On Friday night around nine, sixteen year old Azir Zalazar was knocked down off his bike on College Road in Corozal. Zalar, who was complaining of pain in his hands and legs, was taken by to the hospital by forty three year old customs officer Kenroy Samuels. Upon police investigation, it was learnt that Samuels […]
World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June twelve. It’s an opportunity for the globe to raise its voice against child labour and at the same time make a call for all children to have a right to education. In May, the Statistical Institute of Belize and the International Labour Organization launched the findings […]
Earlier this month, twenty-four-year-old Michael Robinson, recently released from a seven year stint in prison, visited the media with a list of allegations against the management and even prison officers at that facility – from corruption to abuse and negligence. Management immediately refuted those allegations, claiming that Robinson wasn’t exactly a credible source. Well tonight […]
When Michael Robinson spoke out about conditions at the prison in early June, he mentioned that certain privileged inmates were given temporary “get out of jail” cards which allowed them free time outside of prison walls. That’s certainly not a new allegation, but tonight Staine confirmed that it does happen. Voice of: Rujan Staine, […]
According to Staine, the trafficking of drugs into the prison is rampant, and so is the abuse of prisoners. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg where the Belize Central Prison is concerned. Voice of: Rujan Staine, Prison Officer, Belize Central Prison “They always say if you’re trafficking, stop it. If you are […]
It’s not a game that is followed by the masses but for those who know a thing or two about poker; it is understood that the World Series of Poker tournaments are a very big deal. One group of eleven persons representing Team Belize traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada last week to compete in one […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. There comes a time when opportunity presents itself and indeed you’ve got to grasp it with both hands. 3 days after defeating the Dominican Republic 2 to 1 on their home ground, the national male football team of Belize hosted its 2nd round opponent […]
Less than twenty-four hours after the Belize National Football Team won the away game of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Thursday, the athletes and coaching staff touched down at the Phillip Goldson International Airport today. Beaming with confidence, the team arrived motivated and determined to defend its goal in Sunday’s matchup against the […]
But with a win in the Dominican Republic, are the Belize Jaguars ready to defend its turf and what are their predictions for the game? Deon McCauley, Striker, Belize Jaguars “The hard work that this team put in and the hard work that I put in, I mean with that alone, I know that […]
Tonight, News Five can confirm that Guatemalan military vessel GC-651 is still high and dry, perched on the reef between Middle Caye and Long Caye in the Glover’s Reef system, thirty-six miles from the Dangriga mainland. The Coast Guard has stated that the passage of the vessel through Belize’s territorial waters is allowed, under the […]
Just like clockwork, the rains came in June, and for residents of Crooked Tree that wasn’t good news. Their causeway was elevated just days before to deal with the inevitable flooding, but after the first few hours of rain it developed serious cracks. Twenty-four hours after, an entire section of the causeway fell away. That […]
And in more news on road safety…today, sixteen young men and women graduated from the Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) Train the Trainers Programme at the George Price Center. YOURS is an international youth-led and youth-oriented, not-for-profit, N.G.O. that is focused on youth and road safety. In partnership with the Government of Belize and the […]
The Ministry of Health has been plagued by ambulance complaints; hospitals either don’t have ambulances or the ones that they do have aren’t working properly. The list of reports about these issues include patients waiting for hours for the ambulance to arrive and they have to use their personal vehicles or that the ambulance malfunctions […]
A trio of Belize City men has been committed to stand trial for murder and attempted murder in the Supreme Court, following a preliminary inquiry earlier today. The first to be heard was the case of Devon Bailey, who is being accused of trying to kill thirty-one-year-old Charles Hines and Eldon Solomon in August 2014. […]
In 2011, Bob BouNahra made history being the first Belizean to make it to the Final table of the World Series of Poker also known as the November nine. BouNahra walked away with seventh place. At the time, BouNahra expressed his hope that Belize would become more prominent in international level poker. Well today, the […]
While all hopes are that the Belize national team will advance to the next round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match, the reality is that the Football Federation of Belize does not have the funds for the team to participate in the away games. According to Executive Member of F.F.B., Marlon Kuylen, this […]
Soca season is officially set to kick off this weekend with a massive lineup of Belizean and regional performing artists, including Patrice Roberts and Killa, taking the stage at the ITVET. Saturday’s concert, organized by Flavaz Entertainment, also features the breakaway talents of Lover Boy and Ernestine Carballo. Fans of Mr. Roley Poley can expect […]
According to show promoter Andazzi, the event also aims at assisting the local carnival bands with preparations for this year’s Carnival Road March. Andazzi, Promoter, Flavaz Entertainment “Flavaz Entertainment is known for doing the soca madness every year where all the carnival bands come out and we have a dancing competition and it’s just […]
What is a Guatemalan naval gunboat, unauthorized at that, doing in Belizean waters? That was the million dollar question after reports surfaced early this morning. Coming on the heels of an incident in the Sarstoon two weeks ago which spawned much anti-Guatemalan sentiment, conspiracy theories ran rampant. The Guatemalan naval vessel, reportedly navigating international waters en […]
According to C.E.O. Lovell, Mexican officials have confirmed that the Guatemalan coast guard vessel was indeed on its way to the small island town. To allay concerns that may arise out of the incident, Lovell says that despite appearing to be a legitimate voyage, the matter will be dealt with at the highest level between […]
So here are the facts – a Guatemalan vessel is in Belizean waters, but preliminary investigations are that it is not a voluntary presence. Mike Rudon was on the site today and has the story. Mike Rudon, Reporting Here’s something we’ve never seen before and may never see again – a sixty-five foot Guatemalan […]
The Belize Jaguars did us proud today as they edged out the Dominican Republic’s national football team in a match aired exclusively on this station. Super striker Deon McCauley continues to solidify his legend by adding two more international goals to his growing number of athletic achievements. But, football is a team sport and our […]
As we told you on Wednesday night, Dangriga Police recovered the shotgun used and detained suspects in the latest homicide of that municipality. Well, we can confirm that two men have been charged with the murder of fifty-one-year-old Ralston Patnett. The men, thirty year old Brandon Mason Kerr and thirty-two-year old Lindsburgh Oxford Williams were […]
Two policemen, Constables Hallet King and Leonard Nunez, were charged with the murder of eighteen-year-old Hilberto Sotz on Wednesday. And as we told you on Wednesday night, three others have been put on interdiction; they are Corporal Kirby Palma, Edilberto Patt and Bernadette Ramos, who are all facing thirteen disciplinary charges, including acting uncivil while […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow had been trying to fight it off, meeting with multiple parties in Miami and Belize over the past few weeks. But the case of developer of the Stake Bank cruise port project Michael Feinstein, former business partners Fort Street Tourism Village, and the Government of Belize was back before Justice Courtney […]
