He was convicted of forcible abduction, threat of death, and harm, and in October was sentenced to eight years in jail. But today thirty-eight year old Albert Guy walked out of the Court of Appeal a free man. His attorney, Hubert Elrington, successfully argued that because the I.D. parade included no other people of East […]
The two improvements in the capabilities of the Belize Defence Force officially made today will not tip the balance in the war on drugs or any other war…but they are a welcome addition. Patrick Jones reports from Ladyville. Patrick Jones, Reporting When he handed over the keys to the new set of wheels, United States […]
And while the B.D.F. may be upgrading its logistical and technological skills, the fact remains that a significant portion of our army is on patrol, not in the jungle, but on the streets of Belize City. According to the Minister of Defence, while that is not where they ought to be, given the situation on […]
With the nation reeling from a weekend of deadly violence, including a cop charged with hit and run manslaughter, it is almost painful to note that this is Police Week. On Sunday morning the week was officially launched with Governor General Sir Colville Young inspecting a guard of honour and the presentation of awards to […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to this delivery of Sports Monday. As a part of its preparation for next week?s two-match World Cup qualifier at Canada, the National Football Team engaged a two-game international friendly series with the professional military team from insides Guatemala known as Aurora. In game one at […]
Belmopan, a place closer in spirit to a bucolic village than a city, has always been known as a nice quiet community. Well, even though increasing crime laid that myth to rest years ago, it still hurts when we have to report a violent killing in the nation’s capital. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports. Patrick […]
And in news just in, another murder has been reported, this time in the Belama phase two area of Belize City. Fifty-two year old Quzhei Hua proprietor of 168 Shopping Centre was stabbed to death shortly after six this evening. According to police, a lone man entered the shop and demanded money. When she refused, […]
Accused drug runner Robert Hertular came one-step closer to Riker’s Island today as Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord ruled that he be extradited to face charges in New York. In making his ruling Lord pointed out that extradition is a matter of honour between two nations and it is not for him to try the case […]
The deadlock continues in the sugar industry tonight with the vast majority of unionized factory workers still on strike. That has not stopped Belize Sugar Industries from functioning, however, as a combination of non-striking workers and supervisory personnel are running the Tower Hill factory. While B.S.I. executives are not certain that the grinding can be […]
This morning Belize City Mayor David Fonseca was among a pack of nine riders who cycled from Corozal Town to Belize City. It was the first leg of a four day journey that will take riders to Belmopan, San Ignacio, Dangriga and Punta Gorda. “Ride Across Belize” is an initiative by the Social Security Board […]
In related news, while the Social Security executives were fighting AIDS in Belize City, fire fighters in Belmopan were putting out a blaze at the board’s headquarters. The fire, which originated in the building’s generator room, was quickly extinguished.
The P.S.E. may be over and the results in…but that doesn’t mean primary school students have stopped learning. Today I stopped by one Belize City school where the June heat did not seem to affect the children’s creativity. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Science exhibition is nothing new for the students of St. Joseph Primary School. […]
It’s the one industry in Belize that is never short of statistics–at least when business is good. This week as a supplement to its regular release on monthly visitor arrivals, the Belize Tourism Board has published its annual collection of facts and figures. And while the sixty-two page booklet may not be everyone’s favourite bedtime […]
And if those figures have you hungry and thirsty, we’ll update you on a competition held last weekend called “Taste of Belize.? The gala event at the Radisson featured fourteen professional chefs, five amateur chefs, and six bartenders. When it was all over, Patrick Rodriguez of the Smoky Mermaid restaurant came out on top as […]
The sugar factory at Tower Hill is shut down tonight as representatives of the Belize Worker’s Union and Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. have failed to come to an agreement on a new contract. In a meeting held this morning, B.S.I. responded to the B.W.U.’s proposal for a four percent one time bonus for all workers […]
Police are tonight on the lookout for the person or persons responsible for the murder a San Pedro man in the Orange Walk District on Wednesday. The body of thirty-one year old Ernest McPherson was found around seven o’clock last night a short distance away from a red pickup truck on a feeder road in […]
He has been on the run for eight days, but tonight thirty-two year old Jose Coyoc, wanted for murder, is in police custody, thanks to his own father who turned him in to authorities. Police would not discuss the circumstances involving the surrender or where Coyoc was hiding out, only that he will be charged […]
In an unusual case out of Cayo District, a mother has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and harm after she allegedly laid a merciless beating on her twelve-year-old daughter. According to police, the girl, in the company of a social worker, reported that after returning home from school last Thursday her mom, thirty-eight […]
Police in Punta Gorda chalked up a success early this morning when, following a shootout, they foiled a burglary. Around one forty-five this morning police responded to a call from P.G. businessman Victor Hernandez who reported hearing a gunshot and his two daughters screaming. Hernandez exited his bedroom to find two men, armed with his […]
The case of a high powered helicopter found abandoned in the Toledo District has morphed from the mysterious to the contentious as law enforcement agencies from two countries lay claim to the valuable aircraft. Whereas yesterday there was only speculation concerning the Bell 206 LongRanger discovered on the north bank of the Sarstoon River, today […]
Three primary school students are tonight celebrating their achievements in an art competition held by the Department of the Environment. Coordinated to coincide with World Environment Day, students used their time colouring, painting, and stencilling their poster ideas for the theme “Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead and Alive?” This morning D.O.E. announced the lucky […]
An intense search stretching from Albert Street all the way to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Eastern Caribbean was launched today as FirstCaribbean International Bank is again looking to honour the region’s unsung heroes. After the positive response that initiative received last year when it was piloted in four countries, local manager, Stephen […]
It has been a tumultuous and most likely crippling process, but Belize’s national football team has finally been selected… only a matter of days before its first all important World Cup qualifier against Canada. News 5’s James Adderley headed to Belmopan for a scouting report. James Adderley, Reporting The hopes and dreams of Belizean football […]
Around seven-thirty on Tuesday morning, twenty year old Rubita Oroman Hernandez left her house to do laundry at the nearby Roaring Creek. However, when she did not return home, the family became concerned. It was not until five this morning that a relative came upon the young woman’s body lying face up behind some bushes […]
It has been a record year for government confiscations of suspiciously abandoned airplanes, with a couple of Beechcraft King Airs and a well maintained Russian Antonov 26 leading the illicit air show. This week, however, Belmopan’s growing fleet has gone to the next level with the addition of a high performance helicopter. This Bell 206 […]
