Belize may have been spared from the ravages of Mitch, but some of our schools did get more than their share of wear and tear while being used as shelters. To help with repairs, the European Union has approved a grant of fifty thousand EURO or one hundred and sixteen thousand Belize dollars for a […]
Today marks the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of St. Catherine’s Academy. To celebrate the occasion the students and teachers decided that rather than having a party, they would give something back to the community. Today the girls painted neglected graves at the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery and picked up garbage and planted flowers in the […]
One downtown business takes customer relations very seriously and this past Christmas had a two-for-one offer on toys which brought hundreds of shoppers into the store. This month, Mikado has another promotion underway: sewing classes. The idea seems to make good business sense since the store sells a wide variety of curtain and clothing materials. […]
It used to be that young and first time criminal offenders were treated the same as more hardened criminals: sent to Hattieville to serve their time. But in 1997 a separate facility for youths was established in Ladyville where inmates between the ages of fifteen and twenty seven years old could get a second chance. […]
There is an expression attributed to the U.S. mafia which says that when a man has been murdered he is “sleeping with the fishes”. Tonight that euphemism applies to three more Belizeans whose names are now added to those of a family of five who have been missing and presumed dead for over a month. […]
The Minister of National Security Jorge Espat toured Eastern Division Headquarters today which is being refurbished. Construction began two weeks ago and includes improvements to the front administrative building, holding cells, recreation facilities and other aspects of the facility. Jorge Espat, Minister of National Security “The government has allocated a little under two hundred thousand […]
Police have detained the sister and brother-in law of former B.T.L. cashier, Harrison Collins, the man police believe stole over sixty-two thousand dollars in cash, checks and phone cards earlier this month. An arrest warrant has been issued for Collins but Head of C.I.B. Simeon Alvarez told News Five they do not believe he is […]
A fire at San Pedro last night is reported to have destroyed one of the buildings at Captain Morgan’s Retreat. Around 7:45 both the upper and lower flats of the pimento building were gutted by the fire which started in the northwest corner of the building. Police say the manager Yolanda Sabido, who lived in […]
A leadership course is presently underway at the Hattieville Prison for inmates who will soon be leaving prison and returning to the outside world. Hyacinth Latchman was at the prison this morning. The course came about after the Public Relations Officer for Hattieville Wayne Moody approached Mervin Lambey of the Young Men’s Christian Association with […]
In related news, recreation at Hattieville Prison appears to be changing for the better. The seven hundred and fifty eight men and women of the facility will soon get a chance to play basketball and volleyball, if they behave themselves, that is. The inmates, under the supervision of Officer Ray Gongora, recently started construction of […]
A story presented earlier on tonight’s newscast demonstrates that life on Belize’s seas is not as peaceful as we once believed. But in less stressful times, when the most lethal weapon to be found on the reef was a fishing rod, the most fearsome threat at sea came from below… in the form of a […]
This afternoon police received a phone call from the Port Authority that an abandoned boat with bodies aboard had been discovered a mile and a half south, southeast of English Caye. The Port Authority says that two of their boatmen went out on a search this afternoon and called to report that they found two […]
A woman has reported that she was raped at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on Friday. Police say Roberto Valdez reportedly went to the hospital around ten a.m. for treatment for head injuries and met a young woman from Punta Gorda. It is alleged that Valdez told her that her cousin wanted to see her […]
A warrant has been issued for Harrison Collins, the B.T.L. cashier who had been held for questioning following the disappearance of over sixty-two thousand dollars in cash, checks and phone cards from the Church Street office last week. Head of C.I.B. Simeon Alvarez told News Five Collins had been released because he had been held […]
Police also have news to report concerning a series of robberies against Chinese shops. Simeon Alvarez told News Five that two of the men wanted in connection with the incidents are now in custody and a third man has also been caught through the efforts of citizens. Alvarez says Ronald Cox gave himself up around […]
On Sunday morning, however, another criminal duo tried to rob a shop on Euphrates Avenue owned by Lui Chee but was unsuccessful. Chee told us around eleven thirty he was getting into his car when he saw two men enter the shop and then heard a commotion inside. One of his employees told News Five […]
This weekend one of Belize’s lodges, the Star of St. John’s Lodge 106 of the Scottish Mechanics, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The District Grand Master Lloyd Neal and Roy Cumberbatch conducted a special service on Sunday evening where a number of people and businesses were recognized for assisting fraternal services, local communities and the country. […]
Prior to 1974, the openings of the Supreme Court criminal session had very little fanfare, but over the past twenty-five years the ceremony has become more and more elaborate. Today, those who attended were treated to all the pomp and circumstance they have grown accustomed to. Inspecting the Guard of Honour, for the first time […]
On Saturday, Prime Minister Said Musa held a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Taiwan Vincent C. Siew. A memorandum of understanding was signed committing both governments to the development of a trade agreement. Among the issues addressed at the press conference were plans for follow-up visits by members of the business delegation […]
News Five’s Stewart Krohn asked Belize’s Prime Minister about the status of the Economic Citizenship Program inherited from the previous administration and how the Taiwanese Prime Minister feels about the program. Foreign Minister Chee Chan Hoo was also asked for his perspective. Said Musa, Prime Minister “Well the program that was initiated by the last […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley so pull up for another portion of Sports Monday. It’s playoff time in the B.F.L. and all four teams saw action over the weekend. Yesterday we caught up with the People’s Stadium match-up that saw defending champion Juventus of Orange Walk open against the Belmopan Bandits the last team to […]
The Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport was packed this morning with Taiwanese and Belizeans anxiously awaiting the arrival of Prime Minister Vincent C. Siew. His delegation of over eighty people includes high ranking government officials, business leaders and members of the Taiwanese press. The visit follows Prime Minister Said Musa’s visit to Tapei in October […]
The pleasantries over, Prime Minister Siew then joined a motorcade to Belize City for a luncheon at the Fiesta Inn. In his welcoming remarks, Prime Minister Musa said that Belize is celebrating almost ten years of excellent diplomatic relations with Taiwan which has culminated in the historic visit of Prime Minister Siew, his Cabinet ministers […]
Prime Minister Siew thanked Belize’s Prime Minister for inviting him to visit Belize and spoke about the strong relations between the two countries. Vincent C. Siew, Prime Minister, Taiwan “We have just finished our two stops in Dominican Republic, Haiti, arrived two hours ago from Haiti. We are so much impressed by what we have […]
Prime Minister Siew and his delegation arrived in Belmopan just before four this evening. His Excellency Siew paid a courtesy call on the Governor General of Belize, His Excellency Sir Colville Young at the Belize House. The Governor General presented The Prime Minister of Republic of China on Taiwan with the award Member of the […]
