Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. To get some action over the weekend, we had to head West to San Ignacio Saturday night where the Cayo 1st Division Football Competition featured the mighty clash between Lower Dover of Unitedville and the home team Quintas. We’re some 10 minutes in when […]
Late this evening, representatives of the Roman Catholic Church rushed to the Supreme Court seeking an interim injunction to stop a concert that is planned for this Independence holiday weekend at a church-state school in San Ignacio. It follows a statement issued this morning by Bishop Dorick Wright. The Church is outraged that Sacred Heart […]
The promoter behind the Alkaline concert is Martin Castillo of Marine Sounds. Castillo was taken by surprise at the church’s stance and late this evening when we contacted him by phone, he told us that his lawyers will be in court for the unusual Saturday morning hearing. But according to Castillo, the concert will go […]
A man who robbed a store in Orange Walk at gunpoint is tonight at the Northern Regional Hospital morgue after he was fatally shot by the proprietor. That man, Leslie Logan Jr., is a former Police Constable and the son of highly decorated retired Police Inspector Leslie Logan Sr. It happened at around two forty-five […]
Following a spade of violence in which three persons were murdered in a matter of hours on Wednesday, the Prime Minister met with the police top brass and hosted a press conference. The P.M. committed additional patrols by the police and the B.D.F. on the streets and is seeking further funding to fight […]
Police are holding a third person behind bars presumably to stop further mayhem on the streets. He is Kareem Lopez, aka Robbery, who was charged today for causing public terror on Carnival Day. Allegations are that while on Douglas Jones Street, Lopez wantonly discharged a firearm in a public place and caused terror by […]
Reeling from an explosive surge of gangland violence which resulted in three murders and multiple casualties in a matter of hours, Prime Minister Dean Barrow on Thursday announced that Police will now be enforcing anti-gang laws. The laws aren’t new by any means – but they’ve just gotten obscure from lack of use. Government has […]
Preventative Detention – the proposed amendment to the constitution was the cause of fiery debate, controversy and contention. So much so that Prime Minister Dean Barrow backed down from the law which would have made it legal for police to detain persons before the commission of any crime. While the amendment never materialized, at least […]
The Father of the Nation, George Price was remembered today across the country. September nineteenth, the day on which he passed away three years ago, has been set aside as National Service Day. In Belize City, the officials of the party that Price led headed to the Lord Ridge Cemetery where they placed wreaths by […]
The Eastern Division of the Belize City Police Department, Wesley College and the City Council partnered today to clear graffiti from walls and fences and to clean garbage from certain areas of the city. This was a part of the institutions’ contribution to national service day in honor of the late George Cadle Price. Today, […]
This morning, the leader of the Opposition, Francis Fonseca, was asked about the current crisis as it relates to crime. While Fonseca says the opposition is ready to work with the government in efforts to fight crime, he does not believe that throwing money at problem is the way to stop the mayhem. Francis […]
As you know, the P.U.P. will be seeking a new standard bearer for Belize Rural North. Arthur Saldivar was removed on Wednesday after serious allegations were made against him and the party executive pressed for his ouster. Of course, it is not going down well for Saldivar, who is vowing to run as an independent […]
Francis Fonseca also responded to a comment made by the Minister of Immigration, Godwin Hulse, who likened the Penner passport scandal to the Arthur Saldivar debacle. Fonseca says that Hulse’s comparison is absolutely crazy. Francis Fonseca, P.U.P. Leader “It’s almost laughable. I heard Godwin Hulse try to compare this author Saldivar thing to Mister […]
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is severely backlogged with a number of criminal cases. In fact, the bottleneck has seen files proceed through to the courts at a snail’s pace. That constriction is directly affecting the ability of the police department to charge suspects for individual offences since it appears that criminals […]
P.M. Barrow during that press conference also conceded that the police department, as well as the local media, is very much familiar with the names of well-known gang members and leaders. Despite there being legislation allowing for the prosecution of known gang affiliates and the fact that it is common knowledge who they are, charges […]
The annual Children’s Rally was to be held last week Friday in Belize City, but due to the inclement weather it was postponed. That is until today, when primary school students gathered at Bird’s Isle in Belize City. Thousands of students were bused in for the event that saw several performances speeches of encouragement on […]
Back in 1982 on September twenty-seventh, St. Hilda’s and St. Michael’s high schools in Belize City amalgamated to become the Anglican Cathedral College located on downtown Albert Street in Belize City. The school today had its annual flag raising activity at its campus where students, parents, faculty and staff engaged in patriotic performances. Aside from […]
The thirty-third anniversary of Belize’s independence will be officially celebrated in Belmopan on Sunday. With the nation’s birthday less than four days away, we asked Minister Sedi Elrington to reflect on our growth as a nation since September twenty-first, 1981. He shared his honest observations with us, beginning with a shift in patriotism from then […]
Belize City came under siege on Wednesday. In a spate of seven hours, three men were murdered. It started in the early afternoon when Cyril McFoy, the father of a notorious George Street figure, was murdered as he played dominoes in his yard while classes were ongoing nearby at Saint Ignatius School. Within hours, McFoy’s […]
The overnight violence in Belize City immediately prompted Prime Minister Dean Barrow to call a meeting with the brass of the Belize Police Department to address the ongoing reprisals that started with the murder of Cyril McFoy, the father of Brandon Tillett. While additional boots will be placed on the ground in the streets of […]
In an attempt to quell fears of further violence, P.M. Barrow has pledged that government will expend whatever financial and material resources necessary to address the ongoing issue of gang-related homicides. The P.M. committed additional funds by way of a financial re-assignment to deal directly with the crime and violence. He announced this afternoon that […]
Barrow says that he does not believe that any of the six men who are presently in detention will be charged for murder, that he says would only succeed a thorough police investigation. They can however, be charged for gang affiliation. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “You asked about whether any of those being detained […]
Police and Customs officers made a huge bust on Wednesday night in Orange Walk. Just under forty pounds of suspected cocaine with a street value of over one point three million Belize dollars were confiscated from a Guatemalan national living in Ranchito Village, Corozal. Thirty-six year old Axel Fuentes was driving a Toyota pickup when […]
Still in the south of the country – Dangriga Police report that this morning they conducted anti-drug operations in that municipality. The operation included the Special Branch Unit, the Dangriga Quick Response Team, the Crimes Investigation Branch and the K-9 Unit. Using intelligence gathered, the units first went to the residence of Darwin Duran in […]
Tonight, News Five can confirm that a subdivision planned in Northern Ambergris Caye, about four miles from the town, is on hold. That subdivision – forty acres of wetland and lagoon divided into three hundred and nineteen house lots – is underwater, which makes that development idea somewhat misguided or perhaps even ludicrous. One immediate […]
