Violence and Belize City have come to be synonymous words and that reputation was bolstered again this weekend as the old capital was the scene of yet another fatal shooting. And as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, the victim is no stranger to the harsh reality of our times. Marion Ali, Reporting Thirty-five year old […]
In late February we reported the vicious murder of twenty-two year old Mirna Sanabria, who was shot and killed while clutching her seven month old baby. But exactly two months after her death, authorities have arrested and charged one of the men they believe were involved in the homicide. Twenty year old Cotton Tree villager […]
A head on collision on the Boom/Hattieville Road on Sunday evening resulted in the loss of one life. Reports to News Five are that thirty-two year old Sergio Gongora was driving towards Fresh Pond around six thirty when his silver Hyundai crashed into a Ford Ranger headed in the opposite direction. Gongora, whose family owns […]
Details are still sketchy but it appears tonight that an argument between brothers led to an act of arson in Bladen Village on Friday. According to police reports, thirty-six year old Marcus Bah and his family left their home around five in the morning to spend the day in Dangriga. But Bah says when he […]
An accused rapist from the states living in the Stann Creek district has been expelled from Belize. According to local authorities, Dennis Wayne Fleming was charged with Rape in Oregon in 2001 and put on supervised release. Some time later, Fleming relocated to Belize and had been living at mile seventeen on the Stann Creek […]
A Cayo bartender is tonight accused of orchestrating a con to steal thousands of dollars from an exclusive hotel in the Stann Creek district. According to Roberto Fabbri, manager of Kanantik Reef and Jungle Resort, last Thursday he found out that six company cheques were missing from the Belize Bank cheque book. When bank officials […]
On Friday, he led Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in the House of Representatives, but today Johnny Briceño is actively preparing to face off with the U.D.P. in the 2009 municipal elections. According to Briceño, the idea now is to organise new constituency teams in all divisions to support the fresh faces that will offer themselves […]
It doesn’t come as a much of a surprise but according to the Public Utilities Commission, the public’s response to Belize Electricity Limited’s request for a rate increase is a big fat “No!”. According to a press release issued by the P.U.C., three hundred and fifty written comments were sent in as part of the […]
On Saturday afternoon Orange Walk town was a blaze of colour and steeped in music as marching bands and drum corps from across the country gathered to participate in Band Fest 2008. In all, ten schools lined up for a parade through the streets to compete in two categories: wind instruments and drums. Here are […]
It was full house at the Belize City Centre on Saturday night as six contestants vied for the coveted title of Miss Y 2008. In the end, it was sixty year old Joyce Flowers who walked away with the crown. News Five’s Rick Romero was in the audience and has highlights of the show. [Montage […]
Rounding out entertainment news tonight is the Cuban story of hip hop. “InVentos Hip Hop Cubano” is an award winning, medium length documentary by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi that chronicles how Cuban youth have used the popular music genre to express themselves and make it their own by injecting “Latin flavours, culture and politics”. The film made […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley, this is Sports Monday. The tension inside the Michael Ashcroft Stadium for game two of the three game Super League Championship series between Benque DC United and the host team Texmar Boys is as thick as a well made cow foot soup going into game time. Facing a one game […]
Over the years we have consistently received comments from viewers/readers expressing their difficulty with our transcriptions of certain quotes in stories in which the speakers use Kriol. The common complaint is that such transcriptions are difficult—of not impossible—to read. The other side is that putting broad Kriol into proper English destroys all the flavour of […]
