A man narrowly escaped death when a Toyota pick-up truck collided head on into his motorcycle on Saturday afternoon in San Ignacio. The mishap occurred around two on Joseph Andrews Drive. Police say twenty-two year old Kenroy Mendez was on a motor cycle heading from the direction of Sacred Heart College towards the Benque Road, […]
Police have published statistics for the first quarter of the year and, if the figures are to be believed, serious crimes have decreased drastically over the last year. In a press release issued today the Police Department reports that for the first three months of the year, with the exception of murder, there were seven […]
His nickname is “Clear the Land” but tonight Edmond Castro is being accused of clearing land without proper permission. Since taking office as Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, Castro has been undertaking several projects in his Belize Rural North constituency. One such initiative was a road across the western lagoon within the […]
Today attorney for Brown Sugar Marketplace, Fred Lumor, began the first step of a civil suit against the Fort Street Tourism Village for what they allege is contempt of court. This is after last month’s ruling by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ordering the removal of the walls separating the Brown Sugar Marketplace and Habourview businesses […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and it is with great pleasure we bring you this serving of Sports Monday. We’re inside the Norman Broaster where yesterday the B.P.F.L. championship series reached money time as Hankook Verdes of San Ignacio hosted the Belize Defence Force with both teams in a must win situation to claim the […]
A vacancy exists for a reporter to join the staff of one of the region’s most highly honoured television news organisations. Applicants should possess the following qualifications: – Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree (Broadcasting experience is an asset) – Strong writing skills – Strong command of the English language – A commitment to excellence – Willingness […]
It was big news in early March when Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ordered the removal of the walls barring the Brown Sugar Marketplace and Habourview companies from the boardwalk along the Haulover Creek. According to the ruling, the obstructions were to come down within fourteen days but exactly a month later, nothing on the waterfront […]
Police continue to investigate Thursday’s tragic road accident which claimed the lives of a husband and wife from the Orange Walk district. News Five has learnt that sixty-two year old Enrique and Halina Petkau from Shipyard were heading towards Orange Walk in their Kia Sportage when the vehicle collided head on into a Courts delivery […]
Meanwhile, police in Corozal have arrested two brothers in connection with Wednesday’s fatal shooting in San Antonio village. The accused are twenty-three year old Valencio Rash and his seventeen year old brother. Both men appeared in Corozal’s Magistrate Court today where they were formally arraigned of Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder. Police believe the […]
He’s been on the run for a month but tonight another suspect believed to have been involved with the suspected drug plane that landed on the Northern Highway has turned himself in to authorities. Accompanied by his attorney, Zacharias Copo walked into the Orange Walk police station this morning. Copo’s delivery truck, containing a large […]
The start of the 2008 Hurricane Season is less than two months away and forecasters are busy making their predictions. This week weather experts William Gray and Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University revealed that once again, they are anticipating an above-average season of fifteen named tropical storms, eight of which are expected to develop […]
From the start, it was clear she was the choice of the political directorate but this afternoon the Social Security Board confirmed that Merlene Bailey Martinez is the new Chief Executive Officer of the fund. According to the S.S.B., the new C.E.O. was selected by the board of directors from among four candidates who applied […]
This afternoon the Belize Police Department received six new vehicles from a generous Cayo business house. According to press officer Clement Palacio, the six Admiral-brand diesel pick-up trucks were donated by Caribbean Traders of the Spanish Lookout community. The vehicles are worth a total of a hundred and ninety-two thousand dollars and the Department plans […]
Belize City is often criticized as being a dirty place, so today the Belize City Council embarked on a clean up campaign that they intend to maintain on a long term basis. The work began in Caribbean Shores this morning as maintenance crews were clearing drains, removing trash and mowing grass. According to Councillor responsible […]
As any doctor or educator will tell you, getting an HIV test is easy but things get tricky when the results are out. That’s why it’s so very important for anyone taking an HIV test to receive counselling before giving blood and after it has been analysed. The idea is that people who are negative […]
Events like the Social Security Board’s Math Olympiad, the Coca Cola Spelling Bee and the Belize Tourism Board’s Social Studies Quiz have made educational competitions a popular part of the school curriculum. But are the contests making a positive difference in students’ lives? News Five’s Janelle Chanona tried to find out. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today […]
A vacancy exists for a reporter to join the staff of one of the region’s most highly honoured television news organisations. Applicants should possess the following qualifications: – Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree (Broadcasting experience is an asset) – Strong writing skills – Strong command of the English language – A commitment to excellence – Willingness […]
He’s only been away for a few days … but during that time the burning issues facing the country have, if anything, only grown hotter. This morning News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams and other journalists caught up with Prime Minister Dean Barrow as he left the studios of Love F.M. The questions covered a wide set […]
A civil suit to recover money is one thing; a criminal prosecution in which people can go to jail is another. And while Barrow was more cautious in his assessment of the case against Said Musa and Ralph Fonseca arising from the diversion of those same Venezuelan millions, he still expressed confidence that the legal […]
The crimes allegedly committed by Barrow’s predecessors make for good political theater … but the crime problem faced by the new government is grounded in the hard reality of deadly violence on the streets. And to solve it the prime minister is making proposals that can only be described as radical. Prime Minister Dean Barrow […]
And no trip abroad, particularly to a meeting of the Interamerican Development Bank, would be complete without an account of future financial assistance. During his election campaign, candidate Barrow claimed that upon his taking office, the multilateral funding agencies would welcome him with open arms. According to the P.M., they did not disappoint. Prime Minister […]
Late unofficial word to our newsroom is that there has been a fatal traffic accident on the Northern Highway. The mishap occurred around four-thirty this evening near mile twenty-six in Biscayne Village. We understand that the head-on collision involved a delivery truck and an S.U.V. The deceased are both Mennonites from the Orange Walk District. […]
Their appeal to party leader Johnny Briceño for the calling of a meeting of the P.U.P. executive having fallen on deaf ears, fourteen members of that twenty-five person body decided to meet anyway without Briceño. It is not clear who chaired the conclave this morning at Independence Hall, but Deputy Leader Godfrey Smith was the […]
A thirty-seven year old fisherman of Rhaburn’s Alley in Belize City has been remanded to the big house until May second for the carnal knowledge of a thirteen year old girl. When Joseph Vacarro appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb today she denied him bail after the prosecution objected on the grounds that the offence […]
Roy Pitter, a thirty-seven year old labourer who lives on a street of the same name, was today remanded to prison until May second, having been charged with Wounding, Using Threatening Words and Aggravated Assault. Reports are that on April eighth Pitter beat up his twenty-three year old common-law wife Lucretia Belgrave and threatened to […]
