A rescue team is scouring the Belize River Valley looking for the body of a resident of Isabella Bank. On Sunday, what should have been a memorable occasion ended in the drowning of Keron Jeffords. He was celebrating his twenty-fourth birthday with friends when he drowned in the river in the same area where seven […]
Three persons, including two women, were injured in two separate shootings over the weekend in San Pedro where crime is spiking. The first incident occurred after three on Saturday morning in the San Pablo Area of the prime tourism island. Seventeen year old Irma Mejia was shot multiple times: to the abdomen, jaw and thumb […]
A prison officer was today convicted of drug trafficking inside his work place which is the Belize Central Prison. Ajani Smith Senior was caught with fifty-four grams of marijuana strapped to his body on August twenty-fifth, 2013. Smith initially pleaded not guilty to possession of a control drugs with intent to supply but today, he […]
Two men, one believed to be the mastermind behind a home burglary in the West Landivar area of Belize City, were before the court today to answer to separate charges. They are Jamil Meighan, of Ivor Street in Belize City and Wilfred Javier Stanley. Meighan was the first to be arraigned for burglary in the […]
Earlier you heard about the ongoing land disputes in Harmonyville. That’s one of the most recent because there have been countless cases. Last week, News Five broke the story of a brewing land dispute in the small community of Unitedville in the Cayo District. The Ministry of Lands gave title for a five acre plot […]
While this dispute has the appearance of being resolved, it points to gross negligence in the Lands Department. Those are the words of Commissioner of Lands Wilbert Vallejos, who went further to state that corruption is a plague in the department. Wilbert Vallejos, Commissioner of Lands “It’s a plague that has been damaging the […]
A mid-afternoon fire at the corners of Lawrence Avenue and Jones Street has left a Belize City couple homeless. Sometime after one o’clock, the attention of residents was drawn to the crackling of glass and other breakables. Upon checking, it was discovered that the bungalow was engulfed in flames. Michael Belisle, an employee of B.T.L., […]
Belmopan police continue their search for one of two men believed to be involved in a stabbing on Friday morning in the village of Cotton Tree. Twenty-nine year old Kurt Hyde, a Belizean construction worker of Cotton Tree Village, was stabbed six times to the back, face and arm allegedly by Orlando and Eugene Castillo […]
The destruction of a sprawling acreage of farmland in Valley of Peace by crop-dusting in mid-March has resulted in a significant loss for growers in that community. While it was initially suspected that scores of vegetables, including cabbage, tomato and pepper were destroyed by what is believed to have been a chemical compound known as […]
Today, hundreds of cane-farmers and sugar industry stakeholders joined dignitaries and government officials to officially open SIRDI’s news headquarters. The Sugar Industry Research and Development Institute was created in 2009, and since then has had tremendous impact on the industry. The building was financed by the European Union, and will enhance SIRDI’s ability to reach […]
The challenges to the industry have been many, natural and man-made. But Osorio says that in just five years SIRDI has made giant strides in the industry. Perhaps the greatest challenge has been persuading farmers to adapt new, innovative best practices. That remains an obstacle, but Osorio says that even that is much less of […]
One of the country’s most generous partners is the government of Taiwan. This morning in Belmopan, Ambassador David Wu presented a cheque in the sum of five million U.S. dollars to the Prime Minister Dean Barrow. The cheque is a grant from the Republic of China for the Bilateral Cooperation Program between the two countries. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 14 in the NEBL brought regular season play to a close with 3 teams vying for the remaining 2 spots in the 4 team post-season. So we head to Birds Isle where Friday night Belize City Smart No Limit and the Dangriga Culture […]
It’s confirmed. Christian Ebanks, remanded on firearm charges, is Ecuadoran Floyd Ebanks Jurado, wanted for murder in that country. News Five has confirmed that shortly after arriving in Belize, the thirty-nine year fugitive visited the Vital Statistics Department and changed his name. And tonight, there is also confirmation that the Ecuador authorities want him very […]
The arrest of a Guatemalan couple is revealing further details of an ongoing hustle at the Immigration Department. The couple was remanded to prison on Wednesday, after they pleaded guilty to using fraudulent Belizean birth certificates, social security cards, and nationality certificates. But they were back in court today along with a Salvadoran and seven Guatemalan […]
Just before Mother’s Day, the Ministry of Finance gave seventeen U.D.P. Area Representatives eight hundred and fifty-thousand dollars. Those Area Representatives then handed out fifty and hundred dollar bills to select U.D.P. supporters in their constituencies. There are thirty-one political constituencies in Belize…the other fourteen got nothing. Still, for some strange reason the cash giveaway […]
Two primary school children were knocked down as they headed home from school on Thursday evening. Siblings, twelve year old Francine Francis and seven year old Herman Williams, both students at Saint Luke’s Methodist Primary School on Mahogany Street, were hit from behind by a white SUV as they rode on a bicycle to their […]
On Thursday, we broke the story of a land dispute in Unitedville in the Cayo District. The Lands Department gave title for five acres of land in the village to Bernadette Fischer. Nobody is sure exactly when. The thing is that the five acre plot, subdivided into twenty-six house-lots, has been occupied for many years […]
As we told you, the eviction notices were delivered to the residents in 2011. They ignored it, but the matter got new life after Bernadette Fischer took one of the residents to court. The resident is new to the area, and actually is occupying a plot which belongs to her father. With his permission, she […]
Teachers around the country today were engaged in different activities to celebrate national teachers’ day. And while things with the Ministry of Education are not the best, at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday night, an impressive lineup of teachers from across the country were honored for their contributions to education at […]
An Orange Walk businessman was chopped in the face this morning during an attack at his workplace. The victim, identified as Dennis Eiley, is the proprietor of Prestige Block Factory in Carmelita Village. While there are no official reports coming from the Orange Walk Police, News Five understands that the attack reportedly happened around eight-thirty a.m. […]
There have been mounting complaints from various businesses across the country that there is a scarcity of Bowen and Bowen products. The complaint is that alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in glass bottles have not been available at the company’s distribution centers or from the pre-sellers, who are part of the new system implemented earlier this […]
But with a move like this by the company, there must be setbacks. Christelle Wilson spoke of the risks in taking this step. Christelle Wilson, Internal Legal Counsel & PR Officer, Bowen & Bowen “It is a risk, yes, but we have to reinvest in our country. As you said, there is more competition. […]
Belize’s participation in the international football scene has been virtually absent since the Jaguars represented the Jewel in 2013 in a rather insipid debut at the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament. While their introduction to a higher level of football has left a lot to be desired, the Football Federation of Belize is fielding the Lady […]
According to Lady Jaguars Head Coach Kent Gabourel, after sizing up the competition he is confident that the team will overcome the Guatemalans. As to the financial support, Vicente says the business community, as well as Lifeline Founder Kim Simplis-Barrow have all contributed generously to the football program. Kent Gabourel, Head Coach, Lady Jaguars […]
