The result of an audit at City Hall was released some months ago, but few have seen a complete copy. That is because it contains highly damaging information about city hall’s finances. We have already reported on tradeoffs and write offs on trade licenses and last night, we touched on the excessive amount of monies […]
And in a development on the year’s first murder on January eighteenth: it has been two weeks since twenty-seven year old Salvador Martinez was fatally stabbed while trying to stop a fight between his friends and three other men. The murder took place during a football game between Nazarene and Ladyville Technical high schools at […]
The widely circulated Guatemalan newspaper, Prensa Libre, carried a provocative article this past Wednesday, claiming that members of the Belize Defence Force have been entering and raiding two villages on the Guatemalan side. It is all ironic because the reverse takes place frequently, and it is well documented that Guatemalans too often encroach on Belizean […]
Also in the south, on our side of the border, there was a heavy downpour overnight and several farmers in at least two villages lost all their corn fields when the water levels rose. Some farms in the already depressed areas are still under five feet of water. The flooding is so dire that Chairman […]
Have you heard of the million dollar ride? It’s not decked out in with spinners on twenty inch titanium rims, but reports are that this clumsy looking white Toyota Land Cruiser Prado is estimated to be worth one million dollars. It sits inside the yard of the Public Utilities Commission in Belize City. The only […]
On Thursday in the Cayo district, a simulation exercise was held to test the preparedness of the National Emergency Management Organization. And in Belize City today, meetings began to discuss hurricanes and all other disasters. The Belize City Emergency Management Organization Committee met for the first time for 2010 to go over their plans for […]
They say try, try and one day you will succeed but it did not turn out quiet that way for a man who was adamant and determined to break into a Customs Department building. Not once, twice but three times and on each attempt he was caught. This past Wednesday police detained the man who […]
Following a house search on Goal Lane in Belize City, a tour guide, Xiomara Ceballos, along with her ex-common-law-husband, Trevor Henkis, a Bartender, were arrested for live rounds of prohibited ammunition. Police say that in the search on Wednesday they found two live rounds of ammunition in Ceballos bedroom. The story gets interesting because police […]
Peer education is a popular learning technique that teacher’s employ by grouping students together who draw on each other’s strengths. But have you heard of peer learning for teachers? If you haven’t and you’re in the education field, then the next story is for you. A business cooperative called Teachers Learning Together intends to pool […]
The B.D.F. soldiers turned out in numbers today to mark the force’s birthday. Now in its thirty-second year, the force has grown in numbers and skills and while it still maintains its objective, its responsibilities and visibility have increased. The anniversary celebrations kicked off today at the Price Barracks. News Five’s Duane Moody shared in […]
He has been vocal on the quality of kidney dialysis treatment and now Jose Cruz is in need of your help. Cruz is in danger of losing two of his fingers if he does not receive quick medical treatment. And that procedure will cost him fifteen thousand dollars. But he is not alone. A group […]
It’s not one of the dominant sports, but Karate is becoming increasingly popular among primary and secondary school students. It is being promoted, not only as an opportunity to learn self defense, but also as a healthy and discipline centered activity for the youths. Evidence of the sport’s growth in Belize, was a national competition […]
Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? If you wanna take a road trip this weekend then you can head down south to the Pelican Beach resort where they will be having moonlight madness. They will be having all sorts a great activities including coconut bowling competition, limbo and great music from Hawaii. […]
It was a big story back in 2008 when a two year old girl was beaten to death by her own mother. Today, shortly before three o’clock this afternoon, the trial of Shian White came to an end before Justice Adolph Lucas. A jury of three women and six men deliberated for two hours and […]
A Belize City youth was shot this afternoon. The victim, a minor, was in his own neighborhood when he was gunned down just before two o’clock. Seventeen year old Luis Kerr was sitting on the sidewalk directly across from his home on Curassow Street when his assailant shot him with one bullet to the back […]
There is more disturbing information coming from the family of twenty-three year old Christopher Galvez, who was murdered on the night of December twenty-second, 2009. It has been a messy investigation and a number of cover ups have been alleged. Earlier this week News Five spoke to a witness who has identified the shooter in […]
The special audit inspection into the affairs of the Belize City Council for the period of April 2003 to December 2008 looks specifically at the council’s maintenance of its accounting records and documents. There are many questionable transactions revealed in the report that is making its rounds in the media. A review of the fuel […]
Two major rivers flow through the Cayo District and that makes the area prone to flooding. Today the National Emergency Management Organization tested its preparedness for such an eventuality. NEMO committees, the Red Cross and other agencies converged in the west today for a simulation exercise that started as early as seven o’clock this morning. […]
The Ministry of Education today announced a series of adjustments to the education system. The forum was a press conference presided by the Minister, Patrick Faber, to outline the changes and more importantly, why they have become necessary. The detailed event lasted for well over two hours at the IT Vet building on the old […]
Last week the Ministry came under fire from students who claimed that their scholarships were being taken away. Today it was the Minister’s turn to respond – and according to the minister, some students are playing hocus-pocus. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “I will assure you that that is not the case. One thousand two […]
On February third of last year, the bodies of twenty-six year old James Swan and twenty-eight year old Eduardo Gutierrez were discovered in a shallow grave some seventeen miles north of San Pedro Town in the Rocky Point Area. The double murder was believed to have been the result of a drug deal gone bad. […]
After spending two nights behind bars, the police officer believed to be responsible for the unlawful release of accused sex offender, Keon “Gambis” Williams, is out on bail. The thirty-five year old Special Constable, John Myvett, was interdicted from duty because he was charged with Extortion and Obtaining Services by Deception. Police investigations revealed that […]
Two well-known brothers who have been in the news in a number of shooting incidents were today acquitted of the charge of use of deadly means of harm with the intent to cause dangerous harm to Roni Castellanos. On March sixteen, 2008, Castellanos was on Rivero Street when he was allegedly shot by the two […]
On Tuesday we reported that the Tubal Trade and Vocational school in Ladyville was contemplating sending home four teachers due to financial constraints. The school’s founder, Lyndon Bailey, told the media that the subvention that the Ministry was providing was not sufficient and that he and his wife have been using their personal funds to […]
Bringing good taste to life, that’s the slogan of Grace Kennedy Belize Limited. And that’s just what they did with their Creative Cooking Calendar that they launched today. It’s a tad late, but to make up, there are some interesting recipes all with Grace products. The company partnered with the Belize Hospital Auxiliary which contributed […]
