There is breaking news tonight that a man was chopped to death. This report has just come into our newsroom and we will have more on it on Tuesday. But from what we were able to confirm, a man was attacked and chopped before the culprit escaped in his vehicle. It reportedly occurred on the […]
There were two murders on Saturday within four hours of each other. Tonight, the family of Michael Alexander Williams says they know that someone wanted him dead, but they are having trouble figuring out who and why. The fifty-eight-year-old general manager and son of well-known businesswoman Marie Sharp was executed around midnight, Saturday. He was […]
Hours before the Williams’ murder, the weekend’s first homicide took place on Faber’s Road where Johvanney Tablada was marked for dead. The twenty-three-year-old was at a party at the house of his girlfriend when he was executed before eight o’clock. Police are looking at different angles including one that it may have been motivated by […]
“Contrived stories” and “conspiratorial fantasies” are words that National Security Minister John Saldivar used to describe some reports about police’s involvement in narco-trafficking in Belize. Those remarks were specifically aimed at the many suspected drug planes that have landed in Belize over the past year and allegations of corruption amongst high ranking officers of the […]
On January sixteen we reported on the fifty-two cents decrease per gallon of premium fuel. But tonight, the reprieve for consumers has been short-lived since the price of premium fuel is about to go up and will take the price again above the ten dollars mark. The price increase is twenty-four cents, from nine dollars […]
Gun violence over the weekend, claimed the life of two persons and left two others injured. The violence started on Saturday morning and is believed to be gang-related in retaliation for the murder of Backalands Crips leader Joseph Babb. Police are on high alert to avert further bloodshed. Twenty-one-year-old Marcos Zelaya, his father and other […]
A fifty-one-year-old man was also shot in Mahogany Heights on Saturday. Police say that sometime around one-thirty in the afternoon, security guard Rodwell Cuthkelvin was on his motorcycle when a man shot him. Police say investigation shows that the shooting resulted from a gang rivalry between two sparring groups in the Mahogany Heights Community. ASP […]
Police say that they’ve had a number of drug interdictions in western Belize in recent weeks. As a result, they have stepped up their response to tackle many small drug trafficking operations in that area. While the authorities believe there are other persons heading the drug operation, they have so far managed to nab some […]
In a separate incident, police arrested another Guatemalan national on drug trafficking charges. Police and B.D.F. were conducting a vehicular check point on the Arenal Road in Benque Viejo when they searched a taxi and discovered three hundred and thirty-six grams of marijuana. The woman has since been charged ten thousand dollars and if she […]
A raging fire broke out at the Belize Aquaculture Limited this afternoon. News Five has learned that fire erupted at around two o’clock. An eyewitness informed our newsroom that three firefighters arrived at the scene at around four-thirty-eight- more than two hours after. Our newsroom was also informed that after quickly examining the situation, the […]
Fifty-eight-year-old Franz Hamilton can breathe a sigh of relief tonight. He has been before the court for charges ranging from sexual assault to attempted suppression of evidence. Hamilton was first accused of committing a sexual assault upon an eight-year-old, but that charge was dismissed. But months after he was out on bail, Hamilton was brought […]
The United Democratic Party has taken the official position to support taking Guatemala’s claim on Belize to the International Court of Justice for final resolution. A release from the party says that a National Party Council met on Saturday in Belize City where, among other party business, the matter of submitting the Guatemalan claim to […]
Months ago, the hilltop property and home of the Public Service Union in Belmopan was sold to Simplex Designs in Corozal, owned by a Chinese businessman. The property was retailed at four hundred thousand dollars, even though the union has been headquartered at that location for almost two decades and has invested over two hundred […]
Former Cabinet Secretary Anthony Sylvester Senior passed away this morning after ailing for some time. Sylvester Senior slipped into a coma and at the time of his death, was at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Sylvester Senior was the consummate career public officer who rose through the ranks; he was named permanent secretary and ultimately […]
And to a case of sudden death. Police say that the man who was found dead inside a hotel room in Belize City died of natural causes. Forty-seven-year-old American National Jernal Rommel Cannon was found lifeless inside a hotel room at the Ramada Belize City Princess Hotel on Sunday night. The authorities were notified at […]
Former Boundary Commissioner Lindsay Belisle is adding to the I.C.J. debate through a different perspective. Belisle, who is also an international surveyor, is supporting a NO vote and is warning the government that, “The 1859 Treaty does not give title to Belize’s eight-eight-sixty-seven.” In fact, Belisle explains that taking the claim to the I.C.J. is […]
Belisle went further to state that the one of the discrepancies he identified in the 1859 Treaty is that the location of the Aguas Turbias does not correspond to the coordinates in the treaty. He says that if the 1859 Treaty is Belize’s trump card in our case against Guatemala’s claim then the government and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports….]
