Richard and Gesenia Cook are still legally married, but they are involved in a battle over custody of their child. In 2005, media houses in Belize and the United States picked up the story when Gesenia said that Richard returned to live in the United States with their daughter Zoe. Richard took the five year […]
But forty-one year old Edwin Davis, a city resident, presently serving a one year jail term for theft, will extend his time behind bars by an additional six years. That’s because Davis changed his plea to guilty today before the Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb-McKenzie. Davis was convicted for entering the home of Dorla Humes on […]
And the Commission of Inquiry of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is about to get underway. The audit report of the K.H.M.H. financial books for the period between the first of January 2007 and the thirtieth of June 2009, has been submitted to Prime Minister Dean Barrow. The commission of inquiry is chaired by Supreme […]
Ann Terry of Berkeley Street in Belize City has lived a full life in fact she has lived more than a century. Terry will be having a birthday this Sunday, she will be turning a hundred and two years old; an age that not many live to celebrate. To mark this auspicious occasion, Helpage put […]
You will know it is the beginning of the Christmas season, that’s because the Salvation Army’s Kettle’s Appeal was officially launched today in front of Brodies Supermarket in downtown Belize City. The event marks their annual drive to muster funds to assist less fortunate persons this Christmas season and beyond. The organization has placed red […]
Insurance Awareness Week ended today with a health fair at the B.T.L. Park. The week of activities highlighted the importance of life insurance in particular since just over forty thousand persons are insured nationwide. To close the activities, organizations including the Kidney and Diabetes Associations, the Cancer Society, the Red Cross and several insurance companies. […]
With Christmas on the horizon, it’s time for the annual Bruk Down competition, which is sponsored by the National Institute of Culture and History. The event takes place every year at the House of Culture, and artists are being encouraged to sign up at the Institute of Creative Arts. ICA’s program officer says that the […]
She has been featured in over twenty joint and solo art shows and has been a part of art exhibits in Belize, Texas, New York, Miami and Trinidad. Impulse and Artist Confessions is the latest exhibit that is launched by Angela “Proshka” Gegg. Tonight at the Institute of Mexico in Belize City, Gegg is having […]
It’s the weekend leading up to Garifuna Settlement Day and there are several pageants and dances taking place in Belize City and the Culture Capital. Open Your Eyes will be doing live coverage of the celebrations, but before that Safiyyah has what’s happening around Belize. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? Tonight […]
The nation’s eighty-fourth murder occurred on Wednesday evening in Belize City when a brazen gunman drove a vehicle to a busy construction site and opened fire at the owner. The businessman died on the spot and the slaying has left police clueless. While no one except for police was willing to talk on camera out […]
Police are still investigating the murder of Jason Coombs and now have daylight jacking to solve. Sometime after four this evening, the Belize Marketing Board, which is downstairs of the Education Department and next door to the Conscious Youth Development Program (C.Y.D.P.) was robbed. Police arrived at the scene even before the armored vehicle that […]
If you are running out of butane gas, you have a few hours left before the prices go up well above the hundred dollar mark for the hundred pound cylinder. With effect from Friday, the prices for the cooking gas will go up considerable by seven dollars. At the beginning of the year, consumers were […]
In October of this year, the Board of Trustees of the University of Belize reported that a draft audit of the university’s finances revealed that millions of dollars were not reported in the financial statements. This led to a decision to freeze the salary increments of the faculty and staff and to propose a tuition […]
Two years ago News Five ran the story of Gesenia Cook, a Belizean mother who was pleading for information on the whereabouts of her then five year old daughter Zoe Kathryn. Zoe’s father, U.S. citizen Donald Richard Cook, had taken the girl to the United States without the consent of his wife. Gesenia did not […]
Earlier in the newscast, we reported on the robbery at the Marketing Board. That took place today, but the owners of a fried chicken shop on Mahogany Street were the latest victim of an invasion. After ten-thirty Wednesday night, Thet Niang Hung and his wife, both Burmese nationals, closed the shop known as “Favorite.” While […]
Stackle Monsanto has a long list of court appearances on his charge sheet. And he isn’t a stranger to the police or to jail. Police say Monsanto was wanted since October nineteenth for a robbery. Today, the thirty-two year old unemployed resident of ten Unity Street in the Port Loyola Area was arraigned on three […]
Emotions were running high in the village of Crooked Tree today after a single mother was evicted from her home. That’s only a part of the story because it involves a parcel of land that was purchased back in 1937 by Jossiah Adolphus from Ann Henrietta Gillett. Delahnie Bain headed to Crooked Tree where she […]
On Wednesday, the trial of a city man accused of setting his neighbor’s van on fire started in the Supreme Court before Justice Michelle Arana. Both sides closed their arguments today and will address the jury on Friday. The accused arsonist is Michael Quan, a resident of Bachelor’s Avenue who allegedly set Kingsley Estelle’s 1995 […]
It happens every now and then that police officers are called out to restore law and order when a person with mental challenges is behaving disorderly. But officers have often times been accused of not knowing how to handle these situations. So today, the Belize Police Department and the Ministry of Health conducted training for […]
The police statistics on the crime for October showed lesser reported activity by the criminals compared to the previous month. A small reprieve, as criminals continue on the prowl and the community is gripped by fear. Various youth support organizations including BAPSS, C.Y.D.P., Y.E.S. and Youth For the Future are carrying out events to stop […]
Maintaining a balanced diet is good for your overall health. It is especially good for your teeth. In this edition, Healthy Living looks at how the food that you eat can affect the state of your teeth. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting A nutritional diet is important in keeping our bodies healthy but it’s also important in […]
The first murder for the month of November occurred this evening in the Port Loyola area of the city. The victim is well known in the area and early reports say he was shot several times by a gunman who drove up in a vehicle. Marion Ali was there minutes after it happened and files […]
Late this evening, thirty-one year old Kevin Sutherland, a Stevedore of Caesar Ridge Road in Belize City was slapped with Aggravated Assault and Damage to Property charges. Sutherland is alleged to have shot at a 2009 Nissan Maxima belonging to Minister Anthony “Boots” Martinez, who was not in the vehicle and returned later in the […]
It is not a frequent occurrence, even though Belize is a top tourism destination. The previous gay cruise that visited the jewel was on February first 1998 when a group of men stepped ashore to enjoy the sights and sounds of Belize. Well that made the news because it sparked protests by a small crowd […]
The case of the Westerhaven continued in Supreme Court today. The ship ran aground on the reef near Caye Glory on January thirteenth. The defense team is invoking a 1976 charter which would limit the claim to four million Belize dollars. The environmental impact, however, was estimated to be in the range of thirty two […]
