Two days after police spoke of their new crime fighting strategy thieves proved that they were not deterred by the warning cops sounded. Today just before midday three thieves armed with guns busted the office of Discovery Expeditions on Manatee Drive in the Coral Grove area. News Five understands that the first robber to enter […]
There is strong talk coming tonight from the Belize Cane Farmers Association in day four of a strike involving three entities in the sugar cane industry and the introduction of a new pricing mechanism. Word to News Five late this evening is that the Cane Farmers Association has upped the ante as three meetings with […]
We report tonight that there is a serious snag in the government’s case against the owners of the Westerhaven and it all has to do with our colonial past. The cargo ship that ran aground on the Reef on January thirteenth has been granted bail, meaning that as soon as its owners are able to […]
And in an update to the explosion late Thursday afternoon at the Tourism Village, there is some good news to report as the boat captain, Shawn Rosado, who was injured in the explosion, has been released from the hospital. On Thursday around four-twenty, ‘the Wolf’—a boat belonging to Caye Caulker Water Taxi—combusted while it was […]
It was no regular day for the B.D.F., the men entrusted to protect our sovereignty celebrated the thirty-first birthday of the force at their headquarters in Ladyville. The force has grown to over a thousand men strong and over the years its role has evolved to meet other challenges. Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
Police are looking for several suspects after a San Pedro businessman was swindled out of nine thousand dollars. The report, a tangled tale of extortion, came from sixty year old Rick Davidson, owner of the Pinguino Winery. According to Davidson, on December fifteenth he was informed by someone at the Belize Port Authority that a […]
Three persons who had planned an attack against the family of businessman, Jose Shoman last December have been slapped with additional charges of Conspiracy to Commit Murder. Thirty-three year old Aldo Miguel Urbina of Orange Walk Town and twenty-two year old Cesar Aldana are accused of plotting to murder the seven members of the Shoman […]
Last year’s historic flooding has been providing the Ministry of Works with ample repairs and new projects. According to Ministry C.E.O., Cadet Henderson, government has millions of dollars currently invested in construction activities throughout the country and they intend to pour some more hot mix in the old capital. Cadet Henderson, CEO, Ministry of Works […]
It takes a special person to lift up and motivate others to action. But today at the launch of their 2009 Sales Campaign, the employees of Sagicor Capital Life got the opportunity to hear from a motivational speaker. K. Barrington Thomas was born in Trinidad and for almost a decade he has been empowering corporate […]
You may have not heard lately of Kiwanis Club International, but its members work to revitalize neighborhoods and perform countless projects to help children and communities. Kiwanis Club Belize’s main thrust is to help raise funds for children in need of medical care. The organization has been dormant for a while but organizers are reviving […]
There is hope for children that have born with a defect called Club Foot. About twenty infants are born every year with this problem and now for the first time, two organizations have joined efforts with the Ministry of Health to provide free medical care to the toddlers. Marion Ali was at CARE Belize this […]
From north to south, activities are picking up pace and Saffiyah has details of fun events you can chose from for a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? This Saturday Pallotti High school is inviting everyone out to the grand fair. The fair begins at three-thirty in the […]
Former Prime Minister Said Musa appeared in court this morning accompanied by a battery of nine lawyers for the preliminary inquiry in the case of Theft against him last year. But the outcome will not be delivered until February tenth. That’s when Magistrate Earl Jones will decide whether or not the prosecution has presented enough […]
But while the matter may take some time for Magistrate Earl Jones to review, as far as the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt, is concerned, the series of events to transfer the Venezuelan money from that country to where it ended up in Belize late 2007 is a clear cut case for a Supreme […]
Christine Perriott is out of City Hall, but not necessarily out of Mayor Zenaida Moya’s hair. The former Human Resources Director confirmed today that she has received her termination letter and she went in to clear out her desk this morning. But it is not over as Perriott says that she is reviewing the letter […]
There might be a breakthrough in the strike by cane farmers in the north. And this evening, Chairman of the Sugar Industry Control Board, Nemencio Acosta, told News Five that a meeting was held today among officials of the Board and Belize Sugar Industries Limited to discuss the possibility of a new price mechanism. But […]
An explosion sent various persons scurrying at the Fort Street Tourism Village late this evening. A young boatman was injured at the docking port of terminal four while workers at the village were left looking for cover. According to eyewitnesses, a boat engine was running while it was being fueled at the pump. Fumes ignited […]
A popular pizza parlor was burglarized on Wednesday night by someone who knew the business well. Just before midnight this past Wednesday, Stephen Roberts, the owner of Peppers Pizza, received a call of a break-in at the establishment. Roberts made his to the pizza parlor on St. Thomas Street to investigate. And when he got […]
In last night’s newscast we reported that the cargo ship, Westerhaven that ran aground on the reef on January thirteenth, was still under arrest at Anchorage. But it seems that the ship might soon be free since the court has offered bail. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ruled that the ship can be released if its […]
The Westerhaven has not been the only one to cause damage to the Barrier Reef. There is another case we reported on January twenty-third in which Duane Miller, the owner of Bread and Butter Caye in the south, was fined for using living corals as landfill on his island. And tonight we report that there […]
In news from the courts, a squabble between a Belize City woman and her former boyfriend has landed the man in police custody. Thirty-one year old Kenisha Velasquez of Central American Boulevard told police that at around twelve-thirty this morning, her boyfriend dropped her off at the gate and upon entering her home, she heard […]
A Caye Caulker man was today remanded into custody for a robbery in which two vacationing women were injured on Monday. The two Canadian tourists, Valerie Walker and Sofia Stefanio, reported to police that around three-forty-five that afternoon, they were in the south end of the island when a man armed with a machete and […]
Heart diseases are often deadly and medical science has shown they are non-discriminatory and can afflict young and old. In Belize there is one organization whose trademark is to help children access free medical treatment, that is the Rotary Club of Belize. This week the organization has been holding pediatric heart clinics under its Children’s […]
It’s a disorder that is regarded more as a nuisance than a health problem. It is more common in men than it is in women and while most carry on with their lives conceding that they snore, there is reason to pay closer attention to this disorder. This segment of Healthy Living takes a look […]
Round one of the controversy between Christine Perriott and Zenaida Moya has gone the mayor’s way… at least for now. And Perriott is no longer an employee of the Belize City Council; that’s the word tonight according to Mayor Moya. The two had locked horns over the weekend and last Friday the mayor asked Perriott […]
