Another businessman was reportedly swindled out of a large amount of cash and police are looking for the perpetrator. According to thirty-five year old Yuan Qing Situ, sometime around three on Tuesday afternoon he was at Atlantic Restaurant on the Northern Highway when a man he knew only as “Ali” offered to change Belize currency […]
As we reported, tomorrow is the last day to register to vote in the February seventh General Elections. But if you’re eighteen years old and have not been motivated enough to sign up, you might change your mind after hearing this offer. The University of Belize Association of Student Government has embarked on a nationwide […]
It’s not uncommon to hear about government or N.G.O. sponsored initiatives to provide skills training for young people. What is rare however, is evidence that the programmes are working. Today News Five’s Kendra Griffith dropped in on a project that’s trying hard to get the best advice possible. Eddie Bouloy, Youth Business Trust Mentor “As […]
The party’s manifesto isn’t ready yet, but Opposition Leader Dean Barrow took the offensive this morning following yesterday’s election announcement by the Prime Minister. While his twenty-one pledges broke little new ground in the art of political promise making, beneath the electoral boilerplate were some clear signs of where the U.D.P. may be heading. News […]
With elections less than a month away politicians are trying to get as many voters registered as possible. Today the scene at the Immigration Department in Belmopan was one of chaos as hundreds of people who had previously applied for citizenship arrived to receive their final paperwork. From immigration, applicants walked or drove to the […]
Two men await charges in Dangriga following a robbery and stabbing that left a deliveryman for Belize Western Energy injured. Fifty-one year old Marino Lucas reported to police that around ten on Monday morning he was on George Price Drive when a youth stopped him and said he needed gas in the Lakeland Area. The […]
An eighteen year old Orange Walk man finds himself in trouble after police caught him red-handed cutting through the burglar bars of a building early this morning. Police say that sometime around one this morning, they were summoned to a report of a burglary at the Sky Pure water purifying plant on Progress Street. When […]
A Lord’s Bank man will spend five years in prison for Burglary. On January fourth, twenty-four year old David Castellanos broke into the home of Alvan Haynes at Mile Twelve on the Northern Highway. When he exited the residence, it was with over fifteen thousand dollars in jewellery and household items. Police picked up Castellanos […]
The accident occurred almost a year ago, but that did not stop police from slapping a driver with some serious charges. Today thirty-one year old David Vasquez appeared in Magistrates’ Court where he was arraigned for Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless Conduct, Driving Without Due Care and Attention, Negligent Harm, Driving an Unlicensed […]
It’s not uncommon for citizens to complain to the media of unnecessary force by members of the police department, but tonight a young man is claiming he was the victim of something else, a practice called profiling. According to thirty year old Dwight Lewis, he has never had a run-in with the police until December […]
While most Belizeans find themselves trying to catch up on post Christmas loan payments, one couple from the Corozal District is celebrating their good luck after they hit all five numbers in Saturday’s lotto draw. Charles Jones and his wife, Rosa Funes of Ranchito Village, only found out yesterday evening that they had won. The […]
We ended last year with an overall drop in crime but a record number of ninety-seven murders. This year it is a real pleasure to report that the first week of 2008 has not seen a single homicide in Belize and we can only pray that it stays that way. Meanwhile, in Trinidad and Tobago […]
The timing may be politically convenient but Government’s plans to open a new water treatment plant in Caye Caulker will significantly improve life on the island for its fifteen hundred residents and numerous visitors. According to a press release issued today, this morning Prime Minister Said Musa and Chairman of the Board of Directors of […]
The reform of our system of government is a topic that has periodically grabbed the attention of citizens and on several occasions has prompted the nation’s political directorate to make some positive changes. Today three sincere and serious gentlemen made public their detailed recommendations for—to use their words—“fixing the system”. Calling themselves the Group of […]
After months of public speculation Prime Minister Said Musa has finally made it official. Belizeans will go to the polls on February seventh. The announcement came at a close door prayer breakfast with clergymen at the Princess Hotel. News Five’s Janelle Chanona caught the P.M. as he left the meeting this morning. Prime Minister Said […]
Five hours later the Prime Minister once again stepped up to the podium and while the crowd at Independence Hall were all true believers, their fervor was not about church. Francis Fonseca, Chair, P.U.P. “Ladies and gentlemen, party supporters, friends, all thirty-one candidates of the People’s United Party, join me in welcoming our Prime Minister, […]
On Friday, word out of Belmopan indicated that eight Guatemalan families living in the illegal settlement of Santa Rosa in southern Belize had been relocated to Peten, Guatemala. But on the heels of that announcement came reports that some of those villagers had decided to move east instead of west to take up residence in […]
Two men were denied bail and remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison until February seventh on possession of high powered prohibited weapons. The two were nabbed with an AK 47 assault rifle and a forty-five caliber handgun during a Coast Guard operation on Sunday afternoon at Northern Ambergris Caye. Coast Guard Search Mission Coordinator, Lt. Col. […]
Separate incidents in Punta Gorda on Sunday have resulted in the detention of four people. In the first case, around four that afternoon investigators were tipped off that there was a burglary in progress at the Wildlife Conservation Society on Black Orchid Street. The cops dispatched to the scene immediately noticed that a window had […]
Used car salesmen are notorious for their ability to stretch the truth, but tonight Belize City police are looking for a man who sold vehicles that didn’t even exist. According to investigators, in September a smooth talking hustler identified himself as Robert Villanueva to Farmers’ Market businesswoman Kim Wai Chee and agreed to sell her […]
Today a man well known to police was finally put behind bars after he was found guilty of two counts of burglary. What’s significant about this case was that twenty-nine year old Kenrick Reneau has come before the courts countless times—as many as sixty, say police—but has always managed to somehow get off. Today his […]
This morning the size of the crowd outside the gates of the Housing Department in Belize City could only have one meaning: free ting. And indeed it appeared that some loan and grant applications had been approved and were ready for disbursement today. Many, however, just came in hopes of getting on the list for […]
Today the University of the West Indies celebrated its sixtieth anniversary on all its campuses throughout the Caribbean. The U.W.I.’s presence in Belize started with the Extra Mural Department at the then Bliss Institute, followed by the current centre on Princess Margaret Drive, which was built in 1977. Acting Resident Tutor of the U.W.I. campus […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you this week’s delivery of Sports Monday. Week fifteen of the RFG Insurance Tournament saw Hankook Verdes travel to the People’s Stadium to face a Juventus ballclub reeling from three losses in a row in which they gave up twelve goals. For its part, […]
All the speculation about the date of general elections will end on Monday. That’s the day Prime Minister Said Musa will finally let the official cat out of the bag. The announcement may come as early as a prayer breakfast to be held Monday morning in Belize City. That meeting with the nation’s religious leaders […]
