For the last three weeks there has been relative peace along the banks of the Haulover Creek after several court judgments ordered that the walls at the Fort Street Tourism Village should come down and the boardwalk should remain intact. But that all changed today when the F.S.T.V. emerged from the Court of Appeal victorious […]
The Supreme Court calendar is chock full of cases involving Belize Bank and the Belize Telemedia Limited. And this morning two different matters landed before the Chief Justice, one regarding the dispute between Market Square and the Income Tax department over back taxes…and a second case about those millions from Venezuela. The substantive issues are […]
Three separate reports of molestation of young girls have resulted in the detention of two men and the arrest of a third. The youngest complainant, who is only seven years old, has reported that on May twenty-fourth she was at her aunt’s house when her uncle called her into a room and pushed his hands […]
A Stann Creek District driver has also been charged in connection with last week’s fatal traffic accident on the Southern Highway. Investigators have determined that twenty-four year old truck driver Carlos Lopez must answer to charges of Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless Conduct and Driving a Motor Vehicle without Due Care and Attention. […]
As we go to air tonight, Cabinet is yet to make an official release but word to our newsroom is that dramatic increases in the prices of flour and bread have been approved. Effective tomorrow, the price of bread is expected to go up by twenty-five cents with the promise of an additional twenty-five cents […]
Tonight Police are trying to piece together what appears to be a case of kidnapping, robbery and murder which occurred on Monday evening on a feeder road two miles into the Coastal Highway. And as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, the details are gruesome. Marion Ali, Reporting Investigations could offer very little information to the […]
In these tough economic times, Belize’s educational institutions find it hard to get the equipment they need. But efforts to provide for students are made even more difficult when school property is vandalized or stolen. But today one such school which has repeatedly suffered the hardships of a break-in received welcomed reprieve. News Five’s Kendra […]
Another Belize City school was also a lucky recipient of much needed assistance today, thanks to the LifeLine Foundation. According to Director Kim Simpliss, Calvary Temple is one of the first schools the organisation decided to adopt. This morning Simpliss told News Five that the fourteen thousand dollar gift will be used to bolster the […]
Every year the performance of students in the Primary School Examinations are scrutinized by experts for academic gaps. But every year the education system also pays homage to those students who excel under pressure. And that is exactly what News Five’s Kendra Griffith witnessed in Belmopan this afternoon. Kendra Griffith, Reporting It was standing room […]
