Point of Order is the newest publication that will be released joining the growing number of local books. Authored by a Belizean writer, it is an anthology of thirty-two poems and four short stories. It addresses prevalent issues within the society as well as personal experiences. According to teacher, poet and author, Ivory Kelly, she’s […]
There is a saying that if there is deprivation of food, the body feeds off of its own fat. That is the case for a seven year old minor who, for the past two and a half months, has been literally living off of his own body nutrients. This is because on January eighth of […]
Tonight we have more disturbing news to report of yet another member of the Police Department who is under investigation. And if the news earlier this week of rogue cops named in the recent killing of Hui Li Chen in Orange Walk Town was not bad enough, the investigation of another officer’s possible involvement in […]
The body of a young girl was found today in Cotton Tree Village last night and a police officer has been questioned and released. But first we report that further away, a Belize City man perished in a traffic accident as he headed back to Belize through Mexico. The details are sketchy, but it is […]
There’s more bad news for the Police Department. News Five has learnt that the investigation into the recent murder of Hui Lin Chen from Orange Walk Town has taken even deeper root in the Police Department’s office of National Head of Crime Investigations. It is now known that at least three more officers, whose ranks […]
In the Supreme Court today, twenty-four year old Bejohn Martinez, charged with Attempted Murder and Attempted Robbery, was freed of the charges but will remain behind bars for other charges. The trial concluded when Justice Adolph Lucas ruled that the evidence of identification was insufficient and directed the jury of five men and four women […]
Rhett Fuller’s Appeal on whether or not he will be extradited to the United States for a crime committed nineteen years ago, continued today before Justices Elliott Mottley, Dennis Morrison and Boyd Carey. After two days of submissions by Eamon Courtenay, who is representing Fuller, Attorneys for the Attorney General’s Ministry, Priscilla Banner and Magali […]
Charges of Attempted Murder against twenty-four year old Knox Cumberbatch have landed him in remand pending trial. Cumberbatch also faces charges of Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. And when he appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers, he was remanded until April twenty-seventh because of the type of offense. Cumberbatch is charged in […]
Also in the Magistrates’ Court, twenty-four year old Leroy Rhaburn, known as “Red Ants” was today charged with the Robbery of a San Pedro businessman. Rhaburn pleaded not guilty but the prosecution objected to bail on the grounds that robbery is a serious crime that is becoming too prevalent and if released, Rhaburn might rob […]
There has been an increasing number of reported cases of forgery in the past few weeks. The latest victim is twenty-eight year old Deepak Advani, the owner of Ayana Super Store on Burns Avenue in San Ignacio. Advani reported to police that at ten a.m. on March fourteenth, two men entered his business and purchased […]
The Belize National Coast Guard is moving from its old location at the Williamson Complex to a new two-million U.S. dollar headquarters at mile four on the Western Highway. Ground was broken today for the multi-million dollar project, which is being funded by the U.S. government in cooperation with G.O.B. in the fight against trans-national […]
With municipal elections behind, the Belize Mayor’s Association has elected a new executive body. At a recent orientation workshop held at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel, Corozal Mayor Hilberto Campos emerged as president for 2009-2010, his VP is Mayor Simeon Lopez of Belmopan, while Mayor Floyd Lino of Punta Gorda Town is the secretary and San […]
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Pick up a book, that’s the message that resonated today at the Leo Bradley Library as primary and preschool students gathered at the grounds on Princess Margaret Drive for the eighth annual Book Fair and Open Day. The theme this year is “Dive into Knowledge, Read” and the aim of the event is to encourage […]
Easter is three weeks away and that means it is time for one of the biggest sporting events, the cross country cycling race. And come April fifth and eleventh when the bugle sounds, the tenth annual Junior Cross Country and the Eighty-first Elite Cross Country will get underway. But before the classic races get off, […]
The cops believe they have cracked the recent grizzly murder of a Chinese national in Orange Walk Town. And as it turns out, the case has the plot twists of a Sherlock Holmes mystery novel… murder for a business transaction gone sour. This morning the charge of Abetment to Commit Murder, the second most serious […]
And in other crime news, in an update to a story aired on March thirteenth, in which a fruit and vegetable vendor was scammed out of some money, police have arrested and charged Emmanuel Lopez for the crime of Obtaining Property by Deception. Sixty-four year old Teodoro Blanco of Charros Fruit and Vegetable at the […]
The shootings in the city continue unabated and tonight twenty-one year old Owen McFoy is recovering from a gunshot wound to the left forearm. McFoy says he was riding a bicycle on Orange Street at around nine on Monday morning when he noticed a man in Trench Alley. The man reportedly pulled out a shotgun […]
Day two of the extradition appeal of Rhett Fuller ended late this evening with the defence resting its case. Attorney for Fuller, Eamon Courtenay, put forward seven grounds under which the request for extradition should be denied. Today he argued that too much time had elapsed between the alleged crime his client is accused of […]
Two men charged with Murder were set free on Monday by Supreme Court Justice, Adolph Lucas when the Prosecutor, Crown Counsel Trenia Young entered a case of nolle prosequi. Twenty-one year old Rushane Andrewin and twenty-four year old Troy Dawson were charged with the murder of twenty year old Meldrick Flowers and the attempted murder […]
And in the Magistrates’ Court, twenty-two year old Andre Hutchinson, the son of Minister Michael Hutchinson, was fined two hundred dollars today after he pleaded guilty to the charge of Exposing His Person in Public. Hutchinson was given until April thirtieth to pay the fine. If he defaults on payments he will serve two months […]
By now you know that the global financial crisis has been chipping away at the core of business markets and the region is not exempted. In the Caribbean we have reported that the Grace Kennedy International’s hardware store chain did not survive. In the Bahamas, Guyana and Turks and Caicos, CLICO has been ordered to […]
But if you’re heading east, the new CARICOM passports have just been released and should make traveling hassle free in the Caribbean region. As we’ve reported, they come with a new look and have a number of built in features that made the document stand out. The passport, which is now forty-eight pages thick and […]
The Stann Creek Ecumenical College opened its doors back in September 1974 through the amalgamation of two high schools, Stann Creek and Austin Highs. It evolved into a community school that today has over seven hundred and twelve students studying technical and academic programs. The school is currently facing financial constraints and is in desperate […]
Early Thursday morning, hundreds will be lining up at the Stella Maris school front gate for two races organized by the Special Olympics Belize. The first Fun Run race will head to Princess Margaret Drive, turn at the BTL offices into St. Thomas Street and back to Stella Maris School Front Gate for a mile […]
