Taxi driver, James Young, from the nation’s capital died a horrific death. He was stabbed at least seventeen times. His body was discovered some two hundred yards off a feeder road in the vicinity of Pooks Hill Resort located thirteen miles from the Western Highway in the Teakettle Village. He had been missing for some […]
The Azteca, a yacht owned by Mexican Billionaire, Ricardo Salinas Pliego ran onto the reef on April seventh. Pliego was on holiday near San Pedro when the incident occurred. The Azteca’s captain, Villeras Eckart, claimed he dropped the anchor in order to avoid running aground. The damage sustained to the fragile coral ecosystem was twenty-five […]
And this news, the office of Prime Minister Barrow announced today that the PM will be out on personal leave for the remainder of the week. The Deputy PM, Gaspar Vega is holding over the reins of government until Tuesday and the Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, will take over on Wednesday until the PM […]
There are certain names that are just synonymous with controversy and San Pedro developer, David Mitchell, is one of them. This time, Mitchell’s mega project on the south of the island has come under scrutiny mainly because no Environmental Impact Assessment has been completed and at least part of the project is underway. And while […]
If you have been following the news regularly, it seems that almost every week a house in Belize City falls apart. And while one homeowner and a family of ten got a new house courtesy of her area representative early last week, another city resident finds himself in a dire situation. Thirty- four year old […]
Still on housing, the Venezuelan grant has been a controversial issue ever since the news broke that twenty million dollars had been granted to the government for housing late in 2007. The matter landed before the courts and while a ruling was made, the issue has still not been put to rest. To backtrack a […]
There are two stories from the courts to report tonight. And in the first case, police detained one man over the weekend in connection with the stabbing of Clayburn Pascasio. Twenty-one year old Jovanni Tillett, of the St Martin de Porres area, was taken to court today and charged with the Attempted Murder of Pascasio. […]
In the other case, an adult and a minor appeared in court this morning for the robbery of a Chinese businessman in Belize City. Proprietor of Olympic Restaurant, Chong Wa Tan, told police that on Saturday he was inside his store when four men entered, held him up at gunpoint and attacked him. The men […]
In crime news, the son of well known Belize City attorney Richard “Dickie” Bradley was shot on Saturday. According to Bradley, his son, thirty year old Adrian, was hanging out with friends on Wagner’s Lane near their former residence. Three officers on patrol in the area smelled marijuana wafting in the air and proceeded to […]
Still on crime, last week Friday News Five reported on a brutality case in which the victim Ronlee Petillo, who is no stranger to the police, claimed that two Belize City based police officers took him on the highway and in addition to beating him at a desolate location, one of them fired shots near […]
Inaugural direct flights to Honduras got underway this past Saturday after a brief delay due to the political situation in that Central American country. Using ATR 72’s Maya Island Air Regional can take the business traveler or tourist to the neighbouring cities of Guatemala, Cancun and now San Pedro Sula. While the flights have started […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The two finalists in the Female Football League emerged over the weekend. So we join that mighty confrontation between Gentle Touch of Esperanza and the Belize Defence Force at the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday as the Military tries to overcome a 4-zip deficit from game one. […]
