There is a report tonight that a small single engine plane has crashed in the Spanish Lookout area. Details have been slow in coming in but police confirm that the remnants of the plane were found on a dirt road about three miles from the Guatemalan border in the Spanish Lookout Community. What we were […]
Aerial sparing carried by the Spanish company, Green Tropics, has caused the destruction of about a million dollars in crop in thirty-two farms in the Valley of Peace area. As we reported on Friday, Green Tropics carried out the spraying on March fifteenth; it is the same company that grazed several acres of the Jaguar […]
As we bring you the news tonight, the Budget Debate is still raging in the sacred chambers of the National Assembly in Belmopan. All members of parliament from both sides of the House are given the opportunity to speak on the draft estimates for the year 2014 – 2015. It’s important stuff, because it is […]
In theory, the purpose of the two-day session currently in the House of Representatives is to debate the 2014 – 2015 Budget. But in fact, after twelve speakers from both sides on Monday, there has been little or no mention of the draft estimates. Today, it started off with much more of the same, as […]
On Sunday unknown persons entered the home of P.U.P. Area Representative for Cayo South Julius Espat, in Belize City. Espat told News Five on Monday that despite the presence of money and other valuables, only two laptops and his debate speech were stolen from his personal office. While burglaries are commonplace and common folk […]
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News Five has received multiple reports of an incident at the Western Border several weeks ago. According to credible sources, contraband operators in two trucks coming from Benque Viejo del Carmen crashed through the Guatemalan border checkpoint. It has been reported that the contrabandistas opened fire at the Guatemalan officers at the crossing, forcing them […]
On Monday, the Council of the European Union formally imposed a sanction on Belize, as well as two other countries, for failure to comply with international regulations in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The ban is a hard blow being dealt to non-compliant third countries, including Cambodia, Guinea and Belize, and its […]
Last week, our friends at PGTV reported that a container of rosewood was detected near Trio Village and taken to Big Falls Port ready to be exported. While there is a moratorium in place, government officials told News Five that the rosewood was allowed under the 2013 amnesty program. Well tonight, there is another report […]
Two San Pedro men are in trouble with the law tonight. Twenty-eight year old Arglye Jex, a tour guide of Coral Street in San Pedro and thirty-three year old Lewis Caal, of Pescador Drive, appeared before the Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith and were jointly charged with attempting to corrupt Senior Superintendent, Edward Broaster. The incident […]
A group of six, comprising five adults and a sixteen year old minor, was back in court today before Magistrate Dale Cayetano for drug trafficking after police found about four ounces of weed at a yard in Ladyville where the six were hanging out. The group spent two nights in the Queen Street lock-up because […]
When they were leaving the court today several of the men were bandaged and were limping or suffering from injuries they allegedly sustained at the hands of police. Before departing in a taxi, Errol Andrews spoke to News Five about what he calls the excessive use of force used by the police on them on […]
Corey McKay of Ladyville remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in critical condition following a shooting on Monday morning in the Bobo Hill area of the village. McKay was shot along with Kareem Arnold as they rode their bicycles home; Arnold was hit to the left shoulder, treated and released. But McKay was […]
The issue did not make it in the Minister’s presentation during the budget debate, but today the People’s United Party wrote Minister of National Security, John Saldivar, for an update on the proposed amendments to the Firearms Act and Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act. Writing as legal advisor to the P.U.P., Attorney and Senator, […]
As we’ve told you, most of the budget debate never touched on the budget, but there was plenty of entertainment. On the opposition side, there was a lot of ‘call elections if you’re bad…’ while on the government side there was an equal amount of – ‘we will win every seat in every corner of […]
The 2014 preschool festival of arts opened on Monday at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Hundreds of preschoolers from Belize District are performing in dance, music and drama for the rest of the week. National Coordinator for Expressive Arts, Leroy Green told News Five on Monday that the event is a prelude to […]
The Santa Rita Monument stands proudly at the northern entrance of Corozal Town. Once a thriving trading center for the Mayas, it has now been transformed and restored into a cultural center to revive Mayan history into an enriching experience. The Corozal B.T.I.A. believes that the Maya Wedding Garden Project will create economic opportunities in […]
