Three months after Marion Jones admitted she took performance enhancing drugs, today a U.S. judge has ordered her to spend six months behind bars. Jones, with her husband Obadele Thompson at her side, appeared before Federal Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, New York this morning and was given the maximum sentence of six months […]
In news from Belize’s courtrooms, today two men appeared in the Magistrates’ Court to answer to charges of Grievous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm against a Sandhill man. The charges against nineteen year old Marlon Taylor and twenty-two year old Clifford Wade follow an incident on Tuesday in which twenty-six year old […]
Tonight another Belizean man is accused of conning gullible citizens out of their hard earned cash. According to police, two years ago, sixty-two year old Berisford Castillo was able to convince at least two people that, for a small amount cash, he could procure a U.S. visa for them. The first person to be duped […]
In December political parties and the police officially signed a code of ethics, promising among other things, to respect each other’s signs. But since then, billboards, posters and banners of both the People’s United Party and United Democratic Party have been defaced, destroyed, and even burnt. Today, four men accused of such vandalism appeared in […]
Rounding out our courtroom reports is word that when the new legal year starts next week, Supreme Court Justices will look a little different. According to a press release from the Registrar, “judges will no longer wear wigs in court and in presiding over all cases they will wear black robes with white shirts, wing […]
It was a busy day at the Social Security Board Belize City office as the fund officially signed a second set of contracts for healthcare under N.H.I. and responded to political accusations of improper service to contributors. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the details. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Three weeks after contracts between the Social Security […]
Voter registration is officially over and after more than a week of long lines, tonight employees of the Elections and Boundaries Department are now processing and validating those applications. This afternoon News Five’s Marion Ali sat down with Acting Chief Elections Officer, Ruth Meighan to find out more about this process. Ruth Meighan, Acting Chief […]
It’s the second largest income earner in terms of captured fisheries for Belize, but conch is also listed as an endangered species. And while Belize’s management plan for the marine product has been accepted by international regulators, the United States is now implementing measures to ensure that all countries harvesting conch are adhering to their […]
As we’ve often noted in this newscast, many organisations depend on charity contributions to make ends meet. Today two such groups received lifelines from a local foundation trying to make a difference. Kendra Griffith, Reporting This morning the LifeLine Foundation donated just under ten thousand dollars to two Belize City N.G.O.s. The Parents Association for […]
