Derek Aikman has been released from the hospital and returned to his home. Aikman, who went missing for two days in what appears to be a bizarre kidnapping, was found Tuesday night on the Western Highway bound, gagged, and blindfolded with duct tape. Today I visited him at his residence on the Boom Road and […]
A new ruling by the Supreme Court means that the financial documents related to the government guaranteed Universal Health Services debt will be placed in the public domain within two weeks. This afternoon Justice Michelle Arana met with the attorneys in the case and all parties have agreed for disclosure of the relevant material by […]
Police say it was a longstanding family dispute that led to the senseless and brutal stabbing of three family members in the Cayo District. Investigations reveal that for some time forty-six year old Jose Herman Ochaeta, a woodworking instructor at C.E.T. San Ignacio, and the Lucero family, also of San Ignacio, have been feuding and […]
Belize City police have arrested the thirty-five year old mother of three they detained following Tuesday’s fire on Collet Canal. The woman, Salvadoran Mirna Nunez, has been charged with child neglect. Authorities say Nunez’s three, six, and seven year old children were left home alone in their apartment where it is alleged that they set […]
Police have launched a countrywide manhunt for an accused killer following the death of a Stann Creek district resident on Monday. According to police, forty-one year old Floyd Ogaldez of number thirty-three Oak Street in Dangriga is one of four men who police believe are responsible for the fatal stabbing of Steadfast villager, twenty-three year […]
Fifty-three Belizeans are winners tonight, all because they do business with ScotiaBank. This morning officials of the financial institution handed out cheques and vouchers to the lucky customers selected during separate promotional campaigns. The prizes ranged from Ipods and TVs to overnight stays at luxury resorts and cash. This morning News Five stopped by Scotia’s […]
And while some lucky ScotiaBank customers were feeling good about their winnings, all those Belizeans holding locally issued international Visa cards are feeling just the opposite. It seems that without much fanfare beginning a few months ago, VISA slapped a new one percent charge on all purchases made with its cards. The interesting part is […]
On Saturday, the much anticipated 2007 Pact Challenge gets underway. Fifteen challengers will be participating in what has been described as a gruelling but educational expedition. The event, organised by the Protected Areas Conservation Trust, will be held from June second to sixth. According to PACT’s executive director Valdemar Andrade, the idea of the challenge […]
For years there has been irrefutable proof that smoking, aside from being a bad habit, is also a certain path to premature death and disability. Yet, every year billions of dollars are spent on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Today, Belizean health officials announced plans to turn up the heat on smoking. Kendra Griffith, Reporting […]
It’s called the National Spelling Bee for the Deaf and while as a media event it’s no match for its big brother sponsored by Coca-Cola, the competition held this morning at the B.E.S. auditorium was no less important to the participants. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has more. Eleanor Enriquez Castillo, Coordinator, Special Education Unit “When […]
Cycling is among the most popular competitive sports in Belize, but as Janelle Chanona reports, the riders in this next story are peddling for neither fame nor fortune. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Around eleven-thirty this morning more than fifty cyclists rode into the Social Security Board compound after completing the eighty mile journey from Corozal to […]
