There’s good and bad news coming out of the poultry industry tonight which could affect your dinner table at Christmas time. The situation is that the recent confirmation of the presence of Newcastle Disease among laying hens at the main supplier of eggs Country Foods Products farms will affect the availability of eggs in the […]
And while the price of eggs may go up, there is some reason to smile as every household around the country will be enjoy savings just in time for the Christmas Holidays. That’s right, the price of butane has dropped considerably by slightly over twenty percent. The Ministry of Economic Development in conjunction with the […]
Traffic was interrupted last Saturday when an area of the western highway collapsed. On October thirtieth, during the recent floods, this main artery heading west also caved in between miles nine and eleven. News Five’s Marion Ali was on the highway and spoke to the Ministry of Works. Marion Ali, Reporting Officials from the Ministry […]
And in Belize City, a traffic accident occurred after eight-thirty this morning on Princess Margaret Drive when two vehicles were travelling side by side coming from the direction of St. John’s College towards the newly constructed roundabout. A Toyota Corolla driven by Selita Lisbey was on the inside lane and the Mitsubishi L200 on the […]
In political news, inside the opposition People’s United Party sources say that the temperature has reached boiling point and that there is open warfare between the old and the new P.U.P.s. It is reported that at least one expulsion will be made and suspensions will follow this week. This past Sunday, the old P.U.P. went […]
There are two types of thieves—sloppy ones, who leave behind evidence and smart ones, who police find hard to catch due to nifty handiwork. Over the weekend, the newly opened Atlantic Bank Branch at the corner of Cemetery and Magazine Roads was jacked by a set of criminal masterminds. The perpetrators entered from behind the […]
The bank did not lose cash, but a family is tonight mourning the loss of one of its members. On Friday night, twenty-eight Robert Brown came home from work and shortly after, he jumped back on his bike to go hang out with friends; it was the last time his family would see him alive. […]
And in Orange Walk, police are investigating a shooting incident which resulted in the death of a Douglas Village resident. On Saturday night, nineteen year old George Cortez White returned to the San Pablo Community Centre, where he has been staying since his village was evacuated during the flooding. White was inebriated and according to […]
Also in the north, the Orange Walk police department was the victim of a fire. Around one-thirty on Sunday police visited the police station in August Pine Ridge to find burning rubble where a two-storey wooden building once stood. The officer posted at the site was not there at the time of the incident and […]
In news from the courts, the notorious Mark Seawell, who has been in prison since February, 2007 and is still awaiting the outcome of an extradition request made by the U.S. government, may soon be out on bail. At the extradition hearing this morning in Magistrates Court, Elson Kaseke, Seawell’s attorney, submitted that there is […]
While Mark Seawell may be on his way out, a sixteen year old boy is spending the first of many nights on remand after he was charged today in the Belize Family Court with the shooting of twenty-nine year old Richard Flowers. The youth, a resident of Western Avenue, faces charges of Attempted Murder, Dangerous […]
And in more news from the court, a security guard and a bartender were charged with Robbery when they appeared in Magistrate’s Court. Today, twenty-six year old, Silvano Bustillo and nineteen year old Anibal Lemus were charged for stealing a purse containing one hundred dollars from A and E conductor, Kevin Kuylen. Bustillo and Lemus […]
Also in the Magistrate’s Court, thirty-seven year old Denfield “Daddy Russian” Bennett was charged with Theft today. The former rapper allegedly stole a laptop computer from a car that was parked on Regent Street in front of the Supreme Court and Magistrate Sharon Frazer charged him for the crime. Bennett pleaded not guilty to the […]
A trio of cunning burglars robbed a Stann Creek security guard of over four thousand dollars worth of items. On Sunday, forty year old Steve Quilter was at home with his girlfriend when around twelve-twenty there was a knock at the door. A voice from outside shouted, “Police, we come to search for illegal stuff” […]
The country is commemorating sixteen Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence, but on Sunday a woman found herself a victim of such an attack. Yesterday Orange Walk police visited the Northern Regional Hospital where they found twenty year old Amavir Mendez of Temash Street unconscious with a wound to her head. Investigations reveal that […]
Members of the Yabra Community Policing Unit and the Ministry of National Security got down and dirty over the weekend, joining at-risk youths, parents and community activists on a cleanup campaign. The group picked up garbage, chopped grass, planted flowers and even painted buildings. The participants also had some fun with sporting activities and musical […]
Channel Five has brought you numerous live programs over the years that net cash to viewers. And this coming Wednesday just in time for the Christmas, the new entertainment show “Tek It or leave it” will be launched. It’s a game of chance and luck which will have audience participation and thousands of dollars as […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re certainly welcome to this package of Sports Monday. The B.P.F.L. Regent Cup championship series has hit a serious snag resulting from game two of the series between F.C. Belize and Llagulei at Dangriga on Tuesday November eighteenth. According to the league president, Omario Perdomo Junior, Kareem Haylock, captain […]
