If the belly laughs heard at the rehearsals are any indication, then the play that opens Thursday night at the Bliss is going to be a smash. And the best part is that its all in aid of a worthy cause. News Five’s Alyssa Noble has a preview. Alyssa Noble, Reporting You?ve seen them in […]
After approximately thirteen hours of testimony given thus far to the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation, it is growing increasingly clear that not all of D.F.C.’s borrowers were created equal. The questions of whether that special treatment was given only to a select few and, if so, why, will no doubt occupy […]
There is no shortage of efforts being made–both public and private–to bring down the level of fatal violence in Belize, particularly in the old capital. But it is becoming more apparent that until the massive northbound trade in cocaine is curbed, there is little chance of ending the bloodshed that inevitably accompanies that lucrative commerce. […]
A robbery last night in Belize City has left a shopkeeper five thousand dollars poorer. According to police reports, around nine p.m. three men with guns held up thirty-two year old Jimbo Chen as he stood in the doorway of his establishment, Bobo Shop, on Central American Boulevard. Chen was forced into the store and […]
Life in Belize’s many picturesque villages is often viewed by harassed urban dwellers as a peaceful and carefree existence untouched by the perils of crime and violence associated with city life. Tell that to seventy-five year old Wallace Rivas of St. Paul’s Bank. According to court reports, on May eighteenth Rivas was happily taking an […]
Belizeans have once again made a mark on the international scene, this time by securing two open scholarships from the University of the West Indies. The lucky recipients are Stevanni Duncan and Wilhelm Swan, both graduates of St. John’s College Junior College. Duncan and Swan were just two of over five thousand applicants from across […]
And while on the subject of scholarships, U.W.I. was not the only institution offering opportunities to Belizean University students. Alyssa Noble, Reporting Belize Electricity Limited, today, awarded eight students from across the country with tuition scholarships to the University of Belize. And according to Dawn Sampson, Manager of Corporate Communications for the company, selecting the […]
Last week we looked at a report commissioned by the B.T.B. that compared the economic impact of cruise tourism with that of more traditional overnight stays. The preliminary conclusion of that study was that overnight visitors made a far greater contribution to the Belizean economy. Tonight News Five’s Kendra Griffith takes a look at one […]
Late this evening, Justice Samuel Awich handed down his latest decision in the matter of Winston Smiling versus the Corozal Free Zone … and it?s another victory for Smiling. Awich has granted the free zone businessman and his colleague Gulab Sharma permission for judicial review following their application to the court on the basis that […]
The Government of Belize has issued a report detailing all the efforts it has made against trafficking in persons. The report is part of an effort to get Belize off the U.S. government’s “Tier Three” list of countries not doing enough to combat the crime, which by all accounts, is not even a problem here. […]
A brutal chopping incident in the Toledo District has left one man dead and another behind bars. According to police they were told by forty-six year old Alejandro Ical that around four thirty Friday evening, Ical was walking home from his farm near Forest Home when he was attacked by a man armed with a […]
It appeared to be a suicide, but police are having second thoughts. On Sunday night authorities were called to a house in St. Margaret’s Village on the Hummingbird Highway, where they found the body of Luis Hernandez. Hernandez was lying on the ground with a rope tied around his neck. Although the obvious conclusion was […]
Police have made three arrests in connection with the shooting of a businessman last week Thursday. Twenty-four year old Ricky Valencia of Queen Charlotte Street along with twenty-eight year old Marlon Budran and twenty-two year old Lancelot Flowers, both of Wagner’s Lane in Belize City, appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord this morning. They have […]
In justice that was slow in coming, fifty-six year old Belize City traffic officer, Glenn Rivero, appeared this afternoon before Magistrate Roberto Ordonez and has been charged with Causing Death by Careless Conduct for a traffic mishap that occurred about almost two years ago. On Thursday, August nineteenth, 2004, Rivero was driving an Isuzu Trooper […]
Over the past fifteen years we have reported what seems like countless instances of sexual assault … but the case filed today in Belize City Magistrate’s Court is–as far as we know–a first. It involves an attack on a tourist, but not by crazed bandits … or even a drunken tour guide. This attempted rape […]
The entire Placencia Peninsula was without electricity for nearly twenty-four consecutive hours over the weekend. The blackout, which lasted from three forty-three Saturday morning until one fifty-four Sunday morning, wreaked havoc with refrigerated food and severely disrupted those residents dependent on electric pumps for water, not to mention the area’s lively social life. According to […]
They were one of the labour groups heavily involved in pressuring the government to enact reforms and initiate several important investigations. But tonight the P.S.U. is in the news for a different reason. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the next week, more than a hundred and forty trade unionists from across […]
On the heels of last month’s initiative by the Belize Council of Churches, one its members–the Anglicans–have made their own commitment to fighting the AIDS epidemic. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the story. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Armed with funding from the Episcopal Relief and Development office in the United States, today the Anglican Diocese officially […]
He was an inspired artist who never hesitated to share his talent with others. And even though Eder Alamilla is no longer with us, his passion remains. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today children between the ages of five and fifteen were all awarded with certificates after successfully participating in the 2006 Eder Alamilla Summer Art camp. […]
It’s not every day that Belizean students are tutored by a world class scientist, so when the summer students of Doctor Arlie Petters have his name on their certificates they better be good. On Friday News Five’s Alyssa Noble travelled to Dangriga for graduation. Alyssa Noble, Reporting This summer, the Petters Research Institute in Dangriga […]
On Friday we brought you the touching story of fifty-one year old Socorro Castillo and her eleven year old son Gabriel. The single parent family has been struggling to live a normal life after the mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Tonight however, we have been encouraged by a number of pledges of help we […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and we rolling into your living room with this weeks offering of Sports Monday. Tonight the focus stays indoors as we venture into Triangle Bar for the semi-final showdown in the Guines 8 Ball Pool Tournament Friday night. In the opening Robert Young of Advance could further his team?s lead […]
A Corozal businessman is tonight behind bars after police found three kilos of cocaine in his water dispenser. Forty-eight year old Shyam Ararani has been charged with Drug Trafficking following a raid at his business, the Yash Trading Company Limited in the Corozal Free Zone. Around two on Thursday afternoon, officers from the anti-drug unit […]
A Belize City businessman is lucky to be alive tonight after armed thugs ambushed him in front of his house. Forty-three year old Hoa Min Huang has reported that around midnight on Thursday, he and his wife got to their Queen Charlotte Street home only to be greeted by five masked and armed men. The […]
Meanwhile Belize City police are also investigating a break in that occurred last night at the office of Tropic Air Cargo Service. According to company officials, the thief or thieves gained access to the building by punching a hole in the concrete wall in the rear of the structure. Once inside, the burglars made off […]
