There are few things that focus the mind like the discipline of military marching. And today a large number of young minds–not to mention young feet–were on the move at the foot of the Bel-China Bridge. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The Youth Cadet Corps Marching Band was only formed two weeks […]
They are still on something of a honeymoon following the March first election, but this week the reality of handling their duties was brought home to Belize’s new municipal leaders at a seminar in the nation’s capital. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the last two days mayors, deputy mayors, city administrators and other officials participated in […]
And while the misdeeds of the outgoing Belize City mayor may not have been a specific item on the seminar’s agenda, the city’s past and present chief administrator admitted that financial oversight is an issue that must be addressed. Janelle Chanona ?But Ms. Moya has shown us stuff, documents for salary advances … That?s what […]
On last night’s newscast viewers heard former city councillor Eloisa Trujeque express her support for ex-Mayor David Fonseca, the man who claims to have spent around four hundred thousand dollars of city funds on donations to the poor–but can’t account for a single penny. Today, thanks to the cooperation of the People’s United Party, we […]
He gave interviews to a number of media houses yesterday, this one included. But what was supposed to be an exercise in candor did little to dispel public doubts about the propriety–or legality–of ex-mayor David Fonseca’s granting himself around two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of city funds. Today we spoke to a number of […]
But during an off camera interview with News Five this afternoon, the financial director for the Belize City Council, Pauline Wade, vehemently denied Trujeque’s version of the facts. According to Wade, every month each councillor is provided with a report on the state of the city’s finances. Based on copies of those reports, the second […]
With city residents still in shock at the news that former Belize City Mayor David Fonseca touched the council’s treasury for a quarter million dollars in salary advances, loans, and bad cheques that somehow got cashed, the new council is desperately trying to convince residents to settle their own balances with the city tax collector. […]
Two Mexican men were arraigned in court today, charged with attempting to kidnap and kill a resident of Orange Walk. Thirty-three year old David Rendon and twenty-seven year old Jesus Araujo were jointly charged before Magistrate Herbert Lord this afternoon with preparation for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. Special prosecutor […]
A Belize City man was today read charges of aggravated burglary and aggravated assault after he tried to interfere with the administration of justice. Twenty-one year old Loren Carr appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord and pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was remanded to prison until his next court date on April twelfth. […]
The court docket may be crammed full of young defendants, but a new programme initiated by the Police Department is betting that with the recognition of positive role models, more youths will stay on the right side of the law. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Meet seventeen year old Sasha Hernandez. Hernandez for most of her childhood […]
It’s an educational institution that we visit frequently … almost always to report bad news. Today, however, Jacqueline Woods headed to Yabra for a different reason. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It was really refreshing to see smiles on the faces of these preschoolers. In facts everyone seemed to be in an upbeat mood at the Port […]
Parents kidnapping their own children is not all that uncommon, particularly in an environment so full of broken families. But a case of child snatching brought to our attention today carries an added sense of urgency. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Rose Williams, Mother of Missing Boy ?Alex, all I am asking right now, I […]
As scandals go, the magnitude of the money involved does not begin to approach the level of previous debacles involving passports, telecommunications, BELIPO, or the D.F.C. … but the discovery that former Belize City Mayor David Fonseca helped himself to a quarter of a million dollars of city funds may be the clearest evidence yet […]
Yesterday it was a father accused of raping his son; today police have detained a fifteen year old boy for having sexual relations with his ten year old sister. The initial report was made by the children’s mother, a resident of the Stann Creek District, who noticed a vamp on the ten year old’s neck. […]
Police have arrested a Punta Gorda man in connection with a weekend shooting in that southern town. Twenty-two year old Eric Foster of Punta Gorda’s Water Supply Area has been charged with attempted murder, dangerous harm, use of deadly means of harm, and aggravated assault. It is alleged that on Friday night Foster entered the […]
In the Orange Walk District, a seventeen year old has been arrested after chopping off a man’s thumb and index finger in a fight. According to police reports, early Sunday morning in Trinidad Village seventeen year old Ventura Garcia became involved in an altercation with forty-seven year old Belemo Cowo. Cowo wielded a machete and […]
It may not be a new story, but we still can’t seem to tell it often enough: turn off the TV, kill the computer, ground the Gameboy, and get into a good book. That’s the message of the National Library Service and a well read group of international experts. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has more. […]
Spare the rod and spoil the child. The debate over corporal punishment has been with us for decades if not centuries … and most of us who grew up in Belize have our favourite stories of student lashings. Tonight News Five’s Jacqueline Woods rekindles the controversy with a report from Biscayne Village that, from all […]
A thirty-five year old Belize City man is behind bars tonight accused of raping his son. According to the police, the nine year old told his mother that on March fifth, he was at home with his father when he was taken to a bedroom and raped. Medical examinations have certified that the child was […]
News of freak accidents are reported every day, but when they involve children, the story takes on a sense of urgency. Tonight, we feature the sad tale of nine year old Darwin Cruz. For the past month, Darwin has been fighting to survive third degree burns to much of his body … and even though […]
A brazen shooting in the Toledo district over the weekend has left a man suffering from gunshot wounds. Police reports out of Punta Gorda are that around eight-thirty on Friday night, forty-three year old Eric Flowers was walking into his yard on West Street when someone he knew walked up to him, pointed a shotgun […]
A high school teacher is charged with burglary tonight after an incident in Belize City over the weekend. Court reports are that thirty-one year old Denroy Tillett, a teacher at Saint John’s College pleaded not guilty to the charge and is now out on five thousand dollars bail. According to the victim, Rhondine Tillett, around […]
A thief busted by school children and an alert police officer was today charged in Belize City Magistrate’s Court. Forty-seven year old Nicaraguan Luis Saquaira appeared before Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie where he was formally arraigned on one count of theft. Saquaira pled not guilty, but when the court found out that he was also […]
A Mexican national arrested on Friday for firearm offences has been fined. Thirty-four year old David Rendon appeared in Corozal Magistrate’s Court today where he pled guilty to two counts each of possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition. He was fined ten thousand dollars on each count or in default four years in jail. Acting […]
Left paralysed after a shooting near her home in Taylor’s Alley, tonight twenty-three year Lisa Garoy continues to amaze her doctors in defiance of their prognosis that she would never walk again. We caught up with Garoy and her now seven month old son, Leroy, at home where she told News Five’s Karla Vernon about […]
