The grand finale of Duets Season Three was Tuesday night. Across the country and beyond, viewers held a collective breath as the final three duos had their farewell performances. At stake were the ten thousand dollar grand prize and many other fabulous gifts for the number one duo and thousands of dollars for the runner […]
Two weeks ago a human smuggling ring was exposed when it was revealed that charters from Haiti had been landing at the Philip Goldson International Airport with Chinese nationals. The investigations showed that the three flights on September eighteen, nineteen and October third brought thirty-three Chinese nationals who were whisked away from the airport to […]
There has been a rise in horrific crimes, but the following story is horrendous beyond belief. It is the first case that we know of locally and the details sound more like a Lifetime drama that depicts the moral decay to which our society has plunged. Raylene Dyer, a young mother who gave birth three […]
At news time tonight, a Guatemalan national is in custody for the brutal murders of Richard and Maria Stuart, who were viciously killed at around midnight on Saturday. While the Guatemalan has reportedly confessed to the murder, it is believed he did not act alone and police are looking for a second suspect. The Stuarts […]
The Bar Association on Monday issued a release, mourning the death of their colleague Richard Stuart and his wife Maria and announcing a reward of fifty thousand dollars for anyone with information leading to a conviction in the brutal slaying. Richard, a former president of Bar, was also a high ranking member of the Steadfast […]
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One in the myriad of cases before the courts in the nationalization of Telemedia is by the British Caribbean Bank that is seeking to recover millions of dollars on loan to Telemedia. But last Friday, at the launch of the BTL offering, the Chairman of Telemedia, Mr. Net Vasquez, declared that the loan of twenty-two […]
The Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations (APAMO) has written a very distressing letter to the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding what can only be seen as alleged misuse of the Protected Areas Trust Fund (PACT). APAMO’s Chairman, Edilberto Romero, complains that instead of being used to finance and preserve protected areas, PACT funds are […]
The next story started out as just another burglary but turned out to be a comically botched up jacking. It happened, or should we say, started in Lord’s Bank Village at a house where the thieves broke in and ended up at the roundabout near the Belcan Bridge in Belize City with a high speed […]
The news spread like wildfire, attorney Richard Stuart and his wife Maria were repeatedly stabbed at his home just before midnight on Saturday after a Bar Association dinner. Their murder was horrific and shocking. Stuart, a former magistrate who moved into private practice, was well known and highly connected in the United Democratic Party. His […]
This evening the Bar Association issued a release expressing its outrage and dismay over the brutal murder of Richard Stuart and his wife, Maria. As they mourn, his colleagues remember him as a professional, cordial and courteous attorney who was active in the association and served as president from 2008 to 2009. The Bar is […]
Less than twenty-four hours before, there was a deadly assault on three prison employees while on their way home from work on Friday night. They were ambushed in a taxi near Hattieville with what is believed to be a high powered assault rifle. Miriam Gillett was killed on the spot; the two others are in […]
There’s another murder to report. Police have now confirmed that eighteen year old Raylene Dyer was murdered in the Cayo District. Dyer was killed on October eighth when she went missing and her body has still not been located. Four persons have been detained and arraigned including nineteen year old Aracely Cahueque of Corozal Town, […]
There was other violence over the weekend. Even before the Stuart and Gillette Murders, a shooting occurred at six-thirty p.m. on Friday. The victim was hit by a volley of fire by a gunman who rode towards him on bicycle. Luckily for him, the bullet caught his legs, arms and side. Leroy Card told News’ […]
Friday night’s third shooting incident occurred at nine-fifty-five on Mosul Street in Belize City. In less than five minutes three persons were shot during a botched robbery of PICAME Bar. According to the proprietor, Jose Santos, he was standing behind the bar when two persons entered wearing caps. One of the men jumped over the […]
In other news, the government issued a press release saying (quote) “The President of the Belize Court of Appeal, Justice Elliot Mottley, will be retiring from the Court effective thirty-first December, 2010.” That was on Friday, but today the Bar Association, issued its own, saying it is having a special sitting of the court to […]
The blue machine kicked into full gear over the weekend, a sea of blue swamped the south as the People’s United Party met in convention. Despite the public spats and internal wrangling in the past, on Sunday it appeared as if the PUPs had closed ranks for the unity convention. And as it is in […]
More than a year after its nationalization, Prime Minister Dean Barrow formally announced today the sale of shares in Telemedia even though compensation has not been settled and the value of the company will not be determined until after the litigation process is complete. Over twenty-two million ordinary shares are being sold for five dollars […]
The Prime Minister also announced his own accommodation agreement for Telemedia. For starters, business tax will be reverted to nineteen percent from twenty-four point five percent, the fifteen percent withholding tax will be removed and then there is VOIP. In one of speeches, Barrow made reference to increasing the speed of internet for a small […]
The thirty-three Chinese passengers on the three flights that originated from Haiti in September and October have long left the country. There are two investigations being carried out; one by the police department and one by the Ministry of National Security. Six immigration officers have been arrested and charged. And according to the Prime Minister, […]
Six immigration officers have been arraigned so far in the immigration scam that broke a week ago in which three planes coming from Haiti were chartered to bring Chinese nationals to Belize. On Thursday night we asked if you believe that the investigations into the human smuggling ring will lead to the arrest of the […]
On Wednesday night we reported on the continuing, unsettling state of affairs within the Belize Judiciary brought on by the intention of the Prime Minister to temporarily promote Supreme Court Justice Legall to the Court of Appeal. Hard on the heels of that story, comes news of the retirement of the President of the Court […]
We reported in Thursday’s newscast that twenty-five year old Steve Parks was hospitalized after being shot in the head as he purchased food on Wednesday night. Parks’ sister, Pamela Baird, told News Five that he was clinging to life and had a thirty percent chance of survival, but he needed blood. His fight ended exactly […]
In other crime news, two armed men accosted an employee of Corozal businessman, Kishore Kumar. They shot him three times, once in the face, once in the right shoulder and upper back. The attack happened outside the home of his employer on Fourth Avenue in Corozal Town sometime after six on Thursday evening. And while […]
There was another attack on a business while our team was in Corozal today. It happened at Real Discount Store on Second Avenue at around eleven-fifteen this morning. Reports are that two youths rode up on bicycles, one with a gun and the other with a knife. They held up the sales clerk and took […]
