The court also heard today the plea of a traffic victim in a horrific collision involving a delivery truck and a National Transport Bus which left six people dead and several injured in September of 2007. And while it can be said that twenty-eight year old Yolani Herrera was fortunate to survive, her life has […]
Garifuna Settlement Day is coming up on November nineteenth. So mark your calendar for the cultural explosion expected at the many events leading up to the celebration. News Five Delahnie Bain will not compete in the Miss Garifuna pageant, but she did have a go at the language. Delahnie Bain, Reporting The Garifuna culture is […]
Tonsillitis is an infection of the glands of the throat. It can be caused by a virus or bacteria. In Healthy Living this week we interview a specialist who identifies the symptoms of this malady and will guide you with the appropriate treatment. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting The tonsils are small balls of tissue on both […]
Shyne Jamal Barrow is back in Belize. He arrived at two-forty this afternoon at the Philip International Airport where he was met by family, fans and the media. The famous rapper began his journey after six this morning when he left the detention center in Buffalo New York in the company of a U.S. Marshall. […]
As soon as Shyne left the P.G.I. A. with his entourage in tow, he made his way to the Youth Hostel at mile twenty-one on the Western Highway. Shyne gave a speech to the youths, but the media was not allowed to record it. Only after the speech was finished, his handlers allowed the cameras […]
In financial news, BCB Holdings Limited announced that the Board of Directors of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on October ninth, approved the listing of BCB’s one hundred and three; six hundred and forty-two; and nine hundred and eighty-four ordinary shares of no par value each. BCB has now confirmed that trading of the […]
Employees and customers of the Transport Department were surprised by a brazen midday robbery. It was executed with precision at the West Collet Canal Offices. At least one of the robbers was wearing a mask. One policeman was badly beaten and an undisclosed amount of money was stolen in the robbery. News Five’s Jose Sanchez […]
There are disturbing details arising out of the recent murder of Hubert Tillett in a secluded area of Hattieville. Tillett was found in a dug out pool in his yard last Friday and initial reports were that he his throat was slit. There was little official information on the state of the body, but Tillett’s […]
There is an update with the other murder that occurred over the past weekend, thirty year old taxi driver Mario Chi was shot to the chest in front of his family. The homicide took place at Chi’s house in Santa Elena. From the onset, Anna Elizabeth Uck claimed her ex-husband had threatened to kill Chi […]
A primary school teacher of Belize City was today spared from going to jail and instead was slapped with a fine of thirteen thousand dollars. Twenty-nine year old Andre Torres has to pay two persons for the death of his friend, seventeen year old Emelio Armando Santiago, a student who lost his life in a […]
The court also remanded a man to the Hattieville Prison after he pleaded not guilty to Robbery. Twenty year old Denfield Tasher Jr. of Tibruce Street was charged with four counts of Robbery for an incident which occurred shortly after midday last Friday at Tienda Melchor, located at the corner of Mosul Street and Cemetery […]
The high school was re-opened in 2000 and the enrollment currently stands at two hundred and seventy-six students. Saint Michael’s High School was today renamed the Maud Williams High School after former educator and Justice of Peace, Misses Maud Williams nee Goldson. Williams who has devoted fifty years to education having ascended from teacher, to […]
Last week Thursday, we aired a story about financial irregularity at City Hall that was revealed in an audit report obtained by News Five. The story mentioned Peyrefitte Brothers as being among choice businesses that had received discounts and trade-offs for trade licenses. That business protested that it was never mentioned in the audit report […]
Is Barack Obama coming to Belize? That’s the question that was put to the new United States Ambassador who began his diplomatic mission to Belize last month. Vinai Thummalapally is a former roommate of Obama, and that relationship is expected to translate into renewed interest in Belize. Today, the U.S. ambassador met the press corp […]
Turning to domestic politics, remember Juan Coy? He was the Minister of State from the south who was stripped of his portfolio in March because of allegations that he instructed the Punta Gorda Belize Defense Force Camp to allow one of his supporters to enter the country with contraband drinks, including beer from neighboring Guatemala. […]
And in the west, a Santa Elena taxi driver was murdered in cold blood in front of his family on Sunday night and today the police are still searching for clues. Two persons of interest were initially detained for the fatal shooting of thirty year old Mario Chi. They are still in police custody being […]
And a former basketball player is settling in at the Hattieville prison because that’s where he will spend the next twenty-five years of his life over a horse saddle. Thirty-three year old Stewart Sutherland was found guilty of the Manslaughter of Gary Gabourel on October fifth and today Justice Michelle Arana handed down the hefty […]
It is the second time that Cecil Gabourel is appearing before Justice Adolph Lucas for the stabbing death of his wife on December twenty-fifth, 2006. In the first case, he was charged with murder and pleaded guilty to manslaughter but did not agree to the facts as presented in court and a retrial was ordered. […]
After an early morning bust, police carted off a husband and wife, along with their son-in-law and his friend to the Queen Street police station. At around eight this morning, the cops searched the home of Albert Davis, but when they did not find anything incriminating, they took their hunt for illegal drugs and firearm […]
Earlier in the newscast we told about today’s press conference with U.S. Ambassador Thummalapally. The head of the mission touched on a wide range of issues including the August compulsorily acquisition of Telemedia. The United States is known to frown on countries that have a history of nationalizing private companies. So how does the U.S. […]
And the problem of illegal communities that spring up along the Belizean side of the border has been exacerbated by the incursion of Guatemalan xateros and farmers clearing land in the Chiquibul National Park and Forest Reserve. Ambassador Thummalapally says the Organization of American States has been doing an exceptional job along the border where […]
The Ambassador also touched on the situation in Honduras where the political pressure is close to boiling point as a result of the June twenty-eighth arrest of President Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya was ousted by Roberto Micheletti who has since assumed control of the government and refuses to step down. Demonstrations and curfews have since become […]
In a tragic incident in the Orange Walk District, a Mennonite welder of Shipyard was killed after he was accidentally electrocuted. On Monday, thirty-seven year old David Schmidt was welding his boat on the New River along with Juan Martinez, also of the village, when the incident happened. Water and electricity do not mix and […]
In Belmopan, one of the more important topics of the media discussion with Ambassador Thummalapally is the Merida Initiative. It is a partnership of the United States with governments in Central America and the Caribbean to combat crime and the free flow of narco-traffickers in the region. Four hundred million U.S. dollars was set aside […]
The People’s United Party met on Saturday in San Ignacio and settled an agreement to transfer the ownership of Belize Times, Vibes Radio and Independence Hall to a trust to be administered by four trustees. After that meeting, we spoke to Party Leader, John Briceño about currently pressing issue. On the crime situation, Briceño feels […]
