This afternoon, the Christian Workers Union held a press conference in the wake of last week’s decision by the Briceño administration that it is taking back the Port of Belize from private control. The labor organization welcomes the decision by government to nationalize the port once again, however, there are a number of concerns that […]
The Christian Workers Union has made it abundantly clear that while the four hundred thousand dollar payment pending for stevedores that was frozen by the High Court is welcomed, it is more focused on the collecting monies that were lost when sugar operations were moved from P.B.L. to Big Creek in 2020. Whitfield Dennison, […]
There has been an increase in the number of suspected drug planes flying out of South America recently. A number of those flights have entered into Belizean airspace, with some going as far as the Turks and Caicos Islands. On Friday, an aircraft departed from South America and within a few hours crossed over into […]
Four police officers who were arrested and charged following the landing of a drug plane on the Southern Highway near Bladen in November 2021 have been dismissed from the Belize Police Department. According to ComPol Williams, the termination of their services was not solely the result of charges that were brought against the men. […]
Last Tuesday, we reported on the escape of a pair of prisoners from the High Court here in Belize City. While accused murderer Hildebrandt Codd remains a fugitive of the law, his accomplice Jessie Mejia was captured later that same day. It’s undoubtedly a black eye for the Belize Police Department, two inmates showing up […]
Eighteen-year-old Jeremy Westby was reported missing last week and, since then, his loved ones have been searching for him to no avail. It is reported that the laborer of a Belize City address was last seen on December fifth, around six-thirty p.m. when he left home to visit a friend nearby. Brown stands five feet, […]
There was a stabbing incident in Caye Caulker yesterday evening involving two individuals who were socializing at a bar on the island. According to police, the men got into an altercation during which one broke a glass bottle and proceeded to inflict stab wounds on the other, before making good his escape. Here’s more from […]
A sixteen-year-old minor has been arrested and charged, along with another suspect, for the murder of Denver Montero back in April. Montero, along with several other persons, was socializing near the hammock Bridge in Gracie Rock when they came under gunfire while being robbed of their belongings. During the incident, Montero suffered gunshot injuries to […]
The Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute that is before the I.C.J. will likely take longer than anticipated, since Guatemala has applied for permission to join the portion of the proceedings between Belize and Honduras that will determine sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes. In November 2022, Belize instituted proceedings on the matter with Honduras, which also has a […]
As the tension between Venezuela and Guyana increases, Guyana, which is under pressure from neighboring Brazil and a Caribbean trading bloc, has agreed to join bilateral talks with Venezuela. The longstanding dispute between the two South American countries recently deepened after the discovery of an abundance of oil in Guyana. The Venezuelan government has claimed sovereignty over […]
While the acquisition of the Port of Belize was supported and passed in the upper house, Senator for the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, Luke Martinez stressed that the working conditions of the stevedores must also be improved. He highlighted cases where the stevedores work in less than appropriate conditions. Luke Martinez, Senator, […]
The permit that Floralia Bus Line held to conduct runs from the southern Belize expired on Saturday, the result of a court order that was handed down last month. The ruling was that the bus runs were improperly approved by the Transport Board, and placed James Bus Line and Griga Line Limited at a disadvantage. […]
A Jamaican national who has been in custody for more two weeks is tonight out on bail. Carlos Higgins has been accused of wilfully supplying false information to the Belize Immigration Department. According to the department, on November twenty-third; an immigration officer questioned Higgins at the Phillip Goldson International Airport about his purpose for entering […]
Several villagers of Toledo received land papers from the Minister of Natural Resources on Friday. At a ceremony in Toledo West, where Area Representative Oscar Requeña and Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde explained the process for the people. Cordel Hyde, Minister of Natural Resources “We’ve not been able to help our colleagues in Toledo […]
It’s been an upsetting day for many vulnerable countries, climate activists and climate observers today at COP28 in Dubai. The final text for the Global Stocktake was released late evening and the first review of the twenty-one page document shows that the words “phase-out fossil fuel” has completely been deleted from previous versions. It instead […]
For all of last week, Channel Five fans and supporters took part in the annual Gimme Five show where winners won great prizes. It was Channel Five’s thirty-third anniversary and Gimme Five is a prize-giving show that we have been airing for all these years, giving our viewers a chance to take home valuable gifts. […]
The House of Representatives met in the final session for 2023 on Thursday. During the sitting, a number of bills were tabled and passed, including the Port Acquisition and Settlement Deeds Bill. We led our newscast with this story yesterday and today we’ll take a closer look at government’s intention to purchase the Port of […]
Earlier today, the Christian Workers Union issued a release, following government’s announcement on Thursday that it will be nationalizing the Port of Belize Limited. The statement goes on to say, “while the Christian Workers Union welcomes yesterday’s passage in the House of Representatives of the Port Acquisition and Settlement Deeds Bill 2023, C.W.U. remains focused […]
There is sad news tonight about the nine-year-old child who was on life support with meningitis. News Five learned that he passed away earlier today, just as family and friends were planning to hold a prayer vigil for him on Saturday in Belmopan. Jayce Brown, a student at United Evergreen Primary School, fell ill last […]
The death of four-year-old Ayanna Bennett last month, while in the custody of a Mennonite couple, as temporary foster parents, raised the ire of many. Questions were asked about the kinds of checks and supervision that were being done why the abuse of the child could not have been detected beforehand. On Thursday, News Five […]
On Wednesday, we reported on a stabbing incident in San Pedro that left two policemen wounded. The initial story was that the policemen, Edwin Reid and Kieran Mena were walking shortly after midnight near the corner of Laguna Drive and Spider Lily Street in the vicinity of the San Pedro High School when the incident […]
Accused murderer, Hildebrandt Codd remains at large after he escaped along with Jesse Mejia through a window in an adjoining room to the Courtroom Number Three where they were scheduled to appear on Tuesday. Codd, who was supposed to hear his verdict for the 2019 murder of Densmore Bowman, and Mejia, who is to face […]
Earlier today, the Chief Magistrate granted a warrant of apprehension for the arrest of Nimrod Tillett, as well as an application for his extradition proceedings to begin. Tillett, who has been accused of committing two murders in Belize, is also wanted in Mexico for a similar capital offense. It is alleged that he killed a […]
Collin Francis, an inmate at the Belize Central Prison, appeared before the High Court today for a competency hearing. Francis, a mental patient, is accused of attempting to kill a psychiatric nurse by stabbing her. He is also accused of the deadly beat down of Nestor Vasquez Junior. That incident occurred inside the Queen Street […]
Forty-six-year-old Owen Pollard Senior has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned on a single charge of abetment to murder. His son, Owen Pollard Junior, is on the run and is wanted in connection with the attempted murder of twenty-seven-year-old Zane Pott, a resident of mile two on the George Price Highway. […]
