Honduran authorities still have no suspects for Thursday night’s grisly killing of fifty-five year old Milan Egrmajer. The Canadian sailor was killed on his private yacht while he and his daughter, twenty four year old Myda sheltered from a bad storm in a lagoon off the coast of Honduras. Myda has since travelled to northern […]
Since the release of the well known Anthropologist, Dr. Herbert Gayle’s detailed social research into Belize’s ever-present crime situation, there have been mixed reactions about the preliminary findings. The comprehensive report has now been released and the research highlights that the social state of the country is in decay. The four hundred page report of […]
Among the various related topics brought up during Gayle’s lecture on Monday was the racial stereotype that Blacks and Hispanics are innately violent. Gayle contends that race is not among the determining factors that contribute to crime and violence. Instead it is the fact that a specific group of Belizeans are being oppressed which has […]
Equally important among Gayle’s preliminary findings is corruption within the Belize Police Department. That, according to the research, is the result of neglect in the working environment. Over the years the needs of the department have been ignored and in the process officers have not been able to foster healthy relationships with the public. Herbert […]
Since Hurricane Richard hit Belize in late October, many of those left homeless and with damaged homes have been attempting to rebuild their lives. Many of the houses that did buckle under the category one force winds were made of material whose integrity was already compromised. In the wake of the devastation, many agree that […]
The wrangling in the citrus industry is no secret. This year there has been a demonstration, a number of press conferences and legal proceedings. In the eye of the conflict, is Doctor Henry Canton the Chief Executive Officer of the Citrus Products of Belize Limited. The problem is not a new one: The Citrus Growers […]
He was handed over to Belize after he was shot in Honduras a few weeks ago along with Alexander Edwards and Benjamin Peters. Edwards and Peters were killed and today a bail application was heard for Gabriel Salazar Villafranco, the man who police believe was linked to this year’s Spanish Lookout armed robbery and murder. […]
The family of a seventy-nine year old man is worried about his safety tonight and is asking the public’s help to locate Alfred Conorquie. He left home on Friday afternoon to pick up his pension at the bank and while that’s routine, the elderly man has not returned. Whether he was targeted for his money […]
The launch of a book named “Under the Ya’axche Tree” by David Nicholas Ruiz is currently underway at Saint John’s College. The book is a combination of entertainment in folklores and legends and education in the historical background contained in the introductions. Under the Ya’axche Tree takes mature audiences on a trip down memory lane […]
Over the years there have been many lotto winners, but we find the latest winner to be absolutely deserving. Sebastian Mucu hails from the south; he is the father of a six year old daughter in urgent need of medical attention and if that was not a challenge on its own, he also cares for […]
Just before six this evening the government announced a breakthrough in the sugar dilemma and that is that the Belize Sugar Industries has received waivers from both the ING and FirstCaribbean International Banks. It means that the ten million dollar bailout loan approved by the House on November twenty-fourth for BSI can now be drawn […]
A twenty-four year old Canadian woman whose father was murdered on their yacht on the high seas is back in Canada. The woman, Myda Egrmajer, was brought here by the Belize Coastguard early on Saturday morning after she was rescued by a tanker in Honduran waters. She witnessed the murder of her father by several […]
As CTV News in Canada reported, the fifty-eight year old sailor was shot four times and his daughter was robbed. Myda was rescued by an oil tanker traveling from Honduras and she was brought to Belize. She was interviewed by local authorities on Saturday and left from the PGIA on Sunday for Canada. News Five’s […]
While BSI will be receiving the ten million dollar bailout, the situation in the Commercial Free Zone remains grave for businesses that have been unable to make deposits in US dollars. An emergency meeting was held last Friday evening between government, Central Bank and Free Zone officials but the situation persists tonight, and if it […]
Conventional wisdom has it that the incumbent is hard to beat. And so it was on Sunday when Carlos Perdomo, the Minister that was challenged by a relatively new comer in the UDP’s Caribbean Shores convention, won hands down for a second term in a relatively short campaign. Perdomo, who was moved as minister of […]
Remember that huge bust at Pinks Alley on November twenty-fourth when police discovered a cache of computers and electronics that were believed to be stolen? Well, the cops’ suspicions were confirmed late last week when a report was made that the now defunct CLICO Bahamas Office on North Park Street was burglarized in November. The […]
Still on the topic of stolen items, police have recovered two flat screen TVs and other electronics believed to be the loot from a burglary on Friday afternoon. The two suspects made their getaway in a Toyota car, but ended up in an accident on the Hattieville/Boom road. The car lost control as it sped […]
Two deadly firearms and a Guatemalan national were taken into police custody on Saturday. The first weapon was found during a search at a property on Jane Usher Boulevard at around nine a.m. Cops found a point three-fifty-seven revolver, but no one was in the area so the gun was taken in and labeled as […]
Two women were arraigned today for Theft. A sanitation worker, Shirley Arnold, was also charged with aggravated assault upon Walter Campos, the proprietor of Nutri Natura. Campos reported to the police that last Saturday, two women entered his business, one took a yellow blouse and a blue jacket from a hanger, put it in her […]
Gimme Five is this station’s signature anniversary show. All of last week, our lucky viewers were walking away with fabulous prizes to mark our nineteenth anniversary. As the anticipation built up for the final night, the prizes and cash increased. This year, there were three grand prizes for the persons who answered Gimme Five when […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to Sports Monday. The new cycling calendar as presented by the Belize Cycling Association got off with a bang yesterday as the 50 mile Alpheus Williams HIV Classic reigned supreme on the Western Highway with all the big guns out to make the point that they’ll be ready […]
The scene of a traffic accident near Hattieville was a mess; the smaller of two vehicles involved was ripped in two. The second vehicle was a BNE flat bed truck heading to the Ladyville. The Toyota car, traveling at a high speed from the opposite direction, slammed into the side of the BNE truck. Whether […]
Fire authorities have removed an accelerant bottle and rags that were used to set on fire the Belize Red Cross Society’s headquarters early Thursday morning. But up to news time, police have been unable to crack who was behind the arson. The fire was reported shortly after three on Thursday morning and the bottle of […]
On Tuesday evening Edgar Ayala a security guard and David Longsworth, a customer at Belize Diesel Service Station were both gunned down and killed by a man who wanted the gun of the guard. It did not take long for police to zero in on forty year old Ervin Reneau, who is already behind bars […]
It’s a main source of foreign exchange, but the tourism industry has been facing a myriad of challenges. So today, the stakeholders came out in numbers, packing the Radisson Fort George, to determine the way forward. The occasion was the Belize Tourism Industry Association’s Annual General Meeting. The good news is that the number of […]
