Dean Barrow is not the only one who is opposed to changes being made in the free zone. This evening the Chairman of the Zone’s Task Force recorded a statement denouncing the passage of the new legislation. Hipolito Bautista says what was a successful private sector initiative, has now been placed under what he terms […]
She was robbed several months ago on her way to the bank which is why her co-workers got her a taxi today, but the precaution didn’t prevent a thief from getting away with all their pay anyway. Around ten thirty this morning, an assistant from the Belize Pathology Lab on Eve Street was held up […]
The police have launched an internal investigation to determine if two police officers were justified in shooting a man in the shoulder. While the police claim they thought the suspect was armed, the victim has a very different story to tell. News Five spoke with Curtis Flowers and his mother at the Karl Heusner Memorial […]
We hear about so many cases of domestic violence, about men being arrested for hitting, or perhaps even killing the women they claim they love. While the police do make arrests, this occurs after the violence has already taken its toll. Can’t something be done to prevent such outbursts? This week the National Women’s Commission […]
A vocal activist for both the U.D.P. and the P.U.P. has died. Henry “Jew Boy” Williams passed away this morning after what appears to have been a heart attack. He was only forty-four. Williams, originally from Jamaica was a professional exterminator and the proprietor of Magnum Security Company. He was well known as a regular […]
Late last week a joint B.D.F./police unit thought they were on a routine patrol in Toledo but a tip from villagers led to an unusual find. They also apprehended a man wanted for murder in another country. On October seventh, Guatemalan brothers Jesus, Virgilio, Otoniel and Roberto Ramirez were found on a farm near San […]
The internal affairs division of the Police Department is looking into an incident in Belize City in which a citizen was shot by police. The officers, who were in plain clothes, reported that around eight thirty Tuesday night they were walking through Constitution Park when they observed Curtis Flowers behaving in a suspicious manner. The […]
Three manatees, two adults and a calf were butchered in the Deep River area of the Toledo District this past weekend. Local fishermen John and Wallace Young were on a voluntary patrol for the Toledo Institute for Development and the Environment, TIDE, when they found the carcasses in some mangroves. Will Mejia of TIDE says […]
Another cruise ship arrived in Belize City today and while tourists will stop in at the Tourist Village, many will also appreciate the arts and crafts on display at the National Handicraft Center. But while the center welcomes visitors from abroad, they would also like to encourage more Belizeans to appreciate the work of local […]
Belizean businesses are being invited to come and observe a trade show in Guatemala at the end of the month in the hopes that when the next Interfer takes place, Belize will be ready to participate. A representative from the Guatemalan export commission met this week with the Belize Chamber of Commerce, the Belize Business […]
It is the fourth year that the faculty and staff of the University College of Belize have set aside an entire week to interact with students and members of the larger community. On Wednesday News Five went up to the campus to see what was happening this year. Dr. Martin Cuellar, Director of Student Enrollment […]
Those of us who live in Belize City and the surrounding areas know the place like the back of our hands, but anyone who visits is naturally confused about how to get around, especially since there are so few street signs. The Belize Tourism Board wants to assist both the visitors from other countries, as […]
This afternoon twenty thousand red headed ladybird beetles arrived in the country via Federal Express. The beetles, which did not have any time to do some sight seeing on their own, were quickly rounded up and put to work. Their mission? To destroy the thousands of mealy bugs that have infested a variety of plants […]
Although no one has been arrested yet for the brutal sidewalk slaying of moneylender Winston Burgess on Tuesday in downtown Belize City, police say members of the public have been a great help in the investigation. Public Relations Officer Christy Castillo says area residents are coming forward to give very detailed descriptions of the assailants. […]
In other police news, three men have been charged with various offenses in connection with an alleged kidnapping in Orange Walk earlier this month. Hudrick Usher a fisherman from Belize City reported that on the seventh of October he and a friend were at the D-Victoria Hotel in Orange Walk with a cousin, Adie Leslie, […]
The new Attorney General, Godfrey Smith was given the go-ahead at this week’s Cabinet meeting to begin a three-year plan of action to improve the justice system. The plan includes modernizing the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, attracting high caliber candidates for key positions in the judiciary, speeding up the delivery of criminal […]
If you have a few moments to spare while you are in Belize City, you may want to wander over to the Belisle Art Gallery at the Bliss Institute. The works of wood sculptor Alfonso Galvez are sure to capture your imagination, the way the wood he uses captures his. Alfonso Galvez is a farmer […]
It was World Mental Health Day on Sunday, but while the day is intended to increase public awareness of mental disorders, for most Belizeans mental health remains an abstract concept. At least, until you “buk up” to someone on the street who is talking or singing to him or herself or even taking off their […]
It was the middle of the morning on a typical day. A service was underway at St. John’s Cathedral and those who live and work at the end of Albert Street were going about their daily routine. Suddenly the stillness of the morning was shattered and in full view of all a man was gunned […]
A young girl who took a chance and broke the curfew to purchase some items for her mother on Saturday night has reported being raped by two youths. The thirteen year old girl told police she was on her way home from a shop around eight thirty p.m. when nineteen year old Gary Yearwood and […]
Although witnesses say at least six men were involved in a holdup in Orange Walk on October fifth, so far only one man has been arrested. Twenty year old Salvadoran Moises Minros has been charged with five counts of robbery, five counts of harm, five counts of conspiracy to commit robbery and eight counts of […]
Belize’s top sport fishing enthusiasts spent their holiday weekend in pursuit of a five hundred pound plus blue marlin and a fifty thousand dollar prize. That’s right, in this year’s Belikin Spectacular Blue Water Fishing Tournament Barry Bowen offered fifty thousand dollars to the man, or woman, who could break the current blue marlin record […]
An archaeological site at Indian Creek in the Toledo District has a new visitor’s center courtesy of the European Union and the Government of Belize. The ribbon at Nim Li Punit Center was cut yesterday by Minister of Tourism Mark Espat. The facility includes a house to protect some of the south’s most important stelae […]
Today the world’s population hit six billion. Although the United Nations World Population Day was in June, today the six billionth baby was born. Here in Belize the experts believe our population will be somewhere between two hundred fifty and two hundred fifty five thousand by the next census in the year 2000. Sylvan Roberts […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this Tuesday version of Sports Monday. We take you inside week four of the B.F.L.’s Regent Insurance Cup Tournament. We go to the M.C.C. Grounds for the clash of the cellar dwellers starring Grigamandala and Acros Bombers, both looking for their first semi-pro win. It’s just the […]
