Tonight, there is a significant setback to what has been called a revisiting of confidence-building measures between Belize and Guatemala. News Five has been able to confirm that a high-level meeting scheduled for Sunday in Antigua, Guatemala was postponed following a shooting incident within the Chiquibul National Park on Saturday. There has been no comment […]
The past weekend turned violent for three families whose loved ones were killed. Early this morning a man was found dead in a latrine at a school in Guinea Grass, Orange Walk District and on Saturday, the body of a US retiree was found with gunshot wounds at his farm in Sarteneja. But on Sunday […]
Up north in the village of Guinea Grass, the family of Azael Gomez is grieving his untimely and mysterious death. Gomez was last seen alive on Saturday morning; a search party combed the area, but could not locate the missing man. But this morning, Gomez’s body was found in a latrine by a student at […]
Corozal police are tonight trying to unravel the mysteries of a murder and a disappearance in Sarteneja Village at the start of the weekend. On Friday evening, the lifeless body of seventy-six year old Dennis Walt, an ex-pat who had been living in Belize for almost two decades, was discovered at his place of business, […]
On Friday, we reported on a shooting in the Mahogany Street area which involved the Police, GSU and the occupants of a van. The violent event unfolded at about one-forty on Friday afternoon when the Mahogany Street area was abuzz with activity. In a high speed chase, police eventually caught up with the van and […]
The family of a young child in Dangriga Town is tonight mourning his death, following an unfortunate incident over the weekend in which he drowned. Eight year old Adrian Lopez, a student of Sacred Heart Primary School, was reportedly swimming with friends in the North Stann Creek River when he went under. His parents, police […]
Former U.D.P. Minister of State Elvin Penner was criminally charged in Belmopan Magistrate’s Court last week. Those charges were not brought by government nor by Police, but rather by a private entity, COLA. Penner is scheduled to reappear in court on May twenty-ninth, but in the meantime, he’s got additional worries. A recall petition, launched […]
President Elect of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, arrived in the country on Friday and reportedly left on Saturday afternoon after meeting with Salvadorans living in Belize. It wasn’t exactly a state visit, since Sanchez will not take office until current president Mauricio Funes’ term ends on June first. Hundreds of Salvadorans were bussed to […]
And there is another official visit to report, though not as high profile. The United States Embassy is announcing the visit of a senior government official. He is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Caribbean and Central America in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. Francisco Palmieri will be in Belize for two days and […]
A woman was raped in the wee hours of last Friday at mile ten and a half on the Phillip Goldson Highway; her alleged attacker was detained at the scene of the crime by police. This morning, a Belize Water Service employee, fifty-one year old Eugene Reneau was arraigned for rape in the court of […]
The Budget debate is over, and so is the Senate discussion of the Budget. At the end of the day, the fact is that in our political system, the majority always wins regardless of dissent, no matter how credible. But there have been serious concerns raised in certain quarters. Private sector Senate Representative, Mark Lizarraga, […]
Belizean politicians have earned regional recognition in a Caribbean online blog entitled ‘Top Ten Sexist and Heterosexist Moments in Caribbean Politics.’ To be sure, it’s a dubious honour to be featured on that list…and Belize is on it twice. The list features ten random instances in which women have been the subject of sexist, derogatory […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Let’s start with the action in the National Elite Basketball League which took a crucial ballgame to the Y Not Island at Dangriga Saturday night where the Culture Warriors were see bug to exact sweet revenge on the Cayo Western Ballaz to kick off the […]
Around one-thirty this afternoon, there was a dangerous shooting on Mahogany Street; it was all caught by our camera. Here’s how it unfolded…Police and GSU officers were responding to a shooting that occurred near Electric Avenue minutes before. According to information available, the shooter or shooters fled to the area of Lacroix Boulevard traveling inside […]
In the west, there is growing dissention tonight among the faculty and staff of St. Ignatius High School in Santa Elena Town, following a series of unsanctioned decisions reportedly being taken by the principal to transfer administrative personnel from their respective posts. A number of teachers, including vice Principal Diana Askari, are up in arms […]
Green Tropics, a Spanish company involved in sugar cane cultivation, is accused of conducting aerial spraying in the Valley of Peace community which is the main supplier of vegetables in the Cayo area. The spraying has caused destruction of acres of vegetables but today after weeks of uncertainty, the vegetables farmers received some good news […]
Frank Edwards beat a murder charge back in 2011 before Justice Troadio Gonzalez but he was in the Belmopan Supreme Court this week on a robbery charge. Edwards was accused in one of the biggest bank heists in Belize in which a security guard was murdered. Today, he walked free after the prosecution entered a […]
Fifty-one year old May Bush, convicted of the June 2011 stabbing death of David Guerra, has been sentenced to thirteen years for manslaughter. On March seventh, a jury of twelve found Bush not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. This morning in mitigation, the mother of thirteen, called a character witness to speak on […]
A written judgement is yet to follow, but a decision was verbally handed down in the case of Magistrate of San Ignacio, Nardia Morgan. Morgan defended herself in trial this morning before Judge Courtney Able in the Supreme Court. The case is unprecedented because a Jamaican born sitting magistrate found it necessary to take the […]
Anybody travelling on the George Price Highway recently would see a massive program of infrastructure works in effect. It’s all part of a wider Road Safety Program, and the primary target is to reduce accidents. A significant amount of money is being spent, and several contractors are sharing the pie. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with […]
The perennial issue of rosewood extraction, despite an existing moratorium, remains a thorn in the sides of conservationists across the south. Illegal logging operations continue throughout Toledo, from Trio in the northwest part of the district to the fringes of the Sarstoon-Temash National Park. A recent incursion by Guatemalan harvesters within the protected area resulted […]
There is also a case of rape to report tonight where the aggressor was caught in the act. Early this morning at about two-thirty, Ladyville police were tipped about a violent incident near mile ten and a half on the Phillip Goldson Highway. In a swampy area off the highway, the police surprised a man […]
Up north, police have detained an alleged robber and are looking for another. At about seven-twenty on Thursday morning, there was an armed hold-up at the Oasis Water Plant located in Corozal Town. The owner of the business, Alvaro Sosa confirmed to police soon after that while he and a worker were inside the business […]
The annual budget debate 2014, held on Monday and Tuesday, has been widely described as anticlimactic, primarily because majority of the arguments in the Honorable House revolved around the many personalities that comprise lower parliament. From literary references to stolen speeches and criticisms of prime ministers past, little was left unsaid, save for an actual […]
The International Children’s Day of Broadcasting was launched by UNICEF in 1991 in order to encourage broadcasters worldwide to create awareness for children issues. ICDB, is a day when broadcasters around the world “Tune in to Kids”. Broadcasters would air quality programming for and about children. Over the years, children’s participation became a keystone of […]
