Belize Electricity Limited has been making its case for months—first with a special application and shortly afterward under its annual rate review—that skyrocketing oil prices have necessitated an increase in electricity rates. On both occasions the Public Utilities Commission has stood steadfast against the requests. It’s not clear how much of the P.U.C.’s attitude was […]
The case of the Financial Intelligence Unit versus the Belize Bank and its President, Philip Johnson, was once again adjourned, this time until the next Director of Public Prosecutions decides exactly where the matter will be tried. The case involves seventy-nine counts allegedly committed by the bank in failing to report what the F.I.U. calls […]
A twenty-two year old student will not be able to sit exams because he is recuperating from injuries suffered when he was knocked down and shot. The assault reportedly occurred shortly after seven Sunday night when two men, who were in a white Jeep Cherokee, chased Grant on his bicycle on Vernon Street from Lakeview […]
Police are tonight reporting that they have one person detained for questioning and are looking for another in connection with Sunday night’s grenade attack on Mayflower Street. According to the Crimes Investigation Branch, Kareem Smith was brought in by the C.Y.D.P. on Tuesday and is currently in custody. In the meantime, police are on the […]
A young man from the Corozal District has died, apparently of drowning. Police report that seventeen year old Hilmar Lino of Progresso Village and four others went fishing Tuesday evening in Progresso Lagoon. Their canoe capsized, however, and all five were thrown into the water. While four of the men, including two of Hilmar’s brothers […]
Every year or so the police publicly dispose of all the crime related firearms they have confiscated in the course of their work. And while criminals don’t seem to have much trouble finding equally lethal replacements, the annual exercise at least gives us an indication of what kind of weaponry is out there. News Five’s […]
Accusations of police brutality are commonplace on this newscast, but tonight there is a particularly serious allegation coming out of Dangriga. Among the list of crimes in this morning’s police blotter was a small paragraph on the arrest of thirty year old taxi driver, Rhold Henry, for the crimes of Aggravated Assault, Threat of Death, […]
There are serious doubts regarding his innocence of a major burglary in San Pedro, but there are perhaps more troubling questions over how police handled his detention. In addition to facing criminal charges, twenty-five year old Nigel Peters is also sporting the face of a boxer who went twelve rounds with Mike Tyson. Peters, a […]
As I speak, insurance companies and agents are gathering at the Belize Biltmore Plaza. The occasion is the launch of their newest body, The Insurance Institute of Belize. This afternoon Chair of the institute’s Steering Committee, Sandra McKay, told News Five why it’s important. Sandra McKay, Chair, IIBZ Steering Committee “We already have an Organization […]
The World Food Program estimates that every day around fifty-nine million children go to school hungry. While the increase in the number of feeding programmes in Belize has greatly assisted our own needy students, on Thursday one local organisation will be walking in Belmopan to raise awareness of child hunger around the world. According to […]
