As Deputy Prime Minister as well as Minister of Natural Resources, Gaspar Vega occupies an extremely important position in government. But for his party’s first hundred days in power, he’s maintained a very low public profile. That image changed today, however, as Vega held a press conference to update the public on a number of […]
Following the threats by B.E.L. boss Stan Marshall that the company would be forced to implement blackouts if a rate increase wasn’t approved by the Public Utilities Commission, this afternoon P.U.C. Chairman John Avery went on the offensive. According to Avery, while BEL is making an aggressive case for a price hike, its premise appears […]
Danna Banner, the babysitter accused of causing the death of a two year-old girl in her care, was this afternoon charged with Manslaughter. Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb remanded Banner, a resident of Ladyville, after Prosecutor, Sergeant Ludwig Castillo, objected to bail. Castillo’s arguments were based on two points: that the offence is a heinous one […]
The post mortem on B.D.F. Lance Corporal Warren Cho reveals that he died from “acute pulmonary oedema due to paradigm bleeding of the right lung due to abdominal trauma and laceration”. In layman terms this means he died when his lungs filled with fluid after he went into shock from trauma to the abdomen. As […]
A woman from Belize City is dead following a traffic accident early this morning on the Northern Highway. News Five understands that twenty-eight year old Grace Bowen, of Croton Lane in Belize City, was driving to meet a sister in Corozal Town. However, she never made it when shortly after midnight her green Plymouth Voyager […]
Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with a Sunday night attack. This morning twenty-four year old Robert Jones, also known as “Black”, appeared in Magistrates’ Court where he was charged with Attempted Murder and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. Jones is alleged to be one of the men who knocked twenty-two […]
A man accused of rape was acquitted today after his victim refused to testify against him. When the now eighteen year old took the stand this morning she told the court that she wanted no further action in the case. Crown Counsel Tracy Sosa had no other evidence to offer so Justice Herbert Lord instructed […]
It wasn’t as epic a battle as that described by Hemmingway in “The Old Man and the Sea”, but the catch made this morning by a Belizean fisherman caused quite a stir at the Vernon Street Fish Market. The attraction was an over three hundred pound Jew Fish caught by veteran angler, Ruben Hughes. According […]
In case you haven’t noticed, the heat is on. And while that’s not necessarily the reason why News Five’s Marion Ali spent this morning at a swimming pool, it wasn’t a bad assignment. Marion Ali, Reporting While these students may appear to be banging hooky, they are in fact studying hard. For the past nine […]
When you think of music festivals, particularly on a holiday weekend in Belize, the idea of a gospel fest seldom comes to mind. But that’s exactly what All Saint’s Parish on Dunn Street in the city is trying for the second year in a row. The event, which takes place on May twenty-fourth, features an […]
The state of Belizean medical care, both public and private, has made great strides over the last decade, but there are some areas of advanced care, like cancer, for which patients must seek help abroad. And while that situation may persist well into the future, News Five’s Kendra Griffith discovered that there are steps we […]
Experts tell us that the problem of world food shortages has less to do with production than it does with distribution; that is, connecting the existing food with the people who need it. That difficulty is being demonstrated tonight in the Toledo District where entire fields of tasty and nutritious fruit are being left to […]
