A taxi driver is being questioned following a shooting on Mahogany Street on Thursday. Michael Miguel was shot in the back around eleven thirty a.m. allegedly during a dispute with the taxi man who is also a linesman for B.E.L. Miguel told police three shots were fired. He was taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial […]
Last week the Director of Public Prosecutions Adolph Lucas appeared on “One on One” with Dickie Bradley. Among the topics was the D.P.P.’s dismissal of the Samantha Gordon and Jackie Malic murder cases for a lack of arguable evidence. He criticized the police for going on national TV and radio when they make an arrest […]
And in spite of continued armed robberies at Belize City businesses — three this week alone — the prevalence of street hold-ups and the rape of an eighty-two year old woman a week ago the Commissioner says Belizeans have nothing to fear because the Police Department has things under control. Q: “You will bring crime […]
On Thursday the Prime Minister Said Musa was in Placencia for a town meeting, today he received a gift from some families in the Toledo District. The Belize Indigenous Training Institute presented him with a set of furniture made by husband and wife teams from the village of Indian Creek. The Institute has so far […]
In 1994 the United States/Federal Aviation Administration, US/FAA, said that flight safety in Belize rates as category three, meaning that Belize fails to meet minimum safety requirements. On Thursday the Civil Aviation Office announced that the Government of Belize will draft the New Belize Air Navigation Order. Included among the changes is the recommendation that […]
Representatives from law enforcement agencies, treatment and rehabilitation centers, education and the judiciary are meeting over the next three days to design and devise Belize’s first National Anti-Drug Plan. According to Jules Vasquez, the chairman of the National Drug Abuse Control Council, NDACC, the plan will set guidelines and policies. Jules Vasquez, Chairperson, NDACC “So […]
You don’t have to wait until the eleventh of September to enjoy the color and sparkle of the carnival. On Saturday September fourth, the Carnival King and Queen Competition gets underway at the National Stadium in Belize City. While costume judging will start at five in the evening, the main competition does not get started […]
In addition to the Queen of the Bay Pageant tonight, there are several other September activities this weekend and early next week that you may want to catch in Belize City. On Saturday, besides the King and Queen Competition, St. John’s Cathedral is having its popular Food Fair and for sports enthusiasts it’s the Santino’s […]
There has been another robbery in Belize City, the third this week. Around eight thirty Wednesday night three Creole men entered the Jackpot Gaming House on Baymen Avenue, held a gun to a sixteen year old employee’s head and demanded money. She handed over sixty dollars and the men fled on bicycles. Police have detained […]
We often hear of liquor or foodstuff being smuggled across the borders, but toilet paper? On Tuesday customs officials at the Santa Elena border in Corozal intercepted a truck carrying one thousand bails of Mexican toilet paper. It seems duty had only been paid on half of the cargo. Police say the driver faces charges […]
The Prime Minister Said Musa and three of his Ministers were in Placencia today for a town meeting to discuss development plans for the area. The P.M. and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources Johnny Briceño, Minister of Works Henry Canton and Minister of Trade and Industry Jose Coye met with representatives of […]
In this the hurricane season, the Belize Red Cross and the United Nations Development Program, UNDP, continue their series of disaster preparedness workshops for villages. This time the workshops are in the Stann Creek District. Today forty-five village leaders from Silk Grass, Sittee, Hopkins and Maya Center met at the Silk Grass Community Center and […]
The carnival road march is on the eleventh, and while most groups are putting the finishing touches on their costumes, one junior band has to start over from scratch. The reason? Some malicious person stole all of their costumes, and the art supplies that Georgette Staine and her band members had worked so hard to […]
Last Friday night, August twenty-seventh, Ladyville held its beauty pageant in which five young ladies competed for the title. At the end of the contest, Sophia Williams walked away with the crown. Today, the student of Belize Continuation High School visited News Five to say she was shocked to learn that the first runner-up, Shana […]
The works of eleven Belizean artists are on display at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan. The opening was held on August thirty-first and the group was represented by Yasser Musa and Gilvano Swasey who made a brief presentation to Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Jason Hu. The show, which runs until September twenty-sixth, includes the […]
Last month two babies died at the Karl Heusner Memorial within twenty-four hours of each other and the mothers went to the media. Both blame the hospital for the loss of their babies and the incidents have sparked the suspension of a doctor and a full investigation of the deaths. While the government has made […]
On Monday night three men robbed a shop on Amara Avenue and today a shopkeeper was shot in broad daylight just a few blocks away. So far the police have no suspects in either case. News Five was called to the scene just moments after thirty year old Zhang Yong Li was taken to the […]
While it admits patrolling our waters is difficult, the Fisheries Department has netted itself a nice haul. Around nine fifteen yesterday morning, four Hondurans were found drop fishing in Grouper’s Bank in the Glovers Reef atoll. The Fisheries Department says it is common to find illegal fishermen in the area and has increased its patrols. […]
They may not be able to prosecute the case in the courts, but the police can still air it in the court of public opinion. Today the police issued a statement expressing their disappointment that a major kidnapping case has been dismissed and the five accused have walked away free men. Police say Lionel Kelly, […]
While police are disappointed on one front, they are commending the villagers of Concepcion, Corozal for helping to apprehend four suspects in a series of robberies. Police say on August twenty-seventh Florencio Aban of Concepcion reported that three Hispanic men went to his house and tried to hold him up at gunpoint. Villagers, however, came […]
Health care, improvements to the National Fire Service, aircraft safety, hurricane shelters and the bottleneck in the Ministry of Lands were among the topics at this week’s Cabinet meeting. Two district hospitals are being upgraded to take the pressure off the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. The Orange Walk Hospital will become the […]
On Friday, the September Celebrations kick off with the fifty-third annual Queen of the Bay Pageant. This year there are eight young ladies who will be competing for the title and all the attractive prizes that include a U.C.B. scholarship, a thousand dollars in cash, a plane ticket courtesy Continental Airlines, a B.T.L. pager and […]
It was a terrifying experience that could have proved fatal: a water taxi full of tourists traveling at night hit an unlit barge. Fourteen people were taken to the hospital for treatment. It was only by sheer luck that their injuries were minor. Although the Dutch tourists have already left Belize, the Belize Port Authority, […]
