at the Embassy of Mexico today. The goal to provide participants with basic training and tools to open a small business and enhance self-esteem, by all accounts, was a success. News Five […]
The celebration of Channel Five’s twenty-year anniversary continues. We went back to our archives and found an interesting story, featured in 1992. In this piece that took place in the jungle, the then News Five reporter William Neal joins the Belize Defense Force for a mock war game which occurred near pristine jungle. William Neal, […]
A Belize City fisherman who is the father of five children will not be with his family for Christmas this year. George Rochester was gunned down on Saturday night in Ladyville as he was making his way to a party. He was shot multiple times by an unknown gunman. At least one man was seen […]
Last Friday, an unidentified man was found with multiple stab wounds; in fact, police say that as many as fifteen were inflicted on the body. Up to Friday evening police were unable to determine the time of the murder or the motive, but he has now been identified as forty year old Abayomi Olatunji, a […]
Aside from the two murders, there’s other violence to report. The Texaco Service Station, popularly known as Texaco North Star, located near mile one and a half on the Northern Highway, was targeted by a pair of armed robbers during a midmorning heist today. Shortly before eleven o’clock the duo entered the premises where store […]
Speculation has been rampant that the government is considering early elections. Back in 1993, the P.U.P. administration called an early poll before their term of office had expired; that move backfired and the then government was kicked out of office. We put the question of early elections to viewers. Most people thought that the government […]
