Derek Aikman has been released from the hospital and returned to his home. Aikman, who went missing for two days in what appears to be a bizarre kidnapping, was found Tuesday night on the Western Highway bound, gagged, and blindfolded with duct tape. Today I visited him at his residence on the Boom Road and […]
A new ruling by the Supreme Court means that the financial documents related to the government guaranteed Universal Health Services debt will be placed in the public domain within two weeks. This afternoon Justice Michelle Arana met with the attorneys in the case and all parties have agreed for disclosure of the relevant material by […]
Police say it was a longstanding family dispute that led to the senseless and brutal stabbing of three family members in the Cayo District. Investigations reveal that for some time forty-six year old Jose Herman Ochaeta, a woodworking instructor at C.E.T. San Ignacio, and the Lucero family, also of San Ignacio, have been feuding and […]
Belize City police have arrested the thirty-five year old mother of three they detained following Tuesday’s fire on Collet Canal. The woman, Salvadoran Mirna Nunez, has been charged with child neglect. Authorities say Nunez’s three, six, and seven year old children were left home alone in their apartment where it is alleged that they set […]
Police have launched a countrywide manhunt for an accused killer following the death of a Stann Creek district resident on Monday. According to police, forty-one year old Floyd Ogaldez of number thirty-three Oak Street in Dangriga is one of four men who police believe are responsible for the fatal stabbing of Steadfast villager, twenty-three year […]
Fifty-three Belizeans are winners tonight, all because they do business with ScotiaBank. This morning officials of the financial institution handed out cheques and vouchers to the lucky customers selected during separate promotional campaigns. The prizes ranged from Ipods and TVs to overnight stays at luxury resorts and cash. This morning News Five stopped by Scotia’s […]
And while some lucky ScotiaBank customers were feeling good about their winnings, all those Belizeans holding locally issued international Visa cards are feeling just the opposite. It seems that without much fanfare beginning a few months ago, VISA slapped a new one percent charge on all purchases made with its cards. The interesting part is […]
On Saturday, the much anticipated 2007 Pact Challenge gets underway. Fifteen challengers will be participating in what has been described as a gruelling but educational expedition. The event, organised by the Protected Areas Conservation Trust, will be held from June second to sixth. According to PACT’s executive director Valdemar Andrade, the idea of the challenge […]
For years there has been irrefutable proof that smoking, aside from being a bad habit, is also a certain path to premature death and disability. Yet, every year billions of dollars are spent on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Today, Belizean health officials announced plans to turn up the heat on smoking. Kendra Griffith, Reporting […]
It’s called the National Spelling Bee for the Deaf and while as a media event it’s no match for its big brother sponsored by Coca-Cola, the competition held this morning at the B.E.S. auditorium was no less important to the participants. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has more. Eleanor Enriquez Castillo, Coordinator, Special Education Unit “When […]
Cycling is among the most popular competitive sports in Belize, but as Janelle Chanona reports, the riders in this next story are peddling for neither fame nor fortune. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Around eleven-thirty this morning more than fifty cyclists rode into the Social Security Board compound after completing the eighty mile journey from Corozal to […]
First, the easy part: Derek Aikman is alive and well and reunited with his family. Now, the hard part: there is no discernable motive for the kidnapping so until Aikman is well enough and inclined to tell his story, there will remain far more questions than answers. For now, the only thing we can be […]
Members of the Association of Concerned Belizeans are celebrating a legal victory tonight as Justice Michelle Arana has ordered the disclosure of the Universal Health Services loan note, settlement deed, and secondary loan facility agreed to by Prime Minister Said Musa. That document must be made public within twenty-one days. Today’s proceeding was scheduled to […]
And while Dean Barrow will continue as an attorney in the A.C.B. claim, his comments earlier this week as Leader of the Opposition have prompted a response from Prime Minister Said Musa. During a press conference on Monday, Barrow declared that his United Democratic Party would “take all appropriate action” if the P.M. does not […]
Police believe they know what started yesterday’s fire on Collet Canal and have detained a thirty-five year old resident of one of the building’s apartments. Investigations reveal that the thirty-five year old woman in question left her three children, ages three, six, and seven, alone in the apartment and it appears that they set a […]
Three men have been arrested and charged with the murder for the death of Adrian Cruz in Steadfast Village. The twenty-four year old Cruz died on Monday in Southern Regional Hospital while undergoing treatment for stab wounds he suffered earlier that day. The three charged are Hansel Lopez, Gilroy Taylor, and Darren Chiu.
Three years after the cold-blooded killing of a police officer on Christmas Eve, the suspected shooter has been convicted of the crime. Chadrick Debride was twenty-three years old in December 2004 when he was arrested and charged with the murder of police constable Nedi Reymundo. The cop was shot in the head from close range […]
Construction has commenced on the Vaca Hydroelectric Facility. The eighteen megawatt run of the river plant will be located on the Macal River, two and a half miles downstream from the existing Mollejon power station. According to a release from BECOL, the sister company of Belize Electricity Limited, Vaca will deliver around eighty gigawatt hours […]
We are in the middle of Disability Awareness Week and today one organisation that deals with the subject at the grassroots level let the public know exactly what it does. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Today CARE-Belize held an open-house to educate the public on their work. Roxanne Jones, Community Rehabilitation Officer, […]
He’s a cop, a poet, and now Edward Broaster is a short story writer. His latest release, All About Lawful Affairs, was four years in the making and contains eighteen reality-based tales, which tackle the touchy subject of relationships and more specifically, the exploitation that often accompanies them. At the launch this morning Broaster told […]
This evening the Belize Red Cross recognised thirteen graduates who successfully finished a Home Nurses Course. Twelve women and one man completed a fifty-hour syllabus that included theory, practical demonstrations and simulations. The homecare givers also completed sixteen hours of basic first aid and C.P.R. The graduates will now be required to go out and […]
There are no major breaks to announce the disappearance of Derek Aikman. Aikman, a former minister of government who was just beginning to reprise a role as a political activist, has not been heard from since Monday morning and police continue to treat the case as a kidnapping, albeit one with no logical motive. Today […]
He has come under fire from the P.U.P. for the alleged conflict between what he does as a politician and the cases he takes as a lawyer. Whether those criticisms are valid or not, Leader of the Opposition, Dean Barrow will no longer have to deal with them. A release from the United Democratic Party […]
Today Belize City was once again the venue of a devastating fire. M.J.’s on West Collet Canal was extensively damaged by the flames, smoke, and water. The building contained a bar but also a large number of apartments. Had the fire started in the middle of the night, the casualties could have been enormous. Fortunately, […]
In an update to another fire, the one that occurred on Sunday in the Mesopotamia division, investigators say the cause of the blaze is arson. Cops do have a suspect but have declined to name him. The motive behind the incident is believed to be a domestic dispute between residents in the area. The fire […]
