In a dramatic turn of events, a couple charged with selling a young girl into sexual slavery has changed their plea…from guilty to not guilty. Latest reports out of Belmopan indicate that twenty-one year old Celia Garcia and her common-law husband Walter Swazo appeared in Magistrate’s Court this afternoon as scheduled, but as the judge […]
They call themselves the GST team: a group of public officers from the Sales Tax, Income Tax, and Customs departments who have been charged with the mandate to tour the country in a series of informational meetings with the public on the new tax. Though some important kinks have yet to be ironed out in […]
High from the success of their campaign to legally operate on the nation’s highways, this afternoon National Transport bus company announced the publicity stunt of the year. According to Public Relations officer Ismael “Miley” Garcia, the Novelo family and the company’s employees have decided to make this Saturday a fare free day. This afternoon Garcia […]
A Belize City businessman has been arrested, charged, and fined for threatening a customer with a loaded gun. According to court reports, thirty-two year old Zhu Yin Ruan pleaded guilty this morning to taking out his licensed nine millimetre handgun and pointing it at his customer Tiffany Westby. Apparently, on Monday afternoon, Westby was trying […]
A second employee of the Sales Tax Department has been arraigned in Magistrate’s Court for extortion. According to court reports, twenty-eight year old Ben Bol appeared before Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie this morning where he pleaded not guilty to the offence and was granted bail in the sum of two thousand dollars. Bol has been […]
For the third year running, Belize has claimed top honours in the FirstCaribbean International Bank’s Unsung Hero award programme. It was announced today that retired teacher seventy year old Gloria Edwards was chosen from more than one hundred candidates from fifteen countries as the 2005 regional winner. Edwards has promoted music and the arts in […]
This afternoon, a special visitor arrived at the Belize City House of Culture. No, it wasn’t some foreign head of state or a Hollywood celebrity; it was someone much more important. Yes, that’s right, the man of the month, Santa Claus made a personal appearance at Continental’s annual Christmas Party. And as you will see, […]
This year things have been tense for the Salvation Army. It struggled to meet its December goals for its toy drive and continues to push for support for the Kettle Appeal programme. But this afternoon gratitude for all that hard work came in the form of a roomful of smiles and laughter from the city’s […]
This evening, fifty Belize City families and their children received gift donations courtesy of local businessman Simon Quan and Company. News Five was on hand as the presentation was made through the Young Women’s Christian Association at their headquarters on Freetown Road. Birdy Francis, Member, YWCA Board of Directors ?He is giving thirty need families […]
This afternoon rush hour traffic came to a grinding halt on the main streets of Belize City…and even though there were plenty of sirens, there wasn’t a bad accident. No, this afternoon, local radio station, LOVE FM launched its twelve days of Christmas programme with a parade. Here are some of those sights and sounds. […]
By now most Belizeans realise that anything having to do with land or houses in Belize City is a complicated web of documents, arguments, and reality. But tonight there is a disturbing case emerging from Port Loyola involving the eviction notice served to the residents of a small house on Arlington Drive. They have no […]
