The Marion Jones Sporting Complex is getting some attention. Forgive us if we seem unduly excited about it, but it’s gotten to the point where anything positive done to enhance the facility is great news. Perhaps we should report right off that the gates of the stadium have been thrown open for residents to use. […]
And there’s more good news. In 2015 just days before elections there was a ceremony to announce that the Mexican government was pumping five million dollars into the facility. That hasn’t exactly happened yet, but there is some movement where the allegedly FIFA-certified football pitch is concerned. National Sports Director Ritchel Dominguez told us today […]
The 2016/2017 Budget will be presented on Tuesday, and the Opposition has been predicting that it will be anything but uplifting and inspiring. Today P.U.P. leader John Briceño stuck to that forecast, claiming that especially where agriculture is concerned, there are dark days looking. Briceño told News Five today that in the North, sugar cane […]
This afternoon, officers assigned to Eastern Division North were in the area of Freetown Road near Douglas Jones Street where they were pressing flesh with residents and business owners in that community. The weekly meet and greet initiative continued today as the men and women of the Belize Police Department made the rounds on the […]
A donation of data gathering equipment valued at roughly one hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars has been handed over to the ministries of health and national security, including the Belize Police Department. The reason for the generous contribution is to strengthen the capacity of those government agencies responsible for collecting and analyzing data on violence […]
Woman Police Constable Sheneah Caliz is alive tonight after being shot in the head by a robber caught in the act. Caliz and two other officers were on routine patrol on Albert Street Monday at around seven-thirty P.M. when they interrupted a robbery in progress. It was a brazen attempt to grab a cash bag […]
Jamal Jackson is no stranger to the Police. He was charged for the 2010 stabbing murder of a security guard at the Belize Biltmore Plaza but was acquitted in 2015 after the witness recanted his statement to Police. According to a release issued by the G.S.U. today officers responded to reports of the shooting and […]
Jackson is only one of many persons who have been charged for murder and then acquitted. While the conviction rate in Belize is not a matter of public record, the reality is that it is far more common to see somebody walk free from murder than it is to see a conviction. Assistant Commissioner of […]
A criminal investigation conducted by Dangriga police, following the gruesome discovery of a fetus on Thursday, will likely give rise to charges being levied against a minor, as well as a possible accomplice. The discarded stillborn was retrieved by dogs from an overgrown lot in the Benguche area. Residents say that it was found a […]
The Belize Progressive Party, formed last year just before general elections, continues to maintain that it is a feasible option to the two mass parties which have dominated electoral politics in Belize. The B.P.P.’s mantra since inception has been dual-pronged – a strictly anti-corruption agenda coupled with an almost militaristic nationalism where the Belize/Guatemala dispute […]
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The blockage on Saturday by the Guatemalan navy of the B.T.V. expedition continues to cause public outrage because there is a growing sentiment that Belize has lost the Sarstoon. Almost one year to date after a delegation from the Belize Territorial Volunteers was detained in Guatemala overnight; Saturday’s visit organized by Wil Maheia was to […]
Visits to the various border points, particularly in the area of the Sarstoon River, according to Elrington, only serve to arouse Guatemala’s hostility. The entire issue of the impact of B.T.V.’s ongoing trips to the vicinity is a matter of perspective, says the Foreign Minister. He tells the media that his constituents are equally as […]
One week ago three persons were detained by Police on suspicion of being involved in a fake cop racket. Perpetrators actually managed to get guns off two security guards in Belize City approaching them under disguise. It’s a situation the Police took seriously since in both instances the attackers were armed and there was the […]
The B.P.P. did not do spectacularly well in the 2015 general elections, but the Party was present and accounted for. According to leader Patrick Rogers, it is all part of a long term plan which assures them electoral success. Today the party achieved a major plank in that plan with the opening of headquarters in […]
In mid-January, Prime Minister Dean Barrow went on record, during an exclusive interview with News Five, to say that he was giving serious thought to the idea of a major financial investment in a cruise terminal in Belize City. The facility would be erected in Port Loyola, on a property adjacent to Port of Belize […]
There were three cases of sexual abuse, one ended in a conviction. A resident of Biscayne, Belize District, is serving his first night of a three-year sentence imposed upon him today for two counts of sexual assault against an eight-year-old girl. Twenty-five-year old Randy Dominguez was surprised by the girl’s mother; she found him and […]
We have aired various reports from Barbados where media personnel from across the Caribbean converged for a two-day media law seminar last week. The seminar was a component in the IMPACT Justice Project funded by the Canadian Government. In addition to looking at the laws that pertain to the media in this region, the seminar […]
Gittens also spoke of the influence of the media as it relates to social issues. His recommendation is that the media must be accessible to everyone. The media, he says, must be available at all spaces and to all sectors not only those in the urban areas but throughout the country and rural communities. […]
A mission from Chetumal is in Belize promoting its goods, services and ideas in the area of construction. Today they met with Belizean contractors and businessmen who may be interested in exploring a closer collaboration with suppliers from the north. The timing is good, since the country is in the midst of a construction boom, […]
Even though there are economic differences, ministers from Caribbean countries have signed on to a development agenda. The agreement was signed today during a Caribbean Growth Forum held at the Radisson. The private sector and civil society from the Caribbean are looking for ways to exchange views on national reforms for sustainable growth. News Five’s […]
The decriminalization of marijuana, specific quantities of the drug, is a topic that is once again at the forefront of public discourse. The issue was raised on Monday by the National Evangelical Association of Belize during its annual general meeting. It was among several presentations made before an audience of about a hundred and fifty […]
According to President Lance Lewis, while alcoholism is an issue youths are facing, it was not discussed at today’s gathering. The concern with decriminalizing marijuana, says Lewis, is a more pressing matter that the association is firmly against. Lance Lewis, President, NEAB “We did not discuss alcohol but we discussed marijuana and we see […]
