With that horrible ranking, fear of crime and violence has become a real personal problem. Urban violence is quickly spreading to rural communities; citizens’ personal security is under constant threat. In the City, organized crime linked to drugs and gangs have taken over entire neighborhoods, putting youths at risk. Today we re-visit Justin Stephens; he […]
The engines are beginning to rev as the political season cranks up and speculation is rife that an early election will be called. There are changes in both the P.U.P. and the U.D.P. We start with the United Democratic Party, which is sorting out representation in one area that seemingly will soon be up for […]
On the other side of the political fence, the People’s United Party has now installed Freetown Area Representative Francis Fonseca as its new leader. This Saturday, the party is going into high gear with a convention to elect its official slate of councilor candidates for the 2012 Municipal Elections. Led by former director of the […]
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Just before news time, a man was hit on the Western Highway near mile eleven. A News Five team on the scene found out that he was riding a bicycle, heading toward Hattieville when he was hit by a bus, travelling in the same direction. According to one report, the accident victim is a Hattieville […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has produced its latest report on Belize after consultations in August. It’s a mix of good and bad news. The good, according to a summary of the report, is essentially that the macroeconomic outlook for 2011 remains moderately positive. Output growth is projected at two point five percent, reflecting a […]
At noon today, a demonstration was held in San Pedro where Mayor Elsa Paz is adamant about the construction of a town clock. Many are not totally against the mayor’s project, but a clock in the middle of the road in the congested down town area, has many furious including the business community, the BTIA […]
But it was political in Belize City when John Briceño handed over the baton of the People’s United Party to Francis Fonseca on Saturday following Briceño’s sudden resignation on October seventh and Albert’s Mark Espat’s decision to decline leadership. There are two major hurdles to cross: the finances of the party said to be in […]
Francis’ baptism as party leader was done metaphorically in hot water at the Parish Hall. He has months to secure finances for municipal as well as spearhead the upcoming General Elections. In the eventuality, the Prime Minister decides on an early election, Francis must also mediate and bridge rivaling factions within the P.U.P. How will […]
In news in the U.D.P., while he had denied stepping down, all indications are that the Caribbean Shores Minister, Carols Perdomo, will not seek a second term. Perdomo was elected in convention last year, but because of health issues, he will be stepping down. As we told you last week, there are many in the […]
There were no gang related murders in the City over the weekend, but the sustained urban violence was felt in Belmopan. At around seven on Friday night in the capital, three gunmen targeted a popular restaurant. The owner was robbed and shot; he was rushed to the Western Regional Hospital and then transferred to the […]
Eleven standard six students at the St. Edmund R.C. School in Teakettle Village inexplicably fell ill and were briefly hospitalized on Friday. Some of them fainted, but all had the same symptoms of severe headaches, dizziness and nausea. The cause for their sudden illness is unknown and is still a mystery. The incident has left […]
An incident this morning at a Teakettle school has puzzled the entire community. Soon after classes began, several standard six students, who use the church as a classroom, fell ill; some of them fainted and had to be rushed to the Western Regional Hospital. All shared similar symptoms of dizziness, nausea and severe headaches. The […]
Belizean, Ian Alamilla, who is living in Westmont, Chicago turned himself in six days after he strangled his estranged wife, Tara, in April 2010. Over a year later, Alamilla pleaded guilty on Thursday to the charge of Murder. In exchange for his guilty plea, Alamilla will be sentenced to no more than fifty years in […]
Leon Hinds was stabbed three times on Wednesday night in an area near 88 Shopping Center on Central American Boulevard. The blade caught him in the neck, chest and lung. His family says they know he is far from perfect, but he is their brother and he didn’t deserve the vicious wounds that almost took […]
Earlier this month, it was discovered that forty-two weapons, including M-16s and M-4 Carbines were stolen from under the noses of the B.D.F. Up to today, no one has been held accountable. So we asked on Tuesday who viewers thought should be held responsible. The answer is as follows: twenty-two percent thought the officers should […]
Badih “Bob” Bou-Nahra departs Belize over the weekend for Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker. He is among eight other finalists competing to take home the pot of more than eight million US dollars. Locally, excitement has been growing and a large contingent of Belizeans will accompany Bob to the grand event at […]
Tomas Antonio Moguel was murdered at his workplace at the Shell One Stop in Orange Walk on the night of October fourteenth. The watchman was executed by one of two gunmen, who simply came from behind the compound and shot him to death at about four-thirty in the morning. On Thursday, police arrested and charged […]
Four month old Xy Li Jiang is the second member of the Jiang family to pass away a day after a devastating accident that occurred at mile sixteen on the Northern Highway. The baby girl succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Her body remains at the morgue until […]
Before the battle over the amendment to the constitution, there was always debate on private property and property rights. On January twelfth, 2010, a Benque Viejo Del Carmen resident was watching television when he heard Minister of Economic Development, Erwin Contreras say that his property would be acquired and given to the Mount Carmel High […]
The man at the center of the land case, Sam Bruce, says it was a surreal experience because he had done charity and community based work for the past two decades in Benque Viejo. He says he couldn’t believe that a hard working taxpayer, who used his own capital to develop his land for community […]
As we reported on Wednesday night, Minister Carlos Perdomo is calling it quits. Even though on December sixth, 2010, he handily beat Councilor Roger Espejo and was re-elected to run in the affluent Caribbean Shores constituency, Perdomo is stepping down and will not contest the next general elections. Aside from ministerial scandals in immigration and […]
In Cancun and Cozumel, residents and visitors are preparing for Rina, which has been downgraded from hurricane to a tropical storm. Belize was spared of Rina when it proceeded on the projected path towards the Yucatan Peninsula. In Corozal, where the effects would have been felt, fortunately, it never happened and Wednesday night was calm […]
Two persons have been arrested in Dangriga for pulling a fast one on the local branch of the Belize Bank. A little over twenty-four thousand dollars were fraudulently withdrawn from the bank. The alleged scheme was busted last week Monday when the bank caught up with the last transaction and bank teller Dencil Leroy Alvarez […]
A second person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Wendell Reimer, who was shot during a robbery at his business, Eagle One Hardware on the Northern Highway. Police today released the name of the suspect who was formally charged today with Murder and Robbery. He is twenty-one year old Ernest Staine, […]
