Hugo Moreno’s remains were so charred that the cause of death could not be determined. The body of the taxi driver was found in the trunk of his dodge car on Tuesday afternoon off the Carmelita Road in the Orange Walk District. His wife says he went missing over the weekend after he went to […]
The Maya Leaders Alliance has issued its first statement on the customary land rights case, since the Court of Appeal handed down a split decision in the matter last Thursday. The statement succeeds a meeting held with village leaders from all thirty-eight Maya communities in the south. The ruling was delivered by President Manuel Sosa […]
While the membership of the Maya Leaders Alliance was not represented in court on Monday, former chairman Ligorio Coy led a contingent of past Alcaldes from Dolores, Otoxha, Santa Ana and Crique Sarco to Belize City. That group has since defected from the MLA and is now seeking the removal of their names from a […]
The Ministry of Health has issued an urgent statement cautioning the public on dengue. The release is a result of severe outbreaks in the region including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras. In Honduras, a state of emergency has been declared after sixteen deaths from the virulent fever, and elsewhere in Central America more […]
And our question for tonight is: Should G.O.B. strike a deal with NCL even though only pocket tourism is recommended for southern Belize? 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.
There are reports reaching our newsroom tonight that missing siblings Fanny and Jairo Romero have been located in Copan, Honduras and will soon be reunited with their family. The children, who live with their mother in Cowpen in southern Belize, were reported missing on July twentieth. They were last seen in the company of their […]
On Tuesday’s newscast, News Five showed you the brand spanking new transfer facility which makes the old garbage dump look like…well, garbage. These transfer stations have been constructed in San Ignacio and Belize City. And as the name implies, the garbage dropped off at the transfer stations will be transferred to another new and very […]
The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives is the body tasked with examining and reporting on the monies spent by government. That’s a big job and an important – some would say critically important one. But the reality is that the structure of the P.A.C. ensures that the party in government spending the […]
The trial of a Belize City cable technician who is accused of sexually abusing a young woman since the age of nine concluded today. At eleven thirty this morning, the nine member jury of five men and four women stepped into the deliberating room to decide whether or not Niccanor Fermin was guilty of six […]
While there is a conviction against Niccanor Fermin for carnal knowledge, there is another disturbing report from an eleven year old student of Sunset Park area, located at mile eight on the George Price Highway. The minor visited the Hattieville Police Station along with his mother, where he reported that on Tuesday July ninth 2013, […]
Fifty-three year old Walter Logan, a resident of Santana Village, is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being caught with a homemade shotgun on Saturday. Shortly after four o’clock that evening, police visited the village where a search of the area where he was standing yielded a crude firearm made of galvanized piping. […]
There are two events in the City this weekend to support a noble cause. A concert and a ride for hunger are being organized to assist Dara Robinson’s feeding program. The program, which is now in its seventh year, provides needy students with a nutritious meal. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Legendary […]
Progress brings problems is as clichéd as it is true, and Belize City residents have been pushed up close to that truth with the ongoing works on streets. But while inconvenience and congestion are problems, they are short term problems. Parking, or lack of access to parking, isn’t so short term and isn’t so easily […]
The Bliss was overflowing last night with fans and supporters of Be the Next Superstar. The show started with eight hopefuls, but wound down to six following a tight elimination round. For the rest of the competition, the judges did their evaluation of the performances and of course the public is having their say through […]
Tonight, an Orange Walk family’s worst fear has been confirmed, following the gruesome discovery of a body in the outskirts of Carmelita Village. Forty-two year old Hugo Moreno, a taxi driver, was last heard from shortly before two a.m. on Sunday when he contacted his fifteen year old daughter who was attending the annual Fiestarama. […]
Is government about to strike a deal with Norwegian Cruise Lines for a multi-million dollar development project at Harvest Caye? All indications are that it will even though government has been tight-lipped about the negotiations on the N.C.L. tourism project. N.C.L. is interested in developing a massive port of call on Harvest Caye in southern […]
The Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Housing, Lawrence Sylvester, was escorted from the Ministry of Natural Resources by armed security last week. Reports are that Sylvester got rowdy over fifty lots in the Fresh Pond community written off by government. Those lots are reportedly being given to associates of Minister of Natural Resources, […]
On April twenty-eighth, 2010, Stephen Buckley was shot twice to the head by the police; he was left paralyzed to the left side of his body and unfit for work. In a public statement, then Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jeffries promised that assistance from the department would be provided to Buckley. It’s been three years […]
But if Buckley isn’t too clear on the result of his meeting at the K.H.M.H. today, Chairlady of the K.H.M.H. Board of Governors, Chandra Nisbet-Cansino, was. She told News Five this afternoon that as far as collecting the bill he owes to the hospital is concerned, Buckley will be given all the time and medical […]
That’s good news for Buckley…. But there is also some news for the grieving parents of newborns who died at the K.H.M.H. as a result of a bacteria outbreak in the first three weeks of May. Since the cause of the deaths was revealed, there has been a scarcity of information out of the facility. […]
Two of the three escaped prisoners are back behind bars at the Belize Central Prison. Around two-thirty this afternoon near mile twenty-eight on the George Price Highway, all three men were seen by a motorist who reported the sighting to the police. Quick response led to the capture of Guatemalan national Hector Nectali Garcia but […]
Following reports of labour infractions including unfair terminations at the privately managed Belize Central Prison, a report was commissioned by Minister of Labour Godwin Hulse. The man chosen to investigate the allegations was Labour Commissioner Ivan Williams, and his report is finally concluded. Today Hulse confirmed that he has received the report, and he told […]
The ghastly dump site at the eastern entrance of the City has been transformed into a transfer station for waste that is produced in homes, businesses, factories and just about everywhere. After consolidating the waste and separating recyclable materials, the next step will be to transfer the garbage to another site at mile twenty-four for […]
In early June, Belizean, Carlos Murga, was detained by Cuban authorities after he flew into Jose Marti Airport carrying Chinese passports with Belizean visas. It was suspected at the time that Murga was part of a ring which provided illegal immigration and courier services for Chinese nationals intending to come to Belize before moving on […]
An Indian national who arrived in the country on Monday via Taca at the Philip Goldson International Airport was detained soon after he set foot in the Jewel. Instead of experiencing the natural beauty of Belize, twenty-two year old Lovepreet Singh Dhaliwal was held overnight and this morning he was arraigned for attempting to use […]
