A construction worker accused of stealing a licensed nine millimeter pistol was charged with Theft when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning. The man, twenty-six year old Silvano Bustillos from the village of Guinea Grass, pleaded not guilty to the charge and has been remanded in custody since he was unable to meet bail […]
Two male minors appeared before the family court judge to answer charges for aggravated assault that occurred in separate incidents. The first incident involved a fifteen year old high school student. It was reported that on the twenty-seventh of July around ten-twenty p.m. the youth fired shots at twenty-one year old Wilworth Williams. Williams alleges […]
A man who had a one millimeter calibre bullet in his pocket, was denied bail today in the Magistrate Court. Gion Bernard was charged for keeping the bullet and when he pleaded not guilty to the charge, Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie explained to him that she cannot offer bail because of the new legislation which […]
A Belize City man has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges. This afternoon, Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie charged twenty-nine year old Sydney Bradley for possession of point eight grams of cannabis, the equivalent of about one joint, and sentenced him to one year imprisonment. Bradley was obviously in […]
Eighteen year old Denfield Tasher was charged today with Attempted Robbery and Aggravated Assault. He was wanted by police for a June burglary of Femy Young’s home on Coffin Street. Police report that last Friday morning, Tasher entered Profile Jewelry Shop on Regent Street with a big brown bag which contained a pistol. The sales […]
Most Belizeans are familiar with child abuse, carnal knowledge, and incest, but mention the term Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents or CSEC, and many of them won’t know what you’re talking about. Simply put, CSEC refers to the act of using a boy or girl under eighteen years old for sex or pornography […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley welcoming you to this edition of Spots Monday. Week three of the RF&G Cup Tournament brought Wagiya of Dangriga to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday against the Belize Defence Force and as quick as four minutes in Dennis Serrano unleashes this header that gives the military a 1-zip lead. For its […]
The Guatemalan claim to Belize; it is the number one priority in foreign policy for the government of Belize. And while negotiations have been conducted for decades, it is now clear that a negotiated settlement will not be reached and that the preferred way forward is through settlement at the International Court of Justice in […]
A decision was delivered late night in the continued legal battles between the Government of Belize and the Ashcroft Group of companies that have been tied up in court in a number of law suits. Last night’s decision came from the Appeals Board of the Central Bank which is not a judicial body and which […]
But there is good news for consumers around the country; the price of butane gas has been reduced by five dollars per hundred pound cylinder. The decrease takes effect tomorrow. If you live in Belize City or Corozal District you’ll now pay one hundred and twenty-seven dollars for a hundred pound cylinder. Meanwhile Orange Walk […]
And in news from the Magistrates’ Court, an outing for a nurse turned ugly in the early hours of this morning. Thirty-two year old Leah Stevens, a nurse at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, reported to police that around one fifteen this morning she met her twenty-three year old boyfriend, Emerson Neal, on her way […]
And police are looking for a suspect who fired several shots at a taxi driver in the wee hours of this morning on Water Lane. The taxi driver, Shawn Ortiz, reported to the police that he was driving his Toyota Corolla car when he noticed that a Jetta car, behind him was advancing recklessly. According […]
The Belize Broadcasting Authority chaired by businessman Louis Leslie met in emergency session this morning in light of an ongoing dispute over the disruption in cable services in the communities along the Western Highway and parts of the southern highway. Both Channel Seven, that is owned by Nestor Vasquez who chairs the Belize National Cable […]
Weather experts have predicted an active and busy hurricane season and true to their word, on the day the season opened southern Belize was devastated by Tropical Storm Arthur. Residents of these communities are still on the road to recovery and now the news is not good. Weather experts are now giving a new and […]
Dr. Arlie Petters is Belize’s famous scientist. Dr. Petters lectures at Duke University in North Carolina, but every year he comes to Belize for a science and math summer programme. And this year the Petters Research Center in Dangriga, undertook a new initiative to provide good leadership skills to teenagers in a project named: Youth […]
Primary school children are on summer break, but teachers of the Anglican Diocese have been busy, and today the Anglican Schools launched five books written by the teachers. The texts are all about Belizean nationalities and are designed for students of different levels of primary schools. Carol Babb, General Manager of the Anglican schools told […]
This morning youths from around Belize City who participated in the fifth annual Growing the Future Summer School received their certificates of completion. The programme catered for kids from standards one to six for six weeks in academic and sporting events. Today the organisers were proud of their handiwork, and the kids were energised for […]
Stephen Okeke is best known for his work as a sculptor. His other titles include author and educator. Today he stopped by our studio in a new role; that of community activist. Okeke believes that there is a stigma attached to a poster designed and distributed by the Ministry of Health so he felt it […]
Beijing’s National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, was packed with ninety-one thousand people for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics. The ceremony exploded with multi-coloured fireworks, prolific displays of Chinese culture, and coordination and precision all in the spirit of international good will. President Hu Jintao said “The historic moment we have […]
Hey Guys, I’m Saffiyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? I’m starting off this week with La Isla Bonita, San Pedro. They’ve been having activities all week to celebrate their Costa Maya International Festival. On Tuesday, they held ‘La Reina Fido’s Bikini competition 2008’ won by Miss Costa Rica, Maria Elena Quesada. Thursday was when […]
At six o’clock this evening, the Central Bank’s Appeals Board chaired by Justice Samuel Awich began delivering a decision in respect of the application made by the Belize Bank in the ongoing case of the Venezuelan and Taiwanese monies. The hearing got underway yesterday and continued today in-camera after appeals board granted a request by […]
In an update to the fatal shooting of forty-nine year old Alexander Herrera on Sunday afternoon, today News Five learnt that the Director of Public Prosecutions, Sheryl-Lynn Branker-Tait, has requested that police conduct further interviews with civilians who witnessed the incident around noon that day. Police submitted a file to the D.P.P’s office that contained […]
And in more news from police, the peace in Esperanza village was disrupted when someone from a passing vehicle unleashed a series of gunshots at twenty-six year old Ruben Echavarria, a driver of Santa Elena, Cayo, hitting him in the right side of the back. Echavarria told police that the incident occurred around seven-thirty on […]
Police are looking for a woman in connection with an aggravated assault that occurred at another woman’s house. Twenty-six year old Nordette Spain reported to police that around seven-thirty on Wednesday night she heard knocks at her house on Maskall Street, Belize City and someone demanded that she open her door. Spain said when she […]
An inmate at the Hattieville Prison is in more trouble tonight after a routine search of his cell unearthed a stash of weed. Police report that the search on Tuesday night inside the cell of eighteen year old Clarence Hemmans yielded two black plastic bags containing about quarter pound of marijuana. Hemmans has been charged […]
