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According to Minister Elrington, there is an allegation that Belizeans went across the Guatemalan side, and there is an allegation that Guatemalans came over on our side – and there won’t be any action taken until they determine what the truth is. He says they will ask the Guatemalans to join with them in asking […]
Voters across the country, in all nine municipalities, will take to the polls in their respective cities and towns on Wednesday, to cast ballots for their party or candidates of choice. While a number of the sixty-seven available seats for local government will be hotly contested in some places, it is predicted that both major […]
Tamai also broke down the number of polling stations, as well as the deployment of public officers who will be working on Election Day. Counting, she says, will be done in one location at the close of polls, except for Belize City which has a total of ten counting stations. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections […]
Last Wednesday, the People’s United Party issued a terse release criticizing the Elections and Boundaries Department for failing to consult with them on a number of issues, including the prompt settling by the department of those polling stations that were not yet agreed upon, the final location of all counting stations and the number of […]
With the polls scheduled to open in less than twelve hours, the countdown begins as to who will take the sixty-seven seats in the nine municipalities. Today, News Five took to the streets of downtown Belize City to hear from residents if they have already made up their minds on their choice for mayor and […]
In less than twelve hours, the polls will open across the country for residents to choose their municipal leaders. In good tradition, Channel Five is teaming up with Love FM and Love TV to bring you live reports and all day commentary from media correspondents and seasoned political analysts. The all day broadcast, right up […]
On Wednesday, Belizeans will go to the polls to elect representatives in sixty-seven seats up for grabs countrywide. In politics there’s no such thing as a sure thing, but political pundits have debated at length about municipalities which are guaranteed one way or the other, and others which will be battlegrounds. One area which is […]
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In the event that message was a little obscure, Prime Minister Barrow then threw out Petrocaribe for good measure. According to the PM, their political war chest, their golden treasure, is bulging with Petrocaribe monies, and all Orange Walk residents have to do to access it is to place their Xs for the U.D.P. […]
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This morning, a team of law enforcement officers in San Pedro busted a couple in possession of a substantial quantity of marijuana. Acting on information received the team visited and apartment in San Pedrito which is being occupied by twenty-seven-year-old Jeffery Navarette and twenty-four-year-old Delfina Romero. A physical search of Navarette yielded a black plastic […]
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A jury of five women and four men will decide the fate of siblings, Jermaine and Austin Stevens, who are currently on trial for rape and abetment to rape, respectively. The brothers were arrested and charged back in March of 2012 for the rape of a then eighteen-year-old female. According to the victim, whilst staying […]
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A Biscayne sculptor and farmer was today spared from going to jail after pleading guilty to discharging a firearm in public. Fifty-three-year-old Robert Westby today appeared before Magistrate Herbert Panton where he pleaded guilty to the offense; fortunately for him, the magistrate imposed a non-custodial sentence and fined Westby three hundred dollars, plus the cost […]
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On Tuesday night, you heard Lord Ashcroft speak on his lack of involvement in political financing for the municipal elections in Belize, but that he remains open to dialogue with the two major parties in the future. In our interview with him, he also spoke on the political system in the UK and drew comparisons […]
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Moving from politics to the economy, we also took the opportunity to get Lord Ashcroft’s perspective on Belize and Petrocaribe. He says that he doesn’t believe countries should be accumulating debts and not creating wealth. Lord Michael Ashcroft “If Belize is going to grow there are certain things I think the citizens should be […]
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On Saturday news spread like a toxic cloud over the nation…thirty-seven Belizeans, part of an expedition headed to the southern-most border marker, had been detained by Guatemalan military and taken to Livingston, Guatemala. The detained individuals were mostly from Orange Walk, since the trek was organized by the Northern Territorial Volunteers. The mission plan was […]
But with the emotional homecoming out of the way, the question remains – how could the unthinkable have happened? How is it that a Belizean vessel carrying Belizeans could have been seized at gunpoint by Guatemalan military and taken to Livingston? Mike Rudon spoke to those on the boat and put the pieces of the […]
We’ll get to that government response in a few, but first the Captain of the Dore – Guillermo “Memo” Avila. He is the man who took the expedition to Gracias a Dios, and then made the unscheduled and unexpected journey to Livingston, Guatemala. He chose to retain the services of attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd, who gave […]
As we told you, officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and National Security conducted a debriefing exercise with certain members of the expedition right after arrival on Belizean land. National Security C.E.O., Colonel George Lovell, told News Five that the objective of the exercise is to establish the facts, an opportunity to get first-hand […]
While it was probably a little too early to expect an official comment from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we approached Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala, Alexis Rosado. He took part in the debriefing, but apart from expressing some disappointment, he would only say that the most important thing is that everyone is back home safe. […]
There were three murders over the weekend; two in Belize City and one in Corozal. In the city, we start with the most recent murder that occurred just after eleven on Sunday night. Two disc jockeys were socializing at a residence on Periwinkle Street when they were targeted by two gunmen who were reportedly on […]
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Four hours before the cold-blooded murder of Michael Welch, shots rang out behind the Charles Bartlett Hyde building, better known as the Complex. Just before seven p.m. on Sunday, twenty-seven-year-old Japhet Martinez of M and Y Street, off Holy Emmanuel Street in Belize City was the target of a gunman. Martinez had left home and […]
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A Mexican national was hacked to death in the Corozal District over the weekend. On Sunday night in San Victor Village, the mutilated body of Sergio Martinez was discovered inside a pimento bungalow with multiple chop wounds to the face and head. Punctures were also visible on Martinez’s neck and chest. Initial investigations revealed that […]
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At around midnight on Saturday, an attempt was made on the life of twenty-six-year-old Jaime Emmanuel Chavarria. Just outside his house on West Canal, Chavarria had just exited his vehicle, when a man, who came from the direction of Rocky Road, fired several shots. Chavarria was hit twice. Neighbors say they heard at least seven […]
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Nineteen-year-old Ernesto Vasquez of Antelope Street Extension was remanded to the Belize Central Prison for the killing of Herbert Bowden. Vasquez was unrepresented in Magistrate’s Court today when he was charged with a single count of murder. While no plea was taken, Magistrate Herbert Panton asked the accused why he was named in the murder […]
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Allen Valencia was immediately detained on Friday after a group of protesters threw eggs and water at former Immigration Minister Elvin Penner when he exited the Supreme Court that day in Belize City. While only one of the missiles thrown missed the intended target, another one caught Sylvester Maldonado, who is believed to be Penner’s […]
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Sixty-one-year-old Alvin Lewis Senior perished in an inferno which consumed his residence in Dangriga on Sunday afternoon. According to his wife, Thelma Lewis, sometime after one o’clock she left their home on Isidoro Street to do some business. Lewis, a paraplegic for the past twenty-five years, remained at home. Upon her return, she discovered that […]
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