There is breaking news tonight, and it is a tragedy which is devastating a family from Independence. Less than an hour ago reports circulated that Kayla Pandy had been kidnapped and her family was frantically begging for assistance in locating her. She had allegedly been last seen driving a champagne gold 2005 Kia Sorento in […]
The trial of twenty-two year old Aracely Cahueque continues to grip the nation’s attention. Cahueque, a beauty queen, is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder of eighteen year old Raylene Dyer back in October 2010. The jury was empanelled on March eleventh and after a voir dire, her trial for three counts of […]
While Dyer remained missing, Cahueque presented the infant to her ex-boyfriend. But according to defense attorney, Dickie Bradley, that is because Cahueque told him that she was allowed to (Quote) “borrow baby Ravonn.” (Unquote) That statement has gone viral on social media, but Bradley says it was known by Dyer’s family. Bradley maintains, however, that […]
On Wednesday, we reported on a container of rosewood detected near Trio Village in southern Belize. The operation was suspect because it is widely believed that despite a moratorium placed in April 2013, the plunder of the precious wood continues by Guatemalans and locals. Prior to Wednesday’s operation Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management had […]
Illegal logging, as well as the prohibited trade of rosewood, across both sides of the Belize/Guatemala border has grown to become an international matter for the governments of both countries. While Guatemalan loggers are responsible for the extensive clearing of trees within the department of Peten, they are also encroaching deeper into Belizean territory in […]
On Wednesday morning, eight year old Kyeisha Joseph got on her bus in Double Head Cabbage and headed for school in Ladyville. She got off her bus in front of Our Lady of the Way Primary School, but as she attempted to cross the road she was knocked down by a white SUV being driven […]
Just before Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin ordered the Commissioner of Police to carry out a criminal investigation on the former minister of state, Elvin Penner, for his involvement in the illegal issuance of a passport to Won Hong Kim, there was another move for an investigation. It was started by the feisty and vocal Citizens […]
On Wednesday, News Five reported on the appointment of two new P.U.P. Senators. According to Party Leader Francis Fonseca, the official notification has been sent to Governor-General Sir Colville Young. The official announcement was made today at P.U.P. headquarters, and we’ll have that for you shortly. But first, we look at one potential future landmine […]
With that issue on the political backburner for the time being, the P.U.P. is concentrating on forging ahead in unity, or as much unity as possible in any political party. So today when P.U.P. leader Francis Fonseca made the official announcement of the new senators, it was with a happy heart and smiles all around. […]
News Five has learned that former Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie is hospitalized, and has been so since last Friday. A family member told News Five that McKenzie started having seizures last week, and an MRI discovered that she had suffered a mini-infarction, or mini-stroke. But there is good news tonight, as we understand that […]
A pregnant Honduran woman, who back in December 2013 was charged with using a falsified document, was today before the court for trial after a bench warrant was issued for her arrest. Eighteen year old Rebecca Huete was charged for Using a Falsified Document; she pleaded guilty and ordered to pay a one thousand dollar […]
Early this morning, members of several high-intensity, elite units of the Police, B.D.F. and Coast Guard descended on the island of San Pedro. It is part of an operation to restore order to the island in a hurry, with as much impact to the criminal element as possible. From what News Five has been able […]
The matter of whether the unfounded Guatemalan claim over Belize’s sovereign territory should be adjudicated in the International Court of Justice was to have been decided during joint referenda on October sixth, 2013. However, four months shy of the fixed date, Guatemala rescinded from participating in the vote, stating instead that Belize’s Referendum Act creates […]
Stakeholders in the fight against HIV/AIDS, a cross-section of government, as well as other non-governmental organizations, including the National AIDS Commission, gathered at the Biltmore this morning to review the achievements of the Program for Strengthening the Central American Response to HIV. PASCA, as it is known, is a five-year project spearheaded by USAID. The […]
The Embassy of the Republic of Venezuela held a press conference this morning to update the local media on the current state of affairs of that country, in the wake of an attempt by the opposition to ouster President Nicolas Maduro from political office. The effort to destabilize the government and cause social upheaval through […]
March twenty-first has been proclaimed as the International Day of Forests by the United Nations General Assembly and it is celebrated by bringing awareness to the importance of the various types of forests. This year, the Forest Department along with the private sector and the Environmental Research Institute of the University of Belize is putting […]
A group of four Belizean artists, including well-known painter Terryl Godoy, launched a two-week art exhibit at the House of Culture today. The formal unveiling was done before an audience of high school students in an ongoing series dubbed Meet the Artists. Their works are a collection of oil on canvas depicting the panorama of […]
Thomas Vincent Ramos, founder of Garifuna Settlement Day, is widely regarded as one of our many national heroes. While he is remembered during the month of November when Garinagu in Belize and abroad celebrate the arrival of their ancestors to the shores of Belize almost two centuries ago, master sculptor Stephen Okeke has immortalized Ramos […]
Cervical cancer continues to be the leading cancer related death among women in Belize. Over the years this has spurred several pap smear campaigns countrywide. According to Gynecologist & Oncologist, Dr Alba Mendez Sosa, even though she has seen a reduction of fifteen to twenty cases of cervical cancer per year due to basic prevention […]
