It is big news in financial circles and today Glen Smith, Country Manager of FirstCaribbean International Bank, appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie to answer to one hundred and thirteen offences against the bank for failure to report suspicious money transactions between the period of 2001 and 2005. The bank was charged earlier this month […]
The relatively short lull in gun violence in Belize City’s streets was broken Monday morning with the murder of twenty-four year old Robert Jones. Add to that the last night’s shooting of Leon Garcia and police’s worst fears for a resurgence of street warfare have been confirmed. As Marion Ali reports, while police could not […]
In a crime of a different nature, a Punta Gorda man took his own life over the weekend after he was literally caught with his pants down. The man, Pablo Ack, a laborer from the village of San Miguel, died after he consumed a quantity of the herbicide called gramaxzone. Ack lived long enough to […]
A bus driver from the village of Cristo Rey in the Corozal District, appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning and was charged with Uncustomed Goods for vegetables found in his vehicle. He is twenty year old Jose Quintero who was slapped with the charge of reckless possession of eleven thousand, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars […]
In other news from Magistrates’ Court, a woman is facing a charge of Arson after allegedly setting fire to a plywood house. Thirty-two year old Hilda Locario, a resident of Tibruce Street, is accused of torching the house belonging to her ex common-law husband, twenty-three year old Herbert Bodden. In court this morning, the woman […]
Thirty-five year old Calvin Bailey appeared in the Magistrates’ court this morning to answer a lesser charge of burglary. He is accused as one of two culprits involved in a burglary on East Collet Canal on July sixteenth. The complainant, thirty year old Maria Teresa Lara reported to the police that she was alone in […]
In a clarification to a news report last night involving Jiovanni Lauriano, the photograph shown as Lauriano was in fact Giovanni Saldano.
They are recognised for their excellent health care system and education in this hemisphere and true to this, in Belize their doctors and nurses have been toiling in villages, towns and cities across the country. This week, a Cuban delegation is in Belize to move the relations forward. The meeting of the eleventh session of […]
There is a changing of the guard at the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville. Kolbe Foundation, which has been administering the prison, announced today that Chief Executive Officer, Marlon Skeen, has resigned his post to pursue other interests. In bidding farewell to Skeen, Kolbe recalled Skeen’s years of service and his positive influence on the […]
A major music concert is soon to take place in Pasadena, California that will be televised on CBS and two Belizean artists have been invited to take part in the event by internationally renown producer, Kashif. Accompanied by Jamaican producer Charles Mclean, the two Belizeans stopped by our studio to tell us about the concert […]
The Salvation Army today honored one of its most dedicated members for his years of good service to the organisation and for his positive contributions to the community. He is Edgar “Bally” Gegg, a prominent businessman and the former proprietor of Vogue Store which subsequently evolved into Marelco. News Five spoke to both Gegg and […]
Last week we reported of disruptions to traffic on certain sections of Albert Street, while there is little sign of improvement, the Belize City Council today informs of further closures on both Albert and Regent Streets. According to the City Council, both arteries in the downtown area will be closed again to vehicular traffic beginning […]
