“Mr. Musa was defamed.” Those were the words of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh this morning as he handed down his judgement in the case of the Prime Minister versus The Reporter’s Publisher Harry Lawrence. Conteh said that Lawrence’s attorney Dean Barrow “failed to prove the truth of the words set out” in the editorial of […]
Still on the subject of politics, this weekend village council elections will continue countrywide. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, efforts by both the United Democratic Party and the People’s United Party have pushed one race into the national spotlight. Janelle Chanona, Reporting On Sunday April first, more than four thousand people living between […]
Five days ago, Belize City was rocked by the news of four violent deaths in less than twelve hours. In one of those cases, two police officers actually witnessed the execution style killing of a man and woman. The victims were laid to rest today and tonight family members of the deceased are comforted by […]
Orange Walk police are tonight asking the public for assistance in locating the killer or killers of an Indian Church Villager. According to police, around eight on Thursday morning cops visited the home of forty-four year old Orlando Castillo and found the owner lying on the floor with chop wounds to the head and body. […]
A man convicted of attempting to rape a teenaged boy has been sentenced to four years in jail. According to court reports, today Justice Adolph Lucas sentenced thirty-six year old Trevor Henry to spend the next four years behind bars. On March twenty-first a jury found Henry guilty of attempting to commit an unnatural crime […]
This week, more than a hundred people were officially sworn in as citizens of Belize. According to a press release from the Immigration Department, the one hundred and twelve men, women and children are originally from places like Bulgaria, Russia, Guatemala, and Jamaica. In his capacity as Commissioner of the Supreme Court, Winston Smiling administered […]
El Carromato and NADA: they are two seldom heard of organisations, but as News Five’s Kendra Griffith found out today, both are working for the development of the arts, specifically theatre. Tito Estrada “To make people access and enjoy theatre, that’s the main one.” Kendra Griffith, Reporting El Carromato, or Crazy Car, is a Swedish […]
Child stimulation month officially came to an end this morning with a rally at the Belize City Centre. The tots were entertained by their peers and Ozzie the clown. According to Education Officer Margaret Williams, the event was designed to provide positive and stimulating entertainment for the young students. Similar activities were held countrywide. Child […]
In December 2006, the Belize Bank launched its new debit card as a form of payment for its more than forty thousand clients countrywide. As a promotion, cardholders had the chance of winning thousands of dollars in a raffle. Today the lucky names were drawn at the Belize Bank headquarters in downtown Belize City. According […]
This weekend, the Vista Dance Company, under the direction of Sistie Fairweather-Harmes, will hold their annual Easter Recital. According to Harmes, the show is perfect family entertainment. Sistie Fairweather-Harmes, Director, Vista Dance Group “It’s our tenth anniversary and all the little darlings who started to dance when they are three years old, they are now […]
Last June, the Anglican diocese of Belize launched a pilot project in one high school and seven primary institutions to incorporate an HIV/AIDS education programme into their curriculum. Today News Five’s Kendra Griffith received a status report from administrators. Kendra Griffith, Reporting This morning teachers from seven Anglican institutions were getting schooled in HIV as […]
Field trips are regular events in the school year, but tonight we’ll introduce you to a group of students that have travelled across the Caribbean Sea to get a better grade. News Five’s Janelle Chanona explains. Janelle Chanona, Reporting On Thursday, twenty-nine students and four of their teachers from Turks and Caicos arrived in Belize […]
