It had been rumoured ever since the new government released a letter from the Venezuelan government asking what happened to a ten million U.S. dollar gift given to Belize just prior to the February seventh election. Today, under increasing pressure to account for the funds, former Prime Minister Said Musa finally came clean and admitted […]
The last few days in Belize City have not seen a homicide but that doesn’t mean the bullets have stopped flying. Two families escaped serious injuries Tuesday morning when a barrage of lead penetrated the walls of their houses, missing a three year old boy by inches. The gunshots rang out around seven-thirty on Haulze […]
A farmer from the Stann Creek district is tonight on remand at Hattieville Prison following a shooting incident last week in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. In a press release issued by the sanctuary’s co-manager, the Belize Audubon Society, on February twenty-sixth their rangers accompanied by police officers from Hopkins Village, conducted a joint patrol […]
The unidentified skeletal remains of a human have been unearthed off the Coastal Road. Details are in short supply but police report that acting on information brought to their attention, on Monday afternoon they visited a site between the road and Runaway Creek, where the decomposed body was discovered in a shallow grave. A post […]
A suspect has been arrested in the weekend rape of a San Ignacio woman. He is forty-three year Rolando Castillo of George Price Avenue in Santa Elena. The victim told police that at around two-thirty Sunday morning she got into what she thought was a taxi outside a nightclub. The driver, however, is alleged to […]
His nickname is “Possum” but tonight twenty-three year old prison inmate Kevin Dawson isn’t out of jail because he played dead; it’s because he pretended he was someone else. According to court reports, Dawson, who is serving a five year sentence for burglary, was to appear in court this morning on a charge of Drug […]
The new government has decided to continue the much appreciated practice of issuing a written press release following each session of Cabinet. In his first such briefing, Cabinet Secretary James Murphy reports that a team from the Ministry of Education has concluded a visit to Escuela Secondaria Mexico in the Corozal District, to assess a […]
And in what promises to be another regular feature of Belizean media life, the Prime Minister’s press secretary, Delroy Cuthkelvin, held the first of what he assured will be many press briefings. Although nothing of particular note was revealed today, Cuthkelvin did call on the press to be vigilant and help keep the government honest. […]
Following our story on shark feeding in the Blue Hole on Tuesday’s newscast, this afternoon, officials of the Forest Department told News Five that they are now planning to launch a public awareness campaign against the activity. According to Deputy Chief Forest Officer Marcelo Windsor, in a move similar to what happened following the publicity […]
Today the female complement of the Police Department made their presence felt during Women’s Week. The occasion was an award ceremony at the Police Training Academy in Belmopan where three women were recognised for their service to the Department. This was one occasion when Acting Commissioner, Maureen Leslie got the chance to mix humour with […]
In another event connected to Women’s Week today WIN Belize displayed a quilt and circulated an accompanying booklet entitled, Quilters: A weaving of the Women’s Movement in Belize”. The publication features eight women who played their part in the struggle for basic rights. Carolyn Reynolds, Executive Director, WIN Belize “Some of these women, one of […]
Health care is a subject never too far from the thoughts of most Belizeans. And while we recognize that in many critical areas the level of treatment available locally may be lacking, that system is supplemented by visiting specialists, often volunteers, who help fill the gap. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting It […]
