We reported last week of an unusual and special meeting of the Bar Association scheduled for next week. We say unusual because we all know that lawyers go before judges to have their cases tried. But we are not used to hearing about judges going before lawyers to have their cases tried. Well, in a […]
He is accused of robbing a minor but before he could complete his second attack on a group of three others in the King’s Park area, early on Independence Day, police on mobile patrol nabbed him in the act. But while twenty seven year old Lawrence Owen Longsworth is accused of robbery, he is levying […]
He bears the same name as the former Commissioner of Police, but sixty-three year old Gerald Westby acted outside of the law when he stabbed Conrad Guzman on Wednesday morning. Westby was arraigned today for Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Dangerous Harm when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb. Although […]
The Hattieville Prison is home to three more inmates tonight after Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie remanded them until October twenty sixth. Twenty four year olds, Lionel Brigal and Pedro Perez and twenty seven year old Jason Malic are charged in connection with an invasion at the home of Dale Perez which occurred on September twentieth. […]
The family of Anthony Roches who went missing in 2008, observed somberly his twenty-second birthday this past Tuesday. Since Roches’ disappearance there has been little or no information to confirm or deny his death after he vanished into the night. Despite the uncertainty, his family is hoping to drum up some answers with a restated […]
Members of the police are at this hour investigating the strange disappearance of a prominent attorney’s son. Late this evening police received a tip that the vehicle driven by Blake Arnold was found abandoned near mile three on the Western Highway. Blake is the son of Belize City attorney, Ellis Arnold. He reportedly went missing […]
It might be raining outside but do you remember the hot days of summer? Safiyyah takes us back. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is what’s happening Belize? Well all the Celebrations are over and all the activities have seemed to die down, for now. So I’ve decided, since I’ve been asked so many times, to […]
Two of the country’s biggest money laundering cases went before the courts today. The manager/owner of Omni Networks and Fultec Systems, Dean Fuller is charged with laundering over six point five million dollars between October ninth 2007 and January first 2009. Fuller’s case is linked to the identity theft of numerous drivers from the Belize […]
In news on the economy, three weeks ago, Alan Slusher, financial advisor to the Prime Minister and new director of the recently nationalized Belize Telemedia Limited, was interviewed on the Chamber of Commerce’s television show Business Perspectives. In response to Celine Cleland-Gomez’s allegation that the government’s nationalization of Telemedia was hurting investor confidence in Belize, […]
Over seventy-five Belizean students in Costa Rica may find themselves in a peculiar situation if the Honduran border with Nicaragua remains closed as the political conflict in that country continues. The students are part of a bigger group that travelled by road to represent Belize in the fourteenth Annual Central American Scholar Games which began […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s 2008 election campaign strategy focused heavily on a commitment to bring the cost of living down No Matta Wat. One year later in the House of Representatives on March sixth Prime Minister Barrow proposed a fuel tax of one dollar on fuel. He said it would keep gasoline at or below […]
Seventeen year old Conrad Guzman Montes is still in a critical but stable condition tonight after he was stabbed once in the chest on Wednesday morning. The youth underwent surgery last evening and is now in the intensive care unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. His prognosis is still guarded and doctors say they […]
And two employees of the Conscious Youth Development Programme have been transferred to other institutions following an investigation of misconduct during a youth summer camp. The event was held at Camp Oakley in Burrell Boom Village between August second and ninth for ‘at risk’ youths mainly from the Belize District. Two weeks ago News Five […]
In December of 2008, he was remanded to the Hattieville Prison for murder. And tonight, twenty year old Guatemalan Austin Choc Pop is on the lam after he escaped from custody Wednesday night. According to Deputy Officer in Charge of the Punta Gorda Police, Inspector Andres Makin, Pop was handcuffed to another detainee being transported […]
It’s the regular flu season, but this year the population is on edge because of the H1N1 scare. Hundreds of students have been sent home since classes began. It is believed that the influenza started from the north and is moving across the country. But the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of education are […]
His sensational case has been before the courts and in the media since 2007 and two weeks ago on September ninth, Lewis Leiva was convicted of raping an eighteen year old American tourist. But it wasn’t until today that the thirty-eight year old DJ and hotelier learned his fate. Justice Adolph Lucas this morning sentenced […]
We reported the bad news on Wednesday night that a teacher was robbed at the Holy Redeemer School. Tonight we report that another teacher was targeted on Tuesday night in Ladyville. But the good news is that her robber is behinds bars and that’s where he will remain for the next year despite his claim […]
Also in the courts, three men, including a Guatemalan presently residing in Belize City, were charged with Attempted Murder in separate incidents. The most recent incident occurred on Saturday night, September nineteenth during an altercation on North Front Street near the swing bridge. Clive Hyde, a resident of the area, claims he was on North […]
On Tuesday, a fire gutted the Ahmad family house in Hattieville. Fourteen persons were displaced by the morning blaze. The Ahmads are attempting to rebuild their home, but with the economic downturn, money is not easy to come by. News Five’s Duane Moody was in Hattieville and has this report. Duane Moody Reporting You worked […]
But this story is music to your ears. Mexican guitarist, Cecilio Perera is currently in Belize courtesy of the Mexican Embassy. The twenty-four year old guitarist is known in musical circles all over and has won many prestigious competitions in the region, US and Europe. His music has been heard in an equally impressive number […]
Every woman who goes through the second phase in life at middle age will experience this condition. In this week’s edition of Healthy Living News Five looks at that important phase when women go through the experiences of menopause. Marleni Cuellar Reporting Menopause is an inevitable milestone in every woman’s life. Also referred to as […]
The debate is growing over a new piece of legislation that went through the House almost unnoticed. It is a bill to add a deposit of twenty-five cents to imports of beverages in glass bottles and tin went through a first reading in the House of Representatives on August twenty-fourth. The Bill is modeled after […]
They say secrecy among friends is bad manners, but drinking among friends can be much worse. Such was the case today when an early morning incident among drinking men ended up almost fatal on one of Belize City’s busiest arteries. It happened on Orange Street and has left a teenager clinging to life. Marion Ali […]
Belmopan police say they have a lead in connection with Saturday morning’s double slayings in the Valley of Peace community in the west. While they would not say who they’re looking for or his connection to the victims, cops told News Five today that they are questioning several persons who might be able to help […]
One week ago, he arrived to head the U.S. diplomatic mission to Belize. Ambassador Vinai Thummalapally made a brief statement to the media on arrival at the P.G.I.A. and was whisked off to Belmopan. On Thursday, he was officially accredited as the top US diplomat. Thummalapally has hit the ground running and we caught with […]
