In news from the courts, a well-known and popular tailor of New Road in Belize City finally had his day for a charge of fondling a fourteen year old primary school girl back in June of 2009. It took months for the case to come to trial, but today fifty one year old amputee, Angel […]
Four persons, including a pre-school teacher, an office assistant at Sadie Vernon High School and their two friends were today charged with Handling Stolen Goods. The couple, Julia Santos and Dwayne White, appeared along with Marvin McFoy and Kurt Smith in the Magistrate Court where the charges were read against them. The city residents were […]
The year 2009 was a particularly violent twelve months. While that is the public’s perception, the Police Department says not so. Their statistics, released on Wednesday, show that crime decreased during last year, especially in the last quarter. It may be hard to believe considering that there were a staggering seven thousand plus crimes reported […]
Detecting pregnancy is easier than most women may know. And with quick tests at our fingertips, finding out if you’re a new mom can be confirmed in just a matter of minutes. News Five’s Healthy Living focuses this week on the process, and the changes the woman goes through during pregnancy. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting A […]
The devastation caused by an earthquake measuring seven point zero on the Richter scale, that rocked the island of Hispaniola on Monday continues to unfold. The picture that is emerging is one of massive destruction in Haiti. Its President Rene Preval said earlier today said that he feared that as many as one hundred thousand […]
As far as we have been able to ascertain, no Belizeans have been injured in the earthquake and communication with the honorary consular representative in Haiti could not be established during the course of the day. We have, however, learnt that the offices located in Petition-Ville were damaged. The representative, Didier Gardere, was unharmed. This […]
Two industries, the source of major foreign exchange earnings, are experiencing setbacks; that’s the citrus industry in the south and the sugar industry in the north. Caneros are irate over the slow processing of sugarcane at the mill of the Belize Sugar Industries Limited at Tower Hill. The farmers say that for the past four […]
City hall announced on Tuesday that it will be doing something about the Belize City streets. There’s another problem that the city is now attempting to cope with… garbage. There are many empty lots where garbage is constantly dumped under the cover of darkness. It’s an old problem that the Belize City Council has tackled […]
Five men charged with a sensational murder at La Isla Bonita are free tonight after the charges against them were withdrawn earlier today in the San Pedro. The men were charged in connection with the shooting murder of twenty-eight year old John Paul Saldivar, a tour guide who worked at Patajos in San Pedro Town […]
But a mother of a four-month old baby will spend at least two days behind bars until police can get a better prognosis on the health of her common-law-husband. Twenty-three year old Marsha Gabourel was remanded after she allegedly stabbed twenty-six year old Elvis Hope twice on Sunday during a domestic dispute on Johnston Street. […]
It is believed that the grenade blast early Monday morning was aimed at Andre Trapp, who resides on Caesar Ridge Road. Police are of the view that the grenade was hurled in that vicinity in the power play among rival gangs, one of which Trapp is said to be affiliated with. There were no fatalities […]
And in respect of an M4 Carbine Rifle that has been stolen from the B.D.F., police still have very little to go by in their investigations. They did, however, say today that a group of persons are being closely monitored, but the rifle remains missing. Last Sunday, a routine check at the B.D.F.’s guard room […]
Earlier in the newscast, we reported on the setbacks in the sugar industry due to slow cane deliveries. But in the south, the major bone of contention in the Citrus industry is that the Citrus Growers Association owns fifty-one percent of shares in the Citrus Products of Belize Limited, but they have no control of […]
According to the CPBL representatives, a new association is in the making, which they think is the way forward out of the current impasse. Ernest Raymond says that a number of meetings by a group called the concerned growers, who represent sixteen percent of the industry, led to the move. Ernest Raymond, Former Chairman, C.P.B.L. […]
A Ghanaian national left the Tropical Gaming office on Queen Street with a big smile and an even bigger cheque. Morise Jackson, an Assistant Manager at the Princess Hotel and Casino, bought the winning ticket in Saturday’s Lotto draw with lucky numbers: 02, 04, 17, 21 and 25. He had initially misplaced the ticket but […]
And our regular programming has been interrupted in the past few days by the absence of the CMC’s Caribbean Newsline due to technical problems associated with their satellite provider. We have received word that the problem will be rectified shortly and you will soon be able to view the Caribbean news program at its regular […]
The New Year is eleven days old and there are no deaths by bloodshed as yet. But there was a grenade explosion that rocked the morning quiet, and while it did not cause any injuries, this sixth blast did send a clear message of war and terror on the city’s south side plagued by gang […]
So what’s behind the recent blast? Commissioner Jeffries says it’s anybody’s guess. He says it appears there’s a power struggle between rival groups in the streets. Jeffries assures that while police will not be abusive, they will not be laid-back in their investigations. Crispin Jeffries, ComPol “Six groups that we considered loosely fit themselves together […]
While the grenades that have ended up in the wrong hands were stolen from the British forces, another high powered weapon now on the streets is a deadly M-4 carbine rifle that has gone missing from the Belize Defense Force. The rifle was stored in the B.D.F. guard room and it was only on Sunday […]
With the streets becoming more dangerous every day, the People’s United Party issued a release today about the alarming crime situation. The Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, in an interview with News Five said that his party is willing to work with the government on a solution to decrease what he calls urban terrorism. […]
An accident on Northern Highway on Friday night caused traffic congestion on that main artery, but fortunately there was no loss of life. It involved thirty-seven year old Colin Mejia, a construction worker and a thirty-seven year old nurse, Christine Young. It was a close call and it landed Young in the hospital. According to […]
There were no fatalities in Friday’s traffic incident, but a twelve year old boy reportedly drowned over the weekend. Officer Commanding the National Crimes Investigations Branch, Assistant Commissioner Miguel Segura, gave the details of the tragedy during a morning conference today. A.C.P. Miguel Segura, Nat’l C.I.B. “On Sunday in the northern section of Belize, Elias […]
It is not a charge that makes it too often before the courts, but a police officer appeared in Magistrates’ Court on a charge of Bigamy for the second time. PC Jaime Pena was initially charged on December twenty-third, 2008 after he married Olga Guzman while Rubia Camara Pena was still his wife. Rubia was […]
And a young step-father learned in court today that there is a thin line between discipline and abuse of children. Twenty-one year old Cornel Gomez was charged for badly beating his four year old step son with a belt because he refused to stop biting his lip. After the abuse last Thursday, Shamar Smith had […]
Last week the Prime Minister expressed a degree of optimism saying that the economic outlook will improve in the first quarter of this year. And according to the latest figures for the third quarter of 2009, the Statistical Institute says there was a “modest improvement” over the first two quarters of last year. In terms […]
