Until recently, Mayor Zenaida Moya has been considered a force to contend with, but her political fortunes now appear to be quickly frittering away amidst a string of recent scandals over financial allegations, mistruths and incompetent management. Tonight, the Mayor has one more to answer. As it turns out the Mayor is an illegal candidate […]
And there is more to compound the financial woes of the Belize City Council, which finds itself indebted to the tune of nine million dollars. Viewers will remember the case of Belize Maintenance Limited, the company contracted by CitCo to cut grass throughout the city. Last September, the council missed several payments which forced BML […]
The Caribe Mariner, a ship registered in Antigua and Barbuda, was locked off from dockworkers or stevedores at the Port of Belize this afternoon halfway through the loading of industrial goods and perishables such as papaya. The stevedores were told that they would be called back at a later date to resume the work. Shortly […]
A sixteen year old youth is dead after he was stabbed in front of several friends in Orange Walk Town on Thursday evening. The fatal stabbing place while a group of friends were hanging out. This latest killing is the second in that municipality in as many weeks. Marion Ali has the story in the […]
A house was broken into on the Northern Highway on Thursday night, but the thieves never got too far from the scene and had to abandon their get-away vehicle and loot. News Five visited the house near mile eight on the Northern Highway and spoke with the caretaker, Eugene Henderson who said it was the […]
In the island of Caye Caulker, a visiting twenty-seven year old Texan woman claims she was raped last night. According to the victim, she went out for a late dinner with friends and as she headed back to her room she was accosted by two men on the beach. One of the men chased her […]
After three hours of deliberations, a jury of seven women and two men today found a man Guilty of Rape. Thirty year-old Jimmy Jerry Espat was convicted of the rape of a thirty year old Canadian woman, which occurred around one-thirty on the morning of April first, 2007 in a cemetery in Santa Elena Town, […]
A fisherman of King’s Park who is accused of committing two separate hold-ups at different locations was today denied bail after he pleaded not guilty before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. He was denied bail because the offenses were allegedly committed with a firearm. Because there were six people inside one of the stores at the […]
It has been one year since the Doppler radar arrived in the country and today it was officially handed over to the National Met Service in Ladyville. The football shaped piece of equipment is part of twenty-eight million Belize dollar project between the European Union and four Caribbean countries to create a network that will […]
There is an update to the ongoing dispute between businessman Archie Lee and the City Council. Today, Lee called News Five to his business to say that early this morning he received certificates indicating that the trade licenses for both the Restaurant and his Convenience Store, had been renewed. Strangely enough, Lee says he has […]
This past Wednesday the Student Government of the University of Belize’s City campus hosted a press conference to demand an increase of five million dollars in government subventions to the university in the new 2009/2010 budget. According to Student Body President Moses Sulph, the additional monies are needed for infrastructural development. Today the Ministry of […]
In our newscast on Tuesday, we reported that thieves broke into Money Gram’s offices, that its owners were charged late last year with money laundering and that their offices had moved to Coney Drive. We have since been informed that money laundering charges were made against a company called Money Exchange International which is only […]
It is a weekend packed with fun activities from north to south, including a pageant with a different flavour, fairs, a golden oldie to do and much more so listen up for Safiyyah’s line-up… Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize and there is plenty to do this weekend. Miss African Queen International […]
