The long simmering conflict between the police and Director of Public Prosecutions has once again boiled over. Credible reports reaching News Five indicate that a Police Internal Affairs investigation of alleged brutality against a murder suspect in Dangriga has resulted in a memo from the Director of Public Prosecutions instructing the Police Department to arrest […]
The man at the wheel of a pick-up truck involved in a fatal accident in Toledo has been hit with a mountain of criminal charges. Fifty-two year old Ignacio Avila of Belmopan yesterday was charged with Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless Conduct, Driving a Motor Vehicle Without Due Care and Attention, Driving a […]
Two men accused in separate robberies have been arraigned in Belize City Magistrate’s Court. In the first case, eighteen year old Leon Yorke pleaded not guilty to Robbery, Resisting Arrest, Assaulting a Police Officer and two counts of Aggravated Assault this morning before Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Yorke was granted bail in the sum of four […]
If somebody told you that government was passing out cash, you’d probably laugh … and think that an election was coming. And if they told you the office passing out the blue notes was the Tax Department you’d likely go into cardiac arrest from shock. Well get ready for the ambulance because, according to News […]
Operating from its new digs in the capital city, the United States Embassy announced today that it issued its first visa from the new location on Monday. And the recipients couldn’t be more deserving. According to a press release issued today, Ambassador Robert Dieter presented Belize City residents Alta Casares and her infant son Angel […]
Today another Belize City High School took to the streets … not in any political protest but to show its commitment to staying drug free. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting These young men and women of Edward P. Yorke High School may be drug free but that did not stop the students from spreading the word against […]
With some four thousand Belizeans living with HIV and at least one new infection reported daily it’s more than clear that dealing with the AIDS pandemic should be one of the nation’s highest priorities. Today the Ministry of Health launched a campaign to have as many people as possible learn their HIV status. News Five’s […]
It’s that time of year when Belizeans are in the mood for entertainment … and while the fare for Christmas 2006 ranges from ballet to fashion shows, there’s nothing like an original play at the Bliss. Janelle Chanona has a preview. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Beginning on Thursday night
