Remember Stephen Buckley? He is the Belize City man who was shot on Farber’s Road by the police on the night of April twenty-eighth. His prognosis did not look good initially but Buckley beat the odds and began to make an impressive recovery. It is now two months later and Buckley and his wife Juanita […]
Thirty-eight Mayan communities in the south are still reeling from a third legal victory, which affirms their rights to customary land tenure. That ruling was on Monday in the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh. Today the Maya Leaders Alliance issued its interpretation of the judgment. The Mayas also take issue with government’s intention […]
While the Mayas were victorious on Monday, the Christian Workers Union also made headway following a one-day strike. The staff of St. Martins Credit Union, a member of the CWU, staged a sit-in on Tuesday. Employees showed up to work but offered no services to the public. The issues at the center of the strike […]
Word of an uprising among inmates at the Hattieville Prison this morning spread like wildfire this morning. There were reports that prisoners were revolting inside the facility and that shots were being fired by wardens and security personnel to subdue them. News Five and various media houses responded to the alarm and drove the fifteen […]
The first test for this active hurricane season was last weekend when the then Tropical Storm Alex breezed through Belize. In anticipation of rising water levels, shelters were opened in vulnerable areas. So on Tuesday we asked: Do you think that hurricane shelters are adequate to accommodate needy families? Eighty-two percent of our viewers are […]
The latest hope for a clean-up of the British petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was announced today. A humongous oil skimming vessel is heading to the gulf to attempt to absorb the contaminated water on either side of its bow. After being separated from the water, the oil is expected to be […]
In the courts, a second person was convicted of attempted burglary this week. On Tuesday Rueben Galdamez got six years for the attempted burglary at Edita’s Fast Food located near Farmer’s Market. Today, Lancelot Arana was convicted of the same charge for an incident at La Cafeteria, located at the compound of the Port of […]
A man who was caught stealing twenty-three empty bottles worth eleven dollars and fifty cents, will be spending a long time behind bars. Fifty-two year old Eli Kerr today pleaded guilty to burglary and damage to property before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. Kerr entered the warehouse of the Chateau Caribbean, stole the bottles and in […]
Thousands of dollars have been reported stolen from Bella Vista Community. The Bella Vista Lots Committee reported the theft of over twenty thousand dollars after an internal audit was conducted. Salvador Ack, the chairman of the committee, reported that on June third, the committee held a meeting and requested that Fidel Maradiaga, the treasurer, present […]
Primary school students across the country are enjoying the first week of the summer holidays but parents and members of the business community are already making plans for the upcoming academic year. Scotiabank today announced that it is embarking on an initiative to assist needy children to cover school expenses. This afternoon representatives from the […]
This past Monday, the Supreme Court affirmed communal land tenure to the Mayas living in southern Belize. That settles the issue of property rights, but how did the Mayas really govern? Insight to that question will hopefully be found at a symposium that opened this morning at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel. It’s the eight […]
For most parents, the closing of schools often means having to find ways of keeping young children out of trouble and safe until school reopens. The National Institute of Culture and History has joined the abundance of summer programs that will be taking place in the upcoming months. Their specially designed Summer Arts Program 2010 […]
Tropical Storm Alex tested Belize’s preparedness for the 2010 hurricane season. The Belize Red Cross is the organization that we mostly depend on in times of disaster, which is why they are continuously training volunteers. Today one such training concluded and twenty persons from the Red Cross, government, Care Belize, UNICEF, and other organizations were […]
Julio and Vanesa are planning a perfect wedding so choosing the right music is no easy task. So who will perform? You’ll find out tonight but we can promise you this: it is an ensemble of professional talented entertainers and musicians that will provide the ideal music for the August wedding. They will accompany the […]
The Maya Leaders who brought a suit against the government over property rights, headed back to the south on Monday to celebrate victory. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh took over two hours to deliver a sixty-two page ruling before a packed courtroom. The CJ ruled that the Maya communities of the south, thirty-three villages in Toledo […]
It was big news on April first when the police top brass, flanked by Prime Minister Dean Barrow, called a news conference and dropped a bombshell saying that rogue cops were the mastermind behind a series of armed robberies that had taken place across the country. The story took several twists, and Police Constable Jermaine […]
The policeman that was detained and subsequently charged was Police Constable Jermaine Mangar. But his attorney Dickie Bradley says the police really have no evidence against Mangar because the more serious charge against his client is about to be withdrawn. Richard “Dickie” Bradley, Attorney for P.C. Jermaine Mangar “His name is tarnished because it happened […]
Tropical Storm Alex is expected to gain strength and upgrade to a hurricane by the end of the day. Alex is now located in the Gulf of Mexico and moving north-west. Hurricane warnings are in place in north western Mexico and Texas. Alex breezed through Belize this past Saturday and fortunately there was no loss […]
Pallotti graduate, Neisa Pipersburgh was found dead on June nineteenth at Burdon Canal at Mile Six on the Western Highway; three days after she had gone missing. Police detained a few persons, but then released them after questioning. One of those detainees was a neighbour whose car was impounded. And while police have not come […]
It was a sensational case when Tasha Herrera and Alwyn Gonzalez were charged for drug trafficking that is over two kilos of suspected cocaine. Well, the tone was different this morning in court when the charges were withdrawn by Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer after the court prosecutor, Sergeant Carol Tucker, said that the police department […]
Six years behind bars, that’s the sentence forty-six year old Rueben Galdamez got today for the attempted burglary of Edita’s Fast Food located near the Farmer’s Market. The Benque Viejo resident was caught in act on the morning of February twenty-fourth by a police officer who testified that he saw Galdamez stooping near a window of […]
Colin Lord had a close brush with death after he was shot to the head on June eighteenth. He underwent emergency surgery at the K.H.M.H. and was transferred to the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited where he was placed in an induced coma and doctors worked on a severe swelling on his brain. Today News Five […]
In other news, all players for the Belize National Basketball Team are in the country tonight. The full roster of the team participated in workouts this morning and late this evening. It’s only two days until the team tests its cohesiveness during its first game against a world class team. On Thursday the Belizean team […]
The K.H.M.H, it’s been under fire corruption, lack of equipment and more; but today, medical staff at the nation’s largest public hospital is the beneficiary of a state-of-the-art lounge courtesy of a man who served in the profession locally for thirteen years. Dr. Lennox Pike is now residing and practicing medicine abroad but he has […]
It is widely known, though not acceptable, that more than fifty percent of Belize’s teachers are untrained and uncertified. In 2009, the Ministry of Education started a teachers’ training program and offered scholarships to address that problem. The University of Belize is one of the institutions facilitating the process and while that is underway, UB […]
