The Immigration Department is rocked by a huge immigration scandal. While many people believe that the transgressions go all the way to the top, it seems a public officer is taking the fall. Gareth Murillo, who has been with the department for about six years, is being moved from his post as Director of Immigration […]
On Tuesday night in Belize City, a seventeen year old fourth form student of Sadie Vernon High School was killed by a single gunshot. It happened at the living room of her Sibun Street home at around ten o’clock when the blast came from a gun held by her friend. News Five’s Marion Ali found […]
There’s more to report on Saturday’s cocaine seizure in the south. As part of an ongoing investigation into the landing of a twin engine aircraft on the Southern Highway near Bladen Reserve, police were preparing today to effect a search warrant on the property of Customs boatman Harold Usher in Corozal Town. Usher was arrested […]
Two-time fugitive Carlos Keme who was on remand at the Belize Central Prison for the murder of Karina Daniels in Orange Walk Town in October 2009 has been caught for the second time across the northern border. Keme escaped from police custody on April fifteenth while he was being escorted to the Supreme Court in […]
Our question on Tuesday night received plenty comments and responses poured in from the viewers, eighty-eight percent of them voting that yes, the two point six tons of cocaine be destroyed as soon as possible. One viewer commented saying “Absolutely & witnessed by more than just the Minister & police Department. We would hate to […]
Channel Five has distinguished itself in Belize and the region for excellence in the news, entertainment, sports, documentaries, our morning show and a host of other locally produced programs. The creativity and the talent of our staff have been consistently recognized and this year, Channel Five won the two major categories in the news awards […]
When the Chief Justice was squeezed out, Justice Samuel Awich was moved up as Acting CJ. Well, there is word tonight that an acting justice of the Supreme Court has been appointed for a six month period. He is Denis Stanley Hannomansingh from Guyana. His appointment, however, did not happen without its share of resistance […]
There’s a standoff between Waste Control and the Belize City Council over the perennial problem of garbage. The city has been unable to meet its obligations and Waste Control says it will be reducing garbage collection on the Northside of the City. So get ready for the stench. The Belize Waste Control notified residents today […]
A murder trial against Roger Wagner Junior ended with an acquittal in the Supreme Court today. Wagner was accused of shooting Griffith Green Junior on December twenty-eighth, 2008 and back then the main witness, Trevor Flowers, claimed he saw it all. But today Flowers told the court he didn’t see anything and alleged that he […]
A notorious figure, who has been out of the news for months, resurfaced at court today. He is thirty-two year old Darien Banks and he was arraigned along with his wife, thirty-six year old Desiree Barrow Banks after being busted with twenty-six point five pounds of weed along with a Colt AR-fifteen Rifle and eighty-four […]
General elections are more than two years away, but the horses are already lining up at the gate. In the Caribbean Shores constituency, the campaign for divisional convention is heating up. The upstart Councilor Roger Espejo is taking on the incumbent, the Minister of Defense, Carlos Perdomo, an old hand in the division. News Five’s […]
In January of this year, the Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, said that sixty percent of teachers have no pedagogical training. The remarks were made in the context of the heat he was getting on the issue of Corporal Punishment. Today the minister commissioned a set of senior educators to help in the process of […]
