Controversy between the students of the University of Belize and its board of management moved from Belmopan to the streets of Belize City. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the details from this afternoon’s protest rally. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Escorted by members of the Belize Police Department, this afternoon a small but determined group of University […]
Former Social Security Chief Narda Garcia received another judicial setback today when Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh declined to allow her leave to appeal his earlier decision not to grant judicial review. Garcia’s earlier request to have the court review and quash the report of the Senate Select Committee investigating actions of the Social Security Board, […]
A man charged with molesting a ten year old girl has been acquitted. The case against forty-nine year old Hilberto Perez fell apart when a witness presented a solid alibi for the accused. Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord also cited other inconsistencies in the prosecution’s evidence. While Perez was acquitted on the charge of Aggravated Assault […]
A bus accident in the Stann Creek District has left a little girl dead. According to Independence police, around four thirty on Tuesday, four year old Shaneke Ramclam was run over by a James Bus, driven at the time by thirty-six year old Liston Parham. In his report to cops, Parham said he only realized […]
Following a stabbing incident in Belize City over the weekend, police have arrested and charged two men for the crime. Seventeen year old Anibal Lemus and eighteen year old Maricio Lemus, brothers from Banak Street, have been charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. The duo were detained following […]
The Ministry of Education has announced Belize’s top performer in the most recent C.X.C. exams. He is Ian Lizarraga of St. John’s College. Lizarraga obtained ten grade ones at the general proficiency level and two grade twos. He also won individual subject awards in three categories. The second highest scorer was Aimee Flores of St. […]
As access to medicine and treatment options increase, experts leading the fight against HIV and AIDS are working hard to simultaneously promote prevention measures to the general public. According to Rodel Beltran Perrera, Executive Director of Alliance Against AIDS, while Belize must begin to implement social support systems for persons living with the deadly disease, […]
Those public education campaigns about HIV and AIDS that we referred to earlier in the newscast often include the fact that many of the people living with the deadly disease are the working class. But tonight we investigate how the pandemic is affecting some of our most vulnerable citizens: our children. Rana Flowers, Unicef Country […]
Last week, the Salvation Army of Belize launched its annual Kettle Appeal to help raise money to purchase toys for needy children. Today the Belize Rotary Club has also decided to get a head start on its drive to collect playthings for the less fortunate. Today we caught up with Rotarian Eddie Bouloy at one […]
