The much anticipated ruling in respect of the Petrocaribe case brought by the Opposition was delivered this morning by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin in the Supreme Court. The ruling found that over one billion dollars were spent illegally and that the Prime Minister had violated the constitution. In the unprecedented ruling, the CJ found that […]
Following today’s decision, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, who represents the People’s United Party, broke down the Supreme Court ruling in layman’s terms before likening government’s expenditure of public funds to that of a small-time panades operation. When asked if an appeal is expected, Courtenay says he wouldn’t be surprised, despite government’s lawyer conceding in trial […]
On the heels of an interview with Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, the question of government’s fiscal prudence was also put to Financial Secretary Joseph Waight. Here’s how he responded. Reporter “The criticism is that you all were running the government’s finances like one would a panades shop. Your response?” Joseph Waight, Financial Secretary […]
The P.U.P. says the ruling is a victory for the people of Belize, not for the People’s United Party. A release states that the historic and hopefully precedent setting move, the Supreme Court has found that a sitting Prime Minister violated the Constitution, repeatedly, and has legally bound him from continuing the illegal practice of […]
The trial of Lev Dermen in the U.S. District Court of Utah before Judge Jill Parrish recessed today and will resume on Monday morning. News Five has been following very closely the developments leading up to the hearing, as well as the details of what is transpiring during the trial. Earlier today, we spoke via […]
During our interview with Carlisle, we inquired what bearing, if any, an admission corroborated by evidence proving that Dermen did in fact pay Saldivar these significant sums of money, would have on trial. Isani Cayetano “In the pretrial hearing, were you privy to any documents or any information that would have either suggested or […]
A resident of Mahogany Street, Belize City was shot and killed around eight-thirty on Thursday night. Two men rode by on Ebony Street where Kajoan Tony Roches was hanging out with friends. One of them opened fire targeting Roches and causing his immediate demise. Here is New Five’s Duane Moody. Duane Moody, Reporting Another […]
Tonight we bring you more of our interview with the member of the civilian staff at the B.D.F. The victim has been working there for many years but as you heard in our Thursday night’s newscast, she doesn’t feel safe at her workplace. She feels that the culture at the B.D.F has encouraged some members […]
The head of the Belize Defence Force Brigadier General Steven Ortega today braced for reporters who sought answers after allegations of despicable acts of sexual abuse against female recruits was first reported by News Five. The Ministry of National Security has launched an investigation into the allegations of extortion, maltreatment, sexual assault and sexual advances at […]
A special investigative team has been assigned by the Ministry of National Security. The team is being led by Assistant Superintendent Sherlette Ramclam and includes Inspector Shaida Mckenzie, Josephine Garbutt, and retired Commissioner of Police Gerald Westby, who is now the Chairman of the Civilian Complaint and Review Board. According to Ortega, no stone will […]
The Belize Coast Guard made a fisheries bust of marine products valued at forty-thousand dollars. The Coast Guard was carrying out an operation near the Manatee Bar Mouth earlier today when they discovered three fishermen operating with expired fisher folk license. The fishermen were found with nine drums and several coolers filled with marine products […]
The Prosecution and Defense Counsels in the murder trial of twenty-six year-old Louis Carter wrapped up their closing arguments today before Supreme Court Justice, Colin Young, and Carter’s fate will be known on February thirteenth. Carter is accused of the shooting murder of mechanic, thirty year-old Dwayne Hyde on July thirty, 2016 in Hyde’s yard […]
A Belize City man charged with Unlawful Sexual Intercourse and Incest upon a relative was denied bail today when he appeared before Justice Marilyn Williams to seek his freedom before the trial. But Justice Williams denied Leroy Robateau his request. The incident for which he is charged allegedly happened in April of 2019. It is […]
He is accused of entering the home of food vendor, Elvia Cal at her Rio Grande Crescent home off Faber’s Road Extension in Belize City and stabbing Cal and her helper, Maria Pinto, on their arms and shoulders. They knocked a gun out of his hand and fought back on the afternoon of November fifteenth, […]
Sherman Rodney was not lucky in his attempt to get Supreme Court bail today while he awaits his murder trial for an incident that occurred in 2013. Rodney, who is twenty-nine years old, will stand trial for the April sixteenth, 2013 murder of Lloyd Augustus. Police allege that Rodney put a brutal beat down on Augustus, […]
There is growing concern by family and friends of Khris Gentle, who remains missing up to news time tonight. The Belizean fisherman of Cemetery Lane in Belize City was officially reported missing by his sister on January thirtieth. This is after he was last seen heading out to Austine Bogue Island on a routine fishing […]
An audit of the Excelsior High School speaks poorly of the state of affairs at the high school. At the conclusion of an investigation, it was determined that a former principal is guilty of misappropriation and theft of school funds in the period June first 2017 to September thirtieth, 2018. Here is News Five’s Hipolito […]
Jumoke Castro is back to work at the Belize Tax Services, after disciplinary action was taken against him following a vile and tasteless social media post made against the wife of Plus TV’s Louis Wade. The Facebook post came on the heels of a domestic violence incident in which the son of Minister Godwin Hulse […]
There a new issue that is bubbling; the Public Service Union is at loggerheads with the Ministry of Finance following the amalgamation of the Belize Tax Services Department. In a release issued by the P.S.U. dated today, January thirty-first, the union states that it has reached an impasse with the ministry in resolving several issues […]
The Secretary General of the O.A.S., Luis Almagro, today met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington as well as with Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Soon after his inauguration, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei asked the O.A.S. to facilitate a meeting with PM Barrow either in Belmopan or at the Adjacency Zone at the […]
Today an official celebration of the sixty-first anniversary of the Cuban Revolution as well as the twenty-fifth anniversary of bilateral relations between Belize and Cuban will be celebrated at the Museum of Belize. The ceremony, which began around seven o’clock tonight, will also launch an exhibit on the gallery. The event is being organized through […]
The ranks of the Belize Defense Force grew by a one hundred and one soldiers today. After undergoing rigorous training, the young men and women donned their uniforms this afternoon as they officially became members of the B.D.F. The event was held at Price Barracks in Ladyville and it is traditional for the Minister of […]
The Ministry of National Security has launched an investigation into a number of allegations against members of the Belize Defence Force. On Wednesday night, we broke the story about mounting reports of sexual assaults and other infractions committed against recruits. Well, the Ministry says that it is taking those allegations seriously and an independent team […]
An article today in the Salt Lake Tribute directly links Minister John Saldivar to bribes from Lev Dermen and former business partner Jacob Kingston. The allegation is made by Kingston, who is expected to present text messages as exhibits between him and Saldivar, in the course of the trial in Utah. But the minister, who […]
Late this evening, Minister John Saldivar issued a press statement denying the article in the Salt Lake Tribune. He says that the article suggests that Jacob Kingston will testify that Lev Dermen bribed him, but does not say in exchange for what. He also says that no one knows what Kingston will say and to […]
