Stages two and three of the M&M Tour of Belize were held today and—for Belizeans—things took a negative turn. James Adderley has the story. James Adderley, Reporting Sugar City O.W. looked real sweet this morning for the start of stage two of the M&M Tour of Belize, a sixty-six mile ride that would culminate in […]
We have not heard much from the Peoples’ United Party since last Friday when P.U.P. leader Said Musa faced the press at the Princess Hotel. Today most of the thirty-one standard bearers and party officials met at their Queen Street headquarters to take stock and prepare for the role reversal which has placed them in […]
One issue that is certainly not dead is the question of an elected Senate. While political expediency may have placed it on the ballot, the array of activists who have long championed the reform are unlikely to let it fade away. Janelle Chanona has an update. Said Musa, Former Prime Minister, January 7th 2008 “The […]
A press release from his office indicates that Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez has announced his retirement. The resignation is effective June thirtieth of this year and is occasioned by his reaching the mandatory retirement age of seventy. Rodriguez, who has held the post since its inception in 1999, goes on pre-retirement leave as of February eighteenth, […]
It was the kind of killing that would hardly raise an eyebrow in Belize City, but when a body is found pumped full of lead on Ambergris Caye, it’s big news. Marion Ali visited the island today and found several people who heard shots, but none who actually witnessed the murder. Marion Ali, Reporting Residents […]
It should have been one of the happiest days of his life but a young Dangriga resident died on his birthday following a boating accident. According to police, around eight-thirty on Monday morning, a twenty-five foot skiff captained by forty year old Richard “Bo-Beep” Sjogreen ran over a fourteen foot aluminum boat on the southern […]
And in another sad piece of news, the seven year old girl hit by a car yesterday while crossing Central American Boulevard, has died of her injuries. Derika Castillo passed away around eight last night while undergoing treatment at the K.H.M.H. The man driving the vehicle that hit her, twenty year old Andrew Craig, remains […]
Orange Walk police have concluded that the fire early on the morning of election day at the Orange Walk East Women’s Group Resource Centre was intentionally set. This morning Michael Middleton of the National Fire Service told News Five that inside the computer room they found a bottle stuffed with a piece of cloth that […]
He’s just off the road from Orange Walk but James Adderley has the latest results from today’s first stage of the M&M Tour of Belize. James Adderley, Reporting Excitement and electricity permeated the air this morning as the M&M Tour of Belize blasted off from the San Cas Plaza at nine for the hundred and […]
Yesterday their names were announced; today they were sworn in. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from Belmopan as the transition to a new government continues. Janelle Chanona, Reporting There was standing room only in the main hall of Belize House as the new United Democratic Party administration was officially sworn in by Governor General Sir […]
And in yet another correction to the supposedly final figures from the Elections and Boundaries Department, we reported last night that the politician who amassed the largest majority in his constituency was Prime Minister Dean Barrow with seventy-six point one percent of the vote. In fact the honour belongs to Mesopotamia representative Michael Finnegan who […]
His picture was distributed by police in connection with the third shooting that occurred early Saturday morning in Belize City and by this afternoon Leroy Ramsey had been arrested and charged. Police say they responded to a tip that the twenty-two year old was at a house on Neal’s Pen Road and, when they arrived […]
Eighteen year old Kenroy Parham, one of two masked men who allegedly stole fifty dollars from Allison Hemsley, a security guard of Mahogany Heights, was charged with Robbery and Harm when he appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. Magistrate Dorothy Flowers could not offer Parham bail because the robbery was committed with a firearm and she […]
Central American Boulevard near its approach to the Belcan Bridge was the scene of a traffic accident this afternoon that has left a little girl with serious injuries to her head and both legs. News Five met the man who picked her up and took her to the hospital in the same vehicle that knocked […]
Depending on where you live and what time you got up, this morning’s coffee may have had an extra kick, as an earthquake in Chiapas, Mexico shook up many parts of Belize, over four hundred miles away. According to Acting Chief Meteorologist Ramon Frutos, the aftershocks were most prominent over the western and northern sectors […]
While tremors in Belize are a rare occurrence, the onset of the dry season is an annual affair with important implications for agriculture and tourism. According to meteorologist Frutos, the 2008 version will not bring anything too radical. Ramon Frutos, Acting Chief Meteorologist “The predictive model, the outlook for February, March, April and May, rainfall, […]
In an election campaign dominated by sweeping generalisations, misleading suggestions and more than a few outright lies, there was not much room for verifiable statistics. But the voting is over and coincidentally the Statistical Institute of Belize has just released a new set of stats. The institute’s Arreini Palacio Morgan told us more. Arreini Palacio […]
The race kicks off tomorrow and while it’s not as famous as the Holy Saturday Cross Country, News Five’s James Adderley reports that the M&M Tour of Belize is drawing a crowd. James Adderley, Reporting It was an attentive audience at the San Cas Plaza this evening when Mayor Zenaida Moya proclaimed let the M&M […]
It is the body essentially responsible for running the country … and today Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced the composition of his sixteen man Cabinet. As expected, due to the large size of his party’s majority, every minister comes from the House of Representatives and none from the Senate. With a relatively untested field of […]
A cabinet meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in Belmopan. But some of the Ministers designate are more prepared than others. One of them is Patrick Faber, as his Ministry of Education portfolio had been promised to him well in advance of the elections. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “Certainly I want to get […]
And in an additional note on the election, while the balloting went smoothly, the official results have been a long time coming. The statistics issued last week have been revised several times and it was only this afternoon that the Chief Elections Officer issued the final tally. Those numbers show that nationwide, the United Democratic […]
Belize City is no stranger to gang violence but in the wee hours of Saturday morning that cycle of murder and fatal retaliation reached a new level of insanity that left two dead and thirteen wounded. It also left a community, already wary of going out at night, locked down in fear. News Five’s Marion […]
Bullets weren’t the only violent objects flying over the weekend as a machete was also used to seriously hurt a Belize City man. According to investigators, around eleven on Friday night forty-four year old Kirk Craig was at the corner of St. Joseph and Nurse Seay Streets when he got into a fight with another […]
Meanwhile, a police officer is tonight recovering from serious injuries sustained in a traffic accident in the Spanish Lookout community. Around five on Saturday evening constable Dayton Lewis was riding his motorcycle on Centre Road when he broadsided a Toyota Four Runner that suddenly pulled out of a driveway. Lewis suffered serious head and body […]
Most Belizeans who grew up in what we like to think were simpler times agree that with all the dangers and pressures out there, childhood can be a challenging experience. This morning News Five’s Janelle Chanona looked at what one Belize City school is doing to help students avoid the pitfalls. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This […]
