The effort by leaders of the Peoples’ United Party to expel Mark Espat has met with resistance, both at the grass roots level and among Espat’s colleagues in the House. Today Johnny Briceño, former deputy prime minister and current representative for the Orange Walk Central Division, released a strong statement in support of Espat which […]
While his opponents engage in the political equivalent of gang warfare, Prime Minister Dean Barrow was in Washington today for a meeting with U.S. President George Bush. Along with his fellow Caribbean Prime Ministers Hubert Ingraham of the Bahamas and David Thompson of Barbados, the three leaders engaged Bush on issues of trade, tourism and […]
A seventy-three year old man was targeted as he arrived home Tuesday night and beaten by two men as he entered his yard on Bradley’s Crescent in the Belama Phase Two area. The owner of Subway, Ron Boetel, recounted how it happened. Ron Boetel, Beaten and Robbed at Home “I got home about seven-fifteen and […]
Police have also made arrests in the Saturday night robbery of Galaxy Supermarket in Belama Phase Two. Twenty-six year old Deon Lord and twenty-two year old Clifton Flores were today charged in Magistrates’ Court with two counts of Robbery and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery. A third man, Cardinal Welch Myvette, who was detained at the […]
Two police constables accused of beating a prisoner were formally arraigned today. Alister Casey and John Myvette were charged with Wounding. They pled not guilty and were released on one thousand dollars bail. They will reappear on May seventh. The two cops are accused of beating Kevin “Possum” Dawson with clubs while he was being […]
Tourists from the cruise ship Norwegian Spirit experienced an unexpected Belizean adventure today when the bus they were traveling in ran into a pickup on the Western Highway. Around nine-thirty this morning Trans Tours was taking a number of passengers by bus to a cave tubing site when upon reaching mile two they collided into […]
The rain fell steadily this morning, but that did not hamper residents and tourists alike from getting an early start on the Easter vacation. When we dropped in at the marine terminal on North Front Street this morning, business was brisk and the Caye Caulker Water Taxi Association says their entire fleet of twenty-seven boats […]
While many Belize City residents are on the move this weekend, there is plenty going on right here in the old capital. News Five’s Marion Ali reports on one programme for kids now underway at the Bird’s Isle. Marion Ali, Reporting Today over twenty youths decided to face off in Belize City … on the […]
Fish on Good Friday. It’s a tradition that many Belizeans find hard to break … even when the prices go sky high. News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams went shopping Wednesday evening and found the capitalist system fully functioning. Carl Staine, Fishmonger “You noh si deh hard breeze yah? You know di licking man di tek out […]
Despite a cycling calendar that grows more crowded each year, this weekend’s race remains king, not only of cycling but all Belizean sporting events. News Five’s Janelle Chanona takes a look at its past and future. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Bright and early on Holy Saturday morning, the eightieth running of the Cross Country Cycling Classic […]
Due to the Easter holiday, there will be no newscast on Friday and Monday. The next news broadcast will be on Tuesday, March twenty-fifth.
