The Big Deal versus the Real Deal – kind of sounds like a WWE Wrestle Mania event, but it wasn’t. The U.D.P. convention on Sunday saw John Saldivar going against Patrick Faber for the vacant post of First Deputy Leader of the U.D.P., signaling an end to more than two months of very massive campaigning. […]
With the decided underdog declared victorious, it remains to be seen if time will heal the rift between camps. Much of the campaign was heated some of it very pointed and personal. Saldivar commanded the support of a majority of the so-called powerbrokers within the Party, including Gaspar Vega, Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez, Erwin Contreras, Rene […]
In our newscast on Friday we reported that eight fishermen had been detained and were being processed by immigration authorities in Guatemala. The group was detained on the beach of Punta Manbique for illegal entry. Seven had fishing licences, but the eight fishermen did not hold any identification document. The fishermen are Jeffery Gongora, Manuel Flores, […]
Guatemala has issued a formal letter of protest to Belize with reference to a trip to the Sarstoon last Friday. Tonight, we can say that Guatemalan Ambassador to Belize Manuel Roldan has outrightly disputed our version of events. Just for some clarity, on Friday morning News Five attempted to go down the Northern Channel of […]
Based on the incident in the Sarstoon last Friday, today the People’s United Party issued a very strong release demanding that the government, “Act to re-establish full sovereignty and control over the Belizean internal waters of the Sarstoon River and Sarstoon Island.” The release called the interception of Belizean media in the Sarstoon illegal a […]
There continues to be much reference to what was referred to in a government release last Tuesday as an informal acceptance of a situation in which, “there will be untrammeled traffic for Belize’s military and civilians along the Sarstoon.” The wording is a little ambiguous, and since Courtenay was in Istanbul when this so-called agreement […]
You’ll notice that while Guatemala did not reject the assertion by Minister Elrington, they didn’t accept it either, so therein may lie the confusion. As was stated by Prime Minister Dean Barrow on Friday, there are also frequent claims by Guatemala that decisions made in these high-level meetings do not always reach the Sarstoon. Courtenay […]
The P.U.P. release issued today also specifically issues a call for the appointment of a, “national team to competently manage Belize/Guatemala.” So is the P.U.P. saying that the current team is not competent? We asked Courtenay since he is speaking for the P.U.P., but is also a member of the current team in negotiations with […]
Police are perplexed over a weekend murder and are putting all the clues together. A white Nissan Altima traveling to Belize City was reportedly trailed by a white Infinity SUV coming from Hattieville. As both vehicles approached eight miles, they were met by another SUV, a navy blue Trail Blazer. Inside the Altima car were […]
There have been numerous attempts on the life of Gion “Gizmo” Bernard, a street figure from the Victoria Street area in Belize City. In the past two weeks, there were two attempts to cut him down, but Bernard has managed to stay alive. Over the weekend, he was targeted by a group of men in […]
Police Constable Edwardo Gonzalez was laid to rest this afternoon in Santa Elena, after taking his own life with a firearm while on duty last Wednesday. Gonzalez was stationed at the Queen Street Precinct on an overnight shift on May twenty-fifth, when he suddenly shot himself in the presence of his colleagues. The young officer […]
Fifty-nine-year-old Julia Arana succumbed over the weekend. She was knocked down by a vehicle in Trial Farm Village on April first and a postmortem exam will determine the cause of death. The mother of popular cyclist Nissan Arana was struck by a 2007 Toyota Hilux driven at the time by Orange Walk South Area Representative […]
It was big news in August, 2012 when Calaney Flowers allegedly rammed a motorcycle ridden by her ex-boyfriend Lyndon Morrison and his new girlfriend Sochyl Sosa. Morrison died from injuries sustained in the collision while Sosa was badly injured. Flowers was subsequently charged for murder and attempted murder and remanded. It’s now before the Court, […]
The case has been adjourned till Tuesday, when the defense will present its evidence. The family of Lyndon Morrison was at Court today and told News Five that while they were happy with the Judge’s decision and they understand that Saldivar has a job to defend Flowers, they don’t see how his argument will fly. […]
The trial by judge without jury case in the murder of eighty-four year old Samuel Price is coming to an end in the courtroom of Justice Adolph Lucas. Price was the brother of George Price, the father of the nation. He was killed at his home in the outskirts of the city on April eleventh, […]
The case of Robert’s Grove Limited versus Jean Marc Tasse concluded quietly on the Supreme Court of Justice Sonya Young two years after the suit was filed. Hearings and submissions were held in March and April and a decision was handed down on May ninetieth. Roberts Grove Limited, the well-known resort in Placencia, took Tasse […]
At the political level, there is tension between Belize and Guatemala as relations deteriorate over Guatemala’s assertion that it owns the Sarstoon. But over the weekend, you would not have known that. Evangelical pastors from Belize and Guatemala converged at the border to pray for peace; it all happened in front of the O.A.S. Office […]
A protest of about five hundred persons was held in Melchor de Mencos which is the nearest community across the western border where Belizeans trek to shop. Initially, Sunday’s protest was to highlight the downturn in economic activity occasioned by the tensions between Belize and Guatemala. But the protesters also took the opportunity to condemn […]
The Police Department last Friday morning destroyed a quantity of marijuana and crack cocaine. The drugs went up in smoke at the Tower Hill factory in Orange Walk Town. Eight hundred and thirty-six pounds of cannabis were burnt and one hundred grams of crack cocaine, along with seven pipes seized in anti-drug operations, were also […]
The annual Cancer Walk has been growing over the years, morphing into a powerful voice in the fight against the disease. The trek from Ladyville into the City started early Saturday morning and concluded at the Belize Cancer Society Headquarters hours later. Thousands from all walks of life have lost family or friends, are battling […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We take you out to the MCC Grounds for yesterday’s showdown between West Lake and FC Elite in the Belize District 1st Division Football Competition. 7 minutes in FC Elite looks for the opener when Jorge Aleman turns on this ball forcing the goalkeeper […]
