The hardwood may not be in quite the shape it used to, but the boards at Bird’s Isle were buzzing today, to the rhythm of basketballs. News Five’s Alyssa Noble reports. Alyssa Noble, Reporting It?s the dream of many kids … to one day become an N.B.A. star. But for the moment, the boys and […]
Ara Macao … Spanish for Scarlet Macaw. The large scale tourism project has been a long simmering and controversial issue for residents of the Placencia Peninsula–and by extension the entire nation. With a decision on its environmental impact assessment due shortly, today Prime Minister Said Musa, appearing on Love FM’s Morning Show, took the opportunity […]
Among the many topics covered in this morning’s appearance was the current financial crisis facing the Belize City Council, particularly its inability to pay the two sanitation companies that keep the old capital clean. Prime Minister Said Musa ?The position is that the City Council, the mayor has come to us with her difficulties in […]
There are many issues being discussed at the sixteenth International AIDS Conference, but two of the most positive developments involve advances in science and finance. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports from Toronto. Kendra Griffith, Reporting It?s been ten years since anti-retroviral therapy revolutionised the way the persons infected with HIV are treated … but that […]
A Belize City woman has been arrested on drug charges in San Pedro Town. On Tuesday evening twenty-four year old Pauline Flowers was searched by police who found two parcels of cocaine, weighing almost three pounds, in her backpack. Flowers has been charged with Drug Trafficking.
A man has been charged with the rape of a seven year old girl. According to court reports, Elias Gonzalez was arrested following a police investigation after the little girl’s mother filed a report which claimed that the minor was sexually violated. Gonzalez, a resident of the Belize district, today appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers […]
Charges were dropped today against one of the men accused of the Christmas Eve 2004 killing of Police Constable Nedy Reymundo. Chadrick Debride and Winston Jones, who were to be tried jointly for the crimes of murder and conspiracy to commit murder, today appeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez where the charges against Jones were withdrawn […]
She is already a well known figure in Belize City, but from this day forward seventy-eight year old Violet Gomez will most likely be recognized as the lucky lady who won seventy-five thousand dollars in a Scotiabank raffle. Violet’s lucky ticket was one of fifty-eight thousand entries in what proved to be a very successful […]
There are two areas of Belizean life that have clearly improved over the last eight years. One is the arts and the other is the prison. Today they combined in the form of a unique exhibition. News Five’s Alyssa Noble reports from Hattieville. Yasser Musa, President, NICH ?I think that art should never be forgotten […]
The Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation opened its fifth day of public hearings this morning … and continued to methodically build a case that rests on a foundation of testimony from mid-level employees and will seek answers from top management and ultimately several ministers of finance. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the […]
The event has been pushed off the international headlines by a war in Lebanon and terror plot in Britain. But the problems currently under discussion by over twenty-five thousand participants in Canada this week may in the long run prove more crucial to our survival. The issue is AIDS and News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports […]
An investigation by the U.S. Government Accountability Office has strongly questioned the credibility of the State Department’s annual human trafficking report. According to the G.A.O., the explanations used in the rankings are “incomplete,” and “not used consistently” and the report as a whole “does not comprehensively describe compliance with the standards.” The report went on […]
A boledo vendor from the Corozal District has been murdered in what appears to have been an attempted robbery. According to police reports, sometime after six Monday evening Silvestre Loza Jr. of San Andres Village was heading home on his bike on the San Roque Road when he was attacked by two men, who chopped […]
Meanwhile police in the west believe revenge is the motive for the shooting death of forty-six year old Igancio Nix Toj of El Naranjo, Guatemala. Police say the murder occurred at a farm in the Water Hole area south of Benque Viejo. Upon arrival at the scene police found the farmer’s body lying on a […]
Maybe it’s just coincidence, maybe its a case of copycat crime or just maybe the same pair of thugs is preying on elderly residents of the Southern Foreshore. Whatever the reason, less than a week after an eighty-two year old woman was robbed on Palm Lane, it happened again. This afternoon, eighty-five year old Robert […]
It’s the time of year when concerned parents are scraping hard to find money for school books, fees, uniforms and all the other seemingly endless expenses of education. But for over a dozen lucky Belizean families, for the next four years school money is not going to be a problem. Forrest Phillips, 2006 B.T.L. Scholarship […]
If your last name is Mangar, Parham, Ramclam, Guy or Supaul, chances are that you were represented at the Belize City House of Culture today taking part in the first annual East Indian Festival. News Five’s Alyssa Noble got in the spirit. Alyssa Noble, Reporting They are often referred to as ?Coolies?, and today, this […]
Belize City fire officials have their hands full tonight as separate blazes over the weekend destroyed four buildings and caused thousands of dollars in damage. News Five’s Alyssa Noble has the details. Alyssa Noble, Reporting Around four o?clock Saturday morning, firemen responded to calls for help at the popular nightspot: Sun Spree Resort on University […]
A boating accident in the Placencia Lagoon over the weekend has left one woman dead. According to investigators, fifty-six year old Josefa Gomez was one of five people fishing from the skiff “Estrellitas” around two on Sunday afternoon when it was involved in a collision with another boat. It is believed that Gomez was struck […]
Meanwhile, Caye Caulker police continue their investigations into a weapons seizure that left five people in police custody. According to court reports, around seven thirty on Friday morning, caye cops and officials from the Fisheries Department conducted a search operation on Long Caye, located about nine miles south of Caye Caulker. We understand that near […]
On Friday, the Belize City Council announced that it was on financial life support, unable to pay millions of dollars owed to the old capital’s sanitation companies. Today, members of those clean up crews took their beef to the street. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has more. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, workers of Belize Maintenance […]
Earlier this year we featured the sad story of a freak accident in southern Belize that almost claimed the life of a little boy. Darwin Cruz was badly burned by a gasoline explosion after he combined the fuel and sawdust to destroy an ant’s nest. But tonight we are happy to report that with the […]
On Tuesday, the East Indian culture will take centre stage in Belize City as part of the first annual East Indian festival. Organised by the National Institute for Culture and History, the Hindu community and the East Indian Council, the event is scheduled to take place on the grounds of the House of Culture. Coordinators […]
During brief ceremonies today the Government of Belize handed over three brand new Toyota Hilux pickup trucks to be used in the Belize Rural Development Project. According to Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Sandra Hall, the vehicles will be used by district agriculture officers to visit rural farmers in Corozal, Stann Creek […]
He’s only been playing lotto for two months, but tonight one Corozal man is the winner of the biggest jackpot in Belizean history. Thirty-two year old Isaias Majil had the numbers drawn on Saturday night: 03-07-20-22 and 25. This afternoon the father of two told us he cannot put into words how great it feels […]
