It took a long time and a lot of legal wrangling but today the first step was taken toward the possible removal of Supreme Court Justice George Meerabux. Attorney General Godfrey Smith, campaigning in the Pickstock Division, confirmed to News Five that this morning Meerabux received a letter from Governor General Sir Colville Young, informing […]
On Tuesday a farm watchman was terrorized and shot in the course of the robbery of a farm off the Northern Highway. Today we learn that on Wednesday a similar incident occurred, this time near the Western Highway in Cayo. Forty-six year old Jesus Alas told police that after six in the evening two men […]
As if it didn’t have enough to worry about, Belize Electricity Limited was rocked this afternoon by another problem across the Mexcian border which resulted in much of the country experiencing a blackout for over an hour. A failure in a Mexican high voltage transmision line interrupted the flow of power to Belize, which at […]
Every child loves a parade. That was clear this morning as youngsters from all twenty-seven pre-schools in the city marched under the scorching Friday morning sun. The parade, which went through the main streets, ended Child Stimulation Month. This period includes twenty days of activities such as hug day, an arts and crafts festival and […]
The tax reforms instituted by last two governments have resulted in a situation under which the majority of Belizean workers are spared the burden of paying income tax. But for the rest of the labour force the day of reckoning is rapidly approaching. Ann-Marie has some tips for the procrastinators. Ann Marie Williams, Reporting Monday, […]
If you haven’t been out on the Western Highway in the last month or so you will have missed a radical transformation in the landscape around mile eight. Where once stood only scattered trees and overgrown grass, the makings of a new community are taking shape. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The houses are […]
Two men have been arrested in connection with the March twenty-seventh shooting and robbing at a farm in Gardenia Village. Seventeen year old Kevin Dawson, a laborer of Gardenia and Erlin White, a twenty-eight year old mason of Sandhill, have both been charged with attempted murder, dangerous harm, use of deadly means of harm and […]
A man was found dead on the banks of the Mopan River in Benque Viejo on Wednesday morning. Twenty-four year old Lucio Caretella and twenty-two year old Joel Cunil, both laborers of Esperanza Village, ventured out to the Guatemalan side of the border and upon returning, Cunil says they were held up by men with […]
The first time he was arrested, the charges were dropped on a technicality. But this time the police believe that Randolph Cadle have to answer for the murder of William Garcia. On September eleventh 1999, Garcia was killed after an argument over a stolen bicycle. Arrested for the murder were Cadle and his brother Deon. […]
It appears that farming is not the only illegal activity being undertaken by Guatemalans crossing into Toledo. Recent discoveries by the Belize Defence Force indicate that several illicit airstrips on the Belize side of the Sarstoon River have been used by Guatemalan nationals to facilitate drug transshipments. On the evening of March twenty-first a B.D.F. […]
Friday afternoon the University of Belize Faculty of Arts will be hosting a workshop on creative writing. The three-hour event will be highlighted by readings from a visiting British poet, Sophie Hannah. Chair of U.B.’s Art Department Luana Sosa, says that the get together will be beneficial to students because it will put them face […]
If you were anywhere around the Pickstock division on Belize City’s near northside this week you would have reason to believe that a national election was imminent. Banners line the streets, colourful posters cover every inch of public space and roving bands of campaign workers rampage through the constituency’s streets and alleys like army ants […]
The government of the United Kingdom has demonstrated that although it no longer keeps two thousand soldiers and six Harrier jets in Belize, it is committed to helping the nation defend itself. This morning British High Commissioner Tim David and Minister of National Security Jorge Espat signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which Britain will […]
While the Minister of National Security was having no problem in procuring equipment for his troops, he has had considerably less success in keeping it out of the hands of thieves. News 5’s Jose Sanchez asked Espat about the four recent thefts from the police and BDF. Jorge Espat “It is unfortunate, it is embarrassing […]
Two men are in custody tonight, believed to be part of a trio of thugs who robbed a farm and shot one of its workers. On Tuesday afternoon Jermaine Rhaburn was at his job on the Kim Chee Farm in Gardenia Village when three men tied him up and robbed the farm house. Apparently not […]
When a Port Loyola resident heard a loud noise outside his home around four-thirty this morning it may not have been gunshots… but the disaster was no less disturbing. Clifford White told News 5 that while he slept, his 1991 Dodge Caravan was fire bombed in his yard off Caesar Ridge Road. Clifford White “Apparently […]
Efforts to restore confidence in Belize’s system of justice are beginning to pay off, as on Monday a new judge of the Supreme Court will be welcomed to the bench. The entire court will sit in special session to swear in Samuel Lungole-Awich as the fourth sitting justice in the high court. Lungole-Awich was educated […]
A traditional attraction for joining the U.S. Navy is summed up in the slogan: “See the world”. And the same may be said for the navy of the Republic of China on Taiwan. On Monday of next week three ships of the Taiwanese Navy will drop anchor in Belize City harbour and stay for a […]
The transition of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital from direct government control to semi-autonomous status will take effect on April first. Today the Public Service Union met with management and senior staff of the K.H.M.H. as well as CEOs in the Ministries of Health and Public Service to discuss how the change will effect the […]
Nearly one hundred union members working at the Port Authority will finally receive salary increments. This morning another round was fought in the long running battle between the Port Authority and representatives of the Christian Workers Union, and while the union claims to have received some low blows, in the end at least some agreement […]
It’s almost three weeks since the People’s United Party, in a highly controversial race between three well known candidates, selected its standard bearer for the Collet Division. Today the United Democratic Party had a much simpler task as it endorsed twenty-two year old school teacher Patrick Faber as its unopposed nominee to contest the upcoming […]
Week six of Karaoke TV was a close contest between a number of talented singers. Here’s how the night ended. Williams Neal, Host, Karaoke TV “And the winner is Nalleli Rodas from Orange Walk, who sang “The Greatest Love of All.” (Nalleli sings an encore) The fourteen year old Rodas, a student at Muffles College […]
The Belize Council for the Visually Impaired has for years been providing the public with low cost high quality eye care… and with the recent opening of its new clinic near the K.H.M.H. that service has moved to the next level. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The eye clinic that occupies the Lion’s building […]
There is a school of thought in certain circles that says all the gang type violence in Belize City really isn’t so tragic because it’s just criminals killing each other, a type of extreme population control for the underclass. But even if one accepts this twisted logic, events on Monday night demonstrate that flying bullets […]
Information is sketchy, but it appears that a Guatemalan resident of Jalacte Village in Toledo has been murdered after crossing the border into Guatemala. Fifty-six year old Vicente Ramirez, whose home was just inside Belizean territory, was found dead on Sunday several hundred yards across the frontier. The farmer, who died of machete wounds, had […]
