Last year, controversy arose over a park in Buttonwood Bay where an abandoned portion of it was in the process of being privatized. Residents in the area, who would frequent the gazebo at the park, were angry that if privatized, they would not have access to the park. So they took their plight to the […]
Mark Flowers, the Head of the Gang Suppression Unit, made the headlines recently when he made public comments against the two-term former Prime Minister Said Musa, who at a political convention, called for the disbandment of the GSU. And as you know, the Unit has often come under fire for the use of excessive […]
In Monday’s newscast, we showed you an innovative new underwater subdivision planned in north Ambergris Caye. It’s allegedly the brainchild of Area Representative, Manuel Heredia, and the San Pedro Town Council has disassociated itself from it. As we understand it, forty acres of lagoon and wetlands in an area known as Sunset Cove have been […]
Allegations of securities fraud and money laundering, in recent days placed Belize on the international headlines. Tonight, the issue of drug trafficking is attracting negative attention for the country. On Monday, by presidential determination, Belize was named again by the US as a major drug transit country. Other Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Haiti and […]
Former employee of CIBC First Caribbean International Bank, Uwahnie Martinez broke the silence surrounding her plight at the Dangriga branch last Tuesday, following her resignation from the institution. According to Martinez, she had been reprimanded by the branch manager for speaking Garifuna in the workplace, particularly with customers doing business. Undoubtedly, it created a firestorm […]
According to Swaso, the ordeal has galvanized the wider Garifuna community. Efforts are currently underway to explore all avenues pertaining to the matter, including legal options in light of what has transpired with CIBC FirstCaribbean. Gilbert Swaso, Dangriga Mayor “What is important from here, from henceforth because we identified that there is more work […]
And tonight question is: Do you believe the Minister of Education should be removed from office because of the recent allegations made by his staffer? 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 […]
Seventy-two year old McKesson Garrett was hospitalized since July nineteenth after he was attacked by four vicious Rottweilers. Garnett went to visit his friend, Leroy Woods, who lives at mile four on the Phillip Goldson Highway when he was met at the gate by the ferocious dogs. Since then, Garrett’s condition deteriorated and on Sunday […]
On Sunday morning, the life of a Guatemalan national was callously taken a stone’s throw from where he lived in the Duck Run Three Area of Spanish Lookout, Cayo District. Thirty-four year old Pedro Ariel Diaz was viciously chopped to the neck and his head almost severed in the village. Today, police say that a […]
On Friday’s newscast we reported about a bust of contraband goods in Bullet Tree Area. Members of the Crimes Investigation Branch and the Special Branch of the San Ignacio Police Formation based on intelligence conducted a search on the residence of Clefido Balan. There, the officers found cases of canned beers and soft drinks stashed […]
In early July, nineteen-year-old Perfilio Rodriguez spent two nights on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being charged for aggravated assault. Rodriguez, also known as Vanessa Champagne Paris, had to be kept in a special cell for his own protection. It caused no end of confusion for prison officials because while Rodriguez is […]
There have been seven murders so far this year in San Pedro, the destination which accounts for a significant portion of the nation’s tourism revenue. The year isn’t done yet. In 2013, our unofficial stats are showing three murders for the whole year. Speculation is that the hike in violent crime is a result of […]
Early this year, with much fanfare, ceremony and even fireworks, government opened the state of the art Water Taxi Terminal in San Pedro, one component of a six million dollar project. The other components were a boardwalk, an area for vendors and the complete renovation of the Saca Chispa football field. The terminal is currently […]
Because of our volume of news on Monday, we didn’t carry the following two stories. First, we have a report on stolen vehicles from the Ministry of Health which has angered Belizeans. A total of four vehicles have been stolen from the ministry, three of which were taken from its headquarters in Belmopan since the […]
Very real and still vivid in the minds of many Belizeans is the deaths of seven babies inside the neonatal intensive care unit of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital back in May of 2013. According to a report by PAHO, the unit was not up to standard nor were quality control measures in place. At […]
International Day of Ozone is celebrated annually on September sixteen and this year it is being held under the theme, “Ozone Layer Protection: The Mission Goes On.” It’s not one of the interesting celebrations, but it is an important one. In fact, the United Nations recognized today that progress had been made in reducing damage […]
Tonight, two Bahamian nationals are behind bars pending proceedings for an extradition request by the United States government. Rohn Knowles and Kelvin Leach are accused in a Belize billion dollar securities fraud and money laundering scheme. The two were named among six defendants indicted by US federal prosecutors in a New York court last week. […]
Turning to crime news. Three men were murdered over the weekend, in San Pedro, Belize City and in Cayo District. Early on Sunday morning, a Spanish Lookout resident was killed in a most brutal fashion. Pedro Ariel Diaz, a thirty-four year old Guatemalan national, was chopped to death; his head was partially severed. Diaz’s body […]
The body of forty-two-year-old Paul Morgan, who also goes by the name Paul Rubio, is at the Belize City morgue tonight. Morgan, who has a long rap sheet, was violently attacked on Friday night and shot multiple times to the upper body. Morgan was in the company of a woman inside a vehicle which was […]
There was a murder in San Pedro over the weekend, allegedly the result of an altercation in town. According to the Police report, Bowen and Bowen employee thirty-one year old Moses Coc was with a friend on Swan Street when they were attacked by another man. That man allegedly hit Coc repeatedly to the head […]
Up north, a swarm of killer bees viciously attacked a resident of Paraiso, Corozal over the weekend. Sixty-six year old Gilberto Manzanilla was riding his bicycle in the village just before noon on Saturday when he was attacked by the bees as he approached the cemetery. He was stung multiple times all over his body […]
There is a developing story tonight out of San Pedro where the government is offering submerged lots in northern Ambergris Caye. As incredible as it sounds, there are numerous pegs in the water in an area known as Sunset Cove. Forty acres of the swampy wetland have been surveyed for residential lots, but no one […]
The national referral hospital has frequently been mired in scandals; as recent as two weeks ago the K.H.M.H. settled with seven mothers after their newborns died in the neonatal unit in 2013 from a bacteria known as enterobacter cloacae. Today, however, officials put their best forward to mark the hospital’s nineteenth anniversary with the inauguration […]
Just before dawn on Saturday, a massive crowd gathered in the area of the Belcan Bridge for Jouvert. The event has grown by leaps and bounds and this year, the event was certainly the biggest in its history. Duane Moody was there for the event. Duane Moody, Reporting There were several pre-carnival bashes happening […]
The Jouvert at predawn on Saturday made way for the grand 2014 carnival road march. With colourful costumes that seem to get bigger every year, the bands started the parade at Caesar Ridge Road. The sweltering temperatures did not seem to slow down the energy of both senior and juniors bands as they gyrated to […]
