On the occasion of the sixty-first General Assembly of the United Nations, this week Belize took its traditional turn at the imposing podium to address the world on issues that we think are important. Doing the honours this year was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Eamon Courtenay. In his address Tuesday afternoon Courtenay […]
Today the police officially inaugurated the one way identification mirrors in Benque Viejo and San Ignacio that played a critical role in the arrest of the alleged ring leader of armed bandits who terrorized the Cayo district for several months. The system was also used to positively identify an accused rapist. At a ceremony this […]
Belizeans and visitors travelling to the United States will be relieved to know that the Transportation Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has eased its restrictions on what may be carried onboard aircraft bound for the U.S.A. The total ban on liquids, aerosols and gels, which came into effect on August tenth, […]
Belizeans are keeping their fingers crossed for another few months until what has so far been a very mild hurricane season passes into history. According to scientists I spoke to this morning, crunch time is just around the corner. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The national metrological service reports that conditions in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean have […]
On last night’s newscast we looked at how changes in technology and available resources have made testing for HIV a fast, safe and necessary process. Tonight News Five’s Kendra Griffith gets into the nitty gritty of what happens when you actually go in for that blood test. Kendra Griffith, Reporting When conducted at a VCT […]
Tonight there are serious questions being raised about the rule of law in Belize and respect for the judiciary at the highest levels of business and government. Those doubts have been prompted by what appears to be a case of wilful contempt of the Supreme Court by the board of the directors of Belize Telecommunications […]
He left town in a hurry … but today he’s back home. This morning I greeted an accused murderer at the Philip Goldson International Airport. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Almost one month after twenty-four year old Ronell Gonzales fled Belize following his alleged involvement in the torture and murder of twenty year old David Daniel Pook, […]
A suspect has been arrested for a killing that occurred last month in the Mountain Pine Ridge. Emilio Moralez of Upper Barton Creek has been charged with the August thirty-first murder of seventeen year old Samuel Tesecum. On that night Tesecum and his brother Bartemeus were attacked while they slept by a machete wielding assailant. […]
You’ve heard the phrase “taking candy from a baby?” In San Pedro a man has been charged for snatching a chain from a five year old. Nineteen year old Honduran Juan Martinez was charged with three counts of Robbery following accusations by five year old Uzri Coleman that on Sunday night while shopping with his […]
The staff and students of St. John’s Primary were smiling today, thanks to a generous donation from the Social Security Board. As part of its twenty-fifth anniversary, the Belize City branch office of the S.S.B. decided to make an investment in the nation’s future leaders by assisting the school’s feeding programme. News Five’s Kendra Griffith […]
Not far away another southside school found itself on the receiving end of a food related donation. News Five’s Janelle Chanona was on hand. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning the Lifeline Foundation officially handed over twelve thousand fifty six dollars and twenty five cents, a third the proceeds of a fundraising drive held earlier this […]
Schools were not the only ones benefiting from the generosity of the public. This afternoon Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya stopped by Port of Belize Limited to pick up her donation from C.E.O. Reynaldo Guerrero. Reynaldo Guererro, C.E.O., Port of Belize ?The City Council had a?they were giving out awards for the best decorated business […]
While B.T.L. is bogged down in controversy, its upstart competitor, Smart, continues to make its mark on the telecommunications scene. This afternoon at its showroom on the Northern Highway, the company launched its mobile wireless internet service: SmartNet, which they say will make the internet fast, easy, and affordable for all Belizeans. C.E.O. Eduardo Santiago […]
AIDS: We’ve been hearing about the deadly epidemic for years … but the continued rise in infections indicates that the message still may not be getting through. If Belize and the world are going to reverse that situation then the initial step is to find out who’s got the virus … and that means testing. […]
The ruling came down around four this afternoon … and it was not entirely unexpected. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh has granted an injunction on behalf of Jeffrey Prosser and corporate entities he controls to stop the scheduled annual general meeting of Belize Telecommunications Ltd., due to kick off at six this evening. Since that time […]
Three people lost their lives over the weekend: two by road accidents and one following a fight in the Cayo District. That killing, in which the victim and his accused murderer are members of the same family, has left at least one man doubly troubled. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting As fifty-nine year old Arjelio Garcia gets […]
A young Dangriga resident is dead, the victim of a collision between her bicycle and a car. Ten year old Ranisha Tabon was riding her black beach cruiser around seven on Saturday morning when she was knocked down and later died at the Southern Regional Hospital. The driver held responsible for the child’s death is […]
Police in the north were equally busy as a traffic accident claimed the life of one man and left two others seriously injured. The accident occurred around four thirty on Friday evening between miles sixty-seven and sixty-eight on the Northern Highway. Corozal police report that the vehicle’s driver, identified as eighteen year old Jiladio Cawich, […]
It’s usually Belizeans being put on an airplane at the P.G.I.A. to face justice for their alleged crimes in the U.S.A. But on Tuesday a murder suspect who fled to Los Angeles will be returned to the waiting arms of the Belize Police. He is Ronell Gonzalez, allegedly involved in the brutal slaying of twenty […]
A thirty-eight year old Belize City woman has told police that she was violently beaten and raped by three men over the weekend. According to the report, the victim was accosted around midnight Friday night by three dark complexioned men in the area of Matron Roberts Health Centre near Constitution Park. She says that she […]
We don’t usually run news of confiscation of unlicensed firearms … but the bust that occurred in the wee hours of Saturday morning certainly rates a mention. The gun in question, a Glock nine millimetre pistol, was found by police in the pocket of twenty-two year old Raymond Myers when he was stopped at two […]
The notion that Belize is a bridge between Central America and the Caribbean has been repeated so often that it is now just an empty cliché. But while that span has yet to be constructed Belize has been deepening its integration with both sub-regions on parallel paths. Today we worked the mainland side of the […]
For bank President Harry Brautigam, Belize is a welcomed addition to the institution. And while he is glad to be working with Belize, Brautigam pointed out that Belmopan won’t be the only one benefiting from the bank’s growing resources. Harry E. Brautigam, President, CABEI ?We are looking forward to this moment also because the bank […]
You may have thought that September celebrations were over … but not quite. For the next three days the Government of Spain invites Belizeans to the first Spanish Film Festival it is hosting to commemorate the occasion on Belize’s twenty-fifth anniversary of Independence. The festival officially opens tonight at the Bliss Centre for the Performing […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and we certainly welcome you to this portion of Sports Monday. The drums herald the message that league leading Wagiya of Dangriga is inside the Norman Broaster Stadium at San Ignacio for its seventh week face off with the host team Hankook Verdes in a battle for Regent Cup Supremacy. […]
