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Security guard Levi Brown shot and robbed

Fifty-seven year old Levi Brown was shot in the head just before news time Wednesday night. The security supervisor at J and B security was riding on East Collet Canal on Wednesday evening, carrying a knapsack. As he reached the corner of Dean Street Brown heard the gunshot and fell to the ground unconscious. When […]

Audit of the Central Health Region show gross misuse of public funds

On August twenty-sixth 2013 the Auditor-General of Belize was notified that there were credible reports of misuse of public funds at the Central Health Region. Four days later an audit team commenced an investigation which concluded on October first, 2013. News Five has received a copy of the detailed audit report with recommendations. It is […]

Alfonzo Cruz detained in connection with ongoing Penner investigation

There is breaking news, just in to our studios. News Five has been able to confirm that former Mayor of San Ignacio Town, Alfonso ‘Ponchis’ Cruz, was detained by San Ignacio Police at five-thirty this evening. Cruz is a close confidante of former Minister of State Elvin Penner, and is the man who signed as […]

Minister Mark King tells the media U.D.P. first, Belizeans second and P.U.P. last

The Harvest Caye Tourism Development Project off the coast of Placencia, a multimillion dollar initiative by Norwegian Cruise Line, is mired in controversy although it already has the full support of Cabinet.  Environmentalists, as well as other tourism stakeholders including the Belize Tourism Industry Association, have raised major concerns about its overall feasibility because it […]

Minister of State says he wants his company to provide security to NCL

King is already lobbying for the spoils. As the proprietor of Brinks Security, he has submitted a proposal to Norwegian for a security contract.  When asked if his position as a Minister of State poses a conflict of interest, King says that it’s his entitlement as a Belizean businessman to tender a bid for the […]

Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches dismayed by UWI’s termination of Brendan Bain

On Tuesday, Professor Brendan Bain was sacked from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, following a call by various advocacy groups to have him removed from his post after providing expert testimony in the UNIBAM challenge.  The Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches has issued a release expressing its dismay with the manner in […]

Belize Action organizes a peaceful demonstration in protest of Bain’s termination

Meanwhile, Belize Action has organized a peaceful demonstration for Friday at midday in protest of Professor Bain’s removal.  According to Pastor Scott Stirm, despite Bain’s stellar career as a renowned expert in the study of HIV/AIDS, offering expert testimony has made him a target of the LGBT community.   Pastor Scott Stirm, Belize Action “This […]

Jason Bruce Lawrence sentenced to life for murder of common-law wife

There is a conviction for murder. After several hours of deliberation by a jury of seven women and five men, the fate of thirty-seven year old Jason Bruce Lawrence was sealed; life in prison.  Lawrence was charged for the murder of his common-law-wife, forty year old Mercedes Carrillo, back in December of 2009 and today […]

Woman charged for stealing electricity

A sixty-one year old Honduran national has been sparred jail time for abstracting electricity which is the charge for stealing electricity.  Dominga Nunez, a resident of Antelope Street Extension in Belize City, was convicted this morning by Magistrate Dale Cayetano for the offense which occurred on May fourteenth 2013. Prosecutor in the case was Corporal […]

The launch of a documentary on the state of affairs of senior citizens

An eighty-three year old woman who lived alone died in an inferno when her house was set on fire. She lived alone and could not get out of harm’s way. Her demise highlights the situation faced by many elderly persons who also live in extreme poverty. Today, the National Council on Ageing launched a moving […]

The 2014 Crooked Tree Cashew Festival

The twenty-ninth annual cashew festival was held over the weekend in Crooked Tree under the theme, “Highlight our Magical Fruit, the Cashew.” The village has been pushing to partner with the agricultural department, the B.T.B. and other public and private sector agencies to promote the economic viability of the cashew fruit and the industry. Duane […]

Meet the new US Ambassador to Belize, Carlos Moreno

Retired California Supreme Court Justice, Carlos Moreno, has finally received senatorial approval to proceed on diplomatic mission to Belize as US Ambassador. The Ambassador is expected to arrive in Belize sooner rather than later because the Embassy has been without an Ambassador for some time.  When he arrived it would be his first trip because […]

