There is more controversy coming out of La Isla Bonita – and you guessed it, it’s over real estate again! This time the story is that Canadian developer, David Mitchell, has been granted permission by the Department of the Environment to develop marsh land in the vicinity of the San Pedro sewer system into a […]
There is more to report on the ongoing troubles of the embattled Western Christian Academy. Today the teachers went on strike to have their principal reinstated. They went in masse to the Capital where they engaged in an impromptu meeting with officials from the Ministry of Education. The fate of the school is still up […]
There’s a breaking story tonight on the ongoing battle between the Government and businessman Luke Espat, and it has to do with the Commerce Bight Port. Late this evening News Five received a copy of a letter dated June second and addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Belize Limited, Raineldo Guerrero. […]
The government granted permission back in 2006 to U.S. Capital Energy to conduct seismic testing in the Sarstoon Temash National Park and the operations are well underway. But that decision has come under constant opposition from the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, SATIIM. SATIIM’s co-management agreement over the park expired in 2008 and for […]
It was exactly one week ago today that a seven point one shaker rocked the Belize – Honduras region, sending many homes crashing to the ground and causing damage to infrastructure. Following the phenomenon we showed still photographs of a sinkhole which measured roughly thirty feet in diameter near the Ak’bol Yoga Retreat. It was […]
It has long been in the news that the local branch of CLICO is in the liquidation process and the most recent step was placing it under Judicial Management. But it seems that some persons may be wrongfully capitalizing on the policyholders, who have been advised to continue paying their premiums. A release today from […]
The Social Security Board’s sixth annual Ride across Belize kicked off today. It’s a four day event that takes participating riders from the northernmost district, Corozal, to Punta Gorda in the deep south. But it’s not just for a prize or the exercise. Funds raised during the ride are donated to different organizations and this […]
The Ministry of Education has released the 2009 P.S.E. results and they look dismal. A total of six thousand eight hundred and fifty eight students registered for the exam and six thousand six hundred and sixty-one sat the exam. A quick review of the results shows that the grades are not very impressive. In English, […]
Arthur Young has been on the run since November of 2007 for the stabbing murder of twenty-four year old Calvin Young and the attempted murder of a minor. But Young is now behind bars after he was handed over to Belizean authorities around ten a.m. on Wednesday morning by U.S. Marshals. Young fled the country […]
On Wednesday, the new Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jefferies, spoke to News Five about the alarming situation in regards to crime and violence, in particular what seems to be a spike in the number of homicides. Jefferies said that the department is challenged because the root causes of crime are also linked to societal issues. […]
A police constable was shot early this morning in the line of duty. It happened when the twenty-four year old Mervin Polonio headed back home from New Town Barracks to his residence on Berkley Street to pick up some food. Polonio says that as he entered his yard, he heard a gunshot and soon realized […]
There are more details coming from the Mexican press in Chetumal on the sentencing of three Belizeans and one US national in connection with the July thirteenth, 2008 incident that started at the Las Vegas Casino at the northern border and ended with their arrest when the group entered Mexico. According to press reports today, […]
And in the court of appeals today, Attorney Alifa Elrington made a successful case on behalf twenty year old Steven Manzanero, who was convicted of Manslaughter last May. Manzanero had been sentenced to fifteen years in connection with the stabbing of Levy Quewell on the night of March twenty-sixth 2005. But in Manzanero’s appeal hearing, […]
Also in court, eighteen year old construction worker of Haulze Street has been charged for the murder of thirty-five year old Dennis Nembhard. Today, when Emmerson Eaghan appeared in Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge, he was remanded into custody until June thirtieth by Magistrate Dorothy Flowers. The incident occurred around seven-thirty Monday night […]
Have you wondered why youths in Belize are so angry and more willing to join gangs? The Mental Health Association says it has the answers. And today at the first Mental Health Conference—an initiative they hope will become an annual event—the focus was on anger management, violence and motivational interviewing; helping people to make positive […]
This week’s Healthy Living discusses breast cancer and has the story of a survivor whose family has a history of cancer. Interestingly there are many factors, other than genetic, that can cause this cancer. Marleni Cuellar Reporting Though there has been significant advancement in the detection and treatment of breast cancer, it is still considered […]
Two babies from Punta Gorda died recently and the Mayan community is not remaining silent about what it sees as gross negligence by health care providers. In the first incident, Cenaida Reymundo gave birth at the P.G. hospital and neither doctors nor nurses came to her aid. That baby died at the K.H.M.H. on May […]
That was in Punta Gorda, but in Belize City this issue is garbage. This has dominated the news for some time, and mostly because of the lack of collection or the back and forth in Court with the disposal companies. And while residents want a resolution to this hot button issue, a new system now […]
One of the business owners who was concerned over the new garbage collection fees is the proprietor of Peppers Pizza, Stephen Roberts. News Five met him coming out of a meeting with Councillor Willoughby just prior to this morning’s briefing and he said he is satisfied with the proposal. Stephen Roberts, Owner, Peppers Pizza “When […]
The saga of Western Christian Academy continues tonight. We reported on Wednesday that the school funds have dried up and the teachers don’t have any cartridges to print their exams. They had to let the students go home early because there was not enough food to sustain the students who normally pay a minimal fee […]
In reported Tuesday night of a stabbing incident in the Cayo District that ended the life of a sixteen year old minor. The senseless murder occurred early Saturday morning following a night out between a group of friends in San Ignacio. Duane Moody headed west today and found out that the Santa Familia victim will […]
Another stabbing incident occurred less than twenty-four hours later and less than two hundred yards away from the spot where the murder occurred. Around one-thirty Sunday morning, twenty-one year old Justin Gongora was walking home from the Faya Wata Bar with his brother-in-law, Howard Howe when they were approached by two men in front of […]
We also asked Jeffries about investigations in three other homicides that put the spotlight on the force. One of them is the murder of police officer Weiner Denis, who was shot on March twenty-sixth as he rode his bicycle in Belmopan. There is also the case of thirty-eight year old Hui Lin Chen. He was […]
But it was not all about murders. Jeffries also provided some information on a B.D.F. soldier who has been detained for allegedly injuring an Orange Walk man and we asked about the grenade that was thrown into the home of Comptroller of Customs, Gregory Gibson. Delahnie Bain “You mentioned earlier that a B.D.F. solider was […]
The case of three men and three minors accused in the sensational case of businessman Jose Shoman and his family came up briefly in court today. The incident goes back to the night of December thirteenth, 2008 when the six allegedly concocted a plot to rob and murder the Shoman family at their residence on […]
