Across the globe, World Oceans Day was celebrated by highlighting the beauty and wonders of the marine universe. In the Jewel, the issue of a referendum on offshore oil drilling was at the heart of the celebrations. More than seventeen thousand signatures have been collected, but now OCEANA claims that government is not playing it […]
The weekend brawl in the parking lot of the Princess Hotel and Casino is far from over. It left three men injured and it’s soon to spill into the courts. On Monday we reported on Rodney Lino and Patrick Menzies version of the events that happened early Sunday morning. Their account started with an accidental […]
But the focus of the incident centers on a woman who was either bumped into or harassed. Well, the woman who walked out of the club and interacted with Lino and Casimiro also spoke to the media today. She preferred to remain off camera and while sitting in a darkened studio, she related what happened […]
A sixty year old taxi driver has joined the prison population for allegedly fondling a nine year old girl. The child has reported that on June fifth, Godfrey Mortis took her into his house, kissed her neck and touched her inappropriately. Mortis was arraigned today on a single charge of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent […]
At the age of sixteen, Stephan Flowers was accused of shooting twenty-seven year old Gilroy Garnett. That was back in July, 2009 and Flowers, who is now eighteen, was today acquitted of Attempted Murder when Garnett took the stand and told the court that he does not want to proceed with the case. Prosecutor Sheneiza […]
The Belize Trivia Challenge was introduced to the public back in February and was made available online for internet users wishing to test their general knowledge of the Jewel. It has been almost six months and what began as a group of almost a thousand players has now been reduced to three participants. Rhondeen Pitts, […]
Over thirty representatives from the region, the U.S, the U.K, European Union along with government representatives in Belize are discussing personal and economic security. That’s at the center of the deliberations at a United Nations Development Assessment Framework roll-out workshop that is ongoing at the Radisson Hotel. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports. Andrea Polanco, Reporting […]
It was not one of the biggest protests, but COLA and Belizeans for Justice stepped up pressure on the government today on a wide gamut of issues from the recent eviction of squatters to the expulsion of Marcel Cardona and the troubles in the transportation industry. The protesters did the talk and walked the walk […]
Not far away at the Michael Finnegan Market, things were also heating up. For months, there has been a myriad of problems that have pitted vendors against Belize City Councilor, Phillip Willoughby who has responsibility for the markets. Some have been ironed out, others persist and new issues keep popping up. When we headed out […]
The eviction of squatters from the site of the Chetumal Street Bridge has elicited a mixed bag of responses from the public. Over five hundred people polled on our last question: “Is Government justified in using force to evict the squatters in the Chetumal Street area before they could identify where to go?” Fifty-seven percent […]
The Belize Football Federation has been at odds with the Ministry of Sports for some time. When it didn’t meet registration requirements by failing to submit its financials, the ministry threatened to cut it off. Well today that came through at a meeting of the National Sports Council. While it doesn’t necessarily play an active […]
The embattled chairman of the Belize Bus Owners Association, who was accused of not consulting with his membership before accepting an offer on bus routes for the west, stepped out today. Claude Frazer, who remained under the radar in the aftermath of a countrywide transportation shutdown on May twenty-seventh, today joined forces to oppose the […]
Thirty-five year old Ted Armstrong was escorted in shackles when he arrived at court today but walked away a free man having spent five years behind bars. Armstrong was twice tried for murder but convicted of manslaughter and was serving a twelve year sentence. Armstrong challenged the Supreme Court decision and got the news this […]
Time is running out for Belize Electricity Limited as its arrangement with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (C.F.E.) of Mexico, which supplies about seventy percent of the country with power, is maxed out. Massive and rolling blackouts can arise if B.E.L. is unable to make regular payments to keep its eight million dollar debt to […]
In the last week of April 2011, two American citizens took their own lives in the Jewel. Michael Virgin, a firefighter was known to be depressed, and he hung himself inside a hotel room on April twenty-sixth. The other man, Scott Meinke was a fugitive from justice and when the cops in Punta Gorda caught […]
The OAS forty-first General Assembly focused on citizen security in the Americas and the discussions wrapped up today in San Salvador. A declaration for a regional approach to tackle transnational crime was approved by the member states. In the context of Belize, it focuses on Central America, which has felt the brunt of the upsurge […]
While the ideas coming from the general assembly emphasize the need for strengthened law enforcement entities, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, says that might not be the best route for Belize. According to Elrington, the focus should be on preventing the youths from turning to crime, rather than reacting when the deed is […]
On Monday you heard the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Haroldo Rhodas, speak about the referendum on the Belize/Guatemala dispute. While in Salvador, we caught up with Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala, Fred Martinez. We asked him about the development of southern highway to Jalacte and whether it will change relations with Guatemala. Marleni Cuellar “Recently we […]
If you have been waiting, well Season Two of our Reality Wedding, From Yes to I Do, is back tonight. Five couples have been selected and will now compete to make the cut as the perfect duo for this season’s most celebrated wedding on national television. The cameras will follow the winning couple as they […]
The Matura family of Central American Boulevard is no stranger to the constant street violence. At the start of the weekend, a fourth family member was murdered. Mark Matura was shot once in the head by a brazen gunman who first checked his identity and then came back to finish the job. The Matura family […]
In Ladyville, the body of a thirty-six year old resident was found under suspicious circumstances but the Police Department is unable to ascertain if the man was murdered. According to the Ladyville Police Formation, the body of Enoc Abel Montero was found after three p.m. on Friday, at his home at the Lake Garden area. […]
A lone gunman unleashed a barrage of bullets at a group of friends on Antelope Street on May twentieth, leaving two men dead and three others injured. Police believe that brazen shooter, was twenty-four year old Jaime Hendrick Smith, of Raccoon Street Extension. Smith was arrested this morning and has been charged with two counts […]
When two Belize City residents, a deacon and a small business owner decided to visit a local entertainment center on Saturday night, they hadn’t a clue that it would end up in a shooting incident, as well as a severe beating at a family home; all allegedly at the hands of the Police Department. According […]
Now for the good news, the PSE results 2011 were released late on Friday evening. We told you who the top scorers are; they comprise a mix bag from the Belize, Cayo, Corozal and Orange Walk Districts. Interestingly the public schools performed better than the private schools and English and Math remain areas of concern. […]
Earlier you met this year’s top PSE students; most of them from public schools. And as we said, the results in English and Math were not encouraging. Last year, the mean performance in English was at sixty-three point five percent and this year it dropped to the C level at fifty-four point nine percent. In […]
