One of the most frequent asked questions by new mothers is about jaundice. It is a condition that affects a high percentage of newborns. New moms fret about a number of other issues since the responsibility of caring for a young child is overwhelming. Healthy Living looks at the common concerns mothers have over the […]
It appeared that there was convincing evidence against Everet Mejia, a Nicaraguan National, who was accused of kidnapping Adrian Lizarraga, a resident of the Cayo District. But today Mejia was freed of the charges of Kidnapping and Blackmail after a unanimous ‘not guilty’ verdict. The background on the story dates back to 2005 when Adrian, […]
We have checked our records but cannot find an internal document as explosive as the one written to the commissioner of police from within the department. It is dated March twenty-second but copies have just become available. The Police Association and Senior Superintendent Chester Williams have written a letter entitled “A Call for Justice” to […]
If the information about rogue cops has you spinning, well government is acknowledging that crime has reached crisis proportions. Last week, Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers convened an anti-crime prevention summit in Belize City as a CITCO effort; the jury is still out on whether or not that will be met with success. But we do […]
In Tuesday’s newscast we asked the question, do you support offshore drilling? On our e-poll seventy seven percent said no and twenty three percent said yes. One of our viewers was emphatic saying “I don’t support it. If there was ever a catastrophe, it would be far beyond Belize’s means to manage it. NO, for […]
Belize City Councillor Kevin Singh dropped a bombshell when he disclosed to News Five today that he can’t account for monies collected from market vendors at Queen Square. The money is for arrears for rental of market stalls, but while the vendors have receipts, there are no records of their payments at City Hall. Councilor […]
While the councillor does not know where the money is, vendors at the Queen’s Square market have been battling with the dilapidated conditions of the market and are now facing a rent increase since the Hutchandani Holdings which rents the Pound Yard Complex to City Hall, is upping the rental value. News Five’s Isani Cayetano […]
Emmanuel Gabourel, aka “Da De” celebrated his seventy-first Birthday while on remand at the Hattieville Prison this past Sunday, but Gabourel will be heading right back for sexually molesting two sisters, ages two and four. Gabourel was found guilty in April, but his sentence was delayed because his attorney had requested time for witnesses to […]
A lone gunman fired a barrage of bullets at a house on Boots Crescent this morning. And whether he was simply sending a message or targeting someone, a teenage girl was injured in the process. Fourteen year old Alondra Trapp was in the living room of her home when she heard the shots. Trapp soon […]
A late afternoon fire in Belize City partially destroyed a popular fast food restaurant. The National Fire Service was called to MK Fast Food and Ice Cream at the corner of Euphrates Avenue and Orange Street sometime after four o’clock where they found the lower flat of the two storey building on fire. It is […]
On Tuesday night we told you about the seventeen concessions that were granted to companies for oil explorations. The environmental community is uproar and the Association of Protected Areas Management Organization, APAMO and OCEANA expressed resounding anger and disapproval. But how much did these companies pay for the concessions? And can they just go out […]
The winners of a contest by the Belize Zoo to protect the jaguar and its habitat, were treated to a day of fun activities that began at the Belmopan airstrip with a flight over a jaguar corridor and ended at the zoo with an encounter with Junior Buddy and High Five. News Five’s Delahnie Bain […]
A daring robbery took place early this morning, soon after the Bowen and Bowen Distribution Centre opened for business. The armed and masked robbers sat in a waiting car outside and struck shortly after eight o’clock. They had apparently plotted their moves with precision since security had not kicked in yet and they seemed to […]
As police look for the Bowen and Bowen robbers, interdicted police officer, Alpheus Parham, was today arraigned with the shooting murder of thirty one-year-old Alex Goff. Goff was a handicap originally of Mopan Street in Belize City who relocated to the island earlier this year to brace the economic decline. But something went awry shortly […]
There have always been accusations of sweetheart land deals which would result in a chosen few acquiring prime property for rock bottom prices. And in some cases areas in reserves have been sold off. There have also been incursions in wildlife conservation posts, the Barrier Reef, and national parks such as the Chiquibul. But never […]
In addition to APAMO, the Belize Audubon Society also made known its concern today. Audubon believes that terrestrial drilling can be done feasibly but it is also concerned about drilling on the sea. OCEANA has also come out with a strong viewpoint on offshore drilling. According to Vice President of OCEANA, Audrey Matura Shepherd, after […]
A ruptured oil well is spewing at least five thousand barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico each day in what threatens to be the worst-ever U.S. oil spill. Last week, in San Pedro, residents expressed concerns about the potential risk of an oil spill in light of exploration licenses approved for offshore drilling. […]
After days of uncertainty Conservative leader David Cameron became Britain’s youngest prime minister in almost two hundred years, putting an end to thirteen years of Labour government. The Conservatives are forming a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats since they did not get a majority in last week’s elections. Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats […]
It has been under consideration for years but come June first, London’s Privy Council will finally be succeeded by the Caribbean Court of Justice. That’s the word coming from Belmopan today. The proposal was first made in July 2004 by the past administration but it was not able to secure the two thirds majority vote […]
They say money is the root of all evil, but in Belize land is just as problematic as the greenbacks. That is perhaps why there were two cases in court today that had to do with government taking away land from private owners and in both instances GOB lost. The first was a ruling in […]
The second case against GOB was Aquaworld versus the government over an erroneous land acquisition. That hearing started on Monday morning, continued this afternoon in the Chambers of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh and ended with the government having to find a hundred thousand dollars to pay up. It’s all over a ten acre plot in […]
Arthur Young, a man wanted by Belize police was caught in neighboring Chetumal over the weekend. Young was intercepted by Mexican Federales at the Chetumal Airport as he was attempting to board a seven-fifty a.m. flight to Mexico City, using a forged passport on which officials noted irregularities. Young was going by the name Edward […]
Two law enforcement officers attached to the Ladyville Police Station were this afternoon arraigned in Magistrates Court on abetment and manslaughter charges. Corporal Jorge Lemos and Police Constable Lazaro Catch were both escorted to courtroom number five where they were charged with the shooting death of O’Neil Jones on February thirteenth. In court Lemus, a […]
Twenty two year old Jose Melgar, who escaped two weeks ago along with four others from the Hattieville Prison, was apprehended at the home of a Hattieville resident in the company of friends. But it is the persons whose house he visited who are facing the charge of harbouring a criminal. Thirty year-old Robert Mejia, […]
On Monday she made the news when police charged her with Burglary for allegedly breaking into the home of her ex boyfriend. But today it is Nicole Lovell who is laying allegations at the feet of Alvaro Avilez. She visited News Five today to say that she has an alibi for the time of the […]
