The O.A.S. has already declared the area vacant and our government has supplied photos to prove it. Today the B.D.F., assisted by a British helicopter, took the media to see with its own eyes what was once the settlement called Santa Rosa. Despite its tiny size, the community of Guatemalans on the Belize side of […]
Another youth was shot last night but luckily he survived the attack. Around seven Sixteen year old Jermaine Matura of Arlington Drive was shot twice while inside a yard at sixty-three Central American Boulevard with family and friends. Statements given by those in the area indicate that they heard noises coming from a nearby vacant […]
He’s been on the run since the February fourteenth murder of Shannon “Shaggy” Henderson and police believe that exactly a month later he fatally shot Samuel de Jesus Ortiz, both killings occurring in Placencia. Since then law enforcement authorities have still been unable to determine the whereabouts of thirty year old Gregory Casildo despite well […]
Two ex-police officers whose case was dismissed for want of prosecution have been recharged with the original offence of Trafficking in Persons. Allyson Muslar and Lauren Flowers were initially charged along with Hersel Garcia in February of 2007. This was after they were apprehended between miles seventy-one and seventy-two on the Northern Highway with eight […]
The Crime Control Council held its first meeting since the appointment of the new Minister of National Security, Carlos Perdomo. The body, chaired by attorney Michael Young, has as its main objective a comprehensive approach to fighting crime. Carlos Perdomo, Minister of National Security “They will look at everything, not just criminal activity or criminal […]
Since Perdomo took over as Minister, the Police Department has engaged in several questionable heavy handed raids for which apologies were later issued by the Commissioner. More recently, we’ve seen the arrest of Perdomo’s political adversary, Joe Coye, on the basis of what can only be called a bizarre complaint, and this week the five […]
One is a fixture in the world of Belizean art, the other a first time exhibitor. Beginning Friday night the work of both women will be on display at the House of Culture. Today News Five’s Kendra Griffith took a sneak peak. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Rachael Heusner is known on the art scene for her […]
If you’re watching this newscast on television or streaming video then this next story may not mean much. The fact is, however, that thousands of viewers rely on the printed transcript of the news which appears on our website, channel5belize.com. And while the site is among the nation’s most popular, over the last ten years […]
