Heroically he attempted to avert a robbery at the store of one of his friends in the west. But his good intentions cost him his life. And it is believed that the perpetrator of the most recent murder of Jesus Ponce is a Guatemalan national from neighbouring Melchor identified as twenty-two year old, Francisco De […]
There will not be a party for Desmond Kerr’s birthday this coming Saturday. Instead there is grief to mourn the death of forty-nine year old Kerr who drowned around two this afternoon in the Haulover Creek at Bainton’s Bank just behind the Coast Guard headquarters off the Northern Highway. Reports are that Kerr was intoxicated […]
A family from Sarteneja narrowly escaped tragedy at sea as they headed to Xcalak, the southern most town of Mexico. The ordeal happened over the weekend as the group of thirteen was well on its way to visit family. Some held on to a rope tied to the bow of the vessel and others used […]
Belmopan police still have no leads in the disappearance of sixty-six year old Rosa Cristina Cornejo who went missing sometime between last Friday and early Saturday morning from her home in Belmopan. But it is known that one of her children has arrived from El Salvador, where Cornejo is originally from, to help in the […]
News Five has been following the decline of Colonial Life Insurance Company branches throughout the Caribbean. The branch of the insurance provider in Belize is a subsidiary of CLICO Bahamas Limited, which was placed into liquidation by that country’s Supreme Court on April seventh. Since then CLICO in Belize has been placed under judicial management, […]
The Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, SATIIM, lashed out at a government decision on Monday to grant permission to U.S. Capital Energy to conduct seismic testing in the Sarstoon Temash National Park. SATIIM said it felt betrayed by the Prime Minister at the secret manner in which the permit was granted. But SATIIM’s co-management […]
The increases in the prices of fuel since April first, has prompted reaction from the People’s United Party. In a release issued today the opposition quotes verbatim from a statement in the House of Representatives on March sixth, when P.M. Barrow proposed a fuel tax of one dollar per gallon on gasoline and diesel to […]
A sixteen year old boy, one of two persons who police suspect was involved in a murder and robbery, was charged in the Family Court today. The minor was charged with Murder, Robbery and Aggravated Burglary and was remanded in custody at Boot Camp until May twentieth. The charges stem from the murder of thirty-four […]
He is usually busy with hearings and judgments, but Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh began his day today on a different note. In the Supreme Court, a ceremony took place to honour Conteh for his work in the judiciary. The C.J. was conferred with a medal of merit, known as the Merito da Magistratursa Bahia by […]
The compromis signed between Belize and Guatemala back on December eighth, 2008 was a fundamental step taken by the two countries to advance the territorial dispute to the I.C.J. for a definitive solution. Since then the debate has been raging by those who believe there is too much at risk and others who have complete […]
Photographic displays come and go, but one currently mounted at the Pallotti High School Auditorium seeks to do more than just walk the viewer through a history of chronological events. It seeks to challenge the few who are chosen to pick up the mantle and lead, as did Vincent Pallotti, the patron saint of Pallotti […]
The three-day Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad concluded on Sunday with the signing and adoption of the Declaration of Port of Spain by host country’s Prime Minister Patrick Manning. But what does it mean for Belize as a member of CARICOM? And what was Obama’s message to countries he views as […]
