Representatives of Oceana, the NGO dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans, made the media rounds on Monday to explain their mission as they launched their Belize operations. Today, the renown scientist, Daniel Pauly, made another stop and addressed an unlikely audience. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was at the Gwen Lizarraga High School where marine life […]
Turning to news from the courts, it is a crime that is not often reported but a twelve year old girl of Burrell Boom claims she was raped twice by her father. Fearful after the first incident in March 2008, the girl did not report it until eleven months after the second assault. Her thirty-two […]
Two police officers attached to the Orange Walk Branch are tonight in trouble with the law. That’s because Private Constables Roman Canul and Enrique Bacab were both charged on Monday with Handling Stolen Goods in respect of two burglaries in June and October of this year. According to Superintendent Miguel Guzman of the Corozal Police, […]
While the two cops are in trouble, this past Monday afternoon, a Prison Officer was busted at the Kolbe Foundation with close to five hundred grams of weed hidden in a Ramen noodles package. The thirty year old officer, Miguel Coc, of Corozal Town, was charged today with drug trafficking. Coc appeared in front of […]
But a prison inmate serving a five year jail term for escape will spend an additional three years behind bars. In court today, Odilio Ortiz, today changed his not guilty plea to guilty for drug trafficking at the Hattieville Prison. Magistrate Aretha Ford after hearing a mitigation plea from Ortiz imposed the minimum jail term […]
Commuters on Albert Street this morning were shaken up by a vehicle explosion in front of Wholesale Plus. It involved a Belize Western Energy Limited butane truck that experienced a massive gas leak in the heavily trafficked and commercial area. One of the gas attendants fainted as a result of the fumes emanating from the […]
And in news from financial circles, you will recognize him from a previous diplomatic appointment in Belize. He was Her Majesty’s High Commissioner between 2001 to 2004, that’s Philip Priestley, who has now just been appointed as a non-executive director of BCB Holdings. Priestly has an extensive diplomatic background that spans thirty five years. In […]
Garifuna Settlement Day is this Thursday and there are numerous cultural events taking place around the country. In Belize City today, the vibrant Garifuna culture was among the many displays at the Anglican Cathedral College school grounds. That’s because the students spent the day learning about the different ethnicities in Belize at their Cultural Awareness […]
Dwain Davis, the former Director of Finance for the Belize City Council, has passed away. Davis suffered a massive stroke on November fifth after he left the Magistrates’ Court in Belize City. He was taken immediately to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he was placed on a ventilator. The stroke was identified as hemorrhagic […]
But now that Davis has passed away, what does this mean for the prosecution’s case against Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers, Kiran Bhudrani and Kiran Vanjani who were also criminally charged? According to Davis’ former attorney, Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, the case will probably fall apart. Richard Dickie Bradley, Former Attorney for Dwain Davis “In terms of […]
Meanwhile, in Ambergris Caye a boatman lost his life in open sea when his vessel, the Right Now from the Sueño del Mar, was involved in a boat accident. The thirty-three year old was returning to La Isla Bonita at about six-thirty when in the area of White Sands Cove, it collided with a water […]
And Orange Walk police have not ruled out foul play in the death of a woman. Sixty-two year old Elena Bennett was found dead on a chair outside her house. The discovery was made around midday today in the Black Water Creek area of Trial Farm. There were no signs of violence on the body, […]
Two Belize City families headed by single mothers lost everything in a midday fire today. The six persons have, for the time being, moved in with relatives and friends after the blaze gutted their home located on Neal Penn Road. The fire started in a bedroom of one of the wooden apartments sometime around twelve-thirty […]
There are environmental groups that lobby for protection of national parks, animal life and even the reef. These Non Governmental Organizations often lack funds and survive on a shoe string budget. But OCEANA is not the run of the mill N.G.O. It was founded in 2001, and has since opened offices in Europe and the […]
Former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria spent the weekend in Belize as a member of the board of OCEANA directors. Gaviria is known in Latin America as a conflict mediator and a defender of human rights. He served two terms as Secretary General of the Organization of American States and visited Belize in that capacity. Gaviria […]
This afternoon a jury of five men and four women deliberated for little less than three hours and then acquitted twenty-eight year old Michael Quan of Arson. The decision was unanimous and Quan walked out of the court of Justice Michelle Arana a free man. One year ago, a van belonging to Kingsley Estelle was […]
But what really transpired at the Yabra Police Booth when an on-duty officer’s nine millimeter pistol allegedly disappeared? On Saturday morning, police constable Castillo Cal reported that his service revolver was stolen from inside the Yabra Police Booth between the hours of one a.m. and seven a.m. The officer reported he was clueless as to […]
Earlier in the newscast we reported on a female found dead, but there is some good news coming from Orange Walk today. A woman luckily is safe and sound after a terrible experience this morning when she slipped and plunged forty feet into a well in the Trial Farm area while she was reportedly trying […]
The number of Israelies visiting the Jewel is few, but according to the Belmopan, a visa waiver will increase this number. This morning in the capital, Israeli Ambassador to Belize, Mattanya Cohen, and Belize’s Foreign Minister, Wilfred Elrington, signed an agreement that will no longer require travelers to acquire visas to enter the two countries. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley rolling into the world with this segment of Sports Monday. The Belize Bank Super League kicked off its playoff round with the divisional elimination this weekend as Kraal Road, leader of the South Zone, hosted the number four seed from this division, Cayo South United. Despite dominating Cayo South during […]
A third legal challenge against the Transport Department was filed in the Supreme Court today. Two days ago, the Transport Department announced that it had approved new bus schedules for the western routes that it said would solve the constant feud between bus operators serving the area. But it doesn’t appear that they got it […]
But one case against the government was settled earlier this week. Conrad Lewis was appointed clerk of the National Assembly in 2003 under the People’s United Party. His appointment had no time limit, until January first, 2008 when he signed a five year contract. Ten months later, on October sixteenth, Lewis was handed his marching […]
And in the court of Justice Minett Hafiz, this morning, attorneys appeared on behalf of the Belize Electricity Limited and the Public Utilities Commission. The matter was merely to settle preliminary directions that needed to be determined before the actual trial takes place. B.E.L. filed an affidavit and questions dealing with the PUC’s independent expert […]
On Thursday in Crooked Tree, the family of Jossiah Adolphus rounded up their neighbours in protest against the family of Muriel Tillett that is claiming one point five acres of the land they believe is rightfully theirs. News Five followed up today with the attorney for the Tillett family to get the story over their […]
Businessman Jason Coombs was shot at close range on Wednesday evening. The well executed murder has left police baffled over a motive as the thirty eight year old businessman was not known to have any enemies. While police detained six men shortly after the slaying, they were released today for a lack of evidence. The […]
