The unrelenting stream of armed robberies during the holiday season continued in the Old Capital this morning. De He Li Store on Freetown Road became the latest target of a trio of thieves who stormed the premises as it was being opened for business sometime before eight o‘clock. According to a police report, three men, […]
Another Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) scandal concerning the questionable purchase of pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies, despite a commission of inquiry being held in November 2009 to investigate such practices, continues to unravel. Last week former KHMH employee Delroy Herrera exposed the management of the hospital for the allegedly devious procurement practices of equipment […]
Saldivar says despite not being a pharmacist or a member of the hospital’s management, the improprieties outlined in the information he has unearthed is straightforward. Arthur Saldivar, Attorney for Delroy Herrera “Every drug that is indicated or illustrated within the book has a concurrent price. It is the price of the medication or the quantities […]
There is another voice that has not yet sounded its own concern about the KHMH procurement practices. That voice belongs to COLA. The president of Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action had been dealing with a personal matter that vilified his character. However, earlier today political activist Moses Sulph was freed of a single charge […]
On Monday a group of employees on their way to an early morning shift at Windy Hills Resort were involved in a near fatal collision. The Toyota Hiace they were traveling in along the Western Highway near mile sixty-nine was severely damaged when an oncoming vehicle, an Isuzu D-max driven by twenty year old Ian […]
Thirty five year old Eaton Carr, a resident of Dangriga says he has been under constant harassment and threat from a Dangriga Police Corporal. Carr says he is a former gang member. And though he is reformed, he still continues to be targeted by law enforcement officers in that municipality. Recently he has been wrongly […]
The infamous acupuncturist, Kun Lin Lee, also known as Kevin Lee has been offered bail. On December twenty first, the sixty seven year old massage therapist appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer for the second time on a single charge of aggravated assault of an indecent nature upon a twenty-year-old woman. He was granted bail […]
While on mobile patrol on Thursday morning, police officers on Castle Street spotted a suspicious man carrying a black plastic bag. The man ran upon being spotted and officers caught him on Freetown Road after seeing him throw a bag in a yard. Inside the bag, officers found what appeared to be cannabis. The suspect […]
Cayetano will see 2012 behind bars; however, a teenager who happens to be a former police officer will not usher in the New Year behind prison walls. Police reported that on June ninth, the ex-cop ran and abandoned his bicycle because he allegedly had eight rounds of nine-millimeter ammunition in his possession. Police also claimed […]
There are fourteen holidays on the 2012 calendar. However, not all holidays are created equal. More than just a day off, the nature of the break in a workweek is equally important. The quality of a holiday is defined by the celebration that accompanies it. Carnival, Christmas, and Independence Day are defining moments of togetherness, […]
In a press release from Belize House in Belmopan, the Office of the Governor-General issued a list of six of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second’s 2012 appointment to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The Order of the British Empire CBE to be ordinary commander of the civil division of the said […]
The queen is not the only person formulating that all-important list at the end of the year. The New Year is a time to reflect and re-evaluate ourselves. New Year’s resolutions are commitments that we make to ourselves, though we regularly break them. The habit of setting personal goals for the next twelve months has […]
To celebrate the New Year many of us will ring in 2012 in a grand style and a grand fashion. And with the eve of 2012 just a day away, you still have time to get that outfit and make your statement. News Five’s Andrea Polanco stopped in at Pink, La Fashions and J’Adore Boutiques […]
As the year comes to a close for us here at Channel Five, it has been one of immense growth and success. As we close the Two Thousand eleven chapter, on Monday January second, we will be having an all day KTV Latino 2011 Marathon. The images that were burnt into our collective memory will […]
A Belmopan thief probably knew when he went after workers of the Reconstruction Development Corporation (RECONDEV), he would net a sizeable amount of cash. On Wednesday evening around four-thirty that robber made off with a moneybag containing cash and cheques amounting to twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars. Twenty-two year old Roaring Creek resident, Curlene Arthurs, […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) went through a very public hearing during 2009’s Commission of Inquiry that analyzed the procedures used to determine how medical supplies and pharmaceuticals are procured by the KHMH. But recent allegations by a former employee have revived old claims of misappropriation. That individual was consequently arrested and released by […]
On Wednesday night, we told you about the ruthless home invasion of thirty four year old Sylvan Roberts, an ultrasound technician of Santa Elena, Cayo. Roberts and his family were inside their home when he heard noises in his living room and upon making checks he encountered masked and armed robbers inside his house. One […]
Apparently in addition to Roberts, the youth who drowned in Dangriga and the homeless man in the park, there was a fourth person who died during the Christmas Holiday. It was not put into any police report but the Belize Defense Force has confirmed that one of its own, a veteran of over a decade, […]
The soldier’s death is not the only issue that is weighing heavily on the thoughts of PG residents. The border has been patrolled by soldiers like Teul for years, but near the villages where there is no visible barrier foreigners have been taking advantage of the natural resources. Incursions by Guatemalan poachers have been documented […]
Sculptor, inventor, author and juice man are only a few of the hats that the man known as Stephen Okeke has donned over the past fifteen years in Belize. Okeke is also a mayoral candidate for the upcoming Belize City Council elections. His fame does not necessarily always bring fortune and several missteps have been […]
Ever since he was shot in November of 2010, well-known street figure, Anthony Major, better known as ‘King of Pinks Alley’, remained bed-ridden. Major, was by no means an innocent gun violence victim, in June 2009 he was arrested during a failed robbery attempt at Tong’s Supermarket. Major’s partner in crime, Richard Flores, didn’t survive […]
A domestic dispute on Christmas Day which led to a police officer calling for backup ended in an attack on Police Constable Carl Smith by his estranged common-law-wife, Sharlet Bainton. Smith was involved in a domestic dispute at his home on Gaulin Street in the Ladyville area where he called for assistance to remove his […]
A Christmas Day brawl between two women over a cellphone number allegedly found inside a common-law-husband’s phone ended when one woman was attacked and injured with a knife. The incident occurred on Humphrey’s Avenue in Burrell Boom. This morning, twenty nine year old Kimberlee Humphreys a resident of the village was arraign in the Belize […]
On Wednesday evening, a gun possession charge which was levied against nineteen year-old Delroy Moss in March 2010 was struck out. It was ruled that there was insufficient evidence to substantiate the charge. Moss was subsequently acquitted. Today another man walked away from gun possession and ammunition charges brought against him earlier this year. Forty-two […]
Thousands of Jamaicans converged on the polls today to choose between the incumbent government of the Jamaican Labour Party and the People’s National Party under the leadership of Portia Simpson Miller. The electoral process which began this morning was not without its share of hiccups as at least a hundred and sixty-three of the six […]