Healthy Living looks at lupus

May is celebrated as Lupus Awareness month. Lupus is a lesser known disease in Belize but there are a number of persons, predominantly women, who are living with lupus. There is not much awareness of the disease but the annual Lupus Walk will be held this upcoming weekend. This week’s Healthy Living is focused on […]

Body of Santana man found in bushes behind his house

The body of fifty-seven year old Maurice Dennison Young was found on Tuesday evening; the last time he was seen alive was on Monday night when he told a friend he was going to the house of a neighbour. A family friend made the gruesome discovery in the bushes behind his home in Santana on […]

No officer assigned to Maskall Police Station

While there hasn’t been a murder in Santana for decades, the death of Maurice Young has highlighted what residents call rising crime in other rural communities on the old northern road. There is a police station in Maskall, about five miles from Santana, but there is no police officer stationed there. The building appears adequate, […]

More charges expected against the mastermind of an immigration scam

Additional charges are expected to be levied against Marleny Castellanos, the alleged master-mind behind an immigration scam involving residents of Caye Caulker and San Pedro. Castellanos is already facing sixteen counts of assisting persons to use documents they weren’t entitled to use. She and her common-law husband, Wilfredo Gonzalez Marcos, remain on remand behind bars […]

ComPol tells COLA he won’t hand over the Penner files

Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie will not hand over any evidence in the private action brought by COLA against Elvin Penner. He said so by letter to COLa President Giovannie Brackett dated May twentieth, 2014. News Five has managed to get a copy of that letter in which the Commissioner Whylie states, “the Law by […]

MLA charges that DAVCO is dividing the indigenous community

The issue of oil exploration in the south is boiling over, but there is another hot-button matter which is the communities in the south are facing. As we reported on Tuesday, the District Association of Village Councils convened a meeting in Big Falls over the weekend which saw the participation of chairpersons from across Toledo.  […]

P.U.P. heading to the House seeking to change the firearms act

In February 2014 the People’s United Party wrote to the Government of Belize, submitting draft amendments to the Firearms Act and the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act. There has been no response from G.O.B., and the P.U.P. says that this is just plain lazy considering the Opposition has done all the work for them. […]

Robber hospitalized after he is shot by his accomplice

A minor is at the K.H.M.H.  recovering from injuries he received during a robbery on Tuesday. But all indications are that the minor, a Ladyville resident, was one of the robbers, and he was shot by his accomplice, identified as Mason Patnett. According to the Police report, the minor and Patnett were at the Ladyville […]

UNIBAM speaks on termination of Head of CHART

The University of the West Indies on Tuesday terminated Professor Brendan Bain as Director of Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Programme. Bain offered witness testimony in the case of Caleb Orozco and UNIBAM versus the Attorney of Belize and a group of churches on the constitutionality of section fifty-three of the criminal code. That case was […]

Religious activist reacts to the termination

But religious activist, Pastor Scott Stirm is strongly opposed to Bain’s termination. Stirm claims that Orozco started the campaign to get rid of the professor from CHART. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Via Phone: Scott Stirm, Religious Activist “He has every right to take this into a lawsuit for discrimination. I don’t know if he will […]

SATIIM rejects G.O.B.’s oil agenda in the south

During a press conference held on Tuesday in the Toledo District, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, as well as the claimant communities who have been party to the ongoing litigation against the Government and U.S. Capital Energy, a call was made once again for the G.O.B. to comply with the order of the […]

Crooked Tree Fisherman claims he is wrongfully detained

Crooked Tree Fisherman, Kenneth Bruce, was charged on Tuesday for being armed with an offensive weapon. He was offered police bail and today when he appeared before the courts to be arraigned, Magistrate Hettie Mae Stewart dismissed the charge because it was not brought properly before the court. The former musician was accused of assaulting […]

The proposed establishment of a logistical terminal near the Port of Belize

A private company is proposing the establishment of a logistical terminal near the Port of Belize. The idea was pitched to both public and private sector agencies during a two-day closed-door session at the Radisson that ended this afternoon.  The concept is that various businesses within the agro-sector primarily, should invest in a multimillion dollar […]