Earlier in this newscast we heard the testimony of a hospitalised driver who gave his version of a fatal traffic accident. Now we return to the K.H.M.H. to hear from another patient, a stabbing victim who nearly lost her life on Wednesday. As in the first case, her version of events does not match that […]
There are few senses more precious than that of sight. The next story spotlights the work of one Belizean organisation that has helped thousands of people to see better, and thanks to continued investments in technology and networking, is actually reversing the process of blindness. Brent Toombs, Reporting Today, this is how the world looks […]
The incumbent People’s United Party has been stung in recent weeks by a number of allegations involving corruption in high places. Today the P.U.P. initiated a long expected counterattack, with the first jab leveled at U.D.P. chairman and Freetown candidate Doug Singh. The P.U.P. campaign is trying to place Singh as a central figure in […]
A B.D.F. soldier is in police custody tonight, accused of stabbing his common law wife. Police say that on Wednesday, just after noon, twenty-nine year old Marvin Card became embroiled in an argument with eighteen-year-old Janiel Castillo at the house they share on Police Street in Belize City. Castillo allegedly reached for an ice pick […]
In more police news another Chinese owned business has been knocked off by robbers. Around four-thirty on Wednesday afternoon thirty-one year old Fang Fe Yong was inside his establishment “Wicked Night Club” on New Road, when a prospective patron approached him and shoved a handgun in his stomach. Fang handed over four hundred and fifty […]
They didn’t launch their manifesto with a big splash, but the United Democratic Party’s candidates for the Belize City Council believe that their ideas and personalities will speak for themselves. Today I caught up with a few members of the slate as they prepared for the final week of the campaign. Wayne Usher, Mayoral Candidate, […]
And so as not to ignore the candidates in Belmopan and the nation’s seven towns we will roll their names and party affiliations. Please note that while there are five independent candidates running for the Belmopan City Council, none of the town council races features so much as a single independent candidate. BELMOPAN CITY COUNCIL […]
Scientists say that Belize is home to one of the healthiest populations of manatees in the world…but the increased pressure of tourism appears to be taking its toll. Last week the corpse of a female manatee calf was found washed up in Driftwood Bay on the north coast of Belize City. It was the third […]
We’re all familiar with illegal drugs like cocaine, crack, marijuana and even heroin…along with Belize’s roll in their production and distribution. But with new narcotic concoctions appearing in the U.S.A. and Europe almost weekly, it’s not easy for the law enforcement community to keep up. With one secret laboratory already discovered in Corozal, authorities here […]
Standardized tests are not necessarily the best indicators of future accomplishment but they do enable us to make at least some kind of comparison between students across wide geographic areas. Today the area of focus was the English speaking Caribbean and, at least this time around, Belize looked very good. For the second time in […]
It is a sight that is becoming all too familiar on Belize’s highways: shattered glass, mangled metal, broken bodies and a one-way ambulance ride to the K.H.M.H. The latest fatal traffic accident was particularly tragic in that it cut short the work of a woman whose profession is dedicated to the saving of life, not […]
A small Belize City business has been partially destroyed by fire. Michelle James, an Orange Walk woman who operates a boutique at 3599 Central American Boulevard, had just left the premises with her daughter around 6:30 Tuesday night, when minutes later neighbours saw flames rising from the roof of the building. Fire officials soon arrived […]
Police have charged a Dangriga man with the rape of his ex-girlfriend. The charge against twenty-nine year old Victor Enriquez follows a report by the woman that while she was walking on Saint Vincent Street around three o’clock on Tuesday afternoon Enriquez accosted her. He then allegedly used a gun to force her to his […]
In news just in from the police, a U.S. tourist drowned this afternoon in waters off Ambergris Caye. Arthur Pederson, believed to be in his late forties, was snorkelling with a group of visitors at the Hol Chan Marine Reserve at the reef just south of the island when around two-thirty he began to experience […]
Collectively, the political contests in the nation’s seven towns and two cities can be lumped together under one heading: the forgotten elections. Those municipal races that were supposed to act as a crucial indicator for the general elections, which were thought to be coming in August, have now been relegated to a sideshow now that […]
Government efforts at damage control in the latest accusations of scandal got rolling late today as former Chief Education Officer, Dr. Cecil Reneau, agreed to speak to the press. According to the veteran educator, allegations of financial improprieties came as no surprise… and his ministry was already on the case. Cecil Reneau, Spokesman, Ministry of […]
Over the last two weeks, rumours about the secret vote in Belize’s elections not being so secret, have punctuated the radio call-in talk shows. Chief Elections Officer Myrtle Palacio immediately dismissed the reports as unfounded and nothing more than “mischievousness”. But today, after concerns continued to emerge from the public, it was members of the […]
Both CARICOM and the O.A.S. have pledged support for the continuing process toward a settlement of the Guatemalan claim… but somewhere along the line, we in the news media, have neglected to explain exactly what that process entails. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided us with a text of the agreement signed February seventh […]
While March fifth has been declared a holiday, one group of people who will be working around the clock are the men and women of the Police Department. Taking the responsibility seriously, Police Commissioner Carmen Zetina says his officers will be out in full force to ensure that law and order is maintained. Carmen Zetina, […]
The timing may be suspicious, but the intention behind the programme appears to be sound. Today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand as more young Belizeans got the opportunity to take a big step toward a secure future. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The loans are provided through the Youth for the Future Enterprise Fund to […]
With official corruption as the focus of its campaign, and only ten news days left until the election, the United Democratic Party has let it be known that specific accusations of scandal will be a regular feature of the party’s stretch run. Today the U.D.P. called a press conference to fire its latest salvo–this one […]
A taxi driver who turned himself in to authorities following a fatal hit and run has been charged by Corozal police. Forty-five year old Robedo Maldonado has been charged with manslaughter by negligence, driving without due care and attention, failure to report a traffic accident, failure to stop and render aid and resisting arrest. The […]
Although results of blood samples from a Bullet Tree man who died yesterday are not yet back from the lab, medical authorities say the symptoms suggest that the cause of death could have been Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. The man, whose identity has not been released by authorities, reportedly checked into a hospital in neighbouring Melchor […]
Four cases of rabies have been diagnosed in the Orange Walk District and authorities are conducting investigations into the cause. The infected cows have died and according to BAHA’s director of animal health, Victor Gongora, the farming community is being put on alert. Victor Gongora, Director, Animal Health, BAHA “These cases were detected after farmers […]
With the annual La Ruta Maya canoe race ready to rocket down the Macal and Belize Rivers next month, one group made sure that the paddlers would not be floating through garbage. Over the weekend the Belize Community Service Alliance sponsored a clean up of portions of the Macal River that had become hot spots […]
