Channel Seven television reporter Keith Swift was arrested on Monday during an anti-crime operation and charged today with a mischievous act and insulting a police officer. He maintains he did nothing wrong and that the officers began taunting HIM from the moment they approached him at the corner of Kraal Road and Waight Street, a […]
This weekend nine families left homeless by a fire in New Maya Mopan village will move into their new homes. The fire on January twenty-seventh started in the fire hearth of one of the thatched houses and quickly spread to the nearby homes. Since the disaster, the Government, the United Democratic Party, the Belize Red […]
It may not be an official holiday but on Sunday, many Belizeans and music lovers all over the world, took time to celebrate the birthday of Reggae legend Bob Marley. Almost lost amid the music, however, was the realization that February sixth also marks another important date in Belize’s cultural history: It was six years […]
It’s been called “The Running Man”, “Z-Line” and “Lightning Bolt.” And if you’ve driven into Belmopan lately you too will no doubt have your own name for the massive white sculpture which sits at the entrance to the capital city. This evening was the official dedication of the monument, entitled “Freedom of Thought.” Prime Minister […]
Its not too early to make your Valentine’s weekend plans and the romance begins this Friday. Singers Keith Lyn and Vic Taylor are teaming up for what promises to be a memorable evening of love songs. News Five was at the airport for the arrival this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The last time Vic Taylor […]
“Blown to smithereens” is the only way to describe what happened to a shop on Ayacary Street in Ladyville early Sunday morning. Tonight the owners of San Benito Grocery, the Police, Fire Department and BDF still do not know the cause of the blast, which blew off the roof and turned three walls into rubble. […]
We’d all like a couple more dollars on our paychecks every month, but this morning, employees of one company gave their boss an ultimatum…”No raise, no work.” Employees of Hummingbird Citrus Limited say they’re working long hours in deplorable conditions and making very little money. The company’s manager says the workers actually got a pay […]
The Belize Police Department has gotten some of the finances they say they need to overhaul the force into a well tuned, properly managed machine. This morning, British High Commissioner Tim David handed over a grant, valued at 1.75 million Belize dollars, to Minister of National Security Jorge Espat. The funds are intended to help […]
On other police news, the police department graduated forty-three recruits on Friday, but this was a class with a difference. The majority of the new officers were former members of the Belize Defense Force who volunteered to “come over” to the Police Department to help fight crime. Training included drills and courses in criminal law, […]
The press in Guatemala has continued to whip up antagonism against Belize to the point where it is not clear whether the politicians are reacting to real events or those erroneously reported in the newspapers. While the rhetoric heats up in Guatemala City, News Five took the opportunity to ask Minister of National Security, Jorge […]
Prime Minister Said Musa and Minister of Economic Development Ralph Fonseca were in Cancun on Friday for a meeting of Western Hemisphere Finance Ministers. Prime Minister Musa led a session on “Improving the Stability of the International Financial System”, addressed a range of issues such as exchange rate regimes, debt management, and private sector involvement […]
A sixty-nine year old man from San Roman Village was killed after he was knocked down Friday afternoon in Orange Walk Town. Police say Thomas Villamil was walking on St. Peter’s Street when a vehicle driven by Arturo Escarraga hit the elderly man. Villamil was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. […]
As bizarre as it seems, three prison officers have been charged with three counts of robbery and two counts of aggravated assault following a hold up early Friday morning. Germain Uttley and Carl Robinson told police they were walking on Waight Street around two a.m. when a Department of Corrections vehicle pulled up alongside them. […]
They have been building the collection for years, but decided it was time to let the public enjoy it. Today the Belize Audubon Society officially loaned its entire library collection to the University College of Belize. The students, particularly those in the Natural Resource Management Programme definitely appreciate the gesture. Osmany Salas, Executive Director, BAS […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and you’re strapped in to the bubble that is Sports Monday. Sunday brought the BFL Football Playoffs to the MCC Grounds with Kulture Yabra opening up against Real Verdes of San Ignacio. Unfortunately for the city fans, the rains want center-stage at the Barracks on Sunday, but at this level, […]
It has dominated the headlines of both countries’ national press: the fatal shooting of a Guatemalan civilian by Belizean troops, subsequent tension on the jungle covered border, tough words from the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry and rebuttal from Belmopan. What does it all mean? Like much of the diplomatic history of Belize and Guatemala, there appears […]
The announcement in today’s “Amandala” may have been premature. No, George “Junie Balls” McKenzie was not released on ten thousand dollars bail Thursday night, pending appeal of his conviction on prohibited weapon charges. The point is, however, that he could be. With bail set at twenty thousand, comprising half for McKenzie and half to be […]
Since 1992 the Lions Club has been providing eye care to Belizeans who simply cannot afford to go to private clinics. But traditionally, that care has not included major surgery. All that should soon change however, thanks to new initiative. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Belize City Lions Club will receive two hundred and sixty thousand […]
Belize City’s Bliss Institute is synonymous with the performing arts and under an agreement with Mexico, the seaside facility will soon be enlarged and renovated. This means that this year’s annual Children’s Festival of Arts will not be held at the Bliss. The Arts Council is advising all Belize District schools, however, to keep on […]
In sports news three Cubans will be arriving in the country on Saturday. Eriberto Moreno, Francisco Hill and Juana Gonzalez will be consulting with local officials on the prospects for creating a National Sports Institute. This new body would deal with the long-term development of sports in Belize. During the week consultations will be held […]
It kills more Belizeans than traffic accidents and is in fact much easier to prevent. But that has not stopped the global AIDS epidemic from spreading across every continent and nation on earth. As part of our nation’s fight to control AIDS, today some new soldiers were enlisted into battle. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, […]
You won’t find him on the Disney Channel or the Cartoon Network…and he’s yet to make it on Channel Five. But that doesn’t stop Kent Pandy from being a giant in television…at least on Cayo’s S.E.N. TV. News Five cameraman Brent Toombs spent an evening with the one man network at his studios high atop […]
Last week a News Five investigation revealed that a member of an Indian terrorist organization purchased a Belizean passport while incarcerated in a Canadian prison. Since that time, a number of reports have reached our newsroom of other “economic citizens”, whose past activities in their home countries raise grave doubts about the vetting procedures used […]
Police still have no suspects in a robbery at Chen’s shop at thirty four Jane Usher Boulevard on Tuesday. Police say shortly after 9:00pm, two men armed with an iron rod and a gun entered the shop. Wu Wuo Zheng said as the men entered the shop, the man holding the rod pushed his hand […]
The libel suit attorney Kirk Anderson thought he had won in November against the former Commissioner of Police Ornel Brooks and Inspector Eli Salazar is anything but over. On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Murray Shanks overturned the previous decision and ordered that the matter go to trial. Both sides are saying “No problem,” and claim […]
