Uneasy is the head that wears the crown. And Mayor Zenaida Moya has been in the hot seat since she assumed office. From the onset there was a threat of mass resignations, a string of accusations and counter allegations, and open distension among the ranks, which have now escalated to a public call for the […]
And this afternoon, the mayor did not hold back and came back like a ton of bricks as the campaign for the mayoral convention in October heats up. Here’s her side of the story. Zenaida Moya, Belize City Mayor “I know Mark is a bit you know, loony, but I didn’t know to that level. […]
It is not usual that we report on crime at the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal, which is considered a safe place for businessmen, employees and shoppers generally from Mexico who frequent the zone. But at around four on Wednesday afternoon that safety was breached when two gunmen, believed to be Mexicans, pulled up at […]
On Monday, Michelle Baltazar, was the first person to be convicted and sentenced under the newly amended firearm act. The revised legislation came into effect two months ago as a response to the spiraling increase in crime, specifically gun related offenses. And today a loophole in the same legislation may allow twenty-six year old Kevin […]
A student of Belmopan will not have to go back to school anytime soon. That’s because today nineteen year old Wayne Harris was remanded to Hattieville Prison after police busted him with an unlicensed nine millimetre pistol and five rounds of ammunition around ten his morning. Harris was nabbed on Albert Street after he allegedly […]
It is one of the more unpleasant reports in our newscast … and now seemingly on a daily basis. Whether there is an increase in occurrences or due to an increase in reporting, the frequency of incidents of carnal knowledge that come to pubic light, is of serious concern. Tonight there are two incidents to […]
A very trusting Corozal Town man is thousands of dollars short. Forty year old, Dean Marchand reported to police that he was stiffed of eight thousand six hundred dollars to thirty-eight year old Roberto Castellanos. Marchand reportedly gave Castellanos the cash to purchase cement and steel rods in Merida on his behalf. The money was […]
When the University of the West Indies was established in Belize in 1948, it was housed in a small room in the then Bliss centre in the heart of downtown Belize City, today it has its own two-storey building in West Landivar and has greatly expanded its programmes and status in the country. This year, […]
Mexican authorities released businessman held for undeclared cash And the family of Hussein Nasr Harmouch report to News Five tonight that the businessman, wife and kids have been cleared in Mexico City where they had been held for failure to declare fifty-seven thousand U.S. dollars in cash that Harmouch was carrying on his person. According […]
