The case of the crown versus Ben Bou-Nahra is back in the headlines tonight as in one of his final acts, Director of Public Prosecutions Kirk Anderson has upped the charge of manslaughter to murder. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting An arrest warrant has been issued for Belize City businessman Ben Bou-Nahra […]
The sale of the City Council Pound Yard compound was a hot news item leading up to municipal elections in March. And today, the elected members of the United Democratic Party council began to feel the heat of that reality. Because as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, the owner, Belize City businessman Arun Hotchandani, is […]
And while the City Council is trying to sort out its property issues, this afternoon Mayor Zenaida Moya took the opportunity to discuss the garbage situation plaguing the old capital. Moya says while sting operations have resulted in three people being issued garbage tickets, the city wide problem persists. Zenaida Moya, Mayor, Belize City Council
A traffic accident on the Western Highway this afternoon has resulted in the death a teenager. Police reports are that around one thirty today, thirty-nine year old Felipe Flores was driving his pickup towards Belize City but between mile thirty-seven and thirty-eight, he knocked down a boy. Flores says the child stepped from behind a […]
He controls chaos on a daily basis and for his years of dedicated service, this month the Belize City Council is honouring one of its own as Employee of the Year. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the past four and a half years, forty year old traffic officer Frank Foster has […]
For sports fans, the New Year’s Day Cycling Classic kicks off the year’s calendar of races. The 2007 edition promises to attract more than a hundred elite, female and junior riders, and in an attempt to keep things organized on the road, coordinators have colluded with the Belize Police Department to shut down the Northern […]
In December 2005, we met a young girl from the Cayo district whose heroism touched our lives. Then thirteen, Jessica Garcia braved the raging flames of a home fire to save her four younger siblings. Following our news story, we were happy to acknowledge the outpouring of support from the community. But one year later, […]
Under the Prevention of Corruption in Public Life Act, the Integrity Commission was appointed to review the declared income, assets and liabilities of elected officials. But since the first members were appointed, their reports have received little or no attention. And as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, today the Senate called on central government to […]
