Murder number forty-four for 2008 was recorded this afternoon in Belize City. Around one-thirty police discovered the body of forty-four year old Cyril Coleman floating in the harbour near the Baron Bliss Lighthouse. The corpse had a deep cut wound to the left side of the throat and cops are now trying to decipher who […]
As we reported in Tuesday’s newscast, Telemedia was ordered to pay four point six million dollars in business tax for the months of February and March and the Government is pressing ahead to collect taxes for April and May. But this afternoon in an unprecedented move, Belize Telemedia Limited fired back with a detailed missive […]
One day after police found the body of forty-five year old Dorla Pitterson in Sand Hill Village, police have arrested and charged thirty year old Orlando Wade with the Murder. Wade, who was found hiding inside the attic of his family’s home in SandHill, was detained for questioning soon after the killing. Police tell News […]
There are two allegations of carnal knowledge coming out of the Cayo District tonight. The first involves a fourteen year old Esperanza Village resident who alleges that a father and son had sex with her. According to the teen, who is now pregnant, the encounters occurred between October and December 2007. As a result, police […]
Belize City police are investigating a burglary that occurred at a home in Driftwood Bay between nine Monday night and six-thirty Tuesday morning. According to forty-four year old Joycelyn Codd, someone entered her home on Seashore Drive through a window on the second floor. The thief or thieves made off with over four thousand dollars […]
A joy ride on the Western Highway in the vicinity of Camalote Village in the Cayo District almost turned fatal for a private security guard of the Anchor Company in Belmopan. Reports are that around one-thirty this morning, twenty-six year old Carlos Baizar was travelling on the highway with his sister in the passenger seat […]
In ceremonies this afternoon the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital was certified as the first Baby Friendly Hospital in the country. This means that the institution encourages new mothers to breastfeed and seeks to improve the care of pregnant women, mothers, and newborns. Maternal and Child Health Technical Advisor Dr. Natalia Largaespada Beer told News Five […]
The Government of Brazil has stepped up to the plate to assist victims of Tropical Storm Arthur. Through its representative in Belize, Ambassador Roberto Coutinho, the country is generously donating twenty-three tons of food valuing one hundred thousand dollars. The fourteen hundred baskets of food will be handed over to NEMO and will provide the […]
This afternoon Minister of Health Pablo Marin, flanked by his C.E.O. and Directors of Health Services, presented his ministry’s report card of activities and projects since taking office in February. According to Marin, his government’s vision is for a health system in which Belizeans have access to efficient and affordable health care. As such, G.O.B. […]
For fifty years, Stella Maris School has been providing support to children with various disabilities. To celebrate that Golden Jubilee and its achievements, the school is hosting a week of activities, one of which is being held tonight. The ceremony, says school Principal Joy Westby, is to recognise those who have contributed to the success […]
The Y.W.C.A. has received another grant from the E.U., but if you’re assuming that the organisation now has a lot of money, think again. News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams was on hand for the handing over this morning and found that the Y is still in need of counterpart funding. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Today was a […]
