Viewers of this newscast will recall that one annual event we never miss is the birthday of April the Tapir at the Belize Zoo. Well, for the last four years our favourite mountain cow has had to share the public spotlight with a rival resident … whose anniversary was observed today. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Harpy […]
The work of the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation will continue without Chairman David Price. That’s the word from commissioners Herbert Lord and Merlene Bailey Martinez, who, with the approval of the Prime Minister, will act as co-chairs. Public hearings, which have been suspended since November first due to the illness of […]
In most countries of the world, political and economic power is cantered in metropolitan areas and Belize is no exception. This is despite that fact that most of our nation’s wealth and a large share of its people reside outside of cities and towns. Over the last several years momentum has been building to redress […]
A traffic accident in the Toledo district has left a man dead and four family members seriously injured. According to Punta Gorda police, around two-thirty Sunday afternoon a Toyota pickup, driven by fifty-two year old Ignacio Avila, went out of control and ran off the road near the Golden Stream Bridge. The truck wound up […]
Belize City Magistrate’s Court was under heavy security this morning following reports of a planned attack against one of today’s defendants. That accused, identified as thirty-two year old Arthur Young, was in court to answer to charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. The prosecution was ready to start trial today but Young’s […]
Meanwhile, today in the Supreme Court another case crumbled for want of prosecution. According to court reports, twenty-one year old Andre Trapp, accused of Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm, Dangerous Harm, and Aggravated Assault, walked down Regent Street a free man after crown counsel Kamar Henry told the court that the prosecution […]
Tonight a fourteen-year-old boy is charged with trying to take the life of another teenager. According to police reports, fourteen year old Diondre McKoy told them that he was playing basketball on the court on Albert Street West around nine on Friday night when two other boys he knew walked up to him. McKoy says […]
And while many young people remain trapped in a deadly cycle of violence, efforts continue to present better alternatives. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports on the opening of Youth Week. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This year, Youth Week is being celebrated under the theme
Two hundred and eighty boys and girls of Red Bank village are studying in sturdier surroundings starting this month, thanks to the completion of a new school building. The structure, built at a cost of more than two hundred thousand dollars, consists of three classrooms, an office, and two bathrooms. The project also includes furniture […]
The battle against the virus that causes AIDS is being fought on many fronts including the development of vaccines, the search for a cure, treatments, campaigns to end stigma and discrimination … and of course efforts to change risky behaviour. Today I observed some new ways to improve the odds in favor of safer sex. […]
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In the hours following Thursday’s cold blooded killing of a young Belize City father, investigators pounded the pavement for the perpetrator. And tonight police believe they have their man. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting It took Belize City cops only twenty-four hours to charge twenty-six year old Carlos Escalante for the execution style of twenty-eight year old […]
Precedent over the legality a fence was set in July 2003 in the case of the Belize City Council versus Brian Brown. Authorities broke down the wall around Brown’s yard on the basis that it was higher than Council regulations allowed. But in the subsequent Supreme Court trial, Brown won his case as his attorney, […]
A man caught on camera trying to break into a lawyer’s home has been sentenced to seven and a half years behind bars. Thirty-one year old Dennis Quilter was found guilty of the June 2006 attempted burglary of Emil Arguelles’ house on the Northern Highway. On Thursday Arguelles testified that when he got home that […]
Tonight Belize City police need your help in locating a fugitive from justice. Twenty-one year Ernest Hinds escaped from a prison bus enroute to Hattieville between four and five on Thursday evening. Authorities say they believe Hinds is hiding out somewhere in Belize City but caution the public to be careful as the wanted man […]
An accused child sex offender walked out of court a free man today because no case file could be presented to the judge. According to court reports, thirty-five year old mason Bert Abraham was accused in January 2005 for having sex with a fourteen year old girl. Abraham was subsequently charged with four counts of […]
As we mentioned earlier in this newscast the civil case between the Government of Belize and the Fort Street Tourism Village has been set for trial in early December. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, a number of other civil matters have been sitting on the court’s docket for far too long. Fred Lumor, […]
It is a dirty little secret kept under too many Belizean rugs: domestic abuse. To highlight the negative impacts the violent practice has on our society, this month local activists have launched a country wide campaign to put the issue in your face; because as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, we all have a part […]
An official event associated with the sixteen days of activism is the Women’s Department’s craft expo and entrepreneurial training, scheduled for this weekend. In two days women will learn small business management and receive training in jewellery making, hat weaving, embroidery, and crocheting. According to Director of the Women’s Department, Carol Fonseca, Belizeans will be […]
Tis the season for boys and girls to show off newly acquired skills garnered from organized programs in drama, music and dance as part of traditional end of the year performances. In the old capital, young artists have pooled their talents to put a local twist on a classical favourite. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports. […]
A large percentage of the many murders we chronicle in this newscast are the result of drug deals gone sour, drunken bar brawls, family feuds or jealous rages … all cases where the victim is somehow tied to the killer. But the homicide that occurred in Belize City earlier today was of a different variety: […]
While police investigate the city’s latest murder, they claim to have solved the one before. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Five days after twenty-one year old Damion Gordon was killed, Belize City police escorted to Magistrate?s Court the two young men they believe are responsible for the murder. Twenty-two year olds Alfred Conorquie and Callum Sutherland have […]
There was a time many, many years ago that accusations of police brutality were so rare as to actually be newsworthy. Today, to qualify for airtime an alleged victim needs to be shot by a cop, preferably in front of multiple witnesses. And that’s exactly what happened this morning in Roaring Creek. News Five’s Janelle […]
As the Salvation Army continues to send out letters of appeal for its Christmas Drive, today it received a significant donation from the Belize City Council. The cheque, which was handed over to Regional Commander Major Errol Robateau, will be used for the children’s luncheon to be held on December fifteenth. Major Errol Robateau, Regional […]
On Friday night, media personalities, community leaders, athletes and even some well known business persons will be strutting their stuff on the catwalk … all in the name of charity. The event, called a Celebrity Benefit Fashion Showcase and Awards Ceremony, is in aid of the Y.W.C.A.’s early leavers programme. The Y’s First Vice President […]
