All hell broke loose on Caye Caulker on Monday night after word spread across the island that a young man had died while in police custody. Protesters took the streets and the Gang Suppression Unit was later called into the island to bring control. Eighteen-year-old Hilberto Sotz was detained before noon on Monday and hours […]
The grand old party, that once supremely powerful political entity, is on the verge of a decision to not contest the Dangriga bye-election set for July eighth, following the resignation of Ivan Ramos as area representative. Now that would be a first in Belize for any of the mass parties and today, the topic was […]
While dozens of officers have descended on the otherwise quiet village of Caye Caulker, among their ranks is Assistant Commissioner of Police Noel Leal. He is heading an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Hilberto Sotz. He is also tasked with carefully examining the role the arresting officers may have played in […]
Personnel from the Gang Suppression Unit have been deployed to Caye Caulker where they have remained stationed since Monday night. The GSU was summoned to the island during a heightened state of unrest among residents who took to the streets in protest following Sotz death. Amid the chaos, an angry mob proceeded to target the […]
So it is very likely that the P.U.P. will bow out of the bye-election set for one month from today. That means the party would give up, voluntarily, another seat, which it won in the 2012 general elections. It would also send the message that the P.U.P. is as weak as the incumbent U.D.P. consistently […]
Today, one of Ramos’ closer colleagues, Toledo West Area Representative Oscar Requeña, reiterated the Party’s position that in the end the choice to step down was made by Ramos. And while he didn’t go as far as to entertain the talk of a payoff for a resignation, Requeña openly suggests that Ramos wasn’t getting the […]
And our question for tonight is: Should the P.U.P. contest the upcoming Dangriga bye-elections? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com
Thirteen year old Gabriel Hope bested the P.S.E. this year through hard work and determination. He is one of seven students from the Bernice Yorke Institute of Learning who placed among the twenty-five top scorers. Seven students from another private school, Belize Elementary, also placed among at the top. Tonight we look at the achievers […]
This year, the number of students sitting the P.S.E. decreased by three percent when compared to 2014. A total of one hundred and sixteen registered candidates did not turn up for the exam and two hundred and one students did not receive a grade. While the P.S.E. was never intended to be used as a […]
The resignation of Ivan Ramos, the area representative of Dangriga, has spawned a number of allegations and left the P.U.P. scrambling. Well, at the centre of all the controversy and allegations is, you guessed it, Petrocaribe. Ramos accepted monies under the “Father’s Day Cheer,” a decision that went against the position of the P.U.P. But […]
As we told you on Monday, Ramos said he believes he was dropped for a more “viable” candidate that the P.U.P. seems to think will be a better match for Dangriga powerhouse, Frank “Pawpa” Mena. But we had to ask Ramos if he thought he stood a chance against Mena. He said that undoubtedly he […]
When the June session of the Court of Appeal opens, there will be two new Justices of Appeal: they are Justices Murrio Ducille and Franz Parke. Justice Ducille has practiced law in Jamaica, Bahamas and Dominica. In Jamaica, the Justice served as Clerk of the Court with responsibility for criminal prosecution, State Prosecutor in the […]
The third person who was involved in a motorcycle accident last week has died. Twenty-six year old Lucita Chun, who received a large cut to the forehead, was hospitalized in a coma since the motorcycle crash around eight on Thursday night, but she succumbed to her injuries sometime today. Two other men, the drivers of […]
One of two brothers who police believe shot and killed Mark Gentle on May twenty-fifth, 2015, was arrested and arraigned this afternoon in court. He is twenty-nine year old Emory Felix, the brother of Maurice Felix who is sought by police for the shooting which occurred in front of Gentle’s house on Caesar Ridge Road. […]
Just over a week ago, it was announced that Barrow and Company, the attorneys acting on behalf of the Government of Belize, had withdrawn an appeal against the April 2011 decision of then-Supreme Court Justice Oswell Legall in favour of OCEANA Belize and its activist partners, COLA and the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage. […]
Belize’s national team, the Jaguars, left the country just after midday today en route to the Dominican Republic. On Thursday, they face the A-selection from that country for the first of a two-game battle. The winner advances one step closer to representing their nation in the 2018 World Cup. This morning, the Jaguars moved with […]
A mother says that her son, twenty-one year old Ibrahim Cadogan was brutalized whilst in police custody. Vidalia Cadogan visited News Five today to tell her story. She says police were unlawful and subjected her son, Ibrahim, to unwarranted beatings. Cadogan says that on Friday her son was in Placencia visiting relatives and while he […]
Belizeans as well as visitors can now take advantage of a direct flight from Belize to Los Angeles, U.S.A. American Airlines will be servicing the new route with two weekend flights. On the inaugural flight, passengers were thrilled that they would get to their destination in less time and hassle. Duane Moody reports. Duane […]
