It’s a story that made the headlines in May; it involved a grenade which killed Darren Trapp and injured eleven other persons when it exploded on Mayflower Street. And two months later, another grenade has been taken off the streets by the police with help from a well-known but unlikely source. The grenade was turned […]
In robberies reported by police, burglars had their eyes over the weekend on the law offices of an attorney and former Minister of Government. Sixty-four year old Hubert Elrington told police that sometime between six on Sunday evening and eight Monday morning thieves broke into his law office on the upper flat at the corner […]
Sometime around two-thirty yesterday afternoon James Pugh, a seventy-seven year old retiree found his untimely death in the waters of Caye Caulker. It is believed that Pugh went sailing along the shoreline of the caye when his sailboat overturned and he was not wearing a life jacket. Nearby fishermen recovered his body from the waters. […]
Twenty year old Warren Dominguez appeared in Magistrate’s Court today to answer charges of Aggravated Assault. The alleged victim, Heather Foreman, reported that between the hours of nine and nine-thirty on the night of the thirteenth of July she was shot at several times as she stood on the corner of Vernon and Mayflower Streets. […]
A Ladyville man, who pleaded guilty last week to uncustomed goods comprising tomatoes and sweet peppers, faced additional charges today in Magistrates’ Court, this time from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority. On July twenty-second Jose Quintero was fined thirty-five thousand dollars after he pleaded guilty for the possession of over eleven thousand dollars worth of […]
It is the basis for an ongoing battle between the government and Telemedia, and it is over the payment of business taxes. When we checked this afternoon, Telemedia had made payment of two point two million dollars in taxes to the government for the month of May that were due today in compliance with an […]
Reports to News Five this afternoon confirmed that the Kendall causeway in southern Belize is again under water and impassable tonight after heavy rains over the weekend. The causeway had to be closed last Friday but by Saturday morning it was opened again to vehicular traffic. Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Works, Cadet […]
Late this afternoon Belize Natural Energy issued a release which clarifies an earlier statement made by the oil company. According to B.N.E., one of its tankers ran off the road near Mile sixteen on the Hummingbird Highway, and turned on its side. Original reports indicated that there was no oil in the tanker, but this […]
Most Belize City residents know of Little Melchor, but today News Five received notice that Little Melchor will be no more. The property at the corner of George and Orange streets that is occupied by mostly Central American traders has reportedly been acquired by businessman Hans Bhojuani who apparently has new plans for the lot. […]
It’s job is mainly to promote entrepreneurial development, investment and marketing for small and medium enterprises in Belize and today the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, put forth its application to the Caribbean Export Development Agency for future grant funding. It’s an important undertaking, says the organization’s General Manager, Roberto Harrison, as these […]
News Five broke the story two months ago that the British High Commissioner John Yapp had ended his mission to Belize prematurely because of inappropriate behaviour. But in the past weeks, the issue has taken a life of its own, with articles appearing in London’s Sunday Mail. A first article in the Mail reported that […]
In other sports news, the Belize National Bodybuilding team travelled to El Salvador to compete in the Central American Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship over the weekend. And not to be outdone by the women’s under nineteen softball team that returned victorious to Belize yesterday, silver medals were won by two of the competitors: Edwin Ramirez […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly happy to present this Tuesday version of Sports Monday. We were in Free Port Bahamas over the weekend for a family reunion. Check this blast out guys, my brother is wealthy, my sister has a palatial residence and my niece owns one of the finest homes on […]
