More details are emerging regarding the accident that claimed the lives of Ralph Fonseca Junior and Ralph Balderamos on the Northern Highway Tuesday afternoon. Police report that the Prado, driven by Balderamos, was travelling south between miles fifty-one and fifty-two. Driving in the opposite direction was a pickup that was towing a trailer loaded with […]
Today police updated the media on a murder that was committed on September first in the Kontiki area of San Ignacio. On that day police found the bullet-riddled body of forty-seven year old taxi driver Leopold Austin Waight. Waight’s stolen vehicle was later recovered. Senior Superintendent of Police, David Henderson, says they have two suspects […]
Almost two years after they were accused of murder, today two Belize City men walked out of court free men. In January 2006, seventeen year old Alfred Tillett and twenty year old Albert Allen were arrested and charged for the killing of twenty five year old Bruce Cocom who was shot in the chest as […]
In crime news, three Ladyville residents have been remanded in connection with a burglary at the El Cas plaza on the Northern Highway. According to proprietor Manuel Rodriguez, sometime between the eighth and the ninth of September, a thief or thieves broke into his store and stole a safe, five thousand seven hundred dollars in […]
The statistics on HIV and AIDS for the second quarter of 2007 have been released and they do not make for happy reading. According to the report issued by the Ministry of Health there were one hundred and thirty-seven new cases of HIV infection recorded from April through June. This compares to seventy in the […]
Another side of the HIV equation, that of treatment for those infected also has its downside. It seems that while antiretroviral medication is available, it is not necessarily being used properly. Dr. Pedro Arriaga, Internist K.H.M.H. “We try to be as realistic as possible, we were not expecting hundred percent improvement. Some of the patients […]
Our story last night about a homeless man badly in need of medical care has raised several questions regarding government’s response to such cases. According to Director of Human Services Ava Pennil, dealing with adults poses unique challenges because they have the right to live as they please. Compounding that reality is the challenge of […]
Tonight the official September Celebrations activities continue with the Voice of the Bay competition. The event is being organized jointly by the Celebrations Committee and the Saint George’s Caye Day Society. This afternoon promoters for the show stopped by our studios to encourage the public to participate. Lincoln Gillett “Many of us might not be […]
A new Miss Belize will be crowned on Saturday but there’s more to the prestigious pageant than a single night of glamour. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has been keeping tabs on the event and reports that the competition is keen. Janelle Chanona, Reporting According to pageant organisers, the eight contestants vying for the crown of […]
It was an hour of solid entertainment last night as the four latest contenders in Ultimate KTV took the stage at the Bliss. Before they appeared, however, it was announced that Melonie Gillett of Burrell Boom received the most votes in the previous week’s competition. Melonie now moves on to the semi-finals joined so far […]
