The charges may or may not stick but tonight, less than a week after one person was killed and eleven others wounded by a hand grenade, two men are behind bars awaiting trial for murder. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from Magistrates’ Court. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon sixteen year old Akeem Smith and his […]
Less than a day after police destroyed a year’s worth of illegal weapons, thieves managed to restore a treasure trove of firepower to the streets. Police say sometime between eight on Wednesday night and eight Thursday morning someone entered William Quan Store at the corner of Albert and Orange Streets and removed a total of […]
Thieves were also busy in Bella Vista Village on Wednesday night when they visited a banana farm. But instead of fruit, their target was several hundred feet of copper wire installed in a cafeteria on farms twenty one and twenty-two, owned by Alvarado Murray. Independence police recovered the stolen metal on Thursday at the home […]
In mid-April, Senior Superintendent Chester Williams filed for and received permission from Justice Samuel Awich for judicial review of his transfer to a desk job in Belmopan. But after the matter was struck out earlier this week on a technicality, today Williams and his attorney, Elson Kaseke, went back to re-submit the application. Following in-chamber […]
In response to comments made by Public Utilities Commission Chairman John Avery on our newscast on Thursday, Belize Electricity Limited has issued a statement disputing the P.U.C.’s position. According to the press release, “B.E.L. clarifies that all decisions and actions it has taken with respect to the Mollejon transmission line and the dispatch of power […]
Yesterday we reported from the Toledo District on an overabundance of pineapples that are, as I speak, rotting in the fields. Tonight, a bit further south, it’s a different story. This time it’s rice but instead of too much, the problem is too little. Fifteen years ago Toledo was the nation’s major supplier of rice […]
The dry season may make us uncomfortable with heat and dust but that weather is a blessing for public works projects. And while they were a little slow off the mark, the Belize City Council is trying to make up for lost time … as News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting The aesthetics […]
And while most people agree that paving streets is what City Councils are supposed to do, the cynical among us see the early stirrings of next year’s municipal election campaign. This week’s edition of the Guardian Newspaper is already inviting people to submit nominations for the posts of mayor and city councilors in what promises […]
This week approximately twenty-seven conservationists from around the world made their way to La Milpa Field Station in Orange Walk for a symposium on “Financial Sustainability of Private Protected Areas.” According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the World Land Trust, the gathering allows the men and women to share ideas […]
The crisis appears to have passed but at this time yesterday almost two dozen Belizeans were literally in fear for their lives. Janelle Chanona has the alarming story. Maria Ack, Certified Dialysis Nurse “I don’t know, it’s just so frustrating right now.” Janelle Chanona, Reporting When the Government changed in February, free dialysis care was […]
Due to the Commonwealth Day holiday, the next news broadcast will be on Tuesday, May twenty-seventh.
