One of four men believed to be involved in the killing of a Corozal boledo vendor has been charged with murder. Twenty one year old Edilberto Medina, of Chetumal, was wounded and captured in a shootout with police near Four Mile Lagoon last week, following the fatal shooting of Alejandro Cano earlier in the day. […]
In other crime news two Corozal men have been detained pending charges of passing counterfeit currency. On Sunday a shopkeeper of Saint Margaret’s Village told police that two men came to his store and paid for two cokes with a hundred dollar note. Upon closer inspection the bill proved false. When police intercepted the big […]
Today was sports day at the Princess Royal Youth Hostel and while many schools have such events, the one I visited today is more special than most. Despite the intense heat of the day, the young residents of Princess Royal Youth Hostel turned out in numbers, dressed in their team’s uniform, to compete in the […]
They are two artists not particularly well known to most Belizeans, but the proprietors of the Image Factory believe that their work has something to say. Patrick Jones reports. That cliché, penned years ago by Lucio Alcoser, sadly, continues to be a current practice in Belize. But the people at the Image Factory want to […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. Playoff fever raged at the Civic Centre Friday night as teams made a find scramble for the 1998 Belize District Basketball Playoffs. We jump into Friday night’s opener as Regent Royals and J.L.’s Quick Loan tries to advance at each other’s expense. […]
It was no ill wind that blew them here as close to a thousand troops from throughout the Caribbean touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport this afternoon. The men and women from the region’s various defense forces are here to take part in Tradewinds ’98, the annual exercise which for the first time […]
As promised in his public homecoming yesterday, political aspirant Derek Aikman has tendered his resignation to the Belize City Council… although not in writing. Aikman was appointed City Manager in 1994 when political pressure from Minister of Local Government Hubert Elrington propelled him ahead of other candidates deemed better qualified by a selection committee. Aikman’s […]
More details have surfaced in the case of a bankrupt Belize-based investment company and a loan it allegedly made to Agriculture Minister Russel “Chiste” Garcia. As we reported yesterday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Swiss Trade and Commerce Trust Limited and its owners, Lloyd Winburn and Eddie Blackwell, to repay over nine […]
In crime news police have made an arrest for a shooting incident which occurred two weeks ago. Sixteen year old Mark Saragosa has been charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm in the shooting of Guy Russel Smith on the night of March twentieth in Belize […]
The old saying “crime doesn’t pay” has certainly proven true, at least in the case of Hondurans living in the town of San Pedro. Viewers may recall the recent bungled kidnapping of a bank manager in that island paradise by three Honduran immigrants. Today police report that another trio consisting of two Honduran men and […]
Former British High Commissioner Gordon Baker should by now have settled into his new home in Barbados… and we are told today that his replacement will soon be arriving in Belize. Tim David, along with his wife Rosie, will report for duty here on April fifteenth. The fifty year old diplomat most recently served as […]
It seems that Belize’s secondary schools have discovered a new tool for attracting quality students. It’s called public relations…. as for the third time in two weeks a Belize City high school has invited the public inside for a look. This morning I visited with the class of ’98 at Gwendolyn Lizarraga High. The students […]
She was among the first of a new generation of Belizean artists following in the footsteps of old masters like Belisle and Nicholas… but before we really got to know her… she was gone across the sea. Now that she’s back for a visit we’ll get a chance to see how the work of Rachael […]
After weeks of speculation, the United Democratic Party today made it official. Derek Aikman has come home and is ready to once again throw his hat in the ring for a seat in the House of Representatives. After an hour long meeting at U.D.P. Headquarters in Belize City, Esquivel and Aikman emerged to greet an […]
There’s big trouble in Corozal as police report that yesterday a gang of four men went on a crime spree which has left one man dead. Around seven in the morning the gang allegedly stole a red Chevrolet at gunpoint from taxi driver Roberto Maldonado. At 8:15 that night three men driving in the same […]
In other crime news a man detained for the rape of a four year old girl has been formally charged. Nineteen year old Tedford Augustine, not Kenworth as we had previously reported, was today charged in Dangriga Magistrate’s Court with rape, unlawful carnal knowledge and abduction of a minor. It is alleged that Augustine was […]
On Tuesday members of the tourism industry met at the Radisson to air several grievances they have with Government. Among them was a complaint that authorities were planning to relocate the marine terminal, recently constructed at the bridge foot, to a new “Tourist Village” to be built at Fort Point. All this was done, they […]
A newspaper figures in another story this morning, but this time it’s the prestigious “Wall Street Journal”. A story in Tuesday’s edition reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an order to a Belize based company, Swiss Trade and Commerce Trust Limited, to repay over nine million U.S. dollars it allegedly defrauded […]
If you are among the thousands of Belizeans who bought a lotto ticket for last night’s draw we have some bad news: you didn’t win, someone else did. This morning a calm and cool Ethel Jones walked into the offices of the Tropical Gaming Company on North Front Street to claim her jackpot prize of […]
If you are a young child watching this newscast from your sickbed don’t feel sad… you’re not alone. An unusually large number of children — and adults — have been stricken with a disease that leaves them virtually incapacitated. While my own child was visiting the doctor’s office I took the opportunity to investigate. During […]
A few weeks ago we visited the Campus of St. John’s College on the occasion of its open day. Today News Five’s Patrick Jones traveled a short distance down Princess Margaret Drive to check out the happenings at E. P. Yorke. Shaun Faber, P.R. Officer, Expo ’98 “We’re having an open day today to display […]
The man believed to be the prime suspect in the murder of Geneive Robinson last month in La Democracia was allegedly sighted on Tuesday in Belize City. Police report that a citizen phoned to report that a man closely resembling Eddie Orlandus Lee, known locally as “Dawood,” was seen on Regent Street accompanied by a […]
While Belize City police continue their search for the perpetrator of the ghastly murder in La Democracia, in the Stann Creek District a nineteen year old man is in custody for a crime that many people believe is even worse. Kenworth Augustine has been detained by police for the rape of a four year old […]
If you have been woken up by the sound of helicopters flying overhead these last few nights, don’t worry, it’s not the result of any enemy invasion. The movement of men and machines is preparation for the annual CARICOM military exercise, TRADEWINDS ’98. The exercise, scheduled to take place for the entire month of April, […]
Thousands of Belizeans countrywide will be glued to their television sets tonight in anticipation of the lotto draw. The jackpot now stands at a hefty one hundred thousand dollars, only the second time since the current franchise holder, Tropical Gaming, took over the game three years ago. The last time the prize reached six figures […]
