“Mr. Musa was defamed.” Those were the words of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh this morning as he handed down his judgement in the case of the Prime Minister versus The Reporter’s Publisher Harry Lawrence. Conteh said that Lawrence’s attorney Dean Barrow “failed to prove the truth of the words set out” in the editorial of […]
Still on the subject of politics, this weekend village council elections will continue countrywide. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, efforts by both the United Democratic Party and the People’s United Party have pushed one race into the national spotlight. Janelle Chanona, Reporting On Sunday April first, more than four thousand people living between […]
Five days ago, Belize City was rocked by the news of four violent deaths in less than twelve hours. In one of those cases, two police officers actually witnessed the execution style killing of a man and woman. The victims were laid to rest today and tonight family members of the deceased are comforted by […]
Orange Walk police are tonight asking the public for assistance in locating the killer or killers of an Indian Church Villager. According to police, around eight on Thursday morning cops visited the home of forty-four year old Orlando Castillo and found the owner lying on the floor with chop wounds to the head and body. […]
A man convicted of attempting to rape a teenaged boy has been sentenced to four years in jail. According to court reports, today Justice Adolph Lucas sentenced thirty-six year old Trevor Henry to spend the next four years behind bars. On March twenty-first a jury found Henry guilty of attempting to commit an unnatural crime […]
This week, more than a hundred people were officially sworn in as citizens of Belize. According to a press release from the Immigration Department, the one hundred and twelve men, women and children are originally from places like Bulgaria, Russia, Guatemala, and Jamaica. In his capacity as Commissioner of the Supreme Court, Winston Smiling administered […]
El Carromato and NADA: they are two seldom heard of organisations, but as News Five’s Kendra Griffith found out today, both are working for the development of the arts, specifically theatre. Tito Estrada “To make people access and enjoy theatre, that’s the main one.” Kendra Griffith, Reporting El Carromato, or Crazy Car, is a Swedish […]
Child stimulation month officially came to an end this morning with a rally at the Belize City Centre. The tots were entertained by their peers and Ozzie the clown. According to Education Officer Margaret Williams, the event was designed to provide positive and stimulating entertainment for the young students. Similar activities were held countrywide. Child […]
In December 2006, the Belize Bank launched its new debit card as a form of payment for its more than forty thousand clients countrywide. As a promotion, cardholders had the chance of winning thousands of dollars in a raffle. Today the lucky names were drawn at the Belize Bank headquarters in downtown Belize City. According […]
This weekend, the Vista Dance Company, under the direction of Sistie Fairweather-Harmes, will hold their annual Easter Recital. According to Harmes, the show is perfect family entertainment. Sistie Fairweather-Harmes, Director, Vista Dance Group “It’s our tenth anniversary and all the little darlings who started to dance when they are three years old, they are now […]
Last June, the Anglican diocese of Belize launched a pilot project in one high school and seven primary institutions to incorporate an HIV/AIDS education programme into their curriculum. Today News Five’s Kendra Griffith received a status report from administrators. Kendra Griffith, Reporting This morning teachers from seven Anglican institutions were getting schooled in HIV as […]
Field trips are regular events in the school year, but tonight we’ll introduce you to a group of students that have travelled across the Caribbean Sea to get a better grade. News Five’s Janelle Chanona explains. Janelle Chanona, Reporting On Thursday, twenty-nine students and four of their teachers from Turks and Caicos arrived in Belize […]
Today, seventeen year old Justin Emmanuel Orillana, a second form student of Gwen Lizarraga High School, was taken to Belize Family Court where he was formally charged for the murder of his father, thirty-eight year old Cecil Thompson. At around seven on Tuesday night Orillana was reportedly seen running away from the family home on […]
It has been five days since the cold bloodied murders of thirty-two year old Dorian Michael and twenty-four year old Keiva Leslie and tonight their killer or killers remain at large. Michael and Leslie were reportedly kidnapped and taken up to a feeder road just north of the Haulover Bridge where they were each shot […]
It’s a popular downtown electronic emporium, but tonight Venus Photo and Records is missing some inventory–over fifty-four thousand dollars worth. According to police reports, the Albert Street store was burgled sometime Tuesday night, with the thieves taking cameras, watches, video game consoles, cell phones, DVD players, and a whole lot more. The hot stuff is […]
And while it sometimes seems that Belizean society is possessed by a plague of criminal immorality, along comes a story that reaffirms our innately optimistic belief that the future is in better hands. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Since eighteen year old Travis Lennan was nominated for the 2007 Do the Right Thing—a police award programme—the fourth […]
Considering it’s part of a project that involves hundreds of millions of dollars and would radically alter the geography of Belize City, the presence of only forty or so people at the public hearing was somewhere between disappointing and alarming. The public consultation, part of the environmental impact assessment process required by the Department of […]
Tonight the local labour movement continues to complain that the terms of reference for an arbitration panel scheduled to investigate the firing of three employees of Belize Telecommunications Limited have yet to be released. According to officials of the Belize Communications Workers Union, the absence of the information has hampered their preparations for the tribunal. […]
On Monday, five men and five women of the Belize Defence Force embarked on an eight-day mission entitled “Give Something Back.” The soldiers are running and walking three hundred and sixty-seven miles across the country to raise both awareness about HIV and funds for children living with the virus. The group left Jalacte on the […]
Like the scientific theory called global warming, bird flu is one of those impending disasters that we are told is not a matter of “if”, but “when”. Today the folks who will have to deal most directly with the problem met to refine their plans. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Avian influenza, better known as bird flu, […]
He is no stranger to the Belizean music scene, but this week is the first time that Lloyd Augustine has made the transition from his traditional style of music. Lloyd, better known for his Punta beats, has now slowed things down on his latest release. Lloyd Augustine “Well, this album was requested by my mom. […]
In recent months, poetry has enjoyed a surge of popularity and today one local writer officially released a card of love poems. Birdy Francis has been penning verse since she was a child but “Whispers of Love for Your Eyes Only” is her first compilation. According to Francis, the bi-fold card contains six of her […]
A new exhibit will open at the Image Factory tomorrow night. I am the Alchemist is the first solo exhibition of Winsom Winsom. The artist grew up in Jamaica but after living several years in Canada, moved to Cristo Rey Village in the Cayo District. Her professional peers describe Winsom as a multi-dimensional artist, blending […]
A deadly weekend has turned into a murderous week as another Belizean has fallen to what appears to be an epidemic of fatal violence. The latest outbreak occurred last night in Belize City. Lavern Stephens, Sister of Murder Victim “I know my brother fi be a nice person, quiet. He dah noh wah trouble maker […]
Shortly after two this afternoon area residents of Cairo Street and Euphrates Avenue were jogged out of their routines as a series of gunshots rang out. The police quickly arrived on the scene but all they found were expended shells. Witnesses told News Five that it happened so quickly that it took them a while […]
