In March, the mutilated body of ten year old Jackie Fern Malic, was discovered on a feeder road by mile eight on the Western Highway. Following the gruesome discovery, the police arrested thirty-eight year old Michael Williams, a mechanic of Faber’s Road and charged him with the murder of the primary school student. Today on […]
The family of Jackie Malic says they are disturbed by the news that the police’s prime suspect is now a free man. Deonicia Cadle, Malic’s sixty six year old grandmother says she is not happy and wonders if the police really know who killed her granddaughter. Deonicia Cadle, Jackie Malic’s Grandmother “My neighbor called me […]
In more bad luck for police, this afternoon, Melvin Young, Warren Cabral and Philip Meighan, all charged with murder and conspiracy in the death of thirteen year old Samantha Gordon were all released and their charges dropped. According to Lutchman Sooknandan, Attorney for Melvin Young, the police did not have any evidence against his client […]
Police have released details on the death of a tourist on Wednesday morning in the vicinity of Lighthouse Reef. 69 year old Edwina Hammond of Cincinnati, Ohio was finishing a dive in the great Blue Hole off the live abroad dive boat Wave Dancer when the captain, Clifton Block, noticed she was having problems. Hammond […]
It was going to be a great experience in the lives of some young Belizean musicians… but alas, Mother Nature had other plans. Today the Belize Arts Council announced that the upcoming trip of the Grace Primary “Pantastick” Steel Band to Veracruz, Mexico has been cancelled due to the presence of a tropical storm in […]
The United Democratic Party lost another round in its fight with the P.U.P. government today when the Supreme Court refused to revoke an injunction obtained by the government. That injunction prevented the U.D.P. from interfering with government efforts to enter the property, part of which is occupied by U.D.P. headquarters, and presumably build low income […]
The Belize Electric Company Limited, better known as BECOL, today has a new owner. The company, which operates the Mollejon Hydro Plant and supplies Belize with the majority of its electrical power, was 95 percent owned by Virginia based Dominion Resources Incorporated. That company has now sold its interest in BECOL to Duke Energy Corporation […]
Delegations from government, NGOs and the private sector frequently travel abroad for training or to meet with colleagues. What made a recent trip somewhat unusual for a group of Belizean union leaders was that while in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last week members of the P.S.U. delegation got to take part in some industrial […]
It is the conventional wisdom that whenever you go into a government office you can expect to be met at best with indifference and at worst with a downright bad attitude. Perhaps the conventional wisdom is right but after attending a training session in Belize City this morning, I’m not so sure. Have you ever […]
It began life as the Sea and Air Festival and eight years later the massive party now known as Costa Maya has San Pedro, Ambergris Caye rocking harder than ever. Tonight and for several more to come News Five will be bringing you the highlights of the action, courtesy of the Belize City Marine Terminal […]
