In this newscast we have reported on countless cases of police brutality. The most recent was caught on camera prompting a long list of questions over the behaviour of the police versus the citizens. On Sunday night, an unsuspecting Anthony Tillett of Belize City was attacked by two cops, one held him in a chokehold […]
As the season gets underway, criminals are on the loose. Tonight, there is yet another home invasion to report in the Belama Phase One area of Belize City. For the second time in less than two weeks, a house was targeted on Samuel Haynes Street, but police cannot ascertain if the masked and armed burglars […]
Former Belmopan Mayor and businessman Anthony Chanona was held at gunpoint on Monday night near Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on the Ring Road. He had just exited the church and was walking towards his pickup truck when two Hispanic men pounced on him. One of them was armed and pointed the weapon on Chanona, […]
ComPol Williams also addressed the media following this evening’s meeting and spoke of increased measures that will be put in place to ramp up police presence in the Garden City, during the Christmas Season and beyond. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Well first and foremost I must say thanks to Mr. Chanona, the Mayor […]
Police are yet to levy any charges in respect of Sunday’s murder of Glenford Hines Junior in Punta Gorda though one person is in custody. Hines was gunned down on Price Street and the general view is that he was not the intended target. In the aftermath of his senseless murder, there has been an […]
On December seventh, police formally arrested and charged Shane Jones for the murder of Edwin Usher. On December first, Usher was gravely beaten outside of a bar at the corner of Vernon and Johnson Streets in Belize City. He was taken to the K.H.M.H. but slipped into a coma. Usher died several days later at […]
Also appearing in court today was twenty-six-year-old Sydney Bucknor Junior, who is charged with the murder of his uncle, sixty-one-year-old Michael Bucknor. Sydney gave the police a caution statement in which he confessed to the 2016 murder. That statement was admitted into evidence after a voir dire, which is a trial within a trial, found […]
Well-known Tour Operator, Yhony Rosado, is on the news tonight for a robbery at his home on the George Price Highway. Rosado and his family were in deep slumber when thieves struck driving away with his forty-five thousand dollar pick-up truck. The vehicle was recovered but had been extensively damaged. Today, he told News Five’s […]
It’s been one year since Anisha Young vanished without a trace. The twenty-two-year-old went missing after a night out with her boyfriend at a local nightclub on Newtown Barracks in Belize City. Family and friends as well as police searched endlessly to locate her, but with no luck. There were multiple persons, including the boyfriend, […]
At news time tonight, the family has organized an event at the Digi Park on Newtown Barracks in Belize City. They are encouraging family and friends of other missing persons to come out and join in with an aim to create a support group that can help families with finding closure. Sheree Saldano says that […]
Late this evening, the Young family, along with Jose Luis Espat, who has been working closely with them since Anisha’s disappearance last year, called a press brief to provide an update on latest developments regarding the case. While they are no closer to locating Young, the family is upset that another piece of evidence has […]
There is another report of a missing person whose family is desperately looking for. It’s been nine days since Darlene Whitfield says she has seen her son, Devon Lopez and like Anisha Young’s family, Whitfield believes that her son is dead. Today, she broke her silence on the disappearance of her son. The twenty-two-year-old was […]
The family has been working closely with investigators from the Belama precinct as information on his whereabouts is being reviewed. In the one-on-one interview with News Five; an emotional Darlene Whitfield believes her son is dead and her family wants closure. Darlene Whitfield, Mother of Missing Man “If unu do something to ahn, unu […]
Kevin Jex was back in court today for a mitigation hearing. He was originally accused of the murder of Desmond Miller but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter on July 16, 2019. The court heard from two character witnesses, including his sister, Jenisse Ramirez today. Ramirez told the court that her brother, Jex, […]
Twenty-five-year-old Travis Tyler Navarro is tonight in trouble with the law. He was reportedly busted with a loaded point three-fifty-seven revolver in the wee hours of Saturday morning. At around three-twenty-five a.m., Navarro was spotted inside a yard in Pinks Alley, Belize City, and when he saw police officers, Navarro bolted inside the house. Police […]
There has been an alarming increase in carjacking in the west in recent days. The stolen vehicles are quickly transported over the border into Guatemala. Another such case occurred on Monday morning. The victim, fifty-five-year-old Santiago Molina recounted to police that at around eleven-thirty that morning he was driving out of his residence on the […]
Revised figures have been released by the Statistical Institute of Belize. They show that there has been a contraction in the economy by point four percent in the third quarter of this year between July and September. It follows a shrinking of the economy of point eight percent in the second quarter of this year. […]
Belize is in the process of establishing a hemp industry. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Dean Barrow during his Independence Day speech this year. According to the PM, there is a global fascination with hemp which is thought to contain almost magical healing properties. This says the PM, means that Belize with ideal […]
The Government of Belize remains under sustained fire from the N.G.O. community after announcing on December fifth that it will not ban the use of gillnets. OCEANA was first to respond to the disappointing news, issuing a release on the heels of that statement last Thursday. The organization made clear that by refusing to prohibit […]
Earlier today, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust, PACT, announced that a pair of programmes under its Climate Finance Portfolio has been approved through international climate finance mechanisms. Support for these initiatives follows the Trust’s recent accreditation by the Green Climate Fund and re-accreditation by the Adaptation Fund in 2018 and 2019, respectively. On Monday, the […]
In November, NICH launched its second annual Christmas Card Competition. Last year they received fewer than five submissions but this year a whopping eighty-five entries were submitted. A young student in Belize City captured the prize and now her winning design will be used for NICH’s 2019 Christmas Card. According to NICH, the winning image […]
The children of Stella Maris School headed to the Radisson today for their anticipated Christmas Party. Every year, the Belize Bank throws a party for them to celebrate the season. And what a party it was. Spiderman and the L.O.L. rainbow character were on hand as a special treat to the group of children. Here […]
El Festival Del Pueblo or the people’s festival has gained momentum since it started eight years ago in San Lazaro, Orange Walk. It is the brainchild of Hugo Carrillo, a resident, who has been working towards the preservation of the Maya/Mestizo culture, including the history of his village, San Lazaro. Cultural leaders and groups from […]
The Ministry of Education broke ground for three new schools in the south. Last week, Minister of Education Patrick Faber, ministry officials and village went to the villages of Bella Vista and San Juan-Cow Pen to the proposed sites of the projects. Reporter Andrea Polanco reports. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Bella Vista, through funding from […]
