In another accident in the south, a Belize Defense Force soldier has been charged in connection with a fatal hit and run incident that occurred near the outskirts of Dangriga on Friday night. Forty-two-year-old Donald Enriquez failed to stop and render aid after knocking down a cyclist along the Hummingbird Highway sometime around seven-forty-five p.m. […]
Damage on the roads was not contained to the south this weekend. On the Philip Goldson Highway near mile fifty, forty-year-old Nigeria Matura of Carmelita village, Orange Walk was driving north when she lost control of her Ford Probe and collided with a Ford Edge vehicle driven by Bella Vista resident and businessman Ray Hohenkirk. […]
There is a disturbing report coming out of Independence tonight. The troubling incident reportedly involves at least two cops attached to the Independence Police Station. Two females were allegedly raped inside the station sometime over the weekend. Sources say that the women were taken into the station where a female police officer allegedly orchestrated the […]
Chinese Yuanran Zheng was today confirmed to have left the country after being served with an official Order to Leave by the Immigration Department on Friday. He first arrived in Belize on Sunday, November fifth, in possession of a Belize nationality certificate. On Monday the sixth, he showed up at the Belmopan office of Social […]
On Friday, some fifty-seven new citizens were sworn in at the George Price Center in Belmopan. Their nationality certificates are of a different kind than the one found on Yuanran Zheng – they contain additional and new security features to protect against counterfeiting and con artistry. Minister of State Beverly Williams made note that in […]
The Supreme Court of the United States today declined to review an order from the District of Columbia Circuit affirming a trial court opinion in favor of the Belize Bank Limited, concerning an eighteen-point-five million U.S. dollar award against the Government of Belize. In 2004, an agreement signed by former Prime Minister Said Musa guaranteed […]
A Belize City family is without a roof over their head. A fire broke out at the Bilal’s residence at mile two and half on the Philip Goldson Highway on Saturday night and the family narrowly escaped with their lives. A refrigerator caused the fire that wiped out the family’s belongings. News Five’s Andrea Polanco […]
Justice Adolph Lucas this afternoon sentenced forty-six-year-old Glenford Gilbert Bermudez to twenty years imprisonment for the November twenty-second, 2007 killing of his wife. The time Bermudez has spent behind bars, which is nine years ten months and eighteen days will be deducted from his twenty-year sentence which means he will be spending another ten years […]
There has been a welcome reprieve in murder reports for the past week; in fact, no murders were reported over the past weekend for the first time in some time. But there were two shooting incidents to report, the first in the Cayo District. At today’s press briefing in Belize City we got comment from […]
In Belize City, a man was shot over the weekend. Shortly after midday on Saturday, Clinton Dale Abraham was riding his bike on Magazine Road when he was targeted. Luckily, he sustained a shot to the knee. Police have since arrested and charged twenty-six-year-old Eugene Mark Anthony Frazer with use of deadly means of harm […]
The Professional Standards Branch continues to investigate multiple reports of police misconduct, including two cases of extortion. Sergeant Lenancio Bol and Constable Daniel Requeña of Belize City were arraigned in September for extorting a businesswoman out to help her friends while two other officers, Samuel Elijio and Allen Castillo are charged in a case in […]
Police provided several updates in relation to recent open cases across the country. The cause of death was released for German attorney, fifty-two-year-old Raimund Adalbert Kobler, whose body was found a week ago Sunday in San Pedro with a massive wound to his head inside a partially complete building on Monday morning around seven o’clock. […]
The eldest of three Castro brothers, sons of Belize Rural North Area Representative Edmond ‘Clear the Land’ Castro, was arraigned before the Magistrate’s Court late last week in connection with a string of traffic violations. Two others have had run-ins with the law, but Jumoke Castro was pulled over on November eighth, while driving a […]
Belize and the European Union are partnering on a week-long training to keep our borders safe. A group of immigration and customs officers is participating in a joint national border security workshop that seeks to increase security for Belize and, by extension, the region. The training is expected to foster development of joint strategies in […]
A first of its kind training for managers, principals and heads of department for Technical Vocational Education and Training centers was officially launched today in Belize City. The six-month program is part of a capacity building initiative for the technical and vocational institutions and is another project funded by the European Union. News Five’s Duane […]
For the remainder of the month, teams from across the country are competing on developing an innovative digital solution to make communication between utility companies and customers user friendly. It is called the Business Hackathon Competition, organized by the Small Business Development Centre Belize, a unit of BELTRAIDE. In the first leg of the competition, […]
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Gunfire and explosions at Saint George’s Caye crash a wedding party in progress as armed soldiers storm the beach. It happed on Thursday night as a group of twenty-six guests, who have been staying at the St. George’s Caye Resort for the past several days, were in the middle of the wedding party. Sometime after […]
The leadership of the Belize Defence Force is under fire tonight, but not from Guatemala. Internal information forwarded to News Five indicates that several senior officers may be in violation of their mandatory retirement ages from the force. This includes the man holding over for retired Brigadier General David Jones. The top leadership is said […]
The House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee’s last two meetings wound up canceled. One was by its chairman Julius Espat because Auditor General Dorothy Bradley was not able to attend. The other happened after three members who are Government ministers caught the flu and viral conjunctivitis within days of each other. At that time the […]
One of the contentions raised by Espat and echoed by the social partners is that Public Accounts Committee meetings should be held in public as the name suggests. But Patrick Faber contends that there are pitfalls to such a plan – namely worries that some will cherry-pick what is said and use it against the […]
This evening, we sought a response from the Committee’s Chair, Julius Espat. For the most part, he said, the meeting was an education in the role and responsibility of the Auditor General’s office and its relationship with the committee, which in Belize’s case is for the most part non-existent. Espat says the entities must work […]
Espat told us that with respect to the past absences, he has made it clear to his fellow parliamentarians that he will tolerate no excuses for future absences from meetings. The issue is important enough that a united bi-partisan front is critical to solving the myriad issues with the government and public service. And while […]
A primary argument for those opposed to the recent decriminalization law is that Belize already has high rates of students smoking marijuana fairly regularly. They argue that decriminalization would increase that rate and make it more attractive. While the law does allow that no marijuana can be carried onto school properties, today Minister of Education […]
One week ago, Minister of Education Patrick Faber called out the Belize National Teachers’ Union. During an interview last Thursday, Faber said the leadership of the union is neglecting its duty to teachers and what ought to be its priorities. He cited the removal of B.N.T.U. president Elena Smith from the Teaching Services Commission, based […]
