A Tropic Air craft plunged into the Caribbean Sea today. On board were the pilot and two passengers, who are tonight lucky to be alive after the aircraft went down near Half Moon Caye shortly before five o’clock this evening. Captain Denfield Borland, along with Honduran national Eddie Bodden and American national Arthur Rogers, was […]
Just after twelve noon today, four helicopters heard and seen flying relatively low in Belizean airspace. We have since learnt that the aircrafts are from North Carolina, U.S.A. and had stopped in Belize to refuel before continuing on its journey to Honduras. Commandant of the B.D.F., Brigadier General David Jones, told News Five that they […]
The Petrocaribe Fund and now the Petrocaribe Loans Act have been in the headlines for the controversy it is generating. The recent revelation that the funds were used for salaries in 2014 and 2015 and debt service commitments when the monies are slated for infrastructure and social programs has stirred an ant’s nest. There is […]
When we checked with the Financial Secretary Joseph Waight on Monday, he pinpointed that the monies would be made available to CPBL as a temporary loan. And that arrear, as we mentioned, has since been cleared. On the Phone: Joseph Waight, Financial Secretary “Remember that was a short term loan for working capital to […]
At a conference on April twenty-ninth, the Prime Minister identified an issue within the citrus industry involving a lack of working capital for farmers who are yet to receive the balance of their first payment for deliveries made to CPBL. The need for operational funds, according to PM Barrow, was for farmers to prepare for […]
From proud Rio Hondo to Old Sarstoon…sounds familiar? Well it should, but right about now the Sarstoon is patrolled twenty-four hours by personnel at a Guatemalan outpost on the banks of that river. In fact, last Thursday those Guatemalans tried to chase the Coast Guard out of the Sarstoon and off the Sarstoon Island which, […]
A News Five team is just back from the Sarstoon Island in southern Belize where a confrontation took place just last week between Guatemalan navy officers and the Belize National Coastguard. There are two versions of what really went down and we will have that story coming up soon. But on Sunday, the recently elevated […]
With the assistance of Interpol, the local police department has issued a warrant for Tracy Channon Nessl, the common-law wife of American retiree, Timothy Patrick McNamara, who died on Christmas Day of 2014. The sixty-six year old man was found dead on the verandah of his house in Boston Village, Belize District; he had been […]
It’s been several days now since the sensational murders of Roaring Creek residents Steven Hyde and Edilberto Madrid, and no one has been charged. Both men, an associate and a cousin of Russell Hyde, respectively, were found badly mutilated—limbs and head severed—in the Young Gial Bank Road. Madrid’s body was found in the Belize River […]
There has been a serious spike in murders this year, even as there continues to be a decrease in other crimes. It’s a serious problem for the Ministry of National Security which has struggled to effectively deal with the situation and the criticism. According to C.E.O., George Lovell, they’ve taken a multi-pronged approach and will […]
One of the major thrusts is strengthening the forensic capabilities of the Police Department. Just a few weeks ago, twenty-seven police personnel were certified as international scenes of crime officers. Which of course begs the question – where’s the forensics lab and DNA testing facility which has been a campaign promise every election since 2008? […]
Santander is keeping the peace with Valley of Peace, well the farmers, at least. You may remember that over a year ago, Santander, then known as Green Tropics, destroyed close to half a million dollars worth of crops belonging to the Valley of Peace Farmer’s Association. It was after months of back and forth of […]
A Belize City man, who is not sure of his age, but claims he is twenty-three years old and is confined to a wheel chair was dragged to court today to answer to a single charge of Possession of a Control Drug. When he was arrested, Berris Rowland, was on West Collet Canal in possession […]
Manager of San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi, Shadir Marin, is tonight spending his first night behind bars after he was remanded on a single charge of Aggravated Assault with a Firearm upon forty-one year old Eddison Usher. The twenty-five year old is accused of pulling his licensed firearm at the disc jockey on April […]
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente is quoted in sections of the media saying that he voted for Joseph Sepp Blatter, the incumbent FIFA President. According to Vicente, who was in Zurich, Switzerland, at the sixty fifth congress, the vote was a vote for Belize because he believed Blatter was pro-development and that the country would benefit. […]
The mango season is one that is highly anticipated; and at last it is finally here. There are a number of succulent and juicy mango varieties in Belize and most, if not all, are loved and enjoyed. The season is abundant and the fruit can be had from even the corner stall. Over the weekend, […]
