Also in court, a twenty year old man who was caught nude inside the bedroom of an eleven year old girl in Belize City was remanded to the Central Prison today. Elgin Graham was charged with Burglary with Intent to Rape and the prosecutor strongly objected to bail at his arraignment this afternoon. The accused […]
A mother of four is turning to someone, anyone for sympathy since she is about to lose her house at the Mile eight community on the Western Highway. Linda Esquiliano says she admits that her delinquency in not meeting her mortgage payments with the Social Security Board led to her current situation, but now she […]
The contract for Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie is reportedly about to expire. The Prime Minister Dean Barrow expressed in February that the contract would be renewed for an additional three months, which should extend her time on the bench to the end of June. Since last week, there has been a lot of speculation […]
Many schools are products of the church-state system. On Monday in Belmopan, the Methodist Mission broke ground for its first high school in the capital. The Minister of Education Patrick Faber, pledged twenty-five thousand dollars to the school’s building fund. The following interview and footage comes courtesy of the Government Press Office. Representative, Methodist Church […]
Shyne, the rapper baptized as Jamal Barrow, has gone through several name changes including Moses Levi, since his release from a U.S. prison. In addition to his yarmulke or Kippah, the rapper dons several proverbial hats including that of Music Ambassador of Belize. Well Shyne, who now goes by the name Moshe Levi Ben David, […]
Get ready because shortly, the singing sensations from Group A of KTV Latino will step up to the mic at the Bliss and appear before the panel of judges as well as a live audience. Five in Group A have so far survived the grueling weekly talent competition and they are all hungry to hit […]
The past weekend brought grief to at least three families. In the first instance, it is believed that robbery may have triggered the latest murder in the Old Capital. A market vendor of Honduran nationality who has been residing at Boston Village was shot at the start of the weekend. One man stood watch while […]
Meanwhile in Ladyville, a night out in the town turned fatal for well known resident, Robert Burgess, who worked as a security officer. Burgess, along with four others, was heading back home in the wee hours of Sunday, when their vehicle ran off the road and ended belly-up along the Northern Highway. Three other passengers […]
We’ve told you about the murder in the city and traffic accident in Ladyville; heading to Flowers Bank, Wilton Robinson, aka Premier, did not return home after a cricket outing in his village on Saturday. Search parties were deployed but came up empty handed; that is until this morning when his body was retrieved from […]
The 2011-2012 budget presentation was on Friday in the capital and details of how it will impact Belizeans are just beginning to take shape. Prime Minister Dean Barrow did reveal that while revenue and grants are projected at eight hundred and forty-three point six million dollars, expenditure is at eight hundred and ninety million. That […]
Last month there was huge public outcry after it became known that gas companies were shortchanging consumers. Subsequently, the Bureau of Standards introduced the National Metrology Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Regulation 2011, which seeks to force butane companies to give consumers value for money. The regulation also requires gas companies to use scales, approved by […]
So just how will the Bureau of Standards implement the recommendations? First of all, there isn’t even a set of quality standards to go by in Belize. But Director of the Bureau, Jose Trejo, says while it will not be an overnight fix, they are serious about getting things done right. Jose Trejo, Director, Belize […]
We told you earlier about a fatal traffic accident in Ladyville, but a city resident needs your help to find the driver that knocked him off his bike and kept driving. The hit and run happened in the vicinity of the Swing Bridge where it meets Queen Street shortly after ten on Saturday night. Delivery […]
The corner of Prince Street and West Canal is becoming a regular fixture in the news. We’ve reported on two murders and one attempted murder of a store clerk in the past months all within a twenty yard range. And early Sunday morning was no different, a gunman decided to unleash his clip on the […]
A businesswoman in Ladyville was attacked by two men in a stabbing incident that could have ended fatally. That’s because Bridget Garcia was stabbed in the left side of the neck. Garcia, who sells tamales at her home on Perez Road, was called outside by her daughter when the men came to place an order […]
The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is submitted by the US State Department to Congress every year in March. It’s an assessment of global efforts to combat transnational narco-trafficking and money laundering and features individual country reviews. The 2011 report was recently published and there’s some bad news for Belize, which has always been vulnerable […]
Forty-one year old Mark Conorquie appeared in court today and was to hear his sentence for a charge of Causing Death by Careless Conduct. Conorquie pleaded guilty last Thursday, admitting that he knocked down and killed fifty-six year old Maurice Daniel Sedacey on July twenty-seventh, 2009. But today Conorquie asked to have the details of […]
On Thursday night we reported on three-week old Shantel Carr, whose congenital heart requires surgery. The baby’s family publicly asked for support to raise funds for her to undergo the corrective surgery but as soon as the story was aired, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where the baby was delivered, told News Five that they […]
He is following in the footsteps of Belize’s best entertainers and now the man who calls himself ‘Taprick’ has a release of his own. The young musician, Troy Busano, stopped by our studios today and told us about his new release. Busano says his Punta Rock album titled New Sheriff features the country’s best, such […]
The coast of Belize is becoming more perilous for manatees. Despite the awareness campaigns of the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute and the Sea 2 Shore Alliance, mariners are still the leading cause of deaths of the mammal, called the sea cow. Since Saturday two manatees have been killed off the coast of Belize […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday The final major race staged by the BCA before the Annual Cross Country Cycle Classic reigned supreme on the Western Highway. Yesterday as it ran from Belize City to Belmopan and back for some 100 miles, some 87 riders are in the hunt today as […]
The 2011-2012 Budget was presented in the House of Representatives this morning. It is called Celebrating Growth, Sustaining Recovery and is to come online on April first. Before we get into the full figures, there’s a projected deficit, an increase in recurrent expenditure due to the wage bill and a slight increase in revenue and […]
Even though construction, manufacturing and fishing are not up to target and shrimp production has not shown signs of recovery, in the new budget, government is projecting a three percent growth in GDP. According to the prime minister, the growth will be reflected in electricity generation, retail trade, tourism services, transportation and agricultural production as […]
The budget will be debated on March twenty-third. It’s sure to bring fierce resistance from the opposition. But before that occurs, News Five asked P.U.P. Leader John Briceño for his first impressions of the budget. Briceño said it was a yawn, since old programs that never got off the ground were being rehashed. John Briceño, […]
At last poll we asked you our viewers and internet browsers to vote on whether you think the government should have a limit on what it spends on lawyer’s fees when it outsources legal work. So what was the response to the question? Well, a vast majority of viewers, ninety one percent to be specific, […]
