The 2009 Atlantic Hurricane season is just around the corner beginning June first through November thirtieth. And while that is never soothing news on this side of the globe, meteorological experts project that it won’t be as merciless as Hurricane Iris in 2001 when twenty one persons perished or last year’s devastating Tropical Storm Arthur […]
There is a first case of interest of the Influenza A (H1N1) in southern Belize. The Ministry of Health told News Five today that there are six new suspected cases of the flu including one from Dangriga. The others, according to epidemiologist, Doctor Paul Edwards, are from Corozal, Orange Walk, and Belize City. It is […]
A Honduran national on the lam is wanted in the fatal hit and run accident on May 9th in Ladyville that claimed the life of thirty-eight year old Roldan Trapp. The suspect and owner of a red Ford pickup truck involved has eluded authorities since then and police have now identified him as thirty-nine year […]
The family of a US citizen who left Honduras on Sunday is asking for help in locating him as they believe he may have drifted to Belize. New Jersey resident, Joe Dunsavage, left Roatan on Sunday and has not yet been heard from. Air and sea searches have not yielded any clues of his whereabouts. […]
Justice Adolph Lucas handed down a sentence of ten years to Allen James today for the robbery of the Sen Sen Store on Daly Street. Last week, we reported that the twenty eight year old man beat a charge of attempted murder but was found guilty of robbery. During the trial James brought to court […]
Brazen thieves broke into the bedroom of forty-three year old Keithburn Drury, on Santa Barbara Street while he and his family were asleep. News Five spoke with a family relative, today who told us that the home was broken into sometime between ten forty-five Tuesday night and five-thirty the following morning. She said that the […]
You may not have heard much about the Dancehall Masters’ Association but the artists in this group have embarked on a mission to promote peace and discourage violence. DMA, as they call themselves for short, have planned a fundraiser for Saturday at the basketball court behind Saint Martin de Porres Church on Vernon Street and […]
In some positive news, one of Belize City’s promoters was recognized today for his sterling contribution to the community as part of Education Week. Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, presented the second annual Spirit of Ubuntu Award to Joel ‘Dara’ Robinson. Robinson, who is known for keeping the spirit of Bob Marley alive in Belize, […]
The Education Week activities continue and today Grace Primary School students put their handiwork on display at an open day. From the infants to the standard six classes, the students shared their knowledge on Belize’s past and present among other topics. A News Five crew visited the school today and brought you a sample of […]
Last week Healthy Living and discussed cervical cancer and this week it deals with Prostrate cancer, a cancer that causes many deaths when left untreated. According to available information from the experts, there is a degree of ignorance on this cancer. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Prostate cancer is the cause of death some twenty-five men each […]
There is more trouble for B.E.L., and it is not coming from the P.U.C. This time it’s from the Belize Energy Workers Union that is fighting with the utility company over a series of issues and it is not ruling out a nationwide shutdown. Last week B.E.L.’s Corporate Communications Manager, Dawn Sampson told News Five […]
With all eyes on the B.E.W.U. News Five caught up with Prime Minister Barrow this morning and got his reaction on remarks from the union that it is restraining itself from pulling the switch for a nationwide shut-down. So how does the P.M. intend to quell the ongoing problem between B.E.L. and the union? Prime […]
And in respect of the differences between the Public Utilities Commission and the company, all is not lost and the tone this morning sounded conciliatory. According to Barrow, he’s encouraged by a recent meeting he had with B.E.L.’s C.E.O., Lynn Young. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I asked the Minister of Public Utilities to join that […]
Allegations of questionable deals at the Lands Department, including the leasing out of portions of the Caribbean Sea and numerous other cases, have come under the microscope. And while the list is growing lengthier, P.M. Barrow stood by his Minister of Lands, Gaspar Vega this morning. The P.M. maintains that his government is committed to […]
Sporting activities which used to take place at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex on Princess Margaret Drive have been diverted to other stadiums or even to the city streets since refurbishment of the facility has been slow to get off the ground. Both male and female cycling classics which would have once ended with final […]
A man accused of murder walked free today when the case for the prosecution fell apart. Twenty-seven year old Delford Slusher spent two years in jail but Justice Adolph Lucas directed that he be released in the Supreme Court. Slusher, also known as “Peter”, was accused of fatally shooting Jose Noe Barrow but the chief […]
Also in the courts, the tables have turned on a prison officer and he now finds himself behind bars. Deayroll Dougal appeared before Magristrate Edd P. Usher today charged with Aggravated Assault with a firearm. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded into custody until June fifteenth. Dougal is charged in connection with a report […]
Also in court, Magistrate Sharon Fraser threw the book at twenty-two year old Brandon Taylor, who is charged in connection with an Attempted Robbery at Western Union. Police believe Taylor was one of several persons involved in the crime and he now faces fourteen offences including Attempted Murder and Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Use of Deadly […]
As we have reported, the office of the Solicitor General has been vacant since June of 2008 when Tanya Herwanger resigned. And it might stay that way a while longer. According to the P.M., the salaries are not attractive for overseas recruitment and locally lawyers make too much money in private practice. Prime Minister Dean […]
Police have made no arrests in Tuesday morning’s hold-up of the Saint Catherine Dental Clinic located beside the K.H.M.H. Forty-four year old receptionist, Rita Douglas of Lake I, reports that a robber armed with a chrome firearm entered the office demanding money. Fearing for her life, Douglas says she handed over three hundred and fifty […]
The spotlight was on standard-one students on Tuesday as measurements for the National Height Census were taken among children between the ages of six and nine. The results of that census are still to be determined but today, students from some preschools right through to high schools were away from their classrooms and headed to […]
Sporting fans around the country will be stunned to find out that Belize has been suspended from the CONCACAF Champions League for this season. The suspension was announced late Monday night and was anticipated. According to Bertie Chimilio, president of the Football Federation of Belize, the Jewel was one of several countries given a one […]
One of Belize’s major income earners, the citrus industry, faces a new threat. It has to do with the citrus greening disease that has recently been detected in northern, western and southern Belize. The only silver lining is that so far the disease had not been detected in citrus groves but in private backyards. Today […]
There is good news for Belize on the Influenza A (H1N1) that has put the world on edge. News Five was told by the Ministry of Health today, that the results of the last three samples that were sent to CAREC on Friday have come back and they are negative. This means that all forty […]
It is almost a year and the Barrow administration has been unable to fill the post of Solicitor General. News Five confirmed today that no one has yet been appointed to the top job since the June 2008 departure of the then Solicitor General Tanya Herwanger who precipitously left that office, and the country for […]
