The questioning has become increasingly sharp at the public hearings on the Development Finance Corporation as a picture emerges of an institution filled with pliant managers guided by an unseen but powerful hand. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. The D.F.C. commission of inquiry continued today at the Belize Institute of Management with additional testimony from […]
A Corozal man has been arrested for firing on a police officer during a drug raid last week. Forty-six year old Arnaldo Solana has been charged with Attempted Murder for allegedly firing a shotgun at Constable Joseph Gilharry. The incident took place early Friday morning as police sought to secure a marijuana plantation off the […]
Police would not say why one of their mobile units decided to stop a black pickup truck as the vehicle travelled in the vicinity of the roundabout by Pallotti High school around five on Wednesday evening, but when cops tried to intercept it, the vehicle sped off. The police then reportedly fired a warning shot […]
It was promised several years ago in conjunction with a visit by the president of Taiwan … but like many capital projects in these days of reduced financial expectations, the new indoor arena has yet to rise from the wide open spaces of the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. Today, however, the ten million dollar project […]
In the news media we’re always hearing rumours of child prostitution in Belize, but today a new study claims that sexual exploitation of children is not a myth. Dianne Haylock, Project Coordinator ?Children and adolescents under the age of eighteen from seventeen downwards are being paid to have sexual relations with adults. The majority, the […]
What do a dreaded disease and the post office have in common? Normally, not very much, but today the two ran into each other at the Belize City House of Culture. The result, reports News Five’s Kendra Griffith, could be far reaching. Kendra Griffith, Reporting For the over one million women worldwide who were diagnosed […]
As a distinct culture, that belonging to the Garifuna has been both studied and cherished perhaps more than any other in Belize. But all that attention does not guarantee its prosperity or even survival. This weekend a set of pageants countrywide will try to preserve and enhance what geography and assimilation is working to dilute. […]
In a global economic environment that appears to be permanently rigged against producers of commodities like sugar and bananas, Belize’s citrus industry stands out as a model of potential prosperity. With prices climbing and world demand forecast to remain strong, long suffering orange and grapefruit growers are just now beginning to reap some well deserved […]
A man from Calcutta Village is the country’s latest road accident victim. Around eight Tuesday night twenty-one year old Brian Williams was, along with a friend, riding his bike on the Northern Highway between miles eighty-one and eighty-two when he was struck by a car. Police investigations reveal that the accident occurred when a green […]
He was busted red-handed on Tuesday exiting the Prosser fertilizer store on North Front Street, and tonight police have levied another charge against eighteen year old Sheffield Ysaguirre. According to a police press release, when Ysaguirre was taken into custody and searched, cops found gloves and bandanas in his pockets. The items, it seems, were […]
A decision in the Court of Appeal regarding power surges and damaged appliances could have major implications for all of us who use electricity. Orange Walk resident David Madrid sued Belize Electricity Limited following an incident on December twenty-fourth 2002 that damaged or destroyed more than thirty thousand dollars worth of household appliances. Madrid says […]
If you regularly travel the route between Belmopan and Dangriga you know that despite the smooth pavement and spectacular scenery, those many single lane bridges can make the trip both stressful and dangerous. Well, as of today there is one less narrow bridge to worry about. Work on the new two-lane span over Silver Creek […]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has received over one hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment. The donation came courtesy of the Organisation of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector in Central America, OPESCA, and includes two vehicles, five computers, two G.P.S. devices, video and digital cameras, office furniture, and a boat. Receiving the items for […]
On Thursday night, the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall will be filled with oil … or at least discussions about that valuable natural resource. According to officials of St. John’s Junior College student government, the forum, Oil in Belize: Black Gold or Fool’s Gold, is intended to educate citizens about the impact of the budding petroleum […]
This morning, following a two month suspension of public hearings, the Development Finance Corporation Commission of Inquiry was back in front of the cameras. The only difference this time around was a slightly higher level of drama as the witness list moved up the food chain at D.F.C. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, […]
Today, Belize City police escorted to Magistrate’s court the two young men they believe severely chopped twenty-four year old watchman Luis Armando Ibanez, causing him to lose his left hand and two fingers from his right. Construction workers nineteen year old William Burgos and eighteen year old Miguel Chacon appeared before Magistrate Margaret Gabb where […]
Eighteen year old Sheffield Ysaguirre is the man caught by police at the Prosser Fertilizer shop on North Front Street. Cops say around two this morning they received a report of a burglary in progress at the historic riverside building. When a team was dispatched to the location officers observed a man exiting the establishment […]
The results of the annual Caribbean Broadcasting Awards have been released and, once again, Channel Five has taken home its share of the gold. Claiming the top spot for the region’s Best Television News Story was reporter Janelle Chanona and cameramen Rick Romero and George Tillett for their coverage of the 2005 protests in Belmopan. […]
Today fifty-three year old Antonio Guevara walked into the offices of Tropical Gaming Company to claim his Saturday jackpot prize of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. The father of eight children says he has been playing Lotto for quite a while but never thought he would win big. That’s why he was in no […]
For most high school students life is complicated enough without having to worry about making a living when you grow up. But reality being what it is, it never hurts to think about a future career. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today, the students of Sadie Vernon Technical High School took time out from their regular classes […]
It has not yet become a major issue in Belize due to the relatively small scale of our agriculture. But scientific developments in the area of food technology could one day present tough choices to Belizean officials. For now they are getting ready to face the future. Dr. Michael Deshield, Director, Food Safety, BAHA ?A […]
Tonight a mother of two is asking the public’s assistance to access badly needed but costly treatment abroad. Thirty-eight year old Chriselda Ramirez was diagnosed with cervical cancer two months ago and is urgently in need of both chemo and radiation therapy, which are unavailable in Belize. Ramirez, who was released from the K.H.M.H. on […]
When Belize Defence Force Sergeant Ramon Aguilar went missing and for the next nine days had an entire nation praying for his safety; the eyes of Belizeans were forced to focus clearly on the issue of jungle survival. But apart from his becoming lost and then found, we knew little about why Aguilar was out […]
Two men are dead tonight: one the victim of a chopping assault and the other the man who did the chopping who was shot by the police when he resisted arrest. According to authorities, their investigations reveal that last Friday around six in the morning Honduran Jose Hernandez and Heraldo Rash were involved in a […]
Another chopping this time in Belize City early Sunday morning, did not result in death … but that’s of little consolation to the victim. Leonel Ibanez, Brother of Chopping Victim ?We wish and we hope that the police try to get these guys and take them off the streets, because we don?t know what will […]
