We don’t know how they’ll be celebrating Independence Eve, but Andrew “Papa” Brown and his brother Floyd walked down the steps of the Belize City Magistrate’s Court as free men this morning after Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord dismissed the extradition action against them. In handing down his decision, Lord maintained that a prima facie case […]
A Belize District man has been remanded to jail following a report of sexual abuse by a thirteen-year-old girl. According to the victim, from March to September of this year, twenty-seven year old Vicente Myvett, also known as Bobby Gongora, sexually molested her. As a result of their investigations and a medical examination, police have […]
In news from the prison itself, last Friday guards detained a visitor after he tried to smuggle a plastic container filled with weed into the facility. On Monday, twenty-five year old Kirk Pollard appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner where he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking. According to court reports, just after one on Friday […]
The next case on the News Five court docket didn’t involve weed, but it does include cigarette smoke, noise and a landlord who tried to evict his tenants using a shotgun. Sixty-seven year old Jesus Aldana rents out part of his home on T Street in Belize City, but on Monday he told the court […]
Still on the crime beat, two men have been arrested and charged with burglary for breaking into a church building. News Five understands that when officials of the Methodist Church visited the Berham Manse Building on Albert Street, they were greeted by broken padlocks and doors. Initial inspection of the site showed that a person […]
A police checkpoint near the Northern border has netted law enforcement officials a container load of uncustomed goods. According to customs officials, an anonymous tip called in to the department and their police counterparts led to a trap being set up at the checkpoint a short distance south of the border. Sure enough, when the […]
At least thirty fishermen took time out this week to learn how to use equipment like the marine radio and global positioning system, G.P.S. The reason is that these devices will help in the co-management of the remote areas where they fish, namely Lighthouse and Glover’s Reefs. Alan Burn, Member, National Fishermen Cooperative “It’s important […]
The group was not the first band of Caribbean musicians to be enjoyed in Belize, but over the years the name of Byron Lee and the Dragonaires has become synonymous with visiting entertainers from the islands. And tonight the crowd that defined the term “jump up” will once again have Belizeans moving. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
The schedule of special September events is heavy and culminates tonight and tomorrow with the traditional Independence Day festivities. And while the public enjoys these weeks of celebration, the schools are also getting involved… as News Five’s Jacqueline Woods found out this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today the students of St. Mary’s School took a […]
With Independence Day now twenty-four years behind us, we’ve got to face the fact that the majority of Belizeans were not yet born on that rainy night in 1981 when the Union Jack was replaced by the flag of Belize. With footage from a British television crew on the scene at the time, we have […]
There will be no newscast on Wednesday due to Belize’s Independence Day celebrations. The next broadcast will be on Thursday, September 22.
