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Despite assurances that Belizeans and the B.D.F. can freely traverse the Sarstoon, News Five has obtained a video of another, more recent confrontation in the river between a Guatemalan gunboat and a B.D.F. patrol. The incident occurred as recent as October seventeenth, but there had been no official comment until today when we approached B.D.F. […]
That incident occurred on the same day when a group of Belizean fishermen were held briefly by a Guatemalan coastal patrol vessel. The fishermen were fishing in the Gulf of Honduras when they were intercepted by the Guatemalan patrol at a point between the mouth of the Moho River, Toledo and Punta de Manabique, Izabal, […]
Belize City police say they are armed with sufficient evidence to charge gun-toting Douglas Grant Junior with a firearm offense. But, will a warrant be issued for the U.D.P. henchman’s arrest? A criminal investigation into an incident which occurred on Sunday morning, a short distance away from the Sit and Sip Nightclub, reveals that Grant […]
The department disputes the presence of a mobile patrol in front of the Sit and Sit Nightclub, but says that police officers arrived on the scene moments later. But Grant was never taken into custody. Instead, Ferguson was detained and taken to the Queen Street Precinct and held for a few hours. According to ACP […]
The impasse between the Ministry of Education and the Belize National Teachers Union came to a head on Friday when B.N.T.U. National President Luke Palacio firmly stood his ground, following a meeting of the Council of Management. The decision coming out of those discussions was that if the twenty-five member delegation cannot meet with Deputy […]
Saint John’s College and Junior College produced one of the best crops for this year’s CSEC and CAPE Examinations. Over at the high school Riki Alegria is the most outstanding student for the CSEC while at the junior college, Jose Guerrero was the top scorer and the Open Scholarship recipient. In fact, the top six […]
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G.O.B. is poised to bring an end to a long-running story – signing and ratifying the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). In September, Prime Minister Dean Barrow agreed to form a working group with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry to set the framework that would see Belize join more than one hundred […]
And our question for tonight is: with additional information on crooked land deals surfacing, should Area Rep Gaspar Vega, resign from office? 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
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Two former United Democratic Party politicians from the Cayo District are among the latest to be fingered in the burgeoning land transaction scandal in the Ministry of Natural Resources. Copies of land rent statements forwarded to News Five suggest that former Cayo Northeast area representative Elvin Penner was still collecting favors from a party that […]
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A young mother in the village of Seine Bight, Stann Creek District, suffered a sudden loss over the weekend, after she found her fifteen-month old daughter motionless in her bed on Sunday morning. She had fed her child and put her to sleep on Saturday night. Police are investigating the incident as a sudden death, […]
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Compensation for Belize Telemedia Limited has been scheduled in two payments, the first of which was initially disbursed on July eighth. We say initially because that sum was returned to the Government of Belize when the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled in favor of Dunkeld and the B.T.L. Employees Trust. Both entities are part of […]
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In its Weekend Under Review session on Monday, Rural Eastern Division police spoke about incidents that occurred in rural Belize District. The officers pointed to a traffic accident that took place two miles into the Boom/Hattieville Road on Sunday morning. Faith Thompson is tonight in a critical, but stable condition at the K.H.M.H. after the […]
Around twenty thousand dollars of equipment were stolen from the Eagles Nest International Church on Sunday night. Keyboards, amplifiers and digital and other equipment were looted after a truck was seen packing up the church’s property. Pastor Howell Longsworth told us that no windows or doors were broken and so they are still wondering how […]
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There was a fire on Monday at one of the family houses at the Price Barracks compound. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the family lost everything. Commander of the B.D.F., Brigadier General David Jones told us that the B.D.F. will be providing assistance to the family. The cause hasn’t been officially determined but it […]
When Hurricane Earl passed through Belize on August third the B.D.F. suffered substantial damage to their structures including the main store that houses the military equipment and also several roof and houses were damaged on the compound. The infrastructural damage was estimated to be over a million dollars. Well, three months later the B.D.F. are […]
There have been four murders in the prime tourism island of San Pedro in the month of October; three occurred last week alone. It is cause for concern to law enforcement since citizen’s security is clearly at stake and tourism can be impacted negatively. On Monday, Assistant Superintendent Henry Jemmoth said that police are fighting […]
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A training center was launched today as a welcome addition to the police station on Queen Street in Belize City. The facility was previously abandoned, but has now been converted into a space to be used by the Eastern Division North to hone the skills of officers in areas other than law enforcement. News Five’s […]
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was noticeably absent from this afternoon’s inauguration. In fact, the Officer Commanding Eastern Division South has been a no-show at several events hosted by his cross-town counterparts. Today, the media asked ACP Dezerie Phillips what’s up with the top cop’s absence. Reporter “We repeatedly see events at North […]
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The late Zebedee “Sonny” Pitterson felt the call to minister to members of his community. In addition to his popular bakery, Sunnyside on Racecourse Street, in 1994 he opened the “Feed My Sheep Kitchen” on East Collet Canal. He fed hundreds of children and lesser-privileged persons for over twenty years until his passing in 2014. […]
November second is observed as “Dia de Los Muertos” or the “Day of the dead” across Mexico, primarily in the central and southern parts. This celebration coincides with the Catholic holiday called All Souls and All Saints Day, but the indigenous people have combined this with their own traditional beliefs of honoring the dead. Here […]
The newest airline to begin flights to be Belize is WestJet. The flights will be originating from a new destination; that being Toronto, Canada twice for the week. WestJet’s first flight arrived on Saturday and aside from tourism, it is expected to boost the economy. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting For […]
