Baby Alexander is not the only fatality that occurred today. At about ten o’ clock this morning a man from Double Head Cabbage was knocked down and killed. Late this evening a senior citizen of the United States, eighty year old Gordon Stout, who is presently residing in Consejo Shores, Corozal Town was slapped with […]
Turning to the war among the two telephone companies, the smaller but more aggressive SMART challenged Telemedia this afternoon to disclose the true number of subscribers that have switched companies. The government’s mouthpiece this morning declared that ten thousand subscribers have left SMART for the government controlled Telemedia. According to SMART, this is false and […]
Orange Walk Branch of the Belize National Teachers Union has taken a different position than its parent organization, the B.N.T.U. Late this evening it held a press conference at the La Inmaculada Primary School to make public its objection to a number of issues with the amended education rules being proposed by the Ministry of […]
The Privy Council on Wednesday dismissed murder convictions on Ernest Savery, Lenton Polonio and Francis Eiley for the 2002 Murder of Justo Perez. Perez was killed at his home in San Pedro and when his body was found, it was gagged and had deep wounds on the head. The motive was robbery. The three men […]
And in an early morning bust in Belize City, police seized a point thirty-eight Smith and Wesson pistol loaded with four live rounds of ammunition along with fifteen live rounds of point twenty-five ammunition. Thirty year old Librarian, Bernard Timmons and his common-law-wife, twenty seven year old Keisha Reneau were jointly charged with unlicensed firearm […]
Also in court, three persons were charged following a drug bust in the City that led police to the discovery of a bag containing sixty transparent plastic bags of marijuana which police claimed was in a sofa on which the trio sat. Two men and a woman identified as Albert Pollard and Kenroy Smith of […]
The number of HIV/AIDS cases continues to rise in the Jewel and stands at over four thousand; it is estimated that between seven to eight persons die monthly from the disease. This worrisome trend has prompted the Labour Department to encourage organizations to implement a workplace policy that protects employees from discrimination. Over twenty companies […]
HIV/AIDS is a disease that threatens humanity. The methods of transmission, treatment and prevention are frequently discussed but the contributory factors of the spread of the disease are not as commonly exposed. Healthy living this week looks at one social issue that often times falls under the radar but contributes to the growing number of […]
Belize will be replacing the highest court of appeal, that’s the Privy Council, with the Caribbean Court of Justice. But before that happens, the Privy Council in London, is still hearing appeals from Belize. Remember Ernest Savery, Lenton Polonio and Francis Eiley? All three were convicted on August thirteenth 2004 in the Belize City Supreme […]
A Canadian couple living in the Freetown Sibun was hit for the second time in four weeks. The home of the couple was first burglarized on October twelfth: they reported the matter and relocated in fear for their lives. In the past few days, thieves went back to the Sibun home of the Reeves, vandalized […]
The home of the Canadians was not the only house broken into. Police also report a burglary in the Vista Del Mar area of Ladyville on Tuesday afternoon. Ashanti Guzman and her husband were not at home when the incident occurred, but the employee of the Kolbe prison, received a call after one p.m. that […]
It is not a big case, but it is news because it involves persons in top places. No one was injured in this morning’s shooting, but it is noteworthy that the target, Michael Sutherland, was driving the private vehicle of Minister Anthony “Boots” Martinez’. Details are being released little by little, but is has been […]
Comision Federal de Electridad is pulling the plug on B.E.L. The supplier informed today that it intends to cancel its guaranteed power supply control contract with B.E.L. because its (quote) generation capacity has been significantly limited, (unquote). CFE first signaled that it was revisiting the agreement in April when it indicated it would not continue […]
This morning as a News Five team was on Princess Margaret Drive, it spotted two police officers with semi automatic rifles at a yard. The team immediately approached the unfolding scene which they felt would reveal a harrowing tale of crime and violence. Officers were guarding, the entrance to Jambel’s Jerk Pit, a restaurant located […]
There are also allegations of harassment against the owners of the Gulf Hotel near mile two on the Northern Highway. Son of the proprietors, Alfonso Sun, visited our studios today irate that at least seven cops dressed in casual wear and brandishing weapons entered the hotel and his home through the back gate. His girlfriend […]
In the Supreme Courts, the trial of the parents of the body of an infant found in 2008 concluded today. Thirty-two year old Michael Tesecum and forty-one year old Therese Watlow were charged with the lesser offence of the concealment of the body of a child. In 2008, the police received information that a heinous […]
Sometime between September and October of 2008, the kitchen of the University of Belize on Freetown Road was cleaned out—the culprits took almost everything including a freezer. The items were later found inside the home of two brothers: forty-two year old Herman Miranda Sr. and thirty-six year old Ronald Miranda, who were subsequently charged with […]
It is not surprising to anyone that the crime rate is up and youths are directly affected by its occurrence. You don’t need to look any further than the murder of Wesley College student Dylan Ayuso or Tuesday’s T-Square assault that cracked the skull of Kadeem Babb in a class at Maud Williams High School […]
By now you would know or have been feeling the pinch of the economic recession. That was announced last Thursday by Prime Minister Dean Barrow and this Tuesday, the Statistical Unit released figures that the economy contracted by one point seven percent in the first half of this year. At his press conference last Thursday […]
The names of the three students that placed highest in the CXC exams were released this week and all three are from Belize City schools. The top student passed eleven exams with an impressive perfect score. News Five Delahnie Bain found work that hard work paid off for the top scorers. Delahnie Bain, Reporting Edward […]
The Scouts Association of Belize has embarked on a recycle project as their contribution to the protection of the environment. The project started last month and is teaching the youngsters not only to care for the environment, but it is also providing a source of income, through the collection of plastic bottles, waste paper and […]
Captain Charles Good’s mission ended when he succumbed to a heart attack early this morning. Good was a personality to reckon with and built a reputation in the B.D.F. and police force between 1969 and 1990. He became a household name when in 2007 he protested in front of the Social Security Board. Days after […]
One man who knew Captain Good and supported his fight is his ex-comrade in the Belize Defense Force and former Superintendent of Prisons, Bernard Adolphus. Adolphus says Good possessed the qualities of an excellent military soldier and boxer. Bernard Adolphus, Ex-comrade of Captain Good “I was in the jungle, Charlie was the communication officer and […]
The Statistical Institute of Belize has just released the Second Quarter 2009 Gross Domestic Product results. The results were poor. The Prime Minister in his quarterly press conference last week indicated that the country was in an economic recession. The blame is being placed on the global financial crisis which started on Wall Street in […]
Meanwhile, consumers will have to worry about one more expense; the water bill. The Public Utilities Commission, P.U.C., reports that it has received only four written comments on a submission by the Belize Water Services for a twenty-five percent increase in water rates next year. Of the four comments, two were outright objections while another […]
