It is unusual to hear of senior citizens on the receiving end of a beating. But that’s what happened to sixty-nine year old Sonia Garnett, who claims she was at home on Monday when at about four-thirty in the evening, her neighbor attempted to enter her yard. Garnett says she stood at the entrance to […]
Also in court, three persons were charged with Drug Trafficking of two and a half pounds of marijuana after they were busted by police with the weed in a vehicle on May twelfth, 2008. Today thirty-year old Eric Williams, who was behind the wheel of the vehicle at the time of the police search, was […]
Leaders of many countries are gathering in Copenhagen, Denmark to come up with viable solutions to the problem of climate change. But as soon as the talks started, they broke down because leaders of developing nations are split over a new proposal called the Tuvalu Protocol. The Pacific island proposed the protocol, which forces deeper […]
Lack of funding is also affecting one organization that deals with the issue of the environment. That’s the Protected Areas Conservation Trust which today launched a new initiative called Boldly Moving Forward. The name for the Institutional Assessment Initiative was chosen because the organization is taking a critical look at its performance in light of […]
If you want to keep your Christmas gifts local, check out a new publication of landscapes and unique sceneries that became available today. Photographer Marius Jovaisa along with several Belizean enthusiasts released the coffee table book entitled Heavenly Belize that features aerial photographs of the country from a bird eye’s view. The photographs were taken […]
On Monday Smart, a subsidiary of Speednet filed an application for an injunction against the telecoms giant, Telemedia, and today it scored a victory in the courts that will restrain Telemedia, from causing it further disruption… at least in the next few days. Attorneys for Speednet, Andrew Marshalleck and Eamon Courtenay, went to court to […]
Still on the telecoms industry, when the Government expropriated Telemedia in August, it just might have taken on the mother of all legal battles. To add to the slew of cases it is already facing from the nationalization, two additional matters landed before the desk of Prime Minister Dean Barrow last Friday and both are […]
There was an execution style homicide in the City between Monday night and Tuesday morning. It involves a mechanic who was brutally murdered some time during the night and left on the street side. On Monday night, twenty-one year old Leonel Jose Donaire left his home for the last time of his life. His uncle […]
And before the courts, the Honduran taxi driver who knocked down a couple on the Burrell Boom Road at around seven o’clock on Saturday night was arraigned today. Fifty-six year old Manuel Dubon and his common-law-wife fifty-four year old Eva Gomez were riding bicycles heading to church when they were hit from behind by a […]
Also in the court, a Belize City man was charged in connection with one of the latest shooting incidents in the old capital. Twenty-eight year old Michael Henry, also known as Yellow, was arraigned for the Attempted Murder of Jermaine Belgrave, who was shot on the left shoulder on Saturday morning. Belgrave was reportedly standing […]
In news of an economic nature, the recession has infiltrated every nook and cranny and it does not seem to be escaping anyone. But amidst the hard times there are a few businesses that are helping the public to better cope with the financial downturn. Marion Ali went looking but did not find very many […]
On Monday night we reported that the vessels of a Jamaican Fishing company had docked in southern Belize to, among other things, begin fishing for the export market. That company, which goes by the name of PG Fishing Company Limited, is here through a joint agreement with a local fishing group, the Rio Grande Cooperative. […]
A young mother is claiming that her daughter has a slim chance to live after doctors allegedly punctured the baby’s lungs. Kamecia Shiel says that on November twenty-seventh, she took her two month old premature daughter, Irma, to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for treatment for a cold. Shiel says that she was told that […]
George Hardie Junior of Las Vegas Casino is back in Belize and in his first interview since his release on Saturday night, he told News Five that he is leaving no stones unturned to secure the release of two employees that remain in jail. Hardie, along with David Abner Gomez, was finally freed after spending […]
When it comes to what actually took place on July thirteenth 2008 between Hardie Junior, his security guards and the two Mexican nationals, there have been several versions of the story. Hardie told us what he knows of the incident and what he thinks of the conviction by the Mexican authorities. Via Phone: George Hardie […]
Although it is not a full member of the CARICOM block, Cuba along with the CARICOM grouping is today celebrating the thirty-seventh anniversary of relations. Back in 1972, a joint decision by Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica led to the establishment of diplomatic relations with the island, a decision which, at the time, […]
In other news, Belizean track star Marion Jones proudly raised the Jewel’s flag at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where she won five medals; three gold and two bronze. But she was stripped of those awards after admitting in October of 2007 to using steroids prior to the event. Jones gave up the medals days after […]
The internet, at its inception, was said to be a medium through which the world would be brought together. And now Starbucks, the international coffeehouse chain, has decided to take up the task and create a Global Sing-A-Long. About six-thirty Monday morning, vocalists from around the world including a Belizean, Leslie “Bastic” Jenkins, sung a […]
There is an art exhibit of the self titled works of Joseph Chiang on display at the Image Factory. Chiang is the artist who won the design competition that resulted in the construction of the hand monument at the roundabout to the entrance of the Western Highway. When we caught up with Curator for the […]
For at least two weeks the status of British Caribbean Bank (Turks & Caicos) Limited’s forty-five million dollar loan to Belize Telemedia has been in the headlines. The bank has said the nationalization of Telemedia did not include the forty-five million dollar loan and demanded payment from Telemedia. Prime Minister Dean Barrow responded that Telemedia […]
In the other big story tonight, the long arms of the law caught up with Robert Snyder last Friday in Belize City. Snyder was intercepted when he made it on Americas Most Wanted List, a Television program aired on November twenty-eighth. The Colorado resident moved to Belize last September, less than a month after his […]
An early morning blaze left two persons without a roof over their heads after the wooden bungalow structure they called home was destroyed. The fire broke sometime around six-thirty this morning and it is believed it started from the living room of the small house. The two tenants, Cedric Baptist and Brian McKenzie, were not […]
In another fire in Belize City, the employees of the Immigration Department were threatened by a midmorning fire. The blaze originated from an exposed wire leading to an air condition unit. Luckily, it was caught on time and the employees were able to put it out before it could spread. Damages were minor and the […]
While no one was injured in the fires, one man lost his life in a traffic accident. Police have in custody a Honduran national working as a taxi driver in Belize following the hit and run on Saturday evening. Thirty-two year old Juan Rodrigues knocked down fifty-six year old Manuel Dubon and his spouse fifty-four […]
And in Belize City this afternoon a shooting took place under the nose of the police. The victim, Oming Veliz, is tonight hospitalized under stable condition after he was shot in the shoulder in the vicinity of the Raccoon Street Police Station. Just before four this afternoon, Veliz, also known as “Mama Chica”, was at […]
