And this afternoon, the mayor did not hold back and came back like a ton of bricks as the campaign for the mayoral convention in October heats up. Here’s her side of the story. Zenaida Moya, Belize City Mayor “I know Mark is a bit you know, loony, but I didn’t know to that level. […]
It is not usual that we report on crime at the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal, which is considered a safe place for businessmen, employees and shoppers generally from Mexico who frequent the zone. But at around four on Wednesday afternoon that safety was breached when two gunmen, believed to be Mexicans, pulled up at […]
On Monday, Michelle Baltazar, was the first person to be convicted and sentenced under the newly amended firearm act. The revised legislation came into effect two months ago as a response to the spiraling increase in crime, specifically gun related offenses. And today a loophole in the same legislation may allow twenty-six year old Kevin […]
A student of Belmopan will not have to go back to school anytime soon. That’s because today nineteen year old Wayne Harris was remanded to Hattieville Prison after police busted him with an unlicensed nine millimetre pistol and five rounds of ammunition around ten his morning. Harris was nabbed on Albert Street after he allegedly […]
It is one of the more unpleasant reports in our newscast … and now seemingly on a daily basis. Whether there is an increase in occurrences or due to an increase in reporting, the frequency of incidents of carnal knowledge that come to pubic light, is of serious concern. Tonight there are two incidents to […]
A very trusting Corozal Town man is thousands of dollars short. Forty year old, Dean Marchand reported to police that he was stiffed of eight thousand six hundred dollars to thirty-eight year old Roberto Castellanos. Marchand reportedly gave Castellanos the cash to purchase cement and steel rods in Merida on his behalf. The money was […]
When the University of the West Indies was established in Belize in 1948, it was housed in a small room in the then Bliss centre in the heart of downtown Belize City, today it has its own two-storey building in West Landivar and has greatly expanded its programmes and status in the country. This year, […]
Mexican authorities released businessman held for undeclared cash And the family of Hussein Nasr Harmouch report to News Five tonight that the businessman, wife and kids have been cleared in Mexico City where they had been held for failure to declare fifty-seven thousand U.S. dollars in cash that Harmouch was carrying on his person. According […]
News Five has confirmed that at least one man is dead following a shooting at the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. The incident occurred this afternoon inside the compounds of the Free Zone. The victim, forty one year old Wilhelm Braun, was reportedly shot nine times in the chest, hands, feet and behind the ear. […]
There is still no resolution to the cable dispute and many villages remain off the cable system. Late this afternoon the Board of the Belize Cable Television Operators Association concluded a meeting in Belize City on the current stalemate between C.B.C. and Telemedia over the disruption of cable services in certain areas in the west […]
He has been in the news almost on a daily basis, and he is not one to give interviews. But Michael Ashcroft has agreed to come out publicly and will give an exclusive interview to News Five to be aired this coming Friday, August twenty-second. If you have been following the news, you already know […]
Chester Williams is fighting back and his attorneys say they are appealing the recent findings of the Security Services Commission against the former senior Superintendent and are taking issue with the public disclosure of its findings before Williams himself was informed. Senior Counsel Edwin Flowers, speaking on behalf of Williams who has been prohibited from […]
A university student is in the lock up tonight for firearm and ammunition offences. Twenty-two year old Lattania Choc, who is a student with the University of Belize, is the second woman in two days to go to prison for these offences. Choc appeared in court this morning and was charged with keeping a nine […]
And in other news from the courts, a woman appeared in the Magistrates’ Court this morning on forgery charges that had been previously dismissed. Accounts Executive, Beverly Burke, is accused of altering Scotia Bank withdrawal slips amounting to four thousand dollars on August ninth and tenth, 2005. On the instructions of the D.P.P., the charges […]
You will know from the airwaves that national celebrations are around the corner. And today the B.T.B. and the National September Celebrations Committee teamed up and presented a glossy calendar of activities which show that festivities this year begin early and conclude on September twenty-second with an Independence Day Bram. There is plenty of the […]
Opening tonight at the Belize-Mexico Cultural Institute is an art exhibition called The Magic of Dreams. The thirty-five pieces of art that comprise the show are by famed Mexican artist Rodolfo Morales, who died in 2001. It’s too late to make it to the opening ceremony, but News Five got a special preview this morning. […]
There is a twelve year old student of Saint John Vianney, who needs urgent assistance. The standard six student has undergone surgery for a tumor in his stomach, but now there are signs of yet another tumor. The young man’s mother is pleading for your assistance. Karen Dougal, Mother of Marquis Wade “Well, actually I’m […]
Seven months ago the nation mourned the passing of beloved musician, Andy Palacio who was at the peek of his career when he died from a heart attack as a result of a series of strokes. Andy had just been internationally recognized for the Watina release and had won the prestigious Womex from the World […]
Reports out of Mexico City say that businessman, Hussein Nasr Harmouch, is being held in custody by Mexican federal agents. Harmouch was nabbed when he attempted to board a plane, flight number four nine nine bound for Frankfurt with Lebanon as his final destination. Harmouch was detained at the Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico […]
There is a special sitting of the House on Friday. It is special because the House is on recess but there is urgent business that requires the nod from parliamentarians. The Income and Business Tax Amendment Bill will go to the House for the second and third reading and thereafter through the final stages so […]
The division in the Belize City Council is glaring with the embattled Mayor Zenaida Moya fighting to survive a tough challenge coming from her Deputy Anthony Michael. Today the Mayor is back in the news, but this time it’s about the tourism head tax. The fee was agreed to by the Belize Tourism Board and […]
Every year scholarships are given to deserving Belizeans countrywide, and one corporate citizen that has remained a top provider of those donations is Telemedia. Today, at the Radisson, thirty-one of thirty-two recipients were presented with certificates for Telemedia’s high school scholarships. C.E.O. Dean Boyce, flanked by the Minister of Education, Patrick Faber expressed their views […]
Times are hard, but today one company has pledged to dig a bit deeper into their pockets to maintain a piece of the jewel. It falls under the Belize City Council’s “Adopt a Park Programme”. But in this case, it is not quite as big as a park – in fact, it’s just a roundabout […]
A former police officer is in custody tonight after he was found guilty of Obtaining Property by Deception. In this case, the officer was accused of taking money from a woman to secure the release of her son from prison. Thirty-nine year old Javier Mendez was fined one thousand dollars by Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie […]
And in an update to a story we aired last night, nineteen year old Winfield Dennison a.k.a. “Cucu” appeared in court today to face charges relating to the shooting of fifteen year old high school student, Randy August. Dennison was charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. He was […]
