We begin tonight’s newscast with a report of a Police Internal Affairs Unit investigation of two police officers assigned to the Ladyville Police Station for the beating of two of their own. The allegations of assault came from two officers from the Queen Street Police Detachment. The drama reportedly unfolded around six last Friday evening […]
And from a police brawl to the U.D.P. convention battle from where one decisive winner emerged: Zenaida Moya. But now there is unease among some councillors who made it back on the U.D.P. City Council ticket; unease because they publicly opposed the incumbent Mayor and called on her to pay back ninety thousand dollars in […]
Late last week the salvo came from Deputy Mayor Anthony Michael and nine Councillors who had opposed Moya and who called for intervention from the Ministry of Local Government. Moya’s, attorney, Michael Peyrefitte, came back fighting on Friday with copies of two signed cheques paid in salaries to the mayor which bore Michael’s signature. So […]
And in news in the Tourism Industry, Belize is one of three Caribbean countries that are benefitting from funding for training for the next three years. The programme for capacity building is funded by the Organisation of American States and U.S.A.I.D. and the implementing body will be the Belize Tourism Board. Marion Ali was at […]
Instead of wading through countless cases in their courtroom, today Magistrates attended a one-day seminar hosted by the U.S. Embassy. The session was entitled: “The Importance of an Independent Judiciary and an Efficient, Effective and Impartial Judicial System.” Facilitating was U.S. Magistrate Judge, James Hopkins, from West Palm Beach, Florida who has thirty years experience […]
And while Justice Conteh admits that Belize’s justice system is not perfect, he says the biggest problem is its lack of resources. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh “It may sound like I am blowing my own horn, but I will be forgiven for that. I don’t think Belize’s judiciary has anything to be ashamed of. We […]
He appeared in court yesterday, and the former chief of security of Belize Central Prison, Herman Blease, avoided incarceration at the same facility he was once in charge of by paying off a debt of over two thousand dollars which he incurred from purchasing household items from Courts since 2005. Two commitment warrants were filed […]
In news from the Belmopan courts, Michael Broaster and Reginald Ruiz were charged with Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Dangerous Harm of Noel Herrera. Broaster was additionally charged with discharging a firearm in public. In the incident near the Belmopan court house, Herrera was injured on the right side of his […]
They left last Friday for Nicaragua and there is good news about their stellar performance. Word has been received that the athletes who travelled to the second Central American Games for Students with Disabilities, have claimed five medals in day one of the competition in Managua. Belize City’s Romelda Logan has won gold in the […]
And while some are claiming medals in Central America, a delegation of Belizeans will be competing against thirteen hundred athletes from Commonwealth countries in the Third Youth Commonwealth Games organized by the body that comprises countries from the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. We caught up with the departing delegation and public relations officer for the […]
Many families in the southside of Belize City live in dire conditions and it doesn’t take a hurricane to flood their homes. Residents of Antelope Street extension suffer whenever it rains, they live in a swampy area, their lots are not filled and the area has grown haphazardly. This evening, News Five spoke to Delphina […]
