Today the buzz in Cayo was about the bee, the spelling bee that is. The finals for the annual contest sponsored by Coca Cola took place at the countryside park in Spanish Lookout. The new national speller, Jaren Young, a standard five student at St. John Vianney claimed the title this afternoon when he out-spelled […]
It is more than twenty-four hours since seventy-five persons were left homeless when the police demolished houses from land they have squatted on in Lake Independence where construction is taking place to link that area to Chetumal Street in Belama. The affected persons including infants, school children, women and men bolstered with support from Belizeans […]
After seeing the unfortunate conditions of squatters televised on Wednesday following a pre-dawn operation in the Fabers Road Extension that destroyed their homes, the Women’s Issues Network has stepped in to lend assistance to the displaced families. Today, the organization visited with the area known as Gungulung and offered food for the day. According to […]
The bus crisis and the eviction of squatters that led to civil unrest at the Belcan Bridge topped the news on Wednesday. But at night, shots rang out in the North Creek area. Two men rode up, one opened fire on Erwin Staine and a friend. Unlike his friend, Staine did not stand a chance; […]
How do you rate the government’s handling of the bus crisis? That’s the question we asked after a nationwide shutdown of public transportation and a blockage of the Northern and Western highways by bus operators. Things came to a head over road service permits that were taken from members of the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative […]
Yolanda Schakron was at the frontline when squatters marched into the city and blocked the Belcan Bridge. Schakron is an outspoken member of Belizeans for Justice, who has been forthright against the police and corruption in the department. During Wednesday’s civil unrest, Schakron clashed with the police and this morning when word came that she […]
While the support from the Belize Bus Association (BBA) appeared to have been based on solidarity with fellow protestors, there was also another motive. One spokesperson for bus operators, Patrick Menzies, accompanied the BBA president to the police station this afternoon to support Yolanda Schakron. As a reference point, Menzies did not mince words when […]
Belizeans for Justice’s, Yolanda Schakron, was not the only person on the Belcan Bridge who was informed about an arrest. The cops sent out letters to several activists about their conduct on the Bridge. Late this evening Giovanni Brackett received his letter. His case is somewhat peculiar as he wears many hats. Brackett serves as […]
Three of four persons accused in the murder of twenty-two year-old Jessie Jones were freed earlier this week. The Director of Public Prosecutions forwarded the directive to Belmopan Magistrate, Adolph Lucas, stating that there was insufficient evidence against twenty-four year olds Lionel Sampson and Leroy Anthony Richards as well as twenty-seven year old Kimberly Oshon. […]
And while Sampson walked from a murder charge in Belmopan, he was convicted of Robbery in the Belize City Magistrates Court this morning. The father of three pleaded for lenience, saying that he had already spent eight months in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. Magistrate Emerson Banner spared him further jail time and […]
Sadie Vernon, it’s the city’s high school that has been on the media one too many times either embroiled in the middle of a controversy or the teacher and administration are at odds. Tonight they’re back in the news. This morning shortly after ten, Darrell Humes, President of the PTA says he visited the school […]
But while that’s the President of the PTA’s side, Kendis Ferguson visited our studios to give his account of what transpired. Ferguson says that he was unable to submit the grade book because he didn’t have it at school. He told News Five that he went to the principal’s office where Humes threatened and attacked […]
With drug cartels operating dangerously close to our borders and crime out of control, the Belize Coast Guard today received a sizeable donation to fight narco-trafficking. The equipment came courtesy of the US government and will be used both inland and offshore. Minister of the Police, Doug Singh, received the donation at the Coast Guard […]
Poor nutrition is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in all age groups. This why the message is reiterated by every health official: the key to healthy living is eating right and exercise. Caribbean Nutrition Day celebrated was on June first under the theme: “Healthy Eating & Active Living”. The day is […]
Countless women have been caught trying to sneak drugs into prison but one Belize City woman was bolder and allegedly attempted to smuggle cannabis into the country. At around eleven a.m. on Tuesday, Barrack Road resident, twenty-six year old Lucy Giselle Cano, entered Corozal via the Santa Elena Northern Border. But when Customs Officials, inspected […]
For the second time in five days the government has come under intense fire. On Friday, the bus owners paralyzed the northern and western highways over runs taken away from established bus owners and given to a new company owned by a highly placed party supporter. This morning at the crack of dawn, police descended […]
At the top of the news, we showed you the confrontation between the security forces and squatters who were supported by Belizeans for Justice, COLA and others. The plight of the squatters started back in March; due to their quest for land they settled in the Fabers Road Extension area that will eventually link with […]
Aside from the squatters who took the Belcan Bridge by storm this morning, the government still has the festering transport issue on its hands. The administration gave a portion of bus runs to longtime U.D.P. supporter Sergio Chuc to the dismay of the bus operators who have been conducting runs on the Western Highway for […]
Once the protestors had been forcibly removed from the bridge, they gathered in front of the Farmers Market. Not too long after, they were met by a PUP delegation led by Opposition Leader, John Briceño, area representative Cordel Hyde and attorney Anthony Saldivar, who interrupted a national executive meeting to lend support to the squatters. […]
For his part, area representative Cordel Hyde acknowledged that the issue of squatting in Lake Independence has been a perennial problem. He believes that the sudden measures taken by the government were heartless and draconian. Cordel Hyde, Area Representative, Lake Independence “It’s not a new problem but it’s how you deal with things. There’s a […]
A murder trial ended before it could start this morning when Prosecutor for the DPP’s office, Keisha Williams, discontinued a case against a well known criminal figure. You’re probably guessing that it was another case of a missing witness… and you’re right. Williams said that their office as well as the Police Department made numerous […]
Special Constable, Nakisha Usher, was violently beaten in December 2010 and her ex-common-law husband, Police Constable Briceño Shal was charged with Wounding soon after the incident. That case was called at nine o’clock this morning, but when Usher arrived a few minutes later, Magistrate Roberto Ordonez had already dismissed the charge and Shal was freed. […]
While Cano is accused of attempting to bring in an illegal substance at the northern border, a Belize City attorney is accused of all things, facilitating an illegal telephone call. Since the owner of La Cabana Bar in Belmopan and his wife were locked up after a police raid at their home on May twentieth, […]
The eighth annual Ride Across Belize organized by the Social Security Board entered the city this morning. A record breaking number of riders traversed the country, from Corozal to Punta Gorda, and concluded this part of the tour just after noon. This year the ride was dedicated to promoting awareness of cancer; it was a […]
While the city was exploding with civil unrest in the morning, elsewhere in the old capital, the Belize City Mayor was giving names to a number of streets in phase two of the City Council’s street naming project. The project, which is being staged in the Lake Independence and Port Loyola constituencies, seeks to honor […]
