Saturday’s Carnival Road March was one of the shortest in recent memory, but it was a still a grand showing of vibrant costumes and the latest dance moves to Ernestine Carballo’s hit song. But this year, in the wave of colors that swept through the city streets, the mas bands portrayed messages about social and […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Tomorrow, Tuesday 6th September, the National A Team of Belize will host its Guatemalan counterparts inside the FFB Field at Capital City, Belmopan in its second appearance of this round of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Our Team goes in hype from Friday evening’s 3-zip […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow cut short his trip to St. Kitts and returned to Belize to diffuse the ongoing tension between the gangs and the Gang Suppression Unit. Last Friday, the GSU mounted a violent confrontation with the George Street Gang following the funeral of Charles Woodeye and in the process many innocent persons were […]
It’s been a violent week of murders and shootings. At least five persons were murdered and another five were injured in separate shootings. This morning, at around nine-thirty, two minors were shot and had to be rushed to the KHMH for treatment. Fifteen year old Samuel Logan and seventeen year old Nirisie Mejia are the […]
But there is some good news to report; team Belize continues to perform well on the road to World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The national football selection played its third pre-qualifying match-up at the St. George’s Grenada National Stadium today and took down the Grenadian team on its own turf with a final score of […]
The Gang Suppression Unit has been taking flack following a recent clash with members of the George Street Gang in which innocent bystanders were also harmed. The incident prompted this week’s question to our viewers; we asked if the GSU is contributing to the lawlessness on the streets. Hundreds of persons voted and the results […]
Belize had generally remained under the Wikileaks radar, but now hundreds of classified cables on a wide range of activities here, have been disclosed in a trove of uncensored US diplomatic cables made public today by Wikileaks. The website released its entire archive of about two hundred and fifty-one thousand, two hundred and eighty-seven documents […]
A number of robberies have been reported in the past twenty-four hours. On Thursday night between eight fifteen and nine forty-five, Body Image store on Albert Street was burglarized. Owner, Anil Harjani, says this is the first time in his ten years on Albert Street that his business has been burglarized. He lost cash and […]
Police are also investigating two other robberies that took on Thursday night. Chinese cashier, Su Mei Zhu was at the Super Center on Chetumal Street when he was jacked by three men carrying handguns. They stole seven hundred and fifty dollars from the store. In the other robbery, Ladyville businessman, Hao Tie Wu of “All […]
The recent spike in suicides in Benque Viejo Town has alarmed residents. Those high school girls, who were believed to have been involved in Emotional or Emo practices when they took their lives, contributed to an overall increase in the incidences of suicides in Belize. That’s the focus of the third annual conference of the […]
Is there a particular sex, age range, or type of personality that is common or trending amongst people who attempt or commit suicide? And is it worse this year compared to other years? Dr. Claudina Cayetano, the Psychiatrist and Clinical Advisor for the Ministry of Health’s Mental Health Program, expounded on the current suicide statistics. […]
The most recent hearing on the Belize Constitution (Ninth Amendment Bill) took place in Orange Walk on Wednesday night. The exchanges and passion of the public was very clear and though both parties brought out their supporters, the event was much more respectful than the first consultation at Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. The event went […]
News coming out of Faber’s Road has often been touched by tragedy. But some residents of Faber’s Road are showing that good in the old capital doesn’t have to start with official intervention. The winds of change are literally blowing at the upper flat of the Dena residence on Faber’s Road extension. Brian Dena had […]
There is another set of youths who were equally treated with goodwill prior to the opening of the September session of school. Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) has been working with about seventy-five youths for the past couple weeks. According to Moses Sulph, COLA’s President, the school supplies given out today will help […]
There is an exhibit opening at this time at the Institute of Creative Arts. The artist, Carmen Margarita Neda, is a Honduran National and most of her pieces are done in watercolor. The brushes have transformed paper into images of peace and summer joy. The pieces are vibrant, with detail given to the features of […]
This week, the What’s Happening Belize segment is a special treat for fans of From Yes To I Do… Channel Five Will Follow You. Newlyweds, Yumi and Leon, are honeymooning at the award winning Chaa Creek Lodge. After the task of planning a wedding, they now get to enjoy adventure tours and relax in luxury […]
The illegal extraction of rosewood in seven Maya communities in the Toledo District has become too rampant to ignore. The Maya Leaders Alliance is taking on the fight to stop the extraction because the precious wood is under threat of extinction. The MLA alleges there is official facilitation to the illegality. News Five’s Isani Cayetano […]
The gangs are not known to issue statements; in fact they are known not to want to appear on camera. So we found a release they purportedly sent out today to be unusual. It comes in the aftermath of a violent shakedown by the Gang Suppression Unit against alleged members of the George Street Gang […]
There were two shooting incidents on Wednesday night. A Belize City woman was shot in the presence of her children. According to reports, thirty-one year old Tiffany Cadle was standing in front of her home at the corner of Victoria and Yorke Streets when a lone gunman approached her. At seven p.m. Cadle, in the […]
Earlier in the night another shooting incident occurred but luckily no one was injured. It happened on Iguana Street at a home behind the Raccoon Street Police Station. According to forty-eight year old Francine Coleman, she was standing on the verandah of her bungalow house when she heard several gunshots coming from Morrison Alley which […]
The public hearings for the Ninth Amendment were held on Wednesday night in Orange Walk Town. Of the three held so far, it was the biggest and lengthiest going well past the midnight hour. The views expressed were overwhelmingly against the proposed change to the constitution. The sea of blue washed across the multi-purpose centre […]
Two minors appeared in the Belize City Family Court on Wednesday to face charges for gun possession. The first to be arraigned was a fourteen year old student who police say was busted on Tuesday with a point twenty-five pistol shortly after thirty-four year old Guy Fuller Junior was fatally shot inside his home on […]
Meanwhile, in the Magistrates Court, a construction worker and his common-law-wife were charged with Aggravated Burglary and Threat of Death in connection with a confrontation that occurred on August second. Augustine Montez and Verna Guzman are accused of storming into the home of Frank Trapp, armed with a machete. Police say they threatened to kill […]
The Bak to Skool trimming program was started last year by two enterprising young men who wanted to do something positive in their community. It was an immediate hit among young students who needed a free haircut in time for the school year. The program is going beyond young boys this year; young girls are […]
One week ago, Mega Bingo paid out over a hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars to its progressive jackpot winner. On Wednesday night two regular players hit the one hundred and two thousand four hundred and thirty three dollars grand prize. Two housewives, fifty three year old Bernadina Zuniga of Belize City and twenty-six year old […]
