When future historians interpret the period from 1998 to 2008 they will no doubt have a lot to say about the man at the top. And while they may disagree over how to weigh the hope of the early years against the scandals and financial problems that followed, all will be forced to agree that […]
As if dealing with a bunch of angry bondholders was not enough, the Prime Minister has become embroiled in an increasingly bitter campaign by his party to remove David Price from the chair of the Commission of Inquiry now investigating the emasculated Development Finance Corporation. Responding to a question from Channel Seven’s Jules Vasquez, the […]
It may have temporarily replaced the daytime novelas and soap operas usually aired by this station, but the public hearings by the D.F.C. Commission of Inquiry broadcast live every Tuesday and Thursday are not devoid of drama. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from the Belize Institute of Management. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Day two of the […]
If your only knowledge of life in Belize came from the news media and our crime coverage you would probably come to the conclusion that Belize is a sick society. And, sad as it seems, that conclusion might not be far off the mark. It is bolstered today by two separate incidents of forcible rape, […]
Police have arrested and charged six teens accused of stealing over twenty thousand dollars worth of items from a house in Ladyville. This morning sixteen year olds Eldon Thompson and Dwayne Young, fifteen year old Tyler Garbutt, nineteen year old Ernett Broaster, and eighteen year olds Albert Perez and Horace Adolphus all appeared before Magistrate […]
He was accused of defrauding over two hundred thousand dollars from the K.H.M.H. in 2002, but today Robertino Oprescu was acquitted of all charges. This afternoon a jury found Oprescu not guilty of nine counts of Forgery and nine charges of Claiming Upon a False Document. While that should have made Oprescu a free man, […]
During the summer holidays, thousands of Belizean children participate in camps across the country. Today, News Five’s Alyssa Noble caught up with a couple kids hard at work on the Western Highway. Alyssa Noble, Reporting This month, Youth for the Future and the National Youth Cadet Service Corp are hosting a summer camp for kids […]
The crime of rape, as noted earlier in this newscast, is not exactly uncommon in Belize. But carnal assaults are not the only category of crimes involving sex. According to officials in the tourism industry, a new and particularly exploitive type of prostitution is rearing its ugly head in areas frequented by visitors. Andrew Godoy, […]
