With convention season in full swing, the machineries of the political parties revved up in the Orange Walk South, Belmopan and Toledo East constituencies over the weekend. In the north, Rosendo “Chendo” Urbina, the sitting Ambassador of Belize to Mexico, who previously ran but lost in Orange Walk Central, garnered one thousand and fifty votes, […]
A reputed member of the Gill Street Gang was arrested for Kept prohibited firearm and Kept unlicensed ammunition, but he is also being investigated and may be charged for the Murder of Mark Matura. When police responded to the scene of the fatal shooting on Friday, they were securing a three block area and noticed […]
A Belize City businessman decided today that he did not want to proceed to trial against two accused men for attempting to rob his business and trying to kill him. After two years of waiting for the case to come up, Feliciano Coy, manager of Diamonds Entertainment Bar, told the court this morning that he […]
A police woman was also before the court today, facing charges for stealing jewelry and other items from Julissa Westby, who was detained back in March. Westby’s complaint led to the speedy arrest of Special Constable Andrea Rivero and today twenty-nine year old WPC Nicholette Bermudez was charged with Theft. Bermudez appeared unrepresented before Magistrate […]
The Michael Finnegan Market Vendors are unhappy with the new configurations implemented by the Belize City Council. The street vendors who normally block traffic along the canal side have been moved and the wholesalers have been relegated to sell their produce on a side street. Last week Deputy Mayor Phillip Willoughby said that the new […]
The forty-first General Assembly of the Organization of American States is underway in El Salvador and is being held under the theme “Citizen Security in the Americas”. Organized transnational crime is a burning issue that is plaguing Belize, like the rest of the region. The assembly brings together the foreign ministers of the thirty-five member […]
A top agenda item at the general assembly is the re-admission of Honduras, which lost its membership after a military coup in June 2009, interrupted the democratic process ousting former president Manuel Zelaya. After a deal was worked out, Zelaya has now returned to Honduras from where he was exiled. Today, Honduran Minister of Public […]
The violence in the old capital has often been the source of pain and media coverage. But there are families whose pain though not exposed in the news headlines requires reporting. Evadney Jones is a Belize City resident who needs assistance in raising funds to cover her next visit to the doctor. She needs to […]
But tonight twenty two year old Tanisha Beaton, a second class clerk at the Treasury Department is the luck winner of the Lotto jackpot. When Beaton collected her winnings of fifty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, she said that luck was on her side when she changed a free ticket for a quick pick. […]
Good Evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Belize Bank Super League Tournament blasted off its 2011 playoffs yesterday with the reams fighting to get into the finals under the double elimination format. At the People Stadium, Orange Walk United played host to Paradise Freedom Fighters who had not been beaten by […]
Sadie Vernon Technical High School is once again in the news tonight following a mid-morning stabbing incident on school grounds involving a second form student. While details of the incident remain sketchy, News Five understands that a former student of the high school entered the compound during the morning break and stabbed the teenager in […]
Evicted squatters, backed by Belizeans for Justice and COLA, staged a protest, blocking the Belcan Bridge after their houses were destroyed on Wednesday morning. On Thursday Yolanda Schakron, who was on the frontline, got the criminal treatment at the Queen Street Police Station, but after processing no charges were levied. COLA’s Giovanni Bracket also received […]
While the poverty stricken squatters are demanding alternative land or housing from the government, surprisingly, a large corporation is also calling on the government to help with its financial condition. Belize Electricity Limited is facing the possibility of countrywide blackouts. This morning’s blackout that hit the nation, however, was due to birds that built nests […]
BEL’s CEO Lyn Young has made it clear that an increase in electricity rates would alleviate the cash flow problem of the company. The government has made advanced payments mounting to four million dollars to assist BEL. And though the P.M. concedes that at least half of the country would be without power on a […]
Wholesalers operating along Hiccatee Street near the Michael Finnegan Market are up in arms over the enforcement of regulations by the Belize City Council to restrict the sale of produce outside of regulated hours. Upon relocation from West Canal prior to the opening of the new market, vendors had agreed to sell fruits and vegetables […]
Thirty-two year old Erwin Staine was murdered on Wednesday night and less than a day later the suspected gunman was arrested. According to police, twenty-seven year old Kenneth Dobson of Raccoon Street Extension has been formally charged with Murder. Staine was at a regular hangout spot, not far from his home on North Creek, where […]
A Ladyville gas attendant is behind bars tonight after he was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie on a charge of Carnal Knowledge. The report against twenty year old Seaford Miles was made by a fifteen year old who claims she met him at his workplace on May twenty-first. According the teen, Miles took her […]
Electrician, Nigel Tillett was behind the wheel of a Toyota Hilux pick-up that knocked down and killed the well known, Gilbert “Ray” Lightburn on October seventh, 2009. Today, Tillett was acquitted of Causing Death by Careless Conduct as well as the lesser charge of Manslaughter. Justice Adolph Lucas upheld a no case submission made by […]
International basketball star, Alex Carcamo, is in Belize to tie the knot with his fiancé in Placencia and while he’s here, young athletes will get an opportunity to participate in a basketball camp which begins next week Tuesday. The competition promises lots of prizes including autographed jerseys and footwear. It’s his first venture into hosting […]
The tinting law came into effect on June first; that is Wednesday of this week. However, it is very evident in the capital and on the road, that many government ministers still have heavy tinted windshields on their vehicles. News Five asked the Prime Minister if there is a special clause or loop hole that […]
Butane importers have been meeting with government officials over the past few days, demanding a massive hike in the controlled price. The importers say that acquisition costs have increased by fourteen dollars since the start of the year and they want the market price go up by that amount. Today the Ministry of Economic Development […]
But there’s some good news for drivers because fuel prices at the pump decreased earlier this week. The cost of regular gasoline took the biggest dip, going down fifty-four cents to eleven dollars and thirteen cents. Premium is now selling at eleven dollars and sixty cents, following a thirty-seven cents drop while diesel reduced twenty-one […]
Today ten students were awarded tuition scholarships to the institution of their choice by J.D Financial, the parent company of MegaBingo. The initiative which will be an annual event saw the submission of application by more than fifty students, but the ten who were short listed were selected based on financial need and academic performance. […]
The results of the 2011 Primary School Examinations were released late this evening. It’s a nineteen page document and we’ll have the details on Monday, but a quick perusal shows that the top student is Aliyah Marin of Holy Redeemer Primary School in Belize City. The student with the second highest score is Josette McGann […]
Earlier this year we told you that the British Forces were reducing their number of troops in Belize and other countries due to cut backs in the British Ministry of Defense. There are still pressing concerns on the effect on the Caribbean with respect to troops that assisted in deterring narco-trafficking and other transnational crimes. […]
