After refusing to comment on severed ties, tonight word out of Belmopan is that the Attorney General has had to step in and patch up things between the Office of the Director Public Prosecutions and the Police Department. A government press release this afternoon, says that following a conversation between A.G. Francis Fonseca and Kirk […]
But while the D.P.P. and the Police Department have apparently come to a truce, Kirk Anderson is locked in another battle, this time of a more personal nature. Director of Public Prosecutions Kirk Anderson and Prosecutor Kamar Henry have been prominently featured in the Reporter newspaper two weeks in a row … and not in […]
A teacher from the Cayo district has been found dead in his home, the victim of an apparent crime of passion. According to San Ignacio police, on Thursday afternoon, concerned neighbours asked them to check on forty-five year old Timothy Matheny because they hadn’t seen him for several days. Cops say when they got into […]
Search and rescue efforts for a tourist missing at sea ended this morning when his corpse was pulled from the water. According to police reports, fifty-six year old Greg Maclennan fell over board around six on Thursday evening. According to boat captain Hector Allen, earlier that day Maclennan, his brother and a friend hired him […]
The controversy between the Belize City Council and its sanitation contractors might have reduced from boiling to simmer, but tonight one employee says he and his co-workers are being told to keep their mouths shut … or else. Sydney Forbes, Sanitation Worker, S.E.L. ?They fire me over a shirt, over the S.E.L. shirt. Yes, now […]
Belize has always boasted a high percentage of literacy in its population. But as many teachers will tell you, we can always do better. News Five’s Alyssa Noble reports on one initiative to do just that. Alyssa Noble, Reporting While students were at home relishing the last days of summer vacation, their teachers were hard […]
Hit and run accidents are committed with frightening frequency in Belize, but tonight one mother is refusing to let the driver who hurt her daughter get away with the crime. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting ?Why do you strongly believe that this is the person who hit your daughter?? Floreth Requena, Mother ?I don?t think that this […]
In response to rising rates of crime and violence, one newly formed association has launched a country wide awareness campaign. According to Dr. Leopold Miller, Chairman of the National Anti-Crime Association of Belize, on Saturday the B.T.L. park in Belize City will be the venue of the organization’s first anti-crime awareness day. Miller says the […]
The Southern Regional Hospital has received a much welcomed boost to its resources today, courtesy the Rotary Club of Dangriga. During brief ceremonies today Club President Brian Cullerton handed over the keys for a 1999 Ford F-350 ambulance to hospital administrator Bernadette Nicholson. The vehicle will be stationed in Dangriga to bolster service to the […]
Beauty pageants are as Belizean as rice and beans, but next weekend, one such show is out to break away from tradition and start a whole new trend. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Next Friday night, the Belizean pageant scene will never be the same as six Belize City women will vie […]
