A well-known attorney was pulled over by the Gang Suppression Unit on Faber’s Road on Thursday morning and a search of his vehicle yielded several rounds of unlicensed ammunition. Ordinarily, it is a charge that would land the driver behind bars for an indictable offense. The fact that he was set free following the raid […]
Charges may be upgraded for Zena Armstrong, who was charged earlier this week for the manslaughter of a Corozal teen. In the wake of Sunday’s stabbing death of nineteen-year-old Ana Villanueva, her family and friends, as well as the public, took to social media to express their discontent with the instruction by the Director of […]
There was an aggravated burglary in Kings Park in the early hours of this morning. Police were called out to Leslie Street in Belize City where businesswoman Jian Hong Wu reported that she had just left her business Wong Gock Restaurant and was entering her yard when she saw three dark complexion male persons wearing […]
On Monday, government will introduce the Maritime Areas Act (Amendment) Bill during a special Sitting of the House of Representatives. In the amendment, the government will claim all of Belize’s territorial waters. The 1992 Act was crafted during negotiations between Belize and Guatemala. At the time, the Maritime Areas Act was passed in order to […]
P.U.P. Leader John Briceño confirmed today that the Prime Minister has proposed to appoint a four-member committee as the country moves forward with taking the dispute to the International Court of Justice. The committee will be comprised of Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington who acts as chair and Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, both from the government […]
Last Wednesday, the people of Belize voted in favor of taking Guatemala’s unfounded claim to the International Court of Justice. For political observers, it’s a nod of approval for the U.D.P. by the people. But for Opposition Leader John Briceño, it’s not about scoring political points. Since the results, reports have surfaced that there might […]
Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat has filed separate claims before the Supreme Court against the Government of Belize. Those lawsuits are in addition to pending litigation in the high court, following a decision by the Court of Appeal on Thursday. The bench ordered that a previously dismissed matter involving the firebrand politician being thrown […]
Last week, forty-five-year-old teacher Judith Cacho was arraigned for allegedly harming an eight-year-old student. The student, Anthony Adolphus, is accusing Cacho of hitting him in the eye with a ruler on January sixteenth at Queen Square Anglican School. Cacho pled not guilty to the charge and was released on bail. The incident brings to light […]
Earlier in the month, News Five took you to Machakilha Village, a remote community in Toledo District. The story focused on the hardships of students who have to trek for hours and miles in order to attend classes in another village. In the story, News Five accompanied the students as they set out before the […]
The Belize Defence Force is in the process of culminating its Belize Special Assignment Group special operator course and today, one of several exercises was carried out by a cohort of soldiers that made the cut to participate in the programme. After ten weeks of specialised training to increase their competencies in these military disciplines, […]
On Thursday, we reported on the closing of the European Union’s two million Euros funded project in the banana belt. It is one of the many projects that the EU has funded in the agriculture sector, along with projects in the sugar and citrus industries. But moving forward, they will be focusing their investments on […]
If you went to the gas stations today you may have noticed a slight increase in the cost of diesel oil. That increase is because the price for diesel went up by three cents at the pumps last night. The cost per gallon jumped from ten dollars and forty-three cents to ten dollars and forty-six […]
Educators across the country are today celebrating Teachers’ Day. In Belize, the day is set aside every year in May to honor and celebrate the contributions of educators at all levels. While last year there was a national event, this year teachers were left to celebrate their day in their own way. Considered the most […]
The Attorney General’s Ministry is working on a piece of legislation that would address cyber-bullying. The government has long since been working on the legislation but it was recently this year that leaked nude pictures of females, including a teenager in her uniform, caused an uproar and prompted the government to fast track its progress […]
The C.E.O. Caucus Ride is in its fourth year and over one hundred persons have registered for the charity event on Saturday. Since 2016, C.E.O.s in various government ministries have organized a bike ride to raise funds to fight cancer. This year, the ride is being celebrated under the theme ‘Stronger Together’ with a goal […]
Today the Police Department officially launched its Eastern Division Youth Basketball Cup 2019 at the Yarborough Green Basketball Court on south side Belize City. The sports tournament is a community policing initiative that brings together at-risk youths from various gang ridden neighborhoods across region one of the Old Capital and fosters comradery among the participants […]
