The sentencing had been delayed twice, but tonight the fate of Clifford and Russel Hyde is now settled. The brothers will spend the next twelve years in Hattieville prison. That’s the sentence handed down today by Supreme Court Justice Troadio Gonzalez following their conviction for manslaughter. The men had originally been charged with murder, along […]
A construction worker from Burrell Boom is cooling his heels in Hattieville prison tonight after he was charged with the indecent assault of a minor. The twelve year old girl complained to her mother that forty-eight year old Edmond Lewis squeezed her private parts while taking a baby from her arms and had previously made […]
Police have had success in solving the recent burglary of two tourists in Belize City. Seventeen year old Sheffield Ysaguirre has been arrested for allegedly breaking into the room of a pair of U.S. visitors staying at a Barrack Road guest house late Friday night or early Saturday morning. The couple reported losing a camera, […]
It’s Tourism Awareness Week and for the next few days the major players in Belize’s biggest business will be highlighting the importance of their industry for the country’s development. Today official activities were focussed in Belize City where News Five’s Karla Vernon, formerly Heusner, found herself in the middle of a fair. Karla Vernon, Reporting […]
With almost six months to go before the 2006 hurricane season, most Belizeans are not thinking about catastrophes. But one group of professionals is planning ahead…although not for wind and rain. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Although we?ve felt a few tremors over the years, earthquakes are not high on Belize?s top ten list of natural disasters. […]
As Taiwan’s fourth and longest serving ambassador to Belize, Charles Tsai has presided over a deepening of ties between two countries unprecedented since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1989. At the end of January, Tsai will leave his post for reassignment to the Foreign Ministry in Taipei. This morning he spoke to News Five’s […]
