A prison inmate serving time for burglary has been sentenced to an additional three years in prisons for drug trafficking. The inmate, thirty-six year old Emerito Reyes, got lucky in the sense that his new sentence will run concurrently to the five year sentence he is serving so that he has three years more of […]
In recent days, news from the Customs Department has been about containers and illegal drugs. But today Senior Officers of the Customs and Excise Department shifted gears to focus on the environment. We’re not talking about the current flooding in western Belize, but an environmental topic of equal importance: the ozone. The three day training […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re most welcome to this delivery of Sports Monday. The recent deluge of rain has been unforgiving to the nation and indeed most out-door sports in the country had to side-step that watery grip this weekend with wholesale re-scheduling. Falling victim were week two of the B.P.F.L. Regents Cup […]
Tropical Depression Number sixteen dissipated in Central Guatemala and western Nicaragua on Thursday causing torrential rains throughout the region where it is reported that four persons died in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras and over one hundred and fifty thousand persons were evacuated. In Belize, a tropical storm watch was called off on Tuesday but […]
News Five’s Duane Moody criss-crossed the northern and western highways and brings a report from affected areas in Crooked Tree Village and the Cayo District where the Chalillo dam is overflowing and flood waters are rising in low-lying areas. Duane Moody, Reporting Crooked Tree Village is prone to flooding, water levels of the lagoon were […]
And there is word from BECOL that the Chalillo Dam has reached full supply level and that water is overflowing by eleven and a half feet. According to BECOL, while the control features of the facility have reduced the impact of flooding, it expects that the spill over the dam will continue to rise if […]
The global economic crisis was first seen on Wall Street when stocks began to plummet in the past months. It has found its way around the world from the United States and has affected global financial markets, particularly in Europe and Asia. Governments of developed countries around the world have been meeting and discussing bail […]
Has political victimization reached the doors of the National Assembly? Conrad Lewis, who has been the clerk in the National Assembly in the Capital, Belmopan City, was fired Thursday, October sixteenth, and according to the letter he received, his termination was immediate. He got the bad news from the Speaker of the House Emil Arguelles […]
On Thursday we reported that the Government of Belize intended to scrap the plans to build the Belize Sports Center at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. This move by the government was a blow to sport fans who lack adequate facilities to train and develop sporting disciplines. Today that sentiment was echoed by The Belize […]
If the following story was a Mastercard commercial it would read: bus trip to Placencia: twenty dollars; two days of free wining and dining: six thousand, one hundred and five dollars; conning the village council and businesses: priceless. But instead of a happy ending, tonight a teen is in Hattieville Prison charged with Obtaining Property […]
Today a jury found John Williams not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter for the death of Canuto Velasquez. The nine women and three men deliberated for four hours before coming to their verdict. On April fifth, 2007, the two men were drinking when Velasquez allegedly threatened Williams and Williams delivered a fatal blow […]
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal delivered its decision today in the case of reggae singer Louis Gentle a.k.a. “Louie Ganzie”. Ganzie was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of the murder of his ex-common law wife Takeisha Sutherland. The appellate court upheld his conviction and his sentence was affirmed. The murder […]
And in the Magistrates’ Court, a mother and son were charged today in connection with a report of carnal knowledge made by a fifteen year old girl. Eighteen year old Steve Staine was charged with Carnal Knowledge and his mother, forty-one year old Maureen Staine, was charged with Permitting the Defilement of a Young Female. […]
A Belize City man has been arrested and charged for Possession of Counterfeit Currency. Around ten-fifty on Thursday, police on mobile patrol stopped Windell Pope and conducted a search on him. They discovered a fifty and a hundred dollar note in Belize currency and a hundred dollar U.S. and promptly detained Pope. He appeared in […]
A blow-out and rain-slicked roads proved to be a dangerous combination this afternoon on the Northern Highway. Details are sparse, but just before two p.m., a van belonging to Rosales Enterprise of Sandhill and carrying three passengers suffered a blow-out and ran off the road into a concrete fence. The incident occurred just past the […]
Earlier this month the Ministry of Transportation announced the zoning system for the southern and western parts of the country, and while there have been protests since then, G.O.B. today released the new schedules beginning Sunday, October nineteenth. If you are a commuter, the following are the new schedules. Three bus companies, James Bus Line, […]
Don’t let the rainy weather get you down. Saffiyah has suggestions for indoor activities that can occupy your time mind and she’ll tell you where you can get the best Bar B Que. Hey guys, I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize. Pallotti High School is inviting all the high school teens to their […]
The much publicized amendments to the constitution will continue to be on hold, at least until next year and that is because judgment in the referendum case number seventeen of 2008 will be delivered until next year. The civil appeal of Alberto Vellos et al versus the Prime Minister and Attorney General got underway in […]
The U.S. and other countries are going in recession. In Belize the tourism industry is being affected, and to add to our woes, this week there was a scarcity of onions, one of our daily staples in the food we consume everyday. As a result, the price skyrocketed at the markets and grocery stores over […]
Tropical depression number sixteen is now behind us but it doesn’t mean we are out of the woods. The National Emergency Management Organisation says that the tropical depression has weakened as it moves over Central Guatemala and Western Nicaragua. That is the good news. The bad news is that the system will continue to dump […]
The Marion Jones Sporting Complex has been a dream for youths and sports enthusiasts who have long waited for the government to develop the stadium into a professional sporting center. Before the February general elections there was activity on the grounds of the stadium on Princess Margaret Drive and it appeared that the complex would […]
A jury of six women and three men was not convinced of an allegation by a thirteen year old that she was sexually abused by twenty-one year old Cesar Diaz, a naturalized Belizean from El Salvador. The case of carnal knowledge concluded today in the Supreme Court and Diaz, a boat builder, who was unrepresented […]
An intruder was caught in the act after he broke into the home of a San Pedro resident. On October thirteenth, twenty-four year old Alden Dominguez, a man who lives near the airstrip in San Pedro, broke the louvers on the window of Marvin Mendoza’s home to gain access inside the house. Thirty-six year old […]
We reported their accomplishments earlier this week, and today we caught them at the International Airport as they returned triumphantly to Belize. The small delegation came back with five medals after their second participation in the World Shotocup Tournament. Quite a feat. The competition occurred over the past week in Canada and the Belizean athletes […]
Last night the United States Presidential debate between seventy-two year old John McCain and forty-seven year old Barack Obama was watched all over the world because as the adage says when America sneezes we catch a cold. The pundits said the senior Republican was at his best but the polls said it was the young […]
