A lone gunman unleashed a barrage of bullets at a group of friends on Antelope Street on May twentieth, leaving two men dead and three others injured. Police believe that brazen shooter, was twenty-four year old Jaime Hendrick Smith, of Raccoon Street Extension. Smith was arrested this morning and has been charged with two counts […]
When two Belize City residents, a deacon and a small business owner decided to visit a local entertainment center on Saturday night, they hadn’t a clue that it would end up in a shooting incident, as well as a severe beating at a family home; all allegedly at the hands of the Police Department. According […]
Now for the good news, the PSE results 2011 were released late on Friday evening. We told you who the top scorers are; they comprise a mix bag from the Belize, Cayo, Corozal and Orange Walk Districts. Interestingly the public schools performed better than the private schools and English and Math remain areas of concern. […]
Earlier you met this year’s top PSE students; most of them from public schools. And as we said, the results in English and Math were not encouraging. Last year, the mean performance in English was at sixty-three point five percent and this year it dropped to the C level at fifty-four point nine percent. In […]
With convention season in full swing, the machineries of the political parties revved up in the Orange Walk South, Belmopan and Toledo East constituencies over the weekend. In the north, Rosendo “Chendo” Urbina, the sitting Ambassador of Belize to Mexico, who previously ran but lost in Orange Walk Central, garnered one thousand and fifty votes, […]
A reputed member of the Gill Street Gang was arrested for Kept prohibited firearm and Kept unlicensed ammunition, but he is also being investigated and may be charged for the Murder of Mark Matura. When police responded to the scene of the fatal shooting on Friday, they were securing a three block area and noticed […]
Sadie Vernon Technical High School is once again in the news tonight following a mid-morning stabbing incident on school grounds involving a second form student. While details of the incident remain sketchy, News Five understands that a former student of the high school entered the compound during the morning break and stabbed the teenager in […]
Evicted squatters, backed by Belizeans for Justice and COLA, staged a protest, blocking the Belcan Bridge after their houses were destroyed on Wednesday morning. On Thursday Yolanda Schakron, who was on the frontline, got the criminal treatment at the Queen Street Police Station, but after processing no charges were levied. COLA’s Giovanni Bracket also received […]
While the poverty stricken squatters are demanding alternative land or housing from the government, surprisingly, a large corporation is also calling on the government to help with its financial condition. Belize Electricity Limited is facing the possibility of countrywide blackouts. This morning’s blackout that hit the nation, however, was due to birds that built nests […]
BEL’s CEO Lyn Young has made it clear that an increase in electricity rates would alleviate the cash flow problem of the company. The government has made advanced payments mounting to four million dollars to assist BEL. And though the P.M. concedes that at least half of the country would be without power on a […]
Wholesalers operating along Hiccatee Street near the Michael Finnegan Market are up in arms over the enforcement of regulations by the Belize City Council to restrict the sale of produce outside of regulated hours. Upon relocation from West Canal prior to the opening of the new market, vendors had agreed to sell fruits and vegetables […]
Thirty-two year old Erwin Staine was murdered on Wednesday night and less than a day later the suspected gunman was arrested. According to police, twenty-seven year old Kenneth Dobson of Raccoon Street Extension has been formally charged with Murder. Staine was at a regular hangout spot, not far from his home on North Creek, where […]
A Ladyville gas attendant is behind bars tonight after he was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie on a charge of Carnal Knowledge. The report against twenty year old Seaford Miles was made by a fifteen year old who claims she met him at his workplace on May twenty-first. According the teen, Miles took her […]
Electrician, Nigel Tillett was behind the wheel of a Toyota Hilux pick-up that knocked down and killed the well known, Gilbert “Ray” Lightburn on October seventh, 2009. Today, Tillett was acquitted of Causing Death by Careless Conduct as well as the lesser charge of Manslaughter. Justice Adolph Lucas upheld a no case submission made by […]
It is more than twenty-four hours since seventy-five persons were left homeless when the police demolished houses from land they have squatted on in Lake Independence where construction is taking place to link that area to Chetumal Street in Belama. The affected persons including infants, school children, women and men bolstered with support from Belizeans […]
After seeing the unfortunate conditions of squatters televised on Wednesday following a pre-dawn operation in the Fabers Road Extension that destroyed their homes, the Women’s Issues Network has stepped in to lend assistance to the displaced families. Today, the organization visited with the area known as Gungulung and offered food for the day. According to […]
The bus crisis and the eviction of squatters that led to civil unrest at the Belcan Bridge topped the news on Wednesday. But at night, shots rang out in the North Creek area. Two men rode up, one opened fire on Erwin Staine and a friend. Unlike his friend, Staine did not stand a chance; […]
How do you rate the government’s handling of the bus crisis? That’s the question we asked after a nationwide shutdown of public transportation and a blockage of the Northern and Western highways by bus operators. Things came to a head over road service permits that were taken from members of the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative […]
Yolanda Schakron was at the frontline when squatters marched into the city and blocked the Belcan Bridge. Schakron is an outspoken member of Belizeans for Justice, who has been forthright against the police and corruption in the department. During Wednesday’s civil unrest, Schakron clashed with the police and this morning when word came that she […]
While the support from the Belize Bus Association (BBA) appeared to have been based on solidarity with fellow protestors, there was also another motive. One spokesperson for bus operators, Patrick Menzies, accompanied the BBA president to the police station this afternoon to support Yolanda Schakron. As a reference point, Menzies did not mince words when […]
For the second time in five days the government has come under intense fire. On Friday, the bus owners paralyzed the northern and western highways over runs taken away from established bus owners and given to a new company owned by a highly placed party supporter. This morning at the crack of dawn, police descended […]
At the top of the news, we showed you the confrontation between the security forces and squatters who were supported by Belizeans for Justice, COLA and others. The plight of the squatters started back in March; due to their quest for land they settled in the Fabers Road Extension area that will eventually link with […]
Aside from the squatters who took the Belcan Bridge by storm this morning, the government still has the festering transport issue on its hands. The administration gave a portion of bus runs to longtime U.D.P. supporter Sergio Chuc to the dismay of the bus operators who have been conducting runs on the Western Highway for […]
Once the protestors had been forcibly removed from the bridge, they gathered in front of the Farmers Market. Not too long after, they were met by a PUP delegation led by Opposition Leader, John Briceño, area representative Cordel Hyde and attorney Anthony Saldivar, who interrupted a national executive meeting to lend support to the squatters. […]
For his part, area representative Cordel Hyde acknowledged that the issue of squatting in Lake Independence has been a perennial problem. He believes that the sudden measures taken by the government were heartless and draconian. Cordel Hyde, Area Representative, Lake Independence “It’s not a new problem but it’s how you deal with things. There’s a […]
