At the opening session of the Supreme Court this year, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin set ground rules in respect of the time frame for an accused person to be provided with disclosure and for them to be tried within a reasonable time. This morning, ten months after nineteen-year-old Ronalph Ramsey Junior was charged for the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The playoff picture inside the PLB closing season is taking shape but there are some crucial back matches remaining that could propel a few teams on to the inside the lane. In Belize City yesterday the Belize Defense Force made a big jump to […]
It’s not commonplace for News Five to report on suicides, but tonight we look at a particularly disturbing story where a Salvadoran man allegedly took his own life on Thursday evening in the Lord’s Bank area of Ladyville. Police investigations are ongoing into the stabbing death of Oscar Gomez and a brief was held this […]
A young couple from Belmopan is in critical condition at the Belize Medical Associates after a three-vehicle pileup on the George Price Highway on Thursday afternoon. Marlo Chavarria and his wife Marie Nicole were heading home when their black Jeep SUV collided into a Freightliner dump truck towards Belize City. The massive impact damaged the […]
A pair of minors, ages fourteen and fifteen, was arraigned earlier today for the murder of thirty-one-year-old Godfrey Hemsley. The deadly shooting took place on Wednesday night at the Yarborough Green, where Hemsley had just finished a friendly game of basketball with a group of men. He was seated on the bleachers at the basketball […]
Two fourteen-year-olds and a fifteen-year-old have been charged within the last twenty-four hours for a most serious crime, murder. It is a damning reality because it highlights the lack of proper parenting and a breakdown in the social fabric of the Old Capital. A meeting was held today at the Raccoon Street Police Station with […]
ACP Williams says that several follow up meetings will be held to devise a protocol. The intent is to target parents, who, after a formal warning is issued to them, can very well be taken to court for neglect. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “Moving forward we will be meeting again […]
On Thursday evening, Minister Wilfred Elrington, flanked by Ambassadors Assad Shoman and Alexis Rosado, hosted a press conference in Belize City. It was intended as a public briefing, following meetings at O.A.S. headquarters in Washington on Tuesday, and took on added significance in the wake of a military to military incident in the Sarstoon on […]
That confusion about the actual claim seems to give rise to some confusion about the seriousness and significance of Guatemala’s active ownership of the Sarstoon – ownership bolstered by military presence. The incident on Saturday when armed Guatemalan military came into Belizean waters to inform our B.D.F. soldiers that they could no longer go into […]
The concern by the head of government and his security council was evident following that meeting. From his words it appears that the Prime Minister intended his delegation to O.A.S. headquarters to immediately apprise our international friends of the crisis in the making, the threat to Belize’s sovereignty precipitated by Guatemala’s actions in the Sarstoon. […]
Minister Elrington maintained throughout the briefing that Belizean and Guatemalan diplomat politicians have been mature and responsible. The hard line has also been that military to military there’s absolutely no problem – peace all around. The only problem in the entire equation – the end all and be all – seems to be the Belize […]
Elrington would go further to accuse the Belize Territorial Volunteers of putting the lives of Belize’s armed forces at needless risk. According to the minister, every action has a reaction, and any increased tension in the Sarstoon has invariably been caused by the appearance of the Belize Territorial Volunteers in the Sarstoon. Wilfred Elrington, […]
Belize’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs appears unsure about what happened in the Sarstoon on Saturday, and maintains that Guatemala is being mature, and its behavior impeccable. But interestingly, CARICOM does not share that opinion. In a very strong release issued today from the Secretariat in Guyana, CARICOM expresses grave concern over the incident, and states, […]
The original primary agenda item for the meeting in Washington, and one which is still very pertinent, is the matter of funding for the O.A.S. Office inside the adjacency zone to the west. The hemispheric body has revealed that it has no further funds to keep the office open. Both the government and the Opposition […]
The concept of a child friendly city came about in recognition of a number of significant trends. Those tendencies include the rapid transformation and urbanization of societies across the world, the growing responsibilities of cities, towns and communities for their population, as well as the increasing importance of municipalities within national political and economic systems. […]
While Belize City is not officially a child friendly municipality, it is well on the way to achieving certification. UNICEF Country Representative Ivan Yerovi says the idea is aimed at giving young people a voice to speak about their concerns and urges those in authority to help in addressing those issues. Ivan Yerovi, Country […]
In the coming weeks, Cinderella Plaza will be receiving a long overdue facelift. Following the completion of work by the Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Project, the heavily trafficked area near the intersections of Douglas Jones Street and Freetown Road had been left somewhat neglected. After a brief finger-pointing between the Belize City Council and the contractors […]
Remedial works is also being planned for a number of streets, as well as the commercial center. Viewers would recall that the rehabilitation of that public building at Market Square has been scheduled for almost two years. Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “We’re also going to launch an approximately three hundred thousand dollar program […]
In the next few minutes, seven students of the Anglican Cathedral College will be vying for the title of Miss ACC. The pageant, which has been revamped, is being held to raise funds for a feeding program at the institution. Over the past four weeks, the delegates from third and fourth form classes have been […]
The annual Belize Gospel Expo takes place this weekend in Belmopan at the May Gordon Park, near the University of Belize. The expo was created to showcase the talents of young Belizean Christian artists, who will join the stage with Gospel singers J.D. and J Prince from Trinidad. Prince touched down in Belize this afternoon […]
A late evening press conference convened by Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington, upon his return from a meeting at the O.A.S. in Washington, has just concluded. The brief was held to update the media on a round of discussions between Belize and Guatemala in respect of the ongoing territorial dispute. We’ll have more on […]
While police have two minors, ages fifteen and sixteen, in custody for the murder of Hemsley, a fourteen-year-old boy has been charged for Tuesday’s murder of Mario Trotman. This morning, the minor was arraigned in the Belize City Family Court and read a single charge of murder. Police believe that he was the one who […]
Three minors have been detained as the gunmen in two of the recent homicides in the city; it’s a reality that is frightening because it is believed that minors are being recruited by gangs to commit these heinous crimes. But Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, whose jurisdiction these murders were committed, is not taking […]
Hundreds of Belize City residents participated in a BLACK March this morning. The procession is the second of its kind and seeks to create awareness on the effects of crime and violence in the city. News Five’s Duane Moody joined in as the wave of black and white flooded the city streets and made its […]
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou departed Belize around eleven o’clock this morning, following an overnight visit during which he met with various government officials, including heads of state from St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent. His journey to the Jewel, only the second since assuming office in 2008, was the final stop on a farewell […]
