Shortly after five this morning, a fatal traffic accident occurred on the Hummingbird Highway. According to police, a Toyota pickup, driven by Salvador Vasquez and a Mazda pickup driven by Julian Polanco were travelling in different directions when they collided. When metal hit metal, the impact had deadly consequences for a passenger sitting in the […]
A man is in police custody tonight, pending charges in connection with a fatal shooting on Sunday evening. Nineteen year old Kevin Arnold was shot five times by a lone gunman on Armadillo Street around eight that night and pronounced dead on arrival at the K.H.M.H. Police investigations into the incident so far have netted […]
The charge may not be as serious as murder, but three men have been convicted of crimes against the environment. According to a release from the Belize Audubon Society, the trio was detained on Sunday for illegal fishing at Halfmoon Caye Natural Monument. Specifically, they had harvested three hundred and forty-six conchs from the waters […]
The latest edition of the Journal of Belizean Studies is now on sale at bookstores countrywide. According to co-editor Yasmine Andrews, volume twenty-nine features four interesting articles by both local and international contributors. Yasmine Andrews, Co-Editor, Belizean Studies “The first article has to do with black gold and white gold. We all know black gold […]
If you were outside today you needed no convincing that our weather is hot. And even though the protagonists of our next story were meeting in the air conditioned comfort of the Biltmore, the subject of their deliberations was anything but cool. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has more. Cletus Springer, Coordinator, Sustainable Development, O.A.S. “It […]
Here’s a question we’d like to ask viewers: when did you last plant a tree? Well, if you can’t remember, let us suggest that with the rainy season about to start, it’s time to prepare … and if you need some inspiration, here’s a story that will get you thinking green. Sharon Perrera, Grants Programme […]
He may have gained some breathing room when he withdrew the U.H.S. bailout motion on Friday, but Prime Minister Said Musa remains squarely in the crosshairs of his political opponents. Today the United Democratic Party produced an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by the Belize Bank in connection with the injunction sought by the […]
And while the legal aspects of the U.H.S. motion will be challenged in court, in Belmopan the Senate approved another bill that has sparked controversy: The Belize Telemedia Limited Vesting Bill. The Musa administration has maintained that the bill is designed simply to put an end to the turmoil in the telecommunications industry, but critics […]
As the B.T.L. vesting bill was being passed in the Senate this afternoon, many were focussed on its impact on the telecommunications industry, but for the members of one family, the bill allegedly meant the difference between life and death for their loved one. On Sunday night, reincarnated political activist Derek Aikman, was reported missing […]
In political news from Belmopan, this evening we have confirmed that the Prime Minister has not reshuffled his Cabinet following the firing of Ministers Cordel Hyde and Mark Espat last Tuesday. We understand that both men were scheduled to meet with the P.M. today, but we were unable to confirm whether that conference took place […]
A Belize City man is dead tonight, the victim of yet another fatal city shooting. Police reports are that around eight on Sunday night, twenty-one year old Kevin Arnold was walking on Armadillo Street when an unidentified young man rode up beside him on a bicycle and fired numerous shots. The victim sustained gunshot wounds […]
Before dawn today, sirens echoed across the old capital as fire fighters responded to reports of a blaze in progress in the Mesopotamia division. And as I found out hours later, while a dozen people are homeless tonight, the damage could have been much worse. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The only casualties of an early morning […]
The body of a man missing at sea for six days was discovered near Vista del Mar over the weekend. According to police reports, around five on Saturday evening, residents of the community informed authorities that what appeared to be a corpse had been spotted in the water. Investigators immediately visited the scene and later […]
Meanwhile, police have made two arrests following a robbery turned shooting that occurred last weekend. This morning, seventeen year old Devon Saldano and a minor were formally charged with attempted murder, robbery, use of deadly means of harm and dangerous harm. The suspects were arrested following a report by twenty-one year old Ian Gaynair. The […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The two finalists of the RFG Insurance Cup Tournament Title emerged over the weekend. So we head to beautiful Dangriga by the sea where yesterday’s derby pitted Revolutionary Conquerors and Wagiya in game two of a semi-final home and away series. It’s a slow start […]
The sets may have looked the same, but today’s drama in Belmopan had a radically different script than the one that played out seven days earlier. News Five’s Janelle Chanona was once again on duty outside the National Assembly building in Belmopan. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Barbed wire, strong police presence, and intense heat did little […]
When Prime Minister Said Musa on Thursday announced that he was withdrawing his widely condemned motion for a government bailout of Universal Health Services, virtually all of the anticipated tension expected at today’s meeting of the House of Representatives was dissipated. But while the meeting was short on fireworks it was, according to News Five’s […]
While it was a day of peaceful protest in Belmopan, a shooting in the old capital landed a twelve year old in the hospital. Around nine-thirty this morning, St. Ignatius student Benjamin Hyde was walking toward his house at 165 West Canal when two masked gunmen opened fire in the neighbourhood. It is not known […]
It was good news and bad news for two brothers in Supreme Court today. This morning, after three hours of deliberation, a jury found Norris Martinez not guilty of murder or manslaughter in the death of forty-five year old Reno Castillo. But, it was back to prison for his brother Wayne Martinez as that same […]
With the P.M.’s withdrawal of the U.H.S. motion, yesterday evening the Chamber of Commerce and Industry called off its planned shutdown of businesses. A stroll through downtown Belize City today revealed that although there were one or two clothing stores which looked like they did not open, for most, it was business as usual, albeit […]
If you’re in the mood for something fun and relaxing to do after the tension-filled week, the Lik it! Poetry Festival might just be the thing for you. According to the Belizean Poets Society, there will be something for everyone to enjoy at the Bliss on Saturday night. This afternoon Acting B.P.S. President Ritamae Hyde […]
A few small cracks in the wall began to show Wednesday afternoon and by this morning the phone and data lines between Belmopan and Belize City were buzzing with rumours that the Prime Minister was reconsidering his hard line stance on the U.H.S. loan motion. The talk was confirmed this afternoon when Said Musa, following […]
As word of the Prime Minister’s plan to withdraw the Universal Health Services motion spread throughout the country, many wondered how this latest development would be received by the Opposition and what impact, if any, the move would have on the United Democratic Party’s plans to once again protest in Belmopan. Late this afternoon, U.D.P. […]
The story of how Prime Minister Said Musa came to change his mind involved many factors. While the overwhelming sentiment of the citizenry formed the basis for everything that followed, those feelings were well known for weeks. What were the individual straws that broke the proverbial camel’s back? One important input came from the nation’s […]
Also helping to change the Prime Minister’s mind was the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which at a meeting of the National Economic Council on Wednesday, gave the Prime Minister advice … and laid out the consequences if he didn’t follow it. The Chamber’s C.E.O., Kevin Herrera, spoke to us early this afternoon, prior […]
