Belize boasts a growing corps of media workers … but despite its steady expansion over the last decade the number of journalists, editors, cameramen and other technicians is still small enough to fit on a single bus. Tonight unfortunately, one long-time member of that crew, instead of covering the story, is its subject. Jacqueline Godwin, […]
Tonight, Orange Walk police are asking the public’s help in finding a man in connection with the rape of a thirteen year old girl. He is Jason Audinette Bull. According to what the victim told police, around four on Monday evening, the minor left home on an errand for her mother, when she was pulled […]
A Belize City Police officer stands accused of being a criminal. Thirty-five year old P.C. Osborne Arzu was today brought before Magistrate Roberto Ordonez, where he was charged with the crime of Handling Stolen Goods. On July second of this year, Walter Westby reported to the Criminal Investigations Branch that his 1985 Honda motorcycle had […]
One man has been charged in connection with the armed jacking of Chinese grocer, Ming Xian Wu. Nineteen year old, Delroy Matura today appeared before Magistrate Kathleen Lewis and has been charged with Robbery. On Monday, Ming, owner of Zheng Shop on Jane Usher Boulevard, reported to police that while she was at her store, […]
The police department is maintaining the right to stay silent tonight following reports that the Director of Public Prosecutions has ceased its practice of reviewing case files and recommending appropriate charges. Via telephone this afternoon, Commissioner Gerald Westby told News Five he is not prepared to make any statement or comment regarding relations with the […]
It is a controversy that is anything but simple, involving high stakes contracts, complex legal interpretations and, of course, no end of political intrigue. But for the sanitation workers affected by the Belize City Council’s financial crunch it all boils down to one word: money. B.M.L. Sanitation Workers ?They talk about no money, that?s all […]
It started late and ended early but day six of the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation made for just under two hours of gripping testimony. The continued questioning of Credit and Projects Manager Franklin Magloire delved deeper in the corporation’s long list of bad loans with little or no collateral. According to […]
She has been in Canada for a week, first attending a seminar for Caribbean journalists and over the last three days reporting from the International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Tonight News Five’s Kendra Griffith offers some details on one very tangible result for the region coming out of the conference. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The challenge […]
The hardwood may not be in quite the shape it used to, but the boards at Bird’s Isle were buzzing today, to the rhythm of basketballs. News Five’s Alyssa Noble reports. Alyssa Noble, Reporting It?s the dream of many kids … to one day become an N.B.A. star. But for the moment, the boys and […]
