Viewers of this newscast will notice that the age of violent criminals appears to be reaching ever lower. And while not all perpetrators are convicted, when a minor is found guilty of murder the mandatory sentence is a minimum of life imprisonment. For a teenager that’s a long time behind bars. Too long, according to […]
Belize’s most popular single financial institution, the Holy Redeemer Credit Union, held its sixty-third annual general meeting last night and as has become commonplace, reported strong financial results. As of March thirty-first of this year, assets totalled over two hundred and sixty-three million dollars, an increase of nine point one percent. Investments reached almost sixty […]
School burglaries have become an all too familiar facet of Belize City life. But beyond the press coverage and indignant words from students and staff, life goes on and those affected are forced to deal with the loss. Today I visited one educational institution that is working hard to regain its balance. Natalie Lino, Principal, […]
And while the Living Hope School in Belize City raises funds to get back on its feet, a family in Belmopan is rebounding with help from that city’s council. On the night of April sixteenth the home of the Chun family in the Las Flores neighbourhood burned to the ground, leaving them virtually destitute. Today […]
This weekend thousands of Belizeans will flock to Belmopan for the annual National Agriculture and Trade Show. And if anyone can vouch for whether farming conforms to this year’s theme of making you healthy, wealthy, and wise, it would be the Farmers of the Year. The 2007 awardees hail from the Belize, Corozal, and Stann […]
It’s Belize’s largest single industry, biggest foreign exchange earner and foremost employer … so when the government body in charge of tourism speaks, we better listen. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports on the latest plans announced by the B.T.B. Kendra Griffith, Reporting This morning the Belize Tourism Board hosted its ninth annual industry presentation to […]
Toledo West representative Marcial Mes has been cleared of all charges with respect to the knockdown and injury of two pedestrians earlier this year. He had been charged with driving without due care and attention, two counts of negligent grievous harm and failure to provide a blood specimen for testing. Magistrate Patrick Rosado ruled that […]
If you are planning on attending this weekend’s National Agriculture and Trade Show in Belmopan, there will be one new sign on the road that will not only catch your eye, but make you ease up on the gas pedal. In a brief handing over ceremony in the capital city today, founding members of Parents […]
Since assuming the presidency of SICA, Belize has signed a number of agreements with countries in Central America and today, it added one more to that list: a cooperation agreement with the Central American Court of Justice. This afternoon Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh and President of the Central American Court of Justice, Dr. Ricardo Acevedo […]
Anyone who owns a motor vehicle knows that a good mechanic is worth his weight in gold. But does a mechanic always have to be a him? The Department of Women’s Affairs is betting that fixing a car is not dependant on whether you carry an X or Y chromosome. They’re offering a special course […]
The National Rifle Association in the U.S.A. likes to say that guns don’t kill people; people kill people. Well, one organisation in Belize is claiming that not only do guns lead to killing, but even toy guns can put us on the road to fatal violence. Results from the first random survey conducted by Youth […]
Tonight there still remain more questions than answers in the case of the controversial government guarantee of thirty-three million dollars in private debt contracted by Universal Health Services. At Monday’s press conference by the United Democratic Party, Opposition Leader Dean Barrow stoked the flames of public indignation by suggesting that the unlimited guarantee may have […]
Mark Espat, Said Musa, and Dean Barrow were not the only members of the National Assembly to comment on the U.H.S. loan guarantee. Outspoken Senator Godwin Hulse is just back from Belmopan, where having looked at the document, could barely contain his disgust. Godwin Hulse, Senator “It’s atrocious. I mean it’s just absolutely outrageous to […]
Police have arrested and charged the man detained following a deadly bar fight in San Narciso Village on Sunday night. Twenty-nine year old Ricardo Pott has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Nolberto Martinez. Both men were at a local nightspot when they started to quarrel, but as the two scuffled, […]
He was charged with murder back in 2004, but today in the Supreme Court Darwin Soberanis pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. The original charge arose from the brutal bludgeoning death of fifty-seven year old Gabriel Pinelo in his San Ignacio home on the night of October fifteenth. Pinelo’s body was found by […]
A Belize City businessman who was victimized by robbers earlier this month has offered a reward for the return of his property. According to Dean Fuller, sometime between April thirteenth and April sixteenth, a thief or thieves broke into his Buttonwood Bay home and stole jewellery, household items, and a safe. The culprits then appropriated […]
During a brief handing over ceremony in Belmopan today, the Ministry of Education made a financial contribution that should bring school officials closer to their dream of a new building. This morning, Minister of Education Francis Fonseca handed over a cheque for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to Principal of Our Lady of Guadeloupe […]
Two hundred years ago, the slave trade was abolished in the Caribbean and to officially commemorate the event, university students participated in an organized debate on the subject. Sponsored by the National Institute of Culture and History, this morning students from St. John’s Junior College, Ecumenical Junior College, and the University of Belize put forward […]
Motorists travelling through Ladyville had to use a detour for most of today as construction crews worked on the stretch of highway near the airport junction. But those drivers that slowed down to get a better look might have noticed that this was no ordinary repaving. According to David Schart, project manager of Airport Development […]
The Youth Hostel: It’s an institution that stands at a fork in the road, where one route leads to productive citizenship and the other to prison. Today the hostel received a major facelift, but will the brighter surroundings make for better rehabilitation? Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Presently, there are thirty teenaged boys and girls residing at […]
Whether you’re a pedestrian, cyclist, driver or passenger, you’re probably not surprised to hear that traffic accidents is one of the leading causes of death in Belize. But what should frighten you is the reality that fatalities on the nation’s highways have implications beyond the grief for friends and family. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports […]
In police news, a twenty-nine year old man remains in custody at the Corozal police station tonight following a fatal fight that claimed the life of another man. According to the authorities, around ten on Sunday night thirty-nine year old Nolberto Martinez was out socializing at a bar in San Narcisso Village, when he started […]
Seven weeks after a sixteen year old girl was raped and her throat slashed, police have arrested and charged three persons with the crimes. Twenty-six year old Norman Oliva Peters aka “Ras Moz”, twenty-one year old Leonard Anthony Godoy aka “Ticky” and a fifteen year old minor have all been charged with attempted murder, dangerous […]
Police made a big drug bust over the weekend, confiscating nineteen kilos of cocaine. According to police reports, acting on a tip, officers from the Crimes Investigation Unit, Crimes Investigation Branch and Anti-Drug Unit visited the Novelo’s Bus terminal on West Canal and proceeded to search a bus that had just come in from Orange […]
A shooting in Belize City over the weekend has left one man hospitalized. Eighteen year old Wayne Matthews of a Faber’s Road Extension address remains at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight, suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck. Police reports are that around one on Saturday morning neighbours in the area of Iguana […]
