It’s among the most prevalent causes of deaths within the country of Belize and today, the Ministries of National Security and Education started a three-day workshop to curb gang violence and its causes. The workshop at the Bliss is being conducted by renowned gang violence expert, Dr. Herbert Gayle, and will focus on monitoring and […]
The National Institute of Culture and History held its annual Bruk Dong Competition on December Sixth at the House of Culture. The winner of the competition is Kurl Miller of the famed Gilharry Seven Band from the north. Miller’s band mates consisted kids who at an early age are showing great talent in music. Miller […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re playing catch up on Sports Monday. The flags of FIFA and this beautiful Belize gave testimony to the high circumstances yesterday as the Belize League presented final championship match for the 2008 Regent Cup title, inside the Ricalde Stadium as Nizhee Corozal hosted Llagulei of Dangriga who came […]
And this notice to our viewers. In addition to your nightly newscast at six-thirty p.m., Channel Five also has additional programs on our regular schedules beginning tonight. For four days this week, Gimme Five will be playing on Channel Five in front of a live studio audience and you can also tune in at eight-thirty […]
He is a former Minister of Finance, Budget Management, Public Utilities, Police, B.D.F., Housing and a long list of other portfolios and many agree that in the height of his political career he commanded the corridors of power in Belmopan. But today Ralph Fonseca was brought to Court under heavy escort by the very force […]
Also in court, a B.D.F. soldier from Big Falls, Toledo who was on duty providing security to flood victims tonight finds himself charged with Manslaughter for causing the death of a civilian on November twenty-second. Orange Walk police have arrested and charged twenty year old Private Paulino Assi for shooting Douglas Villager, nineteen year old […]
In other news, there are only two more days until the Belize-Guatemala compromis for the I.C.J. is signed in Washington D.C., but tonight the National Trade Union Congress is making a last minute request to government to make the document public. According to the N.T.U.C.B. press release, the Belizean people have a right to know […]
Some may say that there aren’t enough policemen on the streets or that people aren’t trusting of officers to share vital information needed to keep the peace and solve crime. So the police department has devised a strategy that might just do that. They have identified some civilians with interest in their community and have […]
While twenty-eight men and women were inducted as special constables, today’s ceremony at the Raccoon Street Police Station was also used to honour the police officer of the month. The officer selected is not only hard working but she also has to do double duty as a single parent and mother of four. Sergeant Diane […]
The shooting at the foot of the swing bridge on November twenty-eighth appeared at first glance to be a clear cut case of attempted robbery of a former police officer by two men on bicycles. But the story is now changing. Thirty-five year Javier Castellanos, now a security guard, claimed that one robber attempted to […]
In other news, forty-two year old fudge vendor, Bernard Pratt was charged with Unlawful Carnal Knowledge of a twelve year old girl. Today, Pratt appeared in front of Magistrate Aretha Ford who remanded him in custody until January ninth. No plea was taken from Pratt and due to the nature of his alleged offense, he […]
And a Chinese businesswoman of the Western Highway was robbed at gunpoint at her restaurant. At around seven last night, forty-eight year old Kun Mei Hung reported that she and her daughter, Yan Fen Su, were at Fuhua Restaurant serving two customers when three armed men entered and demanded money. After she was hit with […]
No one seems to have the right recipe to curb crime. And today, students from Belize’s foremost tertiary level institutions gathered at the University of Belize Belmopan campus to attend a symposium on the different aspects of this plague, including its root causes and measures to deal with this crippling issue. The event, organised by […]
In Belize City meanwhile, the Constitution Park was not only a place for playing and relaxing… it was also a place for learning. From nine in the morning until four in the afternoon, fourteen social interest organizations set up information booths and participated in the first ever NGO Fair, organized by the National Committee for […]
Civil Aviation Day is celebrated annually to establish and reinforce worldwide awareness of the importance of international civil aviation in the social and economic development of states. Hoping to encourage youths to take up careers in this particular industry, the Department of Civil Aviation marked the occasion with a display at the Marion Jones Sporting […]
In Belize talking about sex, much less genitalia, is a taboo topic. But tonight at the Bliss the subject will take centre stage in an adult only show hosted by the Belize Family Life Association. It is based on excerpts from a book and play by award winning U.S. author Eve Ensler and will feature […]
If you are a jazz aficionado, there is an upcoming event this weekend that you just can’t miss, particularly since the proceeds will go to help persons afflicted with HIV/AIDS. And there is much, much more happening around Belize, Saffiyah has details. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize. Well you’ve heard me […]
Ending months of speculation of his arrest, this morning former prime minister Said Musa was brought before the courts to face charges of Theft in relation to ten million U.S. dollars gifted by the government of Venezuela late last year when Musa was head of government. When Musa returned to the nation’s capital today, his […]
This is not the first time that Said Musa has been charged criminally while in opposition. Musa faced the music before under a U.D.P regime, and came out victorious. This was the scene on the streets leading to Independence Hall on Queen Street back on November twenty-fifth, 1993 when Musa, then as P.U.P party chairman, […]
The reaction to Musa’s arrest and arraignment was swift from the Belize Bank which says in a release that whether or not there is any substance to the charge is now a matter for the courts. According to the bank, it was not a party to the discussions between Belize and Venezuela and it did […]
His family says that his friends called him out to go and buy fonto but a few minutes later, the twenty-nine year old man was lying dead in a pool of his own blood. Four of five gunshots found their way into the body of Steven James. He received one shot to the middle of […]
Police have confirmed to News Five that human remains were found yesterday in the Blue Hole at the Lighthouse Reef formation. Efforts to bring the body to surface are set for tomorrow. Polish divers on vacation in Belize, on a tour with Aqua Dives of San Pedro, reportedly discovered skeletal remains. According to the report, […]
And a Belize City woman who has had various run-ins with the law fell victim to gunfire this past Wednesday evening. She is thirty-two year old Joeth Pratt, A.K.A. China. Just after four-thirty p.m. on Wednesday Pratt went to a neighbour’s house at the corner of Faber’s Road and Nurse Findley Crescent and seconds after […]
Sixty year old Rudolph Arnold, the messenger for Belize Industrial Agencies on the Western Highway is behind bars tonight for allegedly stealing thirty-seven thousand dollars from his boss. Manager of Belize Industrial Agencies Limited at Mile one and a half on the Western Highway, twenty-six year old Glen Kornelsen, told police that he on Wednesday […]
There is an update to report tonight in the recent robbery of the Atlantic Bank Branch at the corner of Cemetery and Magazine Roads. Just after six p.m. Wednesday night the police department recovered the busted but empty safe as well as three empty gun cases. The suspect charged with the burglary of the Atlantic […]
