And in case you were wondering whether government’s election machinery is running properly, a release from Cabinet today says that in its meeting on Thursday that body was briefed on the state of preparedness of the Elections and Boundaries Department to conduct not only the general election but also any proposed referendum on an elected […]
True to its word, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a release today on the relocation of residents of Santa Rosa, a tiny village illegally inhabited by Guatemalans on the Belize side of the border in Toledo. The Ministry confirmed that the relocation of eight families began today to a site twenty-four miles west in […]
They had a great idea to export coffee from Belize to the United States using an energy efficient sailboat, but three Texans who departed San Pedro on Christmas Eve with a cargo of roasted coffee beans had to be rescued on Tuesday afternoon in the Gulf of Mexico. The husband and wife team of Joe […]
A second suspect wanted in connection with the armed hold-up of Tomza Gas has been arrested and charged. This morning twenty-three year old Albert Clother was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on three counts of Robbery and three counts of Conspiracy to Commit Robbery. Clother pled not guilty and was remanded to Hattieville prison until January […]
A Belize City man will spend two years in prison for punching his sister in the mouth. The sentence was handed down today to twenty-four year old Glenford Grant by Magistrate Roberto Ordonez. On December thirty-first, Grant pled guilty to Wounding his thirty-two year old sibling, Shelmadine Sanchez. The incident in question occurred on December […]
The Colonial Band Association will hold a meeting next week to decide what course of action to take if it is confirmed that a thirty year-old lease they hold on a prime property at the Newtown Barracks has been cancelled and the property sold. In a conversation this afternoon with C.B.A. President, Ellis Arnold, he […]
On Thursday we ran down the candidates planning to run in the Corozal, Orange Walk and Belize Districts. Tonight News Five’s Kendra Griffith lists the aspiring candidates from Cayo, Stann Creek and Toledo. The Cayo district gained two new divisions after the 2004 redistricting exercise. As a result, incumbent United Democratic Party area representative in […]
In putting together the candidate list, two things stand out: one is that despite their brave words over the last year, the so-called third parties and alliances remain poorly organised and unfocused. Both of the major political parties have never seen the newcomers as much of a threat, a sentiment expressed at the last House […]
You have seen him on this newscast on many occasions in a number of different capacities … and today is no exception for Erwin X. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the latest. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Ghetto Food is just one of the fifty-four poems in Erwin X’s new book of the same name. According to […]
And before we sign off, late word out of Dangriga reports a massive fire in the downtown area. Details are sketchy, but sometime after five this evening the blaze erupted at the Habet residence on St. Vincent Street. At this point, the greatest danger is to surrounding buildings as firemen continue to fight the conflagration.
The date of general elections will be announced next week. That’s the gospel according to the Belize Times. In its issue that hit the streets this morning, the P.U.P. party newspaper ended its lead story by saying that Prime Minister Said Musa had informed them of this via telephone on Wednesday night. Coupled with the […]
Meanwhile, although the election is close enough to taste and a partisan media war has been waged for what seems like years, many mass party candidates and almost all of the third party entries enjoy little name recognition outside their own constituencies. In an effort to better inform viewers as to who they may find […]
Three days into the New Year and still not a single murder … but it’s not for lack of trying. Sometime around seven last night, a lone gunman on a bike shot eighteen year old Enrique Alvarez as he stood in a yard at the corner of Curl Thompson and Man-o-war Streets in the Port […]
A Corozal woman is traumatized tonight after she was kidnapped, punched, raped and left stranded on the roadside. The twenty two year old housewife reported to police that sometime around six thirty yesterday evening she was walking on the Santa Rita Road when a green car with tinted windows pulled up. The woman said three […]
The first reported robbery for the New Year occurred in the Belize District. Fifty year old Alfonso PineIo reported to police that around three o’clock yesterday afternoon he was at his business named Seidy’s Shopping Centre in Burrell Boom Village when two men entered the store. Pinelo said he left the counter to fill an […]
It was a story that sort of appeared out of nowhere, involving the always intriguing elements of art, money and politics. And while it’s sometimes hard to figure out who’s playing whom, the battle of the Bust continues. News Five’s Marion Ali has an update. Marion Ali, Reporting The fiasco over the bust of Philip […]
And while the tempest over the bust may play out for a few more days, lost in the storm is the very man immortalised in bronze: Philip Goldson. For those older folks who may not remember or younger ones who didn’t pay attention in school, Philip Goldson, born in 1923, was one of the giants […]
Santa Rosa. It’s a tiny settlement of Guatemalans on the Belize side of the border in Toledo that has for many years been inextricably linked to a settlement of Guatemala’s claim to our country. While Belizean authorities successfully removed other illegal Guatemalan squatter communities such as Machaquila and Rio Blanco, Santa Rosa perhaps because of […]
The Police Department has released its crime statistics for 2007 and although murders are up, the overall crime rate has dropped significantly. According to a release issued today, a total of three thousand two hundred and four crimes were reported during the year in comparison to three thousand eight hundred fifty three in 2006, a […]
The homicide count for 2007 was almost raised by one when shots rang out in Belize City just before the year expired. Fortunately, twenty-one year old Marlon Foreman survived the gunshots. The incident occurred as Foreman was riding a bicycle on Iguana Street around eleven forty-five on Monday night. His mother, Geraldine Usher, says she […]
The weather over Christmas and New Year’s was about as perfect as it gets around here but—like all good things—today it came to an end. News Five’s Marion Ali reports on the season’s first major norther. Marion Ali, Reporting Today seas were rough, winds gusty and the air chilly as a strong cold front continues […]
Earlier in this newscast we presented the Police Department’s annual crime statistics and to stay with that theme we went looking for another set of important numbers: tourist arrivals. According to the Belize Tourism Board, they’ve been having a little bit of difficulty coordinating the count with the Immigration Department, but through the end of […]
New Year’s is just one of the thirteen public and bank holidays celebrated in Belize, so if you’re counting down to your next vacation, get your pen and calendars ready. According to the revised list put out by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the first long weekend falls on March tenth, a Monday, in observance […]
The run up to the Krem New Years Cycling Classic may have been dominated by controversy, but once the riders hit the road in Corozal the competition tested to the traditional skills of strength, endurance and strategy. And while the four riders of the Santino’s team were allowed to enter by order of the Supreme […]
For twenty-eight year old Maria Young, 2008 started out with hope as her first-born child came right along with the New Year. Young said it was no surprise because that was the due date predicted by her doctor. At eight minutes past ten on New Year’s morning, Gennalyn Reanna Young, weighing seven pound twelve ounces, […]
