The corpse of a Nigerian resident of Belize was found floating in the sea this morning … and while his identity is no longer in question, the cause of his death remains a mystery. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports from the scene. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Around ten this morning, police received the report of a […]
He is on his way to a seat on the Supreme Court in the new year and in his final days as Chief Magistrate, Herbert Lord is digging deep into the lawbooks. Yesterday we reported on his fining of a recalcitrant witness for the seldom brought charge of Disobeying a Summons. Today he presided over […]
A young man who was convicted of Murder earlier this month has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Twenty-one year old Dionicio Salazar was found guilty of the June twenty-eighth, 2004 killing of Randy August. August was sitting on the banks of the Macal River in San Ignacio with his friend, Janelle Longsworth, when he was […]
On Tuesday’s newscast we quoted the pointed comments of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh as he criticized Commissioner of Police Gerald Westby, for his apparent disregard of a D.P.P. directive to arrest a constable Jesus Maroquin for murder. Today, Westby told News Five that he has never tolerated wrongdoing on the part of his officers. Gerald […]
‘Tis the season for Christmas parties and dinners and the Belize Defence Force is not immune to the festive epidemic. But unlike other events, today the soldiers at Price Barracks were served by some extremely over-qualified waiters in the form of Prime Minister Said Musa and Minister of Defence Cordel Hyde. Brigadier Gen. Lloyd Gillett, […]
And while we had the Prime Minister’s attention we took the opportunity to seek an update on the refinancing of our debt … along with some less urgent issues. Prime Minister Said Musa
And while on the subject of taking care of our health … amid widespread criticisms of the government’s purchase of Universal Health Services and its proposed amalgamation with the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, this afternoon Minister of Health Jose Coye announced that a task force has been appointed to make recommendations on how to proceed. […]
Since it opened in June 2005, Ready Call Centre has had its share of publicity, and not all of it has been good. But today, the company was in high spirits as it celebrated its relocation to a new headquarters. Ready Call left the cramped confines of its New Road location in November and transferred […]
It seems that at least once every year–often around this same time–we do a story on the deplorable state of Belize City’s streets. Here we go again … and from what News Five’s Janelle Chanona found downtown, things ain’t getting any better. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Incessant rains, holiday shoppers and everyday traffic have taken their […]
From downtown our cameras travelled north … only to find more broken pavement. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The Northern Highway has not looked this bad in a while and why it has remained in such a deplorable condition for so long is anybody
