And tonight question is: Are you surprised by Guatemala’s rejection of the Sarstoon proposals? 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 questions@channel5belize.com
The Center for Disease Control in the U.S. has confirmed that there is zika in Belize. The Ministry of Health, however, has not confirmed that report because it says it is still awaiting the results of samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency. The CDC has gone ahead to issue a travel alert on […]
After three years of constant adjournments and delays, U.D.P. Orange Walk Central political caretaker Denny Grijalva was found guilty, along with his wife Emelda Grijalva and Project manager Javier Nunez. They had been charged with Willful Damage to an Ancient Monument and Removing of Earth from an Ancient Monument in May of 2013, after it […]
The next step will be mitigation pleas followed by sentencing. But here’s the thing. Under the NICH Act, Grijalva could face fines of up to ten thousand dollars. Banner says is really nothing considering the damage that was done and considering the fact that Grijalva likely made many times that amount from the contract to […]
It was big news in July 2014 when an entire family, seven persons from the Lake Independence area, was locked down after a firearm was found in the home. It was sensational for several reasons – one, that the family was holding a repast for a murdered family member when they were detained, charged and […]
Belizean born mathematical physicist Doctor Arlie Petters has been appointed to dean of academic affairs and associate vice provost for undergraduate education at Trinity College in North Carolina, U.S.A. Doctor Petters holds Trinity College appointments as a professor of math and physics, as well as an appointment at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business as a […]
After just about two weeks in Belize, a seventeen member team from the Republic of China on Taiwan – comprising engineers, technicians, mechanics and pilots – has completed the assembly of two UH – 1H helicopters gifted to Belize. According to a release issued today from the Taiwanese Embassy, the assembly works were completed on […]
Up to news time, statements were being recorded by the police on an accident that occurred just before three this afternoon in Belize City. A motorcyclist was knocked down at the corner of Douglas Jones and North Front Streets on north side Belize City. Both the cyclist and a woman in a white SUV were […]
Police Constables Hallet King and Leonard Nunez were the two officers charged for the vicious killing of eighteen year old Baptist High School student Hilberto Sotz inside the police station on Caye Caulker. They were arraigned for the murder one day later in Belize City on June ninth, 2015, but ten months later on April […]
This year, the Belize Tourism Board will be bringing back the Taste of Belize, a competitive culinary show. Chefs, bakers and bartenders from across the country will face off in a one-day competition to determine the best in their trade. According to Capacity Building and Sustainable Tourism Officer, Shona Babb, the Taste of Belize allows […]
To close the news tonight, we report on a recent statement made by Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales. Morales was interviewed by a New York Times reporter and was asked specifically for his thoughts on the proposed wall that presidential candidate Donald Trump says he will build to keep away immigrants from Mexico. A TV comedian […]
Fear blanketed Belize City and Dangriga as the most violent weekend since the start of the year started to unfold. The murder of the reputed gang boss of George Street, Gerald ‘Shiny’ Tillett caught police by surprise but they quickly moved to shut down businesses and clear the streets immediately after his murder on Saturday […]
“Shiny” Tillett’s murder triggered another and hours later, twenty-two year old Kadeem Castillo was gunned down in Belize City. His body was found on Madam Liz Crescent in the Faber’s Road area. He had gunshot wounds to the chest and head. Three men drove up in vehicle, approached Castillo and another person and unleashed a […]
It won’t get as much attention as the weekend’s bloodshed and sensational murder of a notorious gang figure, but there was another killing on the island of Caye Caulker. It happened just after eight on Sunday night at the Sip and Dip Bar located on Avenida Hicaco, where police say Leon Gordon was fatally stabbed […]
We’ll have more urban violence coming up, but deep inside the Chiquibul Forest, a trio of Guatemalans was detained after being found with a quantity of suspected cannabis in the area of Ceibo Chico. On Saturday, a detail of law enforcement officers, including members of the Belize Defense Force, the Belize Police Department and Friends […]
There is significant, though certainly not surprising information in respect of eleven proposals presented to Guatemala by Belize. News Five has received information indicating that Guatemala has responded to the eleven protocols on the Sarstoon presented to them just over a week ago. The news is that Guatemala has allegedly rejected those protocols outright, and […]
Earlier we told you about murders in Dangriga, Belize City and Caye Caulker. But there was a string of shootings, in particular in the city, where two men were injured and hospitalized. One was shot on Vernon Street while he was purchasing food at a shop across from the Berger Field. The other shooting was […]
Before leaving Belize today to attend a training course in the U.S., Regional Commander of Eastern Division South, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, told News Five there were up to seven shootings over the course of Saturday night and in the aftermath of Gerald “Shiny” Tillett’s murder. On the Phone: ACP Chester Williams, […]
He was arrested in 2012 on charges of unnatural sex with a minor, but tonight British national David Taylor is recovering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Taylor was at his home in Biscayne on the Phillip Goldson Highway when he was shot as he resisted what Police believe was an attempt by two […]
Just hours after that Ladyville Police were called out again for another shooting on Marage Road. According to reports, Ladyville businesswoman Cynthia Lozano told Police that at around three that morning she heard noises at her front door followed by three gunshots. Insp. Juanito Cocom, Acting Regional Commander, Rural Eastern Division “Police visited Marage […]
In light of the recent shootings in the city, police stepped up operational presence in known gang areas to mitigate likely retaliation. On Sunday, ACP Chester Williams, Dianne Finnegan and GSU’s Commander, Superintendent Mark Flowers met George Street Gang members to diffuse tensions. Police also closed down night clubs and businesses as a way to […]
The unimpeded movement of gang members across various parts of the country, including Dangriga, has raised serious concerns for residents, as well as law enforcement. It is well known that criminals from Belize City often retreat to Gales Point Village and Dangriga Town to lay low for a while whenever things get heated in the […]
Officers of the Rural Eastern Division are also cracking down on the movement of narcotics in the community, and report that over the weekend they seized a total of over six hundred grams of marijuana. Inspector Juanito Cocom told News Five that a majority of their drug operations are fueled by increased vigilance and by […]
A former employee at the Post Office in Belize is spending his first night behind bars. Thirty-two-year old Sergio Alonso Patt, of San Jose Village, Orange Walk Town was arraigned today on six counts of theft from the Government Postal Services in Belize City. As we reported last week, Patt was accused of stealing twenty-thousand […]
In January 2016, the Supreme Court ordered GOB to pay nine million dollars in compensation to principals of Titan International Securities for an unlawful raid and seizure. In September 2014, acting at the request of the U.S., the Financial Intelligence Unit and Police descended on the offices of Titan and Unicorn International Securities at the […]
