Today in the Supreme Court, twenty year old Abdiel Sandoval was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars after he was found guilty of the attempted murder of his girlfriend, Tracy Donis, who was only sixteen years old at the time. The crime occurred in San Ignacio on September third, 2005. Sandoval reportedly slashed the young […]
Two years after thirty-seven year old Sergeant Leslie Wade was accused of raping a thirty year old woman police constable, today Wade walked out of the Supreme Court a free man. According to the woman, the rape occurred in the early morning of September twentieth, 2005, in the barracks of the Police Training School in […]
Sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning someone broke into the Belize Western Energy offices on Central American Boulevard and managed to cart away over sixteen thousand dollars worth of electronics and cash without being noticed. The burglars gained access into the gas company building by breaking a wooden door located on the side of […]
Twenty-one year old Robert McKenzie lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital with a gunshot injury to his left foot… and claims he does not know who shot him or why. McKenzie told Belize City police that around nine on Thursday night he and a friend were standing in his yard on Taylor’s Avenue when […]
On last night’s newscast we spoke to Minister of Health Jose Coye and learned that the nation’s expanded National Health Insurance coverage would be financed by the Ministry of Health, Social Security and the about-to-be-created Petroleum Fund. We also asked for an update on the situation with Universal Health Services. Coye said that two foreign […]
In business news, one of Belize’s most aggressive retail operations is about to change hands. Santino’s, founded twenty-two years ago by popular businessman Santino Castillo, will become the property of the Benny’s group of companies following stocktaking on September first. Price of the transaction has not been disclosed, but it has been confirmed that a […]
Scientists tell us that sea levels are rising due to global warming … but how do you measure the level of the sea if the land is also moving up and down? This week Belize became the sixth country in the Caribbean to install a device called a Continuously Operating Reference System, CORS. Located on […]
With each passing year the number and sophistication of Belize’s manufacturers and service providers seems to grow. And one way to keep tabs on that growth is an annual exhibition organised by the Belize Business Bureau and Beltraide. This morning, News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin received a pre-opening tour. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting When we entered the […]
The Costa Maya has a new Queen … and she will reign from her home in Belize. That’s right, the four day Costa Maya Festival 2007 kicked off last night on Ambergris Caye with the Reina de la Costa Maya pageant. Winning over contestants from Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras was Miss Belize, […]
