Public hearings of the Commission of Inquiry investigating the affairs of the Development Finance Corporation have been postponed until next week due to legal concerns. According to Co-Chair Merlene Bailey Martinez, the commission has decided to delay proceedings to give witnesses the right to review the relevant material before the questioning resumes. Merlene Bailey Martinez, […]
A reward has been posted to help find the killer of Richard Hulse. The sum of five thousand dollars has been offered by the Belize Independent Media Association along with a thousand dollars from Crimestoppers, who will also facilitate the confidential payment of the funds. Hulse, a freelance court reporter who has worked for most […]
The murder case may be ten months old, but persistent investigation by police have finally led to an arrest. Corozal police strongly believe this man, identified as twenty-two year old Darwin Salazar, is the person who repeatedly stabbed Adonai Espat at the Santa Rita Ruins in the Corozal District. Today he was charged with murder.
A female tourist on vacation in San Pedro was reportedly raped as the young woman made her way back to her apartment. According to police, the victim told them that around eleven-thirty on Saturday night upon reaching the residence she saw a group of men drinking on the porch, who, she recognised as the persons […]
Four days after twenty-two year old Dison Ezer Diaz was fatally stabbed, San Pedro police have arrested and charged the young man they believe inflicted the wound. Seventeen year old Pedro Andres Cal is the man authorities strongly suspect was involved in the fatal fight with Diaz after socializing with friends in the D.F.C. area. […]
A Belize City teenager is tonight behind bars, accused of stealing a laptop. According to court reports, Errol Gentle of More Tomorrow Village was walking on Neal’s Penn Road around five last Thursday evening when two young men armed with a handgun held him up. The minors demanded Gentle’s silver Dell laptop computer. When the […]
Tonight Belize City police are applauding residents of a Belize City neighbourhood who helped them catch two burglars in the act. It all unfolded inside the residence of Gary Yearwood on Electric Avenue around four on Tuesday evening. Police report that they responded to a call that a burglary was in progress. When a team […]
In last night’s newscast we hinted that the year end statistics released by the Belize Tourism Board may have been shaped by a certain amount of wishful thinking. For example, a figure was presented showing a four point five percent increase in total tourist arrivals. What we weren’t told, however, is that arrivals at the […]
The ancient Maya site of El Pilar near Bullet Tree Village may not boast the tallest buildings or most valuable artefacts but as a continuing source of education for Belizeans the place is definitely on top. News Five Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning Standard Three students participated in the launch of a […]
It may be called a hospital, but the place known as Rockview has never been high on the health system’s list of priorities. Today, however, some people who care lended a much needed hand. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Plans are well underway to finally relocate patients from the Rockview Psychiatric Hospital at mile twenty-one on the […]
For most people-journalists included-the less said about dentists the better. That’s why I was in no hurry to claim this story. News Five Kendra Griffith has more. Steve Acuff, President, Project Smile “We have four dentists and four dental hygienists, a total of eight. In this clinic we have seven stations, seven operatories running at […]
