As a department it has suffered more black eyes and body blows than a heavy weight boxer but tonight, immigration officials are once again at the centre of a scandal as one hundred passports have disappeared from the confines of a security vault in Belmopan. The passports bearing the serial numbers P0043801 to P0043900 were […]
After three days of silence, the board of Belize Telecommunications Limited has officially responded to accusations that it deliberately ignored a Supreme Court order when it held its annual general meeting on Monday night. According to a press release issued late Thursday evening, the company says: “B.T.L. understands that the injunction heard on twenty-fifth September […]
Dangriga police are tonight asking for the public’s assistance in finding a wanted man accused of attempted murder. According to the authorities, twenty-seven year old Eldon Anthony Leslie, also known as “Major” is one of the two people that burglarized the home of sixty-five year old Windell Nunez on September fourteenth. Nunez reported to police […]
An accused thief is tonight recovering from gunshot wounds after a Belize City man busted him burglarizing a store. According to police reports, just after midnight this morning, thirty year old Dwight Moody was shot in the ankle near Betty Chen’s Store on Mahogany Street. According to Chen’s brother, Bing Quan Chen, shortly before the […]
Cayo police are tonight investigating allegations of kidnapping and armed robbery reported by a boledo vendor. According to sixty-two year old Godfrey Tillett, he was hitchhiking along the Western Highway in Ontario Village around two thirty on Thursday afternoon when a white car pulled up alongside him. But when he opened the back door, Tillett […]
It was a scandal that left a black eye on the police department when back in April, three of its officers were arrested and charged for having sex with a minor. But tonight one of those men is celebrating after the charges against him were dropped. This morning in the courtroom of Magistrate Dorothy Flowers, […]
It’s one of the most dangerous highways in the country and even though the latest traffic accident on the Western Highway did not result in bloodshed, as Jacqueline Godwin reports, big trucks and high speeds do not equal good news. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Tonight authorities are still investigating what caused a Femagra water truck to […]
Tonight one of the country’s two cardiologists is being held in detention by the Belize Defence Force pending charges of desertion. That’s right, according to Dr. George Gough, his brother John was detained on Thursday afternoon by senior members of the B.D.F. on orders from Commander Lloyd Gillett. Today the elder Dr. Gough claims that […]
This weekend, the students and staff of the Anglican Cathedral College are hoping Belizeans will support their efforts to recover monies stolen from the school almost four months ago. A.C.C. has planned a radio telethon at the Battlefield Park and as explained by the school’s public relations officer Michelle Turton, the event is designed to […]
The war against AIDS is being fought on many lines by a wide range of organizations. In Belize, the Peace Corps, thanks to a fifteen thousand U.S. dollar grant, is the latest to join the efforts. The Corps coordinated a training of trainers? workshop on awareness, education, methodology and prevention of HIV/AIDS. News Five’s Kendra […]
Over the weekend, the Belize branch of the Salvation Army will be hosting newly elected Caribbean Territorial Leaders Commissioners Raymond and Judith Houghton. The couple arrived in the country today for a familiarization tour and according to Regional Commander Major Errol Robateau, will fine tune the church’s future plans in Belize. Major Errol Robateau, Regional […]
On Thursday we told you about S.J.C.’s educational collaboration with sister Jesuit institution, Regis University. Tonight, word out of the University of Belize is that they are also trying to developing similar ties with a university from the United Kingdom. According to a press release issued today, a delegation from Anglia Ruskin University is presently […]
In related news, this weekend another university in Belize will celebrate an important milestone. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports from the Cayo district. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Tucked away in the rolling hills of the Cayo District, some sixty-two and a half miles from Belize City is Galen University. The tertiary level institution was established three […]
The Musa administration is tonight breathing a sigh of relief following an announcement by the United States government that Belize has been removed from the list of Tier Three countries with regard to Human Trafficking. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, our new status means that the U.S. […]
Following three days of public ire against the board of Belize Telecommunications Limited for ignoring a Supreme Court injunction against Monday night’s annual meeting, this afternoon Attorney General Francis Fonseca weighed in with his opinion. Francis Fonseca, Attorney General of Belize ?Any individual or corporation who knowingly or deliberately refuses to acknowledge or respect an […]
There was a minor commotion on Belize City’s Southside this afternoon following the discovery of a corpse. I reached the scene as police were trying to figure out whether it was a case of foul play or natural causes. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This evening Belize City police were called out to a residence at number […]
Two Guatemalans believed to be part of a gang of robbers who preyed on tourists in the Cayo District have been hit with enough charges to keep them in Hattieville until the next century. Marco Javier Chiquin-Molina and Geronimo Cortes-Gonzalez were brought before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord to be informed that not only were their […]
Two brothers have been arrested after police found a large quantity of stolen items at the family’s house. According to authorities, their investigation into a burglary that occurred between September fourteenth and September seventeenth at the Jewels of India shop inside the Tourism Village led them to a residence at North Creek Road in Belize […]
On yesterday’s newscast reporting on recent developments in the citrus industry, we reported that an injunction had been issued by the Supreme Court to postpone its ruling on an application that would allow Citrus Products of Belize Limited to restructure its financial statements in order to pay dividends to shareholders. The company informed us today […]
St. John’s College has announced that this month, it has finalised a memorandum of understanding with sister Jesuit institution Regis University in Colorado under which S.J.C. will grant Bachelors degrees. The official launch is scheduled for November but this morning, S.J.C. representatives told us that the programme’s flexibility will be its biggest selling point. Neulin […]
O.K., so you’ve been convinced that knowing your HIV status is a good thing. You took the test. The result is positive. News Five’s Kendra Griffith, in the last of a three part report, tells us what happens next. Dr. Paul Edwards, Deputy Dir., Health Services ?Before, we had always encouraged individuals to go get […]
Southern environmental activists scored what they are calling a victory in the Supreme Court today after Justice Samuel Awich ordered all oil exploration activities in the Sarstoon Temash National Park to stop until an Environmental Impact Assessment has been concluded and approved. In presenting his decision, Awich declared that while three of the four grounds […]
We have little new to report on the controversy surrounding B.T.L. and its board’s decision to ignore a Supreme Court injunction prohibiting the holding of Monday night’s annual general meeting. Our request for comment from the Prime Minister was declined, the Minister of Public Utilities was unavailable and B.T.L. officials were as silent as a […]
In news from the Stann Creek Valley, continued controversy in the citrus industry has led to yet another lawsuit, this time against the Citrus Growers Association. Reports from industry sources are that last week attorney Lois Young-Barrow, acting on behalf of citrus farmer Oscar Ramirez, filed for an injunction, asking the Supreme Court to delay […]
And in news from Belmopan, don’t expect much work to get done in the nation’s capital next week. That’s when the entire Cabinet will be undertaking a retreat to take a deeper look at where the government and country stands and where we may be headed. According to a release from the office of the […]
