A police operation yesterday has netted two men police believe are responsible for robberies at a number of Chinese establishments. Eighteen year old Aristole Monsanto was reportedly involved in at least one robbery and police say Romel Middleton has confessed to robbing five Chinese establishments. A.I.P. Simeon Alvarez, Head of C.I.B. “The Monsantos were placed […]
In other police news, a police constable says a car attempted to run him down Wednesday evening on Mosul Street. Fortunato Noble told police he was riding his bicycle towards Cemetery Road when a black Mercedes Benz came up from behind and swerved at him. Noble says he was corned by a parked vehicle and […]
Thirty-five year old Raymond Allen will be spending time in Hattievlle Prison for allegedly sexually molesting his twelve year old niece. Police say on Thursday Evadney Allen of St. Ann’s Village in the Belize District accompanied her twelve year old granddaughter to the police station where the minor reported that her uncle Raymond Allen had […]
The Ministry of National Security is tightening up on criminals deported from the United States and other countries. The Ministry announced today that it will be enforcing a 1998 law which places certain restrictions on their movements and that the Police Department will be monitoring these individuals. Under the Law Reform Act deportees may be […]
The City Council has elected Merilyn Young as Deputy Mayor. She will serve for one year. Portfolios were also assigned to each councilor at the meeting on Thursday night. Mayor David Fonseca will be in charge of budget and finance while Deputy Young will oversee sister city relationships, small business initiatives and council affairs. Councilor […]
The Bar Association of Belize has rejected a proposed resolution which would have condemned as improper the way in which the plaintiff James Jan Mohammed obtained an order by Justice George Meerabux which declared the appointment of Chief Justice Manuel Sosa to be unconstitutional. The resolution was rejected by a majority of the members present […]
Word late this evening from Orange Walk is that workers for the Belize Sugar Industries are organizing a strike to protest the one day suspension of a Belize Workers Union official. A press release from B.W.U. says Vice-Chairman Thomas Chan was attempting to mediate a dispute arising from a grievance case brought against a worker […]
He says his office is “everything from the Swing Bridge to the Caribbean Sea” and today the man dubbed the “Poet Laureate of Pink’s Alley” launched his book of dub poems. Leroy “the Grandmaster” Young gave a live poetry reading at the mouth of Pink’s Alley. In between dodging cars turning in from North Front […]
The Belize Tourist Board has launched a massive nationwide anti-litter campaign that will remain in effect until September twenty-first. Throughout March the Ministry of Tourism in conjunction with non-governmental organizations and schools will be holding a number of activities promoting the need to clean up Belize. On March thirteenth, the Northern Highway between Belize City […]
The National Spelling Bee Belize District elimination round was held this morning at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. Eighteen students from primary schools in the Belize District battled it out in the competition sponsored by Coca-Cola once again. But as News Five found out, the organizers of this always- well-run event still managed to make […]
While Belize City’s best spellers were competing at the Parish Hall, another competition was underway at the Belize Zoo which included students from all over the country. News Five was invited to view the efforts of the country’s budding ecologists. There are fifteen schools participating in the eighth Science Fair at the Belize Zoo. The […]
Tonight our commentator on the Last Word looks at Women’s Week and the progress women have made over the years. However, G. Michael Reid is of the opinion that any strides women have made in the workplace have come at the expense of their families. His suggestion: have children or a career, but not both. […]
