Attorney Rodwell Williams is clinging to life at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida but his condition has been stabilized. That’s the latest word coming out of Florida. On Tuesday’s newscast we gave the details of his tragic shooting of the Prime’s Minister’s law partner. The incident took place around eight on Monday night as Williams […]
The shooting of Rodwell Williams sent shockwaves throughout the community. PM Dean Barrow’s friendship with Williams goes back to decades and at least for the last twenty years they have been law partners. The P.M. announced this morning before his press conference that he will be going to the United States to visit his friend […]
A detailed and bureaucratic plan layered with numerous committees and subcommittees was unveiled this morning as Restore Belize, the government’s strategy to address violence and social ills plaguing the country. It is to be chaired by the prime minister, financed by the financial institutions and will involve a wide gamut of organizations, schools, churches, and […]
The first full reshuffle of the Barrow administration was announced on Tuesday. According to the Prime Minister, it was necessary to tackle the crippling crime situation that admittedly has reached crisis proportions. Fresh off the announcement we asked: Do you think the cabinet changes will be effective in restoring law and order? Seventy-eight percent of […]
Senator and newly appointed Police Minister, Doug Singh, faced the press for the first time today as he stepped up to the podium at the Prime Minister’s press conference. It’s Singh’s first day on the job to tackle the biggest crisis facing the government, but is he up to Restore Belize? News Five asked Singh […]
At the press conference Prime Minister Dean Barrow also defended his choice of B. Q. Pitts as the Attorney General. According to the P.M., Pitts is well respected by his colleagues in the judiciary and can produce legislative as well as judicial reform very quickly. Pitts, also spoke briefly on the podium and said that […]
Still on the reshuffle, the Opposition, People’s United Party, chided it today calling it a feeble game of political musical chairs. It expressed disappointment saying “after many months of speculation and uncertainty, and a virtual standstill in Ministerial performance given the premature disclosure by the PM three months ago of his impending shuffle, the actual […]
Day one of Belize’s formal transition to the Caribbean Court of Justice as its final Court of Appeal was ushered in without fanfare. In fact, it was eclipsed by the shooting of P.M. Barrow’s law partner, the reshuffling of his cabinet and the launch of government’s Restore Belize initiative. On Tuesday, News Five caught up […]
In the local courts, a Ghanaian national was today freed of immigration charges for a lack of evidence. Thirty-six year old Lester Wugah, was allegedly found in possession of an Ethiopian Passport, which belonged to Alavar Demissie Dibaba. Since having another person’s passport without justifiable reason is a criminal offense, Wugah was charged on February […]
Meanwhile at the Chief Magistrate’s courtroom, a family of five was charged for an unlicensed nine millimeter pistol that was hidden in a speaker box at their home. The weapon was found during a police search at around midday on Tuesday and Alice Bailey; her two sons, Devon and Rondale; her two daughters, Jeneka and […]
Nine year old Kent Flowers Junior suffered severe burns when a gas pump caught fire as his dad worked on a vehicle. Kent Junior grabbed a container to try to out the fire, but it contained fuel, which spilled on him. He was flown to Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas for urgent treatment sponsored by […]
The case of Carnal Abuse against former commandant of the Island Special Constabulary Force, Harold Crooks was to be heard in the Jamaican courts today. That, however, has been rescheduled to June twenty-third because Crooks did not show up to court. Crooks reportedly fell ill at around seven this morning and had to be hospitalized. […]
Jamaican authorities have intensified their search for Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the drug kingpin that is wanted by the US for extradition. Coke, was said to be heading to New York, via Belize but police intelligence on the island indicates that he has not yet left Jamaica. As security forces intensify their manhunt, the home of […]
Agatha; the first storm of the 2010 hurricane season, formed last week and washed over Central America; leaving a hundred and seventy-nine persons dead in its wake. Agatha caused heavy rainfall in Belize, but for neighbouring Guatemala the effects were devastating. Thousands of homes were washed away in the downpour and a massive sinkhole was […]
