With the appointment of an action task force, enhanced community policing and the GSU, the Ministry of National Security is pulling out all the stops. There’s one new move which we can predict won’t be very popular, though, because it never is. Saldivar says that the Department is going to bring new focus on bear […]
Last week, we reported on a woman detained under curious circumstances at the Ladyville Police station. Ana Villacorte, a victim of an alleged burglary, told News Five that she was locked down last Tuesday after she discovered that her house in Maxboro, Belize District had been burglarized. Villacorte, who is the common-law wife of attorney […]
He recently was released from prison after five years on remand for a murder charge, but tonight, Ronlee Petillo is back behind bars after he was formally charged for the July ninth murder of Roger Banner. Twenty-nine year old Banner, who was released from prison six months before his killing, was sitting on the rail […]
Earlier today, a police officer and another man were placed on remand at the Belize Central Prison for last Thursday’s attempted murder of twenty-nine-year old Nigel Castillo who was shot once in the abdomen while socializing near a basketball court in the Saint Martin De Porres area. After more than three nights in lock down at the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We begin with Belize District Football t the MCC Grounds where the mad dash to make the championship match raged as Lake I Bombers and Sports Academy almost fought to a standstill. 8 minutes in, Francesco Briceño guides this set piece into the danger […]
And there is breaking news from Belmopan tonight. We have been able to confirm that the Income Tax Department was robbed this afternoon at the close of the business day while cashier were reconciling the days collections. The employees at the department were also robbed of their personal belongings including cell phones. The robbers were […]
For hours this morning, traffic was backed-up on the Phillip Goldson Highway. A tractor-trailer loaded with products from Bowen and Bowen overturned near Mile Eight where road works are ongoing. The trailer was heading to Belize City from the bottling plant in Ladyville when the driver, Henry Williams, lost control of the vehicle and overturned. […]
A chain reaction originally begun with this morning’s turnover of a Bowen and Bowen vehicle in Ladyville in which two vehicles traveling into Belize City were severely damaged. Because of the Ladyville scene, traffic had slowed down considerably coming into Belize City, with cars nearly bumper to bumper up to just before eleven this morning. […]
While no one was injured during the accident, those involved exchanged insurance information to sort out damages. As a motorist who commutes along the thoroughfare daily, Swasey told News Five that he is surprised that there aren’t more accidents occurring especially at peak rush hour. Gilvano Swasey, Eye Witness “It will happen someday, I […]
Twenty-nine-year-old Nigel Castillo was shot on Thursday night in the vicinity of La Croix Boulevard in the old capital, a short distance away from where police have established a checkpoint. Around nine p.m., Castillo was on the basketball court behind the Charles Bartlett Hyde Building when he was fired upon. During the incident he was […]
Up north, a team of officers from the Forest Department, as well as the Department of the Environment, visited Tower Hill this afternoon to continue an assessment of the current molasses situation at ASR/Belize Sugar Industries. The company has since received an enforcement order which means that they will be monitored for compliance on the […]
Among the suggestions that are being considered is the burial of the large quantity of molasses into a pit. To do so, they would have to identify an ideal location to dig a deep enough crater to dump the burnt syrup. That however, is contingent upon the type of soil the molasses would be deposited […]
There was an unreported violent incident between a man and his girlfriend in the village of Double Head Cabbage, Belize District, in May of this year. This morning, the twenty-one year old female, who is pregnant, was arraigned and remanded to prison until August thirtieth, 2016. Ernestine Noralez, aka “Queenie” appeared in the court room […]
Also in the Magistrate Court today, a construction worker from San Pedro Ambergris Caye, was arraigned for a mid-week shooting on the island. Twenty-three year old Luis Carter, also known as “Wizz”, a resident of the San Pablo area is facing charges of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and dangerous harm with […]
The marketplace of the future inarguably has its origin in social media. In fact, many businesses are presently striving to reach new customers and maintain existing ones by interacting with them online. The tourism industry is no different, as every property promises a different experience for the visitor. The Belize Tourism Board, is hosting a […]
Larrieu says there is more to come on this score. In terms of reaching target audiences, Patrick Lawrence’s New-York based Yo Group advertising agency says cost is no object for the eighteen-to-thirty-five or “millennial” age bracket when it comes to travel: the experience is. He has some dos and don’ts for tourism businesses looking to […]
There is a craze that has taken over the world; it is “Pokémon Go.” All over, fans have become addicted to the gaming phenomenon which is played through a mobile app. Belize is no exception, and on the streets, highways, parks, roundabouts and just about everywhere, you are likely to spot fans wandering around and […]
Ballet on Ice at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts is a must-see ice skating show that will be performed by a band of Muscovite dancers visiting Belize from Russia. If you’re a fan of Swan Lake or Cinderella then you won’t want to miss the acclaimed troupe in action. They will be performing […]
A report of a fifteen-year old girl of the Bay area, California, who was bitten by a fer-de-lance while vacationing in Belize is making international news tonight. Audrey Benton and her family were heading to dinner at a resort when she was bitten by the snake and had to be rushed to the U.S. for […]
Chairman of the Belize Medical Council and Laparoscopic Surgeon George Gough has been found liable for negligence in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought against him in 2013 for a gallbladder surgery he allegedly botched in 2009. The claimant, Alice Arana Gillett, alleged that she almost died of complications caused after a routine surgery performed by […]
Tonight, ASR/B.S.I., along with the Department of Environment’s technical personnel, is working around the clock to contain a large quantity of molasses. How that will be done, is yet to be determined since the tonnage of affected syrup is stored in a significantly huge tank. The molasses is produced for local consumption as well as […]
As ASR/B.S.I. deals with its molasses woes and tries to assess the financial impact, Santander is dealing with its own problems where that excessively sweet by-product is concerned. In their case it’s a leak from the containing tank. On the Phone: Beverly Burke, Santander Representative, Belize “A few weeks ago, I don’t remember the […]
Santander, the mega-million dollar investment in sugar cane growing and milling, has been issued with a stop order by the Department of the Environment. News Five brought you that story on Wednesday, confirmed by the C.E.O. in the Ministry of the Environment, Colin Young. The problem is a breach of environmental rules outlined in the […]
Burke says that during a routine site visit by the Department of the Environment, they were informed that those works should not have been done without the express permission of the Department. And that is when they were issued, in writing, with an enforcement order. Since that point, with the supervision of the pertinent authorities, […]
The state of the art facility, set on twenty-thousand acres in Valley of Peace, is one of the largest investments in Belize, close to two hundred million dollars. Burke says that reality, and the fact that the company has done and continues to do so many positive things in the community and country, should at […]
