This morning an inmate at the Belize Central Prison was shot after scaling the perimeter fence of the prison in an attempt to escape. Nineteen-year-old Kevin Moore was on remand for aggravated assault and was housed in the Tango six area of the prison. The Punta Gorda resident was known to be suffering from a […]
There was an attempted murder by stabbing of a woman on Sunday night. The victim is twenty-nine-year-old Alba Chavez and the culprit is said to be her ex-common-law husband, Jose Bejerano, who is a Guatemalan national. Chavez was at Maya Star Restaurant and Bar in Belmopan when Bejerano approached her and stabbed her as many […]
The killing of Tyler Savery and his cousin Porshan Pipersburgh numbed the nation. The young primary school child was being taken for a smoothie when he was executed on Daly Street, Belize City on November eleventh 2016. The individual who was charged for the double murder walked on Monday for lack of evidence in trial. […]
There is word tonight that U.D.P. Senator Aldo Salazar is in trouble with U.S. authorities. Last week, Salazar was part of a delegation to Taiwan which included the President of the Senate, Lee Mark Chang. Salazar was returning to Belize via Houston over the weekend when he was pulled aside by U.S. authorities and questioned […]
The Sarstoon remains a hotspot in southern Belize because the Guatemalan Armed Forces has consistently behaved as if the entire island is under their control. Now, today is the anniversary of the 1859 Treaty which is very significant in the resolution of the Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory. The signing of the treaty took place […]
The controversial, but historic I.C.J. referendum is one week away and across the country the gears of the Elections and Boundaries machinery are already in motion with final preparations for the national vote. This evening, Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai sat down with the media to discuss a number of public concerns related to the […]
While voting will be take place at voting centres in the thirty-one constituencies, Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai reiterates that the results will not reflect votes by electoral district. Instead, the Elections and Boundaries Department will provide information by constituency on the total number of votes cast. Tamai also says that the total number of […]
The issue of errors being made during the printing of voters IDs was also raised during today’s press brief. Those mistakes were being attributed to the rush to meet the initial April tenth deadline. According to Tamai, the number of incorrect cards is minimal when compared to the number of cards that were properly printed. […]
Are there any discrepancies between the Belize Territorial Dispute Referendum Act and the Representation of the People’s Act where monitors are concerned? According to Tamai, the referendum should be carried out in line with the Representation of the People’s Act. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer “Our legal advice is that yes, it is provided […]
Embattled attorney Andrew Bennett, who is fighting tooth and nail to remain in Belize, following an extradition request by the United States government, was back in court today. He is wanted by U.S. authorities for his alleged role in a money laundering operation in Puerto Rico. This morning, Bennett appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer […]
Allegations made against Bennett include his purported role in establishing a money laundering operation with the aid of high-level bankers and politicians in Belize, on behalf of drug trafficking organizations. The ring, we understand, was set up in November 2013. Sometime thereafter, DEA special agent Joseph Pelz reportedly met with Bennett in person, he also […]
The government is moving full steam ahead with the May eighth I.C.J. referendum despite related legal challenges before the courts. The People’s United Party is essentially challenging the constitutionality of the 2008 Special Agreement. The Opposition is of the view that Wilfred Elrington had no constitutional power to sign the Special Agreement which the party […]
The last time we reported on accused murderer, Danny Mason, was on the adjournment of his case back on March twenty-second. The case was deferred to give him time to secure new legal representation since attorneys Herbert Panton and Rachael Montejo were no longer representing him. Mason, along with Ashton Vanegas, Keiron Fernandez, Terrence Fernandez, […]
In court this morning, twenty-five-year-old Leon Bradley, a police officer of Gardenia Village, Phillip Goldson Highway, was arraigned before Magistrate Emmerson Banner. At his arraignment, he pleaded not guilty to the charge of harm and informed the court that his girlfriend was to withdraw the charges. But Ashley Pate did not have any form of […]
Twenty-three-year-old Malique Stuart remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following an incident on Monday evening during which he was stabbed several times to the body. Sometime around four o’clock, the resident of Maskall Village was walking through Pinks Alley, in Belize City, towards Queen Street when he was accosted by three male persons […]
Two weeks ago, Cabinet approved an amendment to the Fisheries Regulations which removes the category of “permanent residents” from those persons eligible in obtaining a fishing license in Belize’s territorial waters. The decision is seen as a move to ultimately curb illegal fishing practices occurring in the south. In the Sarstoon, particularly, Guatemalans who have […]
The Principal of Muffles College High School Maria Johnston is in the hot seat once again tonight. Johnston has been in the middle of a controversy at the high school. She is the principal who sent a request to the Teaching Services Commission to have one of her female teachers fired. As we reported weeks […]
Media houses were treated over the weekend to a workshop on best practices to report on children’s right which includes their rights to privacy, education, and healthcare. Getting their stories out is important but keeping confidentially is critical. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Members of various media houses in Belize participated […]
Approximately forty percent of children in Belize suffer from poverty, preventing them from accessing education, justice, security, and health. This figure was revealed during the UNICEF mid-term report on Monday. The report outlines the organization’s work in Belize since 2017. The report includes the achievements made in protecting the rights of a child but as […]
The number of visitors to this year’s agric was down this year. Still yet, there were the usual activities such as the rodeo and the promotion by businesses. The agricultural sector displayed a wide range of items from nurseries to cattle and the shrimp industry. News Five’s Duane Moody has the sights and sounds. […]
Three cases relating to the referendum have been unsuccessful for the government, but tonight, the referendum proceeds. The legalities started on April first when the Chief Justice ordered an interim injunction on the then April tenth referendum. That decision was taken to the Court of Appeal by the government, but the court said it did […]
Both parties are expected back before the Chief Justice until the end of June on the substantive matter which is on the legality of the Compromis. As you know, the claimants, the People’s United Party, have maintained that the 2008 Special Agreement is unconstitutional and have filed a cross-appeal in the Court of Appeal which […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow has made it quite clear that the I.C.J. referendum will be held on May eighth. Now, on April twenty-sixth, the Elections and Boundaries Department notified the public that the cut-off date for registration as electors for persons wishing to vote was moved to April tenth, 2019. So if you did not […]
On Friday, the Ministry of National Security rejected claims made by Wil Maheia of the Belize Territorial Volunteers that three Guatemalan gunboats blocked citizens of Belize from entering the Sarstoon and stopped them at the mouth of the river. Maheia claimed the Coastguard and the B.D.F. were not at the Forward Operating Base, but the […]
A total of four persons perished in traffic fatalities over the weekend. In the first incident, three friends tragically lost their lives in the Orange Walk District when they drove off a bridge along the San Antonio Road and plunged into the Rio Hondo. The men had left Belize City on Saturday evening without informing […]
