The annual general meeting of Belize Telemedia Limited is being held tonight at the Princess Hotel. And if you choose to believe the government appointed directors, the company’s profits for the year have increased by thirty-eight percent. That’s a whopping profit or a whopping lie. We ran the numbers by accountants versed in that industry: […]
Crimes of theft, including robbery and burglary, are usually rampant during this time of year. The crime statistics released show a huge increase in burglaries since the beginning of the year. The Christmas season has become synonymous with an unabated increase in jackings and break-ins. On Tuesday night around seven-thirty, Sergio Ceballos, a Belize City […]
In the courts, a brawl among several women on Hibiscus Street almost increased the murder statistics when Judean Brown was stabbed multiple times to the back, neck and behind the left ear. Judean still bears the scars of that fight and struggled to speak as she testified in court today against twenty-four year old Kaycia […]
There is a report tonight that is not good news for high school students. It involves the future of the highly anticipated Belize Math Olympiad (BMO) in which the brightest high school students look forward to test their math skills and endurance in the highly competitive contest. For months, the Belize Association of Principals of […]
For weeks, there has been widespread speculation that the Belize Bank would be moving in to take over the Port of Belize, owned by businessman, Luke Espat. The reports have been greatly detailed, from heated encounters to the naming of a receiver. While on another assignment today, News Five put the question of whether a […]
There is an official royal visit in the making; these occasions are usually planned well in advance and executed with high protocol. The British royal family will embark on a global tour in 2012 as part of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The announcement went viral today and according to a report in the United […]
The Chiquibul Forest covers four hundred and thirty-seven thousand acres, which is about seven point seven percent of the entire landmass of Belize. This area encompasses the Chiquibul National Park, Chiquibul Forest Reserve and the Caracol Archaeological Reserve; all protected areas. The national park, however, has come under unrelenting plundering by organized, illegal loggers who […]
Outgoing president Alvaro Colom made it official in Guatemala today that a referendum on the Guatemalan dispute with Belize would be held within two years. Colom’s remarks were contained in a press release from Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the release, a meeting held on November twenty-eighth, between Guatemala and Belize decided that […]
The crime statistics for the period January to October are out. According to the Belize Police Department’s release, the number of murders at the end of October stood at one hundred and twelve, a small increase compared to one hundred and six during the same period in 2010. For the crimes of rape and carnal […]
The House of Representatives meets this Friday in Belmopan. And before you start speculating that the date for general elections will be announced, we can say that we are satisfied that you won’t hear that on Friday. It will, however, be the first time that Francis Fonseca will lead the parliamentary opposition in the House […]
Last Friday, a young girl was killed in Double Head Cabbage when she was hit by a school bus. There is another traffic accident to report to night, but fortunately there are no casualties. It happened at mile twelve on the Western Highway shortly before eight o’clock this morning and left one person hospitalized in […]
When police discovered a badly stabbed body off a feeder road at mile three on the Western Highway on Friday, they had no clue who it was. By Monday night police identified the victim as forty-year old Nigerian Security Guard, Abayomi Olatunji. While police have no leads on this murder, his family in Nigeria believes […]
Goldburn “Easy Glen” Adolphus is a well known U.D.P. supporter and former City Council employee. More recently he ran into trouble with the law over an unpaid debt and when we caught up with the brash personality today, he was in a quandary with the City Council. Now unemployed, Easy Glen carries on his hustle […]
An investigation is ongoing on an incident at the residence of Prime Minister Dean Barrow. PM Barrow returned to country last Saturday from Miami where he was accompanying his wife, Kim Simplis Barrow, on a second round of chemotherapy. According to reports, someone stoned the PM’s house shattering a window. Video surveillance tapes have been […]
In our previous poll, sixty-two percent of viewers thought that the Prime Minister will be calling early elections. Many reasons are advanced as to why the PM will call early elections. Some say he will have to implement IMF recommendations to increase the dreaded GST, others think he is getting pressure over corruption and the […]
Sorrel is an herb that is associated with the Christmas season; there’s sorrel wine, cake and juice and now there is sorrel stout. That new product was introduced into the market on December third. But if you’re looking for the new stout, well you have to wait a bit because the stock has been totally […]
A Belize City fisherman who is the father of five children will not be with his family for Christmas this year. George Rochester was gunned down on Saturday night in Ladyville as he was making his way to a party. He was shot multiple times by an unknown gunman. At least one man was seen […]
Last Friday, an unidentified man was found with multiple stab wounds; in fact, police say that as many as fifteen were inflicted on the body. Up to Friday evening police were unable to determine the time of the murder or the motive, but he has now been identified as forty year old Abayomi Olatunji, a […]
Aside from the two murders, there’s other violence to report. The Texaco Service Station, popularly known as Texaco North Star, located near mile one and a half on the Northern Highway, was targeted by a pair of armed robbers during a midmorning heist today. Shortly before eleven o’clock the duo entered the premises where store […]
Speculation has been rampant that the government is considering early elections. Back in 1993, the P.U.P. administration called an early poll before their term of office had expired; that move backfired and the then government was kicked out of office. We put the question of early elections to viewers. Most people thought that the government […]
We broke the story of the rice crisis back on November twenty-fourth. The largest producers in the rice industry from Blue Creek have seen their sales dip since last year. Uncle John has been hit so hard, it is getting out of the business. Recently, there was a lot of heat when it came to […]
The decision was taken almost two weeks ago but went under the radar. At the end of November, the Bar Association decided to challenge in court the status of Belize’s Solicitor General, Cheryl Krusen, as a Senior Counsel. From what we know, this is the first time that the elevation of a senior counsel is […]
Deep in the Belize River Valley, a two-year old girl was killed this morning. She is the victim of a terrible accident that has left a school and the entire community of Double Head Cabbage in pain. Rushina MacFadzean was being taken by her brother to a baby sitter when she was hit by a […]
In Belize City, the police provided more details of the tragic accident. Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Press Officer “Well, police visited the scene sometime around seven-forty one, but this child was transported to the KHMH from where she underwent surgery. This child, Rushina McFadzean, two years, was being ferried by her five year old brother […]
There has not been a murder in the Old Capital for weeks, but police need help tonight in identifying the body of man found early this afternoon off Mile three on the Western Highway. From all accounts, the victim had a horrific end; his body was badly mutilated and when it was found following a […]
