A month ago he was told his contract with the Cane Farmers Association would not be renewed. The C.E.O., Carlos Magana, was pretty shaken up at the unexpected news. Today, he held a press conference in Orange Walk Town and unleashed a string of allegations of corruption, politics and misappropriation of hundreds of thousands of […]
And why did he wait until now to come forward? Magana says while that keeping silent on these very serious allegations implicated him as the C.E.O., he said that the information would have been exposed at the upcoming general assemblies. Carlos Magana, former CEO, Cane Farmers Assn “If I wouldn’t have done it now, the […]
Still up north, thieves made off with a sizeable loot when they hit the Nineteen Miles Supermarket in Sandhill. The loss to owners tallied up to the tune of over seventeen thousand dollars and when we spoke to co-owner of the store, Brian Liou, he told us he thinks they were being watched because the […]
And five days ago the body of eighty-two year old taxi-driver, James Young, was found in the bushes near the Pooks Hill Resort some thirteen miles off the Western Highway in Teakettle Village. Tonight there is progress to report in the investigation of who could have killed the senior citizen of Cohune Walk in the […]
There is more coming out about the fictional university that was advertised on the internet to be situated at the Warrie Head Lodge in Teakettle Village. It’s name: University of Central America, School of Medicine in Belize. While there is clearly no hospital, school facilities or the faculty of over one hundred and fifty, the […]
While fishermen at fish markets depend on their daily catch to make a living, others were banking big on the lionfish. Well, that’s all over, because the Fisheries Department says it is discontinuing the fifty dollars reward for the capture of the fish. And what’s behind this? Firstly, Fisheries, says that they now have over […]
And in the courts, an inmate will spend additional time at the Hattieville Prison after being found guilty of Drug Trafficking by Magistrate Rachel Montejo. Forty-four year old Rudolph Alexander Bennett was convicted for over half a pound of weed stashed inside his boots. That’s another conviction to add to the long list Bennett has […]
Also in the Magistrate’s court, three cops: two brothers and a sister, were charged for attacking one of their own during a case of domestic abuse. Today, twenty-two year old police constable, Rachel Sutherland and her two brothers: twenty year old Ryan and twenty-four year old Ronald, were placed on interdiction by the police department […]
Du Di Rait Ting, that’s a program initiated by the police as an effective way to involve the community to reward students that show positive behavioural patterns and attitudes. The program first started in the United States and now in its third year in Belize, it has been met with much success. News Five’s Delahnie […]
Belize’s National Softball team has not fared well at the Seventh Pan American Women’s Championships. The event is being held in Maracay, Venezuela and Tuesday night we reported that the team suffered two straight losses against Cuba and the Dominican Republic. To stay in the competition, the team also had to win last night’s game […]
Many people say that the church, as an institution, is not reaching the youth. “Everything is too old fashioned” the younger generation would say. However, reaching the youth is not an issue for Andrew Pitterson. He has many captivated by his verse. Pitterson is far from the regular bible thumper. While you may not know […]
