He was charged with two counts of Causing Death by Careless Conduct before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers four days after he hit and killed two people on the Northern Highway last month. But tonight there is a serious allegation that a urine sample provided by Orange Walk Town Mayor, Ravei Gonzalez, was never tested and sources […]
It is often said that there’s a silver lining behind every dark cloud and today George Betson saw his blessing three days after he was evicted from the property he had been occupying for thirty-five years. The saga began on Monday night when Betson’s humble abode, a plywood structure, was dismantled on orders from the […]
Since Monday night through to this morning, the dwelling of George Betson at mile two on the Northern Highway was dismantled at the instructions of Supreme Court Marshals and the Police Department. The removal of the house follows a Court of Appeals ruling made two weeks ago that Betson had no right to the land […]
Senior Superintendent Chester Williams is back in the news tonight. Williams, who is off the beat until the merits of his transfer and suspension are resolved, has turned up vital information in which he claims that he has been framed by his own. It is a story that has many twists and turns and according […]
And in other news from the police, authorities say they need help in locating the family of a Honduran man who died shortly after he was admitted to the San Ignacio Hospital. Police report that while on a joint patrol with the B.D.F. on Sunday night in the Succotz area, they found a man on […]
The homeless situation in Belize has always been a cause for concern. But with the ongoing facelift to revitalise downtown Belize City, addressing that sensitive challenge has a priority. Today, efforts to reopen Gann’s Rest House to provide shelter for the city’s homeless started with the first of several donations. The task is a major […]
Wilfred Elrington, Attorney General “We are not going to apply that ruling in a broad way over all the other Indian villages in Toledo because there’s a criterion for them to be able to have the status which they are claiming and that has got to be established before the court.” Those were the words […]
The City Council has promised that an improvement to life on Belize City’s streets will come in a month’s time … but as News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams found out, we’ll just have to wait and see. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The rains are coming down and it’s four days shy of four months since the Belize […]
On Tuesday Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt was approved by the Senate as Acting Director of Public Prosecutions but the number of cases and the imminent departure of two attorneys from her office, are already posing challenges to the new D.P.P. Today Branker-Taitt refuted a report that twenty-six cases for the June Session were struck out because the […]
The European Union, through the Belize Rural Development Programme, has as its aim to reduce rural poverty while improving the livelihood hood of thousands of Belizeans. News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams found out today that the organisation is providing close to two million dollars for rural communities. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The European Union through the Belize […]
The U.S. Embassy last year challenged primary school students from standards four through six to create posters geared towards their peers and focusing on HIV awareness. The competition formally ended on Thursday, when seven primary school students from across Belize were honoured at the U.S. Embassy in Belmopan for topping their divisions. They are Shaunne […]
As we reported in Tuesday’s newscast, Telemedia was ordered to pay four point six million dollars in business tax for the months of February and March and the Government is pressing ahead to collect taxes for April and May. But this afternoon in an unprecedented move, Belize Telemedia Limited fired back with a detailed missive […]
The Y.W.C.A. has received another grant from the E.U., but if you’re assuming that the organisation now has a lot of money, think again. News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams was on hand for the handing over this morning and found that the Y is still in need of counterpart funding. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Today was a […]
The Senate met today to consider a new judicial appointment and examine the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill. News five’s Ann-Marie Williams attended the meeting in the nation’s capital. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The third meeting of the Upper House since the government took office was held today on Independence Hill in Belmopan with twelve of […]
For fifty years the organisation known as 4H has been equipping at-risk Belizean youths with skills in agriculture, food processing, building technology, and most recently tourism development. And while countrywide celebrations for the milestone began in January, and will continue throughout the rest of the year, this weekend the festivities were located in Belmopan. Karl […]
Victims of Tropical Storm Arthur are set to receive added relief in the wake of the storm which caused over seventy million dollars in destruction primarily in the south of the country. Today, Los Angeles based Consul General Roland Yorke, presented a cheque of nineteen thousand U.S. dollars to NEMO’s new Coordinator, Noreen Fairweather, in […]
Over the years, the public service has come under criticism for being too bureaucratic. But today, which is observed as Public Service Day, was a time to highlight the achievements of those employees who have displayed outstanding performance over the past year. However, while there was much to celebrate, the Minister of Public Service and […]
In an update to a story on Thursday night’s newscast which revealed that a Central Bank report had found First Caribbean International Bank in breach of banking requirements, this afternoon Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit Geraldine Davis, confirmed that investigations into the findings are ongoing. The Central Bank report now in our possession is […]
In our coverage of these various cases, we have noted that several private attorneys have been arguing the Government’s position in court. Earlier this week Solicitor General Tanya Herwanger told us that while those services do not come cheap, her office simply does not have the manpower to handle Belmopan’s legal issues. Tanya Herwanger, Solicitor […]
In other dramatic news, an explosion on St. George’s Caye has left a caretaker in critical condition. Forty-eight year old Alburn Stevens is hospitalised with second degree burns to eighty percent of his body following an incident around seven on Sunday night. According to Therese Plunkett, it appears that a leaking gas tank caused the […]
Earlier this week we highlighted the case of Financial Intelligence Unit versus the Belize Bank for suspicious banking transactions. But tonight a report conducted three years ago apparently found another institution in violation of the same law. News Five has obtained a copy of a Central Bank report dated October 2005 which examined FirstCaribbean International […]
One week ago Belize Energy Workers Union and Belize Electricity Limited launched a public battle in the media, with both sides accusing the other bad faith. BEWU threw the first punch, accusing B.E.L. of being greedy and unethical for wanting a rate increase. The union also went on to allege that C.E.O. Lynn Young refused […]
It was not the biggest demonstration to ever hit the streets of Belize City but today’s protest had significant implications because it was against the country’s most powerful businessman. News Five’s Marion Ali reports on the war that has been declared against Michael Ashcroft. Marion Ali, Reporting This afternoon an estimated three hundred people took […]
Following initial reports on Tuesday, tonight the position on flour has been clarified. The controlled cost of bread increased by twenty-five cents today and bakers will now have to pay the same eighty-five dollars per hundred pound sack like the rest of us. However, the biggest problem facing consumers is not the price tag of […]
In these tough economic times, Belize’s educational institutions find it hard to get the equipment they need. But efforts to provide for students are made even more difficult when school property is vandalized or stolen. But today one such school which has repeatedly suffered the hardships of a break-in received welcomed reprieve. News Five’s Kendra […]
