It came as a bonus to police who believed that all four drug runners who abandoned their boat full of cocaine on Monday had escaped into the night. As it turned out, one didn’t make it and he was picked up early this morning as he hid out in the mangrove forests of Hicks Caye. […]
Police made another major arrest today, this one for murder. Thirty year old Clive Geban of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye has been charged with the killing of a still unidentified woman, whose body was found in that town on Monday. According to police, Geban was seen in the company of the woman, believed to be […]
They’re not drug runners or murderers, but five Belizeans have been arrested for various violations of the nation’s fisheries laws. Morris “Big Hand” Reynolds was fined over four thousand dollars for possession of two hundred and nineteen out of season conchs. If he can’t raise the money, he’ll be fishing in the pond at Hattieville […]
Belize has a new Solicitor General. He is Elson Kaseke, who is being moved up from the post of Chief Parliamentary Council. Kaseke replaces Edwin Flowers, who was holding the post temporarily following the transfer of the legendary Gian Ghandi. Flowers returns to his law practice with the firm of Musa and Balderamos. Kaseke is […]
Since Tuesday, we’ve been following the story of San Pedro’s water woes. With the pipes still largely dry and tempers on the island flaring, News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams caught a flight out to the caye to find out exactly what was going on. San Pedrano #1 “Yeah, we’re all complaining because we don’t have any […]
Earlier this week we ran a story on the lack of spirit and activities for this year’s September celebrations. Tonight there is some good news to report for those Belize City residents who are looking for fun. The Embassy of Mexico, State of Quintana Roo, BELTRAIDE, the City Council and a Mexican beer company are […]
Leon Coldero is no stranger to Belize, and even though he arrived today with a new band, Jacqueline Woods discovered that the hardest working man in Caribbean music is more ready than ever to please his fans. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It was like a happy family reunion when Leon Coldero arrived at the Phillip Goldson […]
It’s Thursday and that means it’s time for the Wish Willy Dish of the Week. Chef Maurice joins us from his restaurant at Caye Caulker with a special delicacy: stone crab with mango curry. Enjoy. WISH WILLY DISH OF THE WEEK Crab in Mango Curry Sauce with Avocado Salad Ingredients: 3 crab claws 3 tablespoons […]
Belize Police are at this hour still engaged in tallying the haul from Monday night’s massive drug bust at Hicks Caye. While a final figure has not been released, the forty-five bales of cocaine are expected to weigh in somewhere in excess of two thousand pounds with a street value estimated by police at around […]
Lest viewers get the impression that all illegal drugs in Belize are imported, police have also been actively engaged in destroying the nation’s once thriving marijuana industry. On Friday morning an anti-drug operation in the Orange Walk District led to the discovery of a weed plantation a mile and a half east of San Felipe […]
The Supreme Court building in Belize City was once again the venue for an inquiry into events that took place some fifty miles to the north, over a month ago. As has become her habit, News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams was on hand for the Q and A. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The Commission of Inquiry charged […]
Justice Blackman also found it necessary to clear the air today about a misunderstanding in the print and broadcast media that the riot act read by police at Tower Hill was void and that rioters could not be charged for their wrongdoing. He said that title fourteen of the Criminal Code of Belize specifies a […]
In 1995, Herschel Armstrong received the Michael and Jane Nembhard Award after being named Belize’s top primary school student. Four years later, he earned nine passes in the CXC General Proficiency Examinations and was honoured as one of the top students at the secondary school level. Today, the young man, now eighteen years old, continues […]
The tourism industry continues to re-write the record books, almost on a monthly basis. Figures for August show that tourist arrivals at Philip Goldson International Airport rose ten point six percent over the same period last year. The precise figures are eleven thousand, two hundred and sixty-six in August 2001 versus ten thousand, one hundred […]
While industry officials are bullish on tourism, hotel operators and residents of San Pedro are raising hell about the continued lack of water at the nation’s number one tourist destination: Ambergris Caye. Although they were promised water by six p.m. on Tuesday, twenty-four hours later, San Pedranos’ pipes were still dry–as they have been since […]
“We welcome competition.” That’s the response given by Ediberto Tesucum, BTL’s Chief Executive Officer, when asked how he feels about government’s decision announced today by Cabinet, not to renew his company’s exclusive license to provide telecommunications services. Tesucum says they have not received any notification as yet from the government, but it’s a decision that […]
To demonstrate its ongoing commitment to service, despite the impending loss of monopoly in 2003, BTL today inaugurated a new customer service centre in Belize City. C.E.O. Tesecum says that customers will be able to use the facility to access all of BTL’s services. Ediberto Tesucum “We have been gradually renovating our offices. San Ignacio […]
His conversion from rude boy to choir boy rocked the Jamaican music scene, but the entertainer known as Papa San takes it all in stride. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand at the airport when the artist arrived in the country this morning. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Shortly after arriving in Belize, Tyrone Thompson better […]
Details are in short supply, but what is clear is that last night law enforcement officers made one of the largest drug busts in Belizean history. Around 7:30 a maritime patrol, believed to be acting in co-ordination with a helicopter from the British Frigate HMS Coventry, intercepted a large skiff, allegedly of Colombian origin. The […]
We have a follow up to a story we ran last week about the escape and recapture of two inmates from the Youth Enhancement Academy adjacent to Hattieville Prison. The two young men, Fredrick Arzu and John Elijio, were tried on Friday before a panel of visiting justices and pled guilty to the crime of […]
Residents of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye are without water for the second time in two months. On Monday morning a pump belonging to Belize Water Limited, the island company which supplies desalinated water to Belize Water Services Limited, broke down. With a second pump already out of service, this meant that there was no way […]
San Pedranos were not the only ones having problems with water today. Unlike their island brethren, residents of one Belize City neighbourhood have too much. This morning Ann-Marie Williams donned her boots to investigate. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Tropical Storm Chantal didn’t do any damage to Belize City, but you’d never know it by looking at […]
The Belize Bank this afternoon made good on a pledge to Habitat for Humanity to assist in their continued work of making affordable housing available to lower income Belizeans. Habitat Belize former President Carla Sainsbury accepted the donation from the bank’s Senior Vice President Louis Swasey. Louis Swasey, Sr. Vice President, Belize Bank “It’s been […]
In case you were wondering what has happened to this year’s September celebrations, don’t worry, you’re not alone. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods took a walk around Belize City, only to find that the spirit has not yet seemed to catch fire. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There may be a few businesses in downtown Belize City that […]
Last week the region’s radio and television broadcasters gathered in Havana, Cuba for the Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union. It was the first time in thirty-two years that the meeting was held in Cuba, as that country’s national broadcaster, ICRT, was admitted to full membership in the organisation just one year ago. […]
