Last Friday, we reported on the laying off of fifty-seven workers at the Golden Princess Casino in Corozal. Employees of the gambling den were let go in the wake of a decline in business near the Belize/Mexico Border. Today, there are more persons without jobs up north to add to the unemployment lines. News Five […]
The Statistical Institute of Belize held its second press conference for this year. Today, S.I.B. released the figures for G.D.P. and inflation rate. In short, S.I.B. confirms that the basket of food rose sharply in 2013 as compared to 2012; by as much as four percent. But to get to the grocery stores transportation costs […]
All eyes will be on the Supreme Court on Friday, as the P.U.P. fights for judicial review and the government fights to protect the man in the center of an ongoing immigration scandal. That is one angle of attack on Penner, but there is still the matter of the recall petition which was blocked […]
Back in January 2011, Kraal Road gang leader, Raymond Gentle, aka “Killa”, was executed at his jobsite in Belize City while he and his co-workers were building a wooden structure. Today, the person accused of the violent execution saw his trial by judge come to an end. He is twenty-year-old Corwin Bennett, and he will […]
Just before news time this evening, several shots rang out in the Queen Square area, approximately a block away from the Raccoon Street Police Station. Two Belize City youths were hit by what is described as a barrage of bullets, as they stood in a yard near the Wesley Upper Primary School. Details are sketchy […]
Corozal Police are investigating a broad daylight robbery which occurred in the Commercial Free Zone on Monday morning. It happened in the parking lot of the Fabrica de Mayoreo, and when it was over, two men had escaped with just over two hundred thousand dollars, or one point two five million pesos. The money was […]
Belize’s star striker Deon McCauley, one of only three athletes to score eleven goals during the qualifying stages of competition leading up to the approaching FIFA World Cup, has found a new home in professional soccer. McCauley, on the heels of a recent victory with the Belmopan Bandits, as champions of the Premier League of […]
While the Belmopan Bandits, the Football Federation of Belize and his teammates on the Belize National Selection celebrate the success of one of their own, Deon’s father, David ‘Manu’ McCauley, himself an established local athlete, says that accomplishment is a mere stepping stone in his son’s career. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. David ‘Manu’ McCauley, Father […]
A post mortem examination on the body of Thomas Ferguson Sr., who succumbed over the weekend to an injury received on December seventh, 2013, confirms that he died of complications resulting from the stab wound. Ferguson was stabbed once to the chest by his nephew Oliver Peters, following a bitter dispute over title to a […]
Last Friday, the Golden Princess Casino located at the Northern border closed its doors. The news was immediate cause for concern, particularly so because reports were that as many as one hundred and thirty Belizeans had been laid off. Today, News Five has gotten confirmation on the actual figures, which are not as high as […]
In Monday’s newscast, we reported on the shooting of twenty-one year old Computer Technician, Andrew Augustine. While Augustine remains hospitalized, police believe the alleged gunman was twenty-three year old Stephon Anderson. And late this evening, the Ebony Street resident was charged and arraigned before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. An unrepresented Anderson was slapped with […]
A traffic accident took the life of well-known biker, Anthony Hunter Senior over the weekend. Hunter had escorted a group of visitors on to the George Price Highway when his life was cut short. From all accounts, Hunter, who is the son of historian Fred Hunter Senior, was driving at a high speed and not […]
Anthony Hunter’s family is preparing to lay him to rest later this week. But police investigations continue and contrary to what the family says, the police believe that Hunter was heading in the direction of Belmopan when the collision took place. Police also coincide with the family’s views that speeding was involved in the accident. […]
Forty-four year old Thomas Ferguson Senior was stabbed in the chest by his nephew on December seventh, 2013, following a bitter land dispute in which the two were engaged in for a number of years. The enmity stemmed from a property on Arlington Drive which had been developed by Ferguson and his family. His nephew, […]
Last Friday, we told you about three prisoners who had escaped from police custody. Well tonight, the streets are safer because two of the three have been recaptured. Late this afternoon San Ignacio Police nabbed twenty-five year old Jarob Arthur Lamb in Santa Elena, Cayo. Lamb, an accused murderer, was heading to court when he […]
A second prisoner who police claimed eluded the long arms of the law is also back in police custody. Twenty-three year old Sherman Rodney handed himself to police this afternoon accompanied by the Ombudsman. While police claim that Rodney had escaped from the K.H.M.H., Rodney and his mother, Florence Horne claim that after receiving treatment […]
A Belize City youth is tonight in a critical, but stable condition at the K.H.M.H. following a shooting on Sunday night in the St. Martin De Porres area. According to police, just after ten p.m., eighteen year old Andrew Augustine was walking on Jasmine Street when a gunman on bicycle approached and fired a single […]
A sixteen year student who was apparently driving without a license is in trouble tonight with the law. On Sunday night, he collided into the gate of the Taiwanese Embassy in North Park Street. He was reportedly driving on Marine Parade and upon turning into North Park Street; he lost control of his vehicle and […]
The Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize, FECTAB, held a press briefing this morning to discuss details of a longstanding rift between executive member Yhony Rosado and rival tour operator Vitalino Reyes, among other pressing issues within the industry. On Monday, Rosado told News Five that he is being discriminated against by the Belize […]
Among other issues discussed were FECTAB’s perennial gripe with Chukka and the Memorial Park as part of the Fort Street Tourism Zone. David Almendarez, an executive of the organization, brought into sharp focus what seems to be an underutilization of the park, despite the massive investment that went into its renovation. David Almendarez, Tour […]
From FECTAB’s protest on the current state of cruise tourism, to widespread objection to another growing sector of the industry, sex tourism. That niche market sells in premiere destinations all over the world. But is it selling in Belize? And is a provider called Global Fantasies on the up and up? It’s a story we’ve […]
News Five has received credible information that the casino known as the Golden Princess, located near the northern border, has closed its doors. Those reports circulated this morning, along with news that over one hundred employees had been let go. No information was forthcoming from the management of the Princess. This afternoon, News Five spoke […]
The Belize City Council currently pays two sanitation companies for work done in the city – Belize Waste Control and Belize Maintenance Limited. Both companies account for over one hundred thousand dollars a week, leaving the council in arrears. Mayor Darrell Bradley has indicated that though he is currently in litigation with BWC, that company […]
In Thursday’s newscast, we reported that San Ignacio Police have launched a manhunt for accused murdered, twenty-five-year-old Jarod Arthurs Lamb. Lamb escaped from custody around eight-thirty on Thursday morning, while en route to a court hearing in the western town. He was along with six other prisoners when he broke free from a handcuff and […]
Twenty-one year old Lindbergh Alexander Clarke is tonight serving the first night of a fifteen-year stretch at the Belize Central Prison, after being found guilty of three firearm-related offences. This evening, he appeared before Magistrate Hettie Mae-Stewart in the presence of attorney Ellis Arnold. Clarke was busted on July fourteenth, 2012 at around one a.m., […]
