Many students are looking forward to Easter vacation and a break from classes … but today the students at one Belize District High School got a break from the normal routine and a chance to enjoy the fruits of their semester’s hard work. Kendra Griffith, Reporting There was music, art and crafts booths, and plenty […]
We have only just received the judgement via email, but even a quick perusal indicates that today in Miami, Federal Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages has finally closed the book on what had been one of the Belize Government’s most embarrassing moments: the finding that G.O.B. was in contempt of court in the B.T.L. case for failing […]
It may just be coincidence but following last week’s unprecedented budget briefing by the Financial Secretary and today’s petroleum presentation by the Ministry of Natural Resources, one gets the impression that a dangerous outbreak of transparency may have infected Belmopan. This morning for example, not only did the technicians at the Geology and Petroleum Department […]
A bus driver made a leap for safety but ended up dead after he landed on his head. The bizarre tragedy occurred around five on Monday evening on the Canada Hill Road nine miles outside of Dangriga. According to police, Luis Sanchez was on his way to pick up a group of students from the […]
In the Supreme Court, Justice Adolph Lucas today issued warrants for five defendants. The five persons whom Lucas is seeking to arrest are Manolo Romero accused of arson, Leonardo Zacaria for attempted murder; Gerson Barrera, charged with carnal knowledge; Norman Cal for aggravated burglary, and Sergio Casteneda accused of manslaughter by negligence. According to court […]
A Belize City man has been sentenced to seven years in Hattieville Prison. Today twenty-seven year old Omar Nicholas appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord, where he was found guilty of aggravated burglary and given his jail time. The charge arose from an incident on December fifth, 2005. According to Nicholas’s ex common-law wife, Vaceli […]
On last night’s newscast we reported on a young Cayo woman who was gravely injured in a traffic accident. Tonight we regret to announce that Marleni Montero has died. She passed away around five thirty this morning at the K.H.M.H. Montero was a passenger in a car driven by police officer Sherward Lawrence that ran […]
Youth at Risk: that’s the theme of a three-day Student Assistance Conference that began this morning at the House of Culture. National Kriol Council President and conference coordinator, Myrna Manzanares, says the annual seminar was actually the brainchild of the now defunct Pride Belize, but after talking to some of her colleagues in the field, […]
With all the talk about the power of television, computers, and the internet you’d think that the printed word would be a thing of the past. Yet more Belizeans than ever are publishing books. While recent fare has run the gamut from poetry to self help, the latest effort is a serious look at the […]
If you’ve seen the movie or t.v. spinoff called Barbershop, you know that a lot more goes on in that environment than just haircuts. And that’s exactly what leaders of the Y.W.C.A. are hoping as they work to make young people aware of the danger of AIDS. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting […]
If you follow U.S. news you’re aware of the big controversy over who runs things at a number of major U.S. ports. The question revolves around security in an insecure age. Well, those same considerations hold for Belize… and today I went on patrol to see for myself. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Port State Control […]
Since the Guatemalan Government’s rejection of the Ramphal-Reichler proposals in 2003, the once all consuming issue of that country’s territorial claim has taken a back seat in the public eye to more pressing issues of domestic politics. But the process, officially rekindled at the O.A.S. in September of last year, continues, and today the press […]
Tonight the Chinese community–not to mention Belizeans nationwide–is once again shaken following the shooting of yet another shopkeeper. Thirty two year old Xue Ming Luo, proprietor of Ming’s mini supermarket in Dangriga, remains in an induced coma at Belize Medical Associates. Xue was shot in the right eye by an armed masked man who entered […]
Two men have been picked up in connection with a robbery attempt at a bar on Central American Boulevard last week. Joseph Almendarez and Ernest Hinds, both twenty three, have been charged with attempted robbery, three counts of aggravated assault and unlicensed firearm offences after a thirty-eight caliber revolver and ammunition were found at a […]
Charges against three alleged sex offenders from the Cayo district were today dismissed in the Supreme Court. The first case involves twenty-nine year old Jason Warrior, charged with the February, 2003 rape of a sixteen year old girl. When Warrior appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas this morning for trial, he was instead discharged because the […]
A Cayo woman injured in a road accident clings to life tonight at the K.H.M.H. And while her family maintains an anxious vigil they tell News Five that the man responsible for her injuries–a friend of the victim–has still not come forward to explain what happened. Myrsa Morales, Sister of accident Victim ?Since the accident, […]
The International Marine Registry of Belize, better known as IMMARBE, has received a vote of confidence from the United States Coast Guard. According to press release Belize is one of only nine countries to qualify this year for the Coast Guard’s Qualship twenty-one program. The designation is based on no incidents of Belize flagged ships […]
And in news that may not go down well with a growing group of consumers, it appears that a showdown is looming in the telecommunications industry. The dispute involves BTL’s decision to curtail use of VOIP–that’s voice over internet protocol–which allows people to use services like Vonage or Skype to make international calls for pennies […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and it?s a pleasure to welcome you this edition of Sports Monday. Folks we take you immediately to South Stann Creek for the start of the 2006 National Road Championship of cycling, which left scenic Silk Grass around nine a.m. yesterday. Going in as defending champion is the man Shane […]
Despite having a battery of weapons, masks, surgical gloves, and a bullet proof vest inside the vehicle they were accused of stealing, three men were acquitted of all charges on Thursday in the Supreme Court. The D.P.P.’s office had charged Micah Thompson, Brian Hererra, and Sheldon Tillett with the seldom used “preparation to commit murder” […]
A Belize City businessman has been sentenced for fatally shooting his employee. This morning Edward Reyes, convicted of manslaughter for the death of Norman “Butta” Ferguson, appeared in court for mitigation and sentencing. Ten persons gave statements on his behalf before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh sentenced the butcher to seven years in prison. On January […]
Both the prosecution and the defense in a manslaughter case met with some degree of success today in the Court of Appeal. At the same time that Cardinal Smith, a police officer interdicted from duty and his attorney Oswald Twist were appealing his manslaughter by negligence conviction, the D.P.P. was arguing that it was too […]
If you are among the many Belizean fans of the Oprah Winfrey Show, then you know all too well the story of Niles Scott, the accused child molester turned over to U.S. authorities by two Belize City women. They got a fifty thousand U.S. dollar reward for their trouble, and this week, Scott got his […]
When we think about Belizean export success stories, we think hot peppers and rum, but some Texans are here to find out what other spicy Belizean products or cottage industries can also go global. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Today?s trade mission is the continuation of an initiative that started last year […]
The 2006-2007 budget was passed into law this afternoon after the second day of debate. The new budget calls for expenditures of six hundred and sixty-seven point nine million dollars and targets a two point nine percent deficit. The 2006-2007 budget comes into effect on April first. And while the bill was passed without much […]
