Former Minister Elvin Penner is home tonight on bail; this afternoon he was arraigned for manslaughter by negligence of Kenrick Myvette, a motorist who was killed on Friday night. Penner was heading to San Ignacio in his SUV and Myvette was coming from San Ignacio on his motorbike when the collision took place on the […]
It had been expected, but the loss of twenty-four year old Mark Mendez of Teakettle, Cayo District, hurts no less for his family and the village. The five-day saga that brought out such anguish came to an end on Monday evening, when hunters stumbled across his decomposing body in the forests between Teakettle and Ontario […]
Police are looking, but no one has been detained for the murder of twenty-one year old San Ignacio resident, Akeem Guzman. Guzman was shot once to the back by a masked man on Sunday morning as he visited with a friend at a house off Flamingo Avenue. He was rushed to the San Ignacio Community […]
The images of a seemingly drunken cop captured by video and posted on social media has been trending all day. The cop, dressed in uniform, has been identified as Police Constable 1319 Florencio Rash. He is attached to precinct one in Belize City, but it has not been confirmed if the incident occurred in Belize […]
Police are also turning to the public for assistance in locating a man believed to be responsible for the murder of Pedro Pol, an elderly shopkeeper from the village of August Pine Ridge in the Orange Walk District. The suspect is Amin Ricardo Cho, a twenty-six-year-old resident from the nearby village of Guinea Grass. Cho […]
Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley has found himself in quite a pickle, following a leaked memo last Thursday in which he single-handedly served notice to bar owners operating in the vicinity of B.T.L. Park. Entertainment activities in that area of Newtown Barracks have ground to a screeching halt since Friday, as several establishments, including the […]
On Friday afternoon, the Belize City Council held a caucus meeting to address the issue of the entertainment strip. News Five understands that a majority of the councilors who attended that meeting objected to the mayor’s heavy-handed approach. He says that the overnight decision is neither knee-jerk nor reactive. Isani Cayetano “All of that […]
According to Valerie Woods, a resident in the immediate vicinity of the Pickwick Club, while the problems they have been facing are indeed bothersome, it wasn’t expected that the mayor would have resorted to strict measures in such haste. In respect of the Pickwick Club which was granted a nightclub license, the open-air establishment ought […]
The annual carnival road march is at least three months away and there is already controversy brewing as a result of a proposal to reroute the parade from the Princess Margaret Drive. News Five understands that the KHMH Authority has petitioned for the National September Celebrations Commission to consider redirecting the traditional procession away from […]
Gian Espadas, friend and associate of the Castro Brothers, was charged with drug trafficking today. Twenty-two-year-old Espadas, a UB student of Belize City, was arraigned on a single charge of drug trafficking when he appeared in court today before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Espadas was represented by attorneys Leeroy Banner and Bryan Neal when he […]
The United Democratic Party is gearing up for the upcoming municipal elections in Belize City. Eight councilor candidates are so far officially in the run for local government in March 2018. On Wednesday of last week, the existing councilors, with the exception of Alifa Elrington-Hyde and Phillip Willoughby, signed up on the party slate. Interestingly, […]
On Monday, we brought you the exclusive story of Felix Castillo, whose land in the Santa Elena area Government took over, along with other landowners, for purposes of building the new Macal River Bridge and redoing the road from La Loma Luz Boulevard around downtown to Joseph Andrews Drive to accommodate heavy traffic. It has […]
The use of the land, according to Gentle, is not a primary concern for the compensation payment. C.E.O. Gentle reiterated the Government’s willingness to continue negotiations and avoid a trip to the courts, but maintained that the Castillo family cannot take advantage of that generosity. Errol Gentle, C.E.O., Ministry of Works “It has to […]
With an estimated one in three of all internet users in the world today being below the age of eighteen, children and young people are facing increased safety risks when going online. Cyber bullying is crime that targets young persons who are subjected to torment, harassment, humiliation, embarrassment, and threats. Cyber bullying is carried out […]
Beer drinkers across the country, here’s something to excite your taste buds. Belize Brewing Company is rolling out a new beer from its production line, just in time for the dog days of summer. Belikin Light is coming your way on July first and the good news is that it’s here to stay. News Five’s […]
You don’t have to wait too much longer… because the show you have been anticipating is finally here. Start your summer with us as KTV Remix premieres tonight at the Bliss, beginning at eight-thirty. And we can tell you that talent is a big factor tonight when the stage lights up for the return of […]
Former Minister Elvin Penner has been in the headlines for immigration illegalities, but on Friday, he was in the driver seat of a vehicle which hit and caused the death of a father of three-year-old girl. The fatal accident occurred on the George Price Highway when Kenrick Myvette was returning to his family in Unitedville. […]
The murder count continues to go up in the west where a wave of violence has flared up in recent times. There have been five murders so far in two weeks and a sixth case in Teakettle though unofficial yet, could very well end up as a murder. But on Saturday night, twenty-one-year-old Akeem Guzman […]
Also in the west, Belmopan Police have solved the three homicides reported in their jurisdiction so far this year. But they may possibly now have another murder on their hands. Twenty-four-year-old Markie Mendez of Teakettle Village disappeared while in the company of friends last Wednesday, and his family is now convinced that he was murdered. […]
Teakettle residents whom we spoke with today still showed traces of fear and frustration on their faces. That boiled over on Saturday, when about twenty disgruntled residents, fed up with what they felt was slow police response to the Markie Mendez missing person case, took action. They set tires across the George Price Highway in […]
The Football Federation of Belize remains deeply divided tonight. Its tenth congress scheduled for the weekend, did not proceed even though executives from CONCACAF were in Belize to provide oversight of the event. Four district associations and the Premier League did not turn up, as they had threatened, which meant there was no quorum to […]
Former First Vice President Sergio Chuc has been sidelined from the F.F.B. for over a year. Since the deadlock between himself and Ruperto Vicente for presidency of the federation in 2016, the businessman has been actively acquiring support within the organization. Those efforts have been called into question by opponents who describe Chuc’s altruism to […]
All the infighting and turmoil within the F.F.B. has allowed interim president Marlon Kuylen, himself a candidate for presidency, a few more months at the helm of the organization. But what happens next, as far as a schedule of events to resolve the internal conflict? According to Kuylen, there are a few steps that need […]
The new bridge across the Macal River in San Ignacio is almost complete. It will be temporarily opened to vehicular traffic this week and then closed for final touches before a historic gala opening that is planned by the Ministry of Works. But for one landowner in the area, there’s nothing to celebrate. Felix Castillo, […]
Neal told us that his client has basically been ignored by Government for several years, even as the Mining Unit forced shutdown of the quarry, costing him his livelihood. While Castillo has a right to legal action, Neal contends that he would prefer to see the matter settled without having to resort to the courts. […]
