The tourism industry got a major boost this morning that is expected to further grow confidence in the industry. It’s a new investment worth fifty million dollars which, when completed, will upgrade and modernize infrastructure and the fleet of Tropic Air in the island of San Pedro. Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali “This is how […]
The budget for the financial year 2008-2009 is to be presented on July fourteenth, and already there are murmurings of displeasure among government ministers. Delayed because of the February seventh elections, the first budget to be presented by the Barrow administration is expected to be lean, mean and free of new taxes. Minister of Tourism, […]
Fifteen more Belizeans will be furthering their education in Cuba courtesy of scholarships from that government. According to a release from the Cuban Embassy, the students will be pursuing degrees in Technology in Health, English, Sports and Physical Education, Law, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Education. The scholarships cover tuition, fees, room and board, […]
The Belize Carnival Association gears up for this year’s season. While finances are a problem, the association promises that the carnival will be as grand and vibrant as ever. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Every September, thousands of Belizeans line the streets from Ceasar Ridge Road to Princess Margaret Drive to watch […]
San Ignacio police are tonight looking for leads in the gruesome double murder of a father and son. Reports are that sometime around six o’clock this morning police discovered a red and white Toyota pick up with a Cayo license plate parked on the left side of the Calla Creek Road, one mile from Bullet […]
The Indian community in Belize is mourning the loss of well-known businessman Sunil Sadarangani, the proprietor of Doony’s Store at the corner of Albert and Prince Streets in downtown Belize City. Thirty-four year old Sadarangani, who made Belize his home for many years, tragically lost his life after his vehicle plunged into a lake in […]
Twenty-six year old Jose Garbutt, the manager of the well known Jaguar Paw Resort, has been detained following a fatal traffic accident between Mile thirty and thirty-one on the Western Highway. Garbutt reported to police that close to nine o’clock on Tuesday night, he was in the driver’s seat of his Toyota Land Cruiser heading […]
He was charged with two counts of Causing Death by Careless Conduct before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers four days after he hit and killed two people on the Northern Highway last month. But tonight there is a serious allegation that a urine sample provided by Orange Walk Town Mayor, Ravei Gonzalez, was never tested and sources […]
A thirty-four year old man is in police custody tonight after being charged with the heinous crime of Carnal Knowledge in Magistrates’ Court this morning. The allegation is that the electrician of Hattieville carnally knew his six year old step-daughter sometime between February 2007 and May 2008, but the crime was not reported until a […]
It is often said that there’s a silver lining behind every dark cloud and today George Betson saw his blessing three days after he was evicted from the property he had been occupying for thirty-five years. The saga began on Monday night when Betson’s humble abode, a plywood structure, was dismantled on orders from the […]
Belizeans suffer acts of police brutality almost on a daily basis. Joycelyn Castillo’s says she fell victim to such violent acts around ten-twenty on Tuesday morning when she was selling fruits and vegetables outside Public’s Supermarket. Today Castillo told News Five that W.P.C. Therese Allen hurled obscenities at her and in the heat of the […]
Centaur Cable Company, located at Ramon’s Plaza in Ladyville, was hit yesterday by a lone gunman who police believe was targeting the establishment for some time. The police acted swiftly, and the culprit, who had dreadlocks and carried a knapsack, is now in police custody but is yet to be charged. He entered the business […]
Seven deserving young people will benefit from much needed assistance to attend high school in Corozal Town in the upcoming academic year as an initiative by the Corozal Free Zone to build capacity in the northern district. The scholarships have been awarded to five young women and two young men: Ciara Martinez, Natasha Sharette Mitchell, […]
Health statistics among communities in the Cayo District are expected to show some improvement as a result of free health services offered by a team of visiting medical personnel who, along with the Belize Defence Force, treated patients with a wide range of health problems in the past ten days. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports […]
Late this evening Narda Garcia, the former chief of the Social Security Board, scored victory in the Supreme Court in a long drawn out case that began in 2006 when she was dismissed as General Manager of Social Security on recommendations of the Senate Select Committee. Attorney Elson Kaseke, representing Garcia, filed a motion in […]
On Tuesday night residents in southern Belize prepared for a tropical wave which was expected to cause a rise in the already flooded rivers in the south. But tonight word from the Met Office is that the wave was not as bad as anticipated. Ramon Frutos, Acting Chief Meteorologist “The rainfall has been decreasing during […]
For the second year in a row, a Belizean has won a Commonwealth Scholarship. This year’s recipient is Percival Cho. Twenty-eight year old Cho is currently a Forest Officer at the Forestry Department, and will leave that post to pursue a graduate degree in Tropical Forestry at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. The studies […]
Cases of incest do not appear often on the newscast, but tonight there is an appalling allegation coming out of the Stann Creek District. A fifteen year old girl, accompanied by her Guatemalan mother, reported to Dangriga police that her father had sex with her in early March and in June fondled her. The young […]
A Belize City woman got more than just a hairstyle when she was robbed at gunpoint at a beauty salon. The incident occurred around ten-twenty on Tuesday morning in front of Abraham’s Hair Moda on Blue Marlin Drive. The victim, Eugenie Aguilar, told police that when she returned to her parked Land Cruiser, a gunman […]
Incest and robberies are crimes that have long plagued the Belizean community and no one is immune but new police statistics show that it will take more than just the work of the force to take a huge bite out of crime. Gerald Westby, Police Commissioner “We have compared the period from January to June […]
The Institute of Archaeology has as its motto, “Preserving the Past for the Future” and to make good on that intention, today it opened its sixth Belize Archaeology Symposium. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports from the Bliss. Dr. Jaime Awe, Dir., Institute of Archaeology “The Mayas of Belize and Guatemala and Mexico really have the […]
Government this morning presented its plan to combat the rising costs in basic food items which are hitting Belizeans where it hurts the most … in the pockets. But as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, the work of the Basic Commodities Commission is ambitious and the real test will come in the actual monitoring of […]
Since Monday night through to this morning, the dwelling of George Betson at mile two on the Northern Highway was dismantled at the instructions of Supreme Court Marshals and the Police Department. The removal of the house follows a Court of Appeals ruling made two weeks ago that Betson had no right to the land […]
Senior Superintendent Chester Williams is back in the news tonight. Williams, who is off the beat until the merits of his transfer and suspension are resolved, has turned up vital information in which he claims that he has been framed by his own. It is a story that has many twists and turns and according […]
Two men walked away from the Supreme Court free men this morning when a chief witness in the case claimed amnesia and two others disclaimed they knew anything of the incident. The two, twenty-five year old Pedro Guzman Junior and thirty year old Henry Baptist Junior were charged for the murder of twenty year old […]
