Eighteen-year-old Dmitri Fabro is a Belizean football star on the rise. After playing locally with the Belmopan Bandits, FC Belize and the Belize Defense Force, Fabro is presently on the roster for Getafe Juvenil A, an under-nineteen soccer team in Spain. That team ranks a little below the A and B teams of the Getafe […]
Crooked Tree is located just off the Phillip Goldson Highway at mile thirty-one. On Saturday and Sunday, the village was overflowing for the annual cashew festival. Cashew jams, jellies, wines and even desserts were on sale at the festival, all produced by residents in the village. News Five’s Duane Moody has a report. Duane […]
There is an incredible story coming out of the borderland between Belize and Guatemala behind Spanish Lookout. It involves allegations of kidnapping, assault and damage to property. Last Thursday, Mennonite Roger Plett claims that he was physically detained by the Guatemalan military and taken off the farm he was working, into Guatemalan territory. It’s a […]
We break from Plett’s mesmerizing account of his kidnapping to take you on the ground for some real time perspective. As we told you, the Plett farm lies on the border with Guatemala, and a fire is what apparently led to last Thursday’s unexpected and dangerous encounter. Our News Team went hiking through still burning […]
There’s plenty more to this story, including how Plett managed to make his way back, and also the matter of his bulldozer operator who was also detained by Guatemalans and only just managed to escape by driving straight through the fire. We’ll have all that in Tuesday’s newscast. But here’s an amazing thing. The Police […]
Over the weekend News Five was able to reach a representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via phone. He told us that they had been able to verify with the O.A.S. that no military personnel from Guatemala were in that border area behind Spanish Lookout. Plett, however, says that he was there and he […]
There’s another incident that happened late last week. A trio of Guatemalans panning for gold inside the Ceibo Chico area of the Chiquibul Forest Reserve has been arrested and charged after being detained on Friday night. The three men were part of a larger group of about fifteen illegals operating in the vicinity. Their detention, […]
Finally, talks between Belize and Guatemala are to take place all the way in Istanbul, Turkey. Government announced today that protocols for the Sarstoon will be discussed at the Istanbul meeting on Saturday between Foreign Ministers Wilfred Elrington and Carlos Raul Morales and their respective delegations. The venue for the meeting has been determined following […]
Over the weekend, several photos of at least three events were posted on the official Twitter and Facebook accounts of the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Guatemalan military. The first set of photos shows the Guatemalan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Raul Morales, along with the Guatemalan Minister of Defence, Brigadier General Williams Mansilla […]
In the past two months, four persons have been killed in Ladyville, Belize District in gun violence that is attributed to ongoing gang rivalry. On Saturday night, Lionel Rhamdas was shot and killed, but it is not known where the gunshot came from. First, Rhamdas reportedly opened fire on a group of men socializing on […]
In other news…the Princess Royal Youth Hostel is once again making headlines, following a daring breakout by eleven young ladies from the facility on Sunday evening. The institution is still recovering from a deadly fire seven months ago which claimed the lives of three teenagers, but the results of an independent investigation are still pending. […]
The first case of Zika has been confirmed in Belize and health officials are tonight trying to locate its origin. The results of samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA, were returned last week and one of the specimens has tested positive. The samples were sent to the laboratory in Trinidad following a […]
But there was also a stabbing in the Lord’s Bank community also in Ladyville, where thirty-year-old Brandon Stevens was stabbed to the chest following an altercation at a bar in the community. Officer Commanding Ladyville Police, Assistant Superintendent Juanito Cocom says that the suspect was detained shortly after by patrol in the area. It is […]
A police officer is in trouble with the law tonight, facing a minimum of twelve years to life imprisonment if found guilty of the act of a sexual assault upon a minor. Twenty-one year old Darren Martinez was arraigned late this evening for sexually assaulting a girl as young as eight years. The despicable act […]
Three of four persons are in custody tonight for a shoot-out last Thursday night in the City. The intended target was Mark Vernon, a city resident. But it led to another shooting involving top cop, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and officer in charge of south side team, who was in the area in […]
On the heels of a successful march last Friday as part of their campaign “Stand Up for Belize,” primary school teachers returned to Belize City today and were joined by secondary school teachers. They are taking part in a conference themed, “Nurturing Twenty-first Century Teachers Moving Forward.” For the next two days they will be […]
In early February, the Ministry of Education announced that upwards of a thousand teachers stand to lose their jobs in the coming academic year should they not obtain the requisite teaching license. Since then a concerted effort has been made by a majority of those educators to meet the requirements necessary to become certified in […]
There’s friction tonight between the Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission, led by Chairlady Lisel Alamilla and the Toledo Alcalde Association. For perspective we start with a meeting on Saturday between the Toledo Alcaldes Association and the Maya Leaders Alliance to discuss an invitation from Alamilla for a meeting scheduled for this morning. The Commission also […]
“Breaking the Cycle of Poverty”—that’s the mission of a project funded through a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank under the Social Investment Fund Program and a grant from the Government of Japan. The Samuel Haynes Institute of Excellence off Mahogany Street got a much needed expansion with a newly built and fully furnished Leigh […]
At the Bliss Institute for the Performing Arts this morning, Belize Music Week was officially launched. Musicians from throughout the country are taking part in a series of activities to promote the music industry. Topics such as intellectual property, export and marketing of music, how to acquire working visas and other pertinent issues are on […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. it was money time Friday night inside the BES Gym as the 2-time defending champions San Pedro Tiger Sharks was hosted by the Smart Belize Hurricanes looking for the game 3 win in a bid to claim the NEBL Basketball title on it’s first […]
Teachers descended on the Old Capital today for a protest march against one of the most controversial and unpopular laws to be put in effect. The march started from the Pound Yard Bridge and meandered through the streets, ending with a rally at the B.T.L. Park. Despite sweltering temperatures, the teachers trekked peacefully, calling for […]
The People’s United Party is moving full steam ahead with a constitutional challenge of the Sarstoon Law even though the temporary instrument expires on May twenty-ninth 2016 by the time the matter is brought before the Supreme Court. The P.U.P.’s legal team is proceeding with the suit in an effort to thwart a possible lengthening […]
Earlier this week the P.U.P. filed a claim against the attorney general and the governor general seeking a determination from the court to declare the Sarstoon Law unconstitutional. Senator Eamon Courtenay, provides a legal explanation why the law should be rescinded. Not only is the statutory instrument unconstitutional, Courtenay also maintains that it is counterproductive. […]
Lending its unwavering support to the B.N.T.U. at today’s rally was the Belize Progressive Party. The B.P.P. is of the position that government has not relaxed the law and that government needs to look at other options to deal with the Guatemalan aggression. The reason, according to Patrick Rogers, is because the situation has escalated […]
