He has been surprised with power theft at least three times this month. And this afternoon police and Belize Electricity Board personnel showed up at the home of TV personality and businessman, Rufus X on Second Avenue in the Buttonwood Bay area. But it was not a courtesy call they were paying. In fact, the […]
The saga of the Good family continued today. The Belize National Teachers Union issued a release today that condemns the firing of Hirian Good from her job as a school warden for Trinity Methodist School. The B.N.T.U. release called on Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, to reconsider his decision to terminate her employment at the […]
On Tuesday we reported that Salome Busano was pointing fingers at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for the death of her jaundiced baby boy. Busano said she felt that if the doctor had not prematurely discharged her baby on Sunday, her child would still be alive today. Busano rushed the baby back to the K.H.M.H. […]
Ladyville residents, thirty-seven year old Jose Gonzalez and twenty-five year old Thomas Garcia attempted to buy gasoline from the Esso Ramon’s Service Station at closing time last Friday night. After being told it was too late to get any gas, the Omni security guard, Ignacio Reyes, exchanged words with the men as they returned to […]
In court today, two female professional shoplifters were sentenced to an additional two years in jail for stealing a thirteen dollar bottle of Nescafe and a twenty dollar bottle of Infant Tylenol. The two, who already have previous convictions for Theft, are Nioka Smith, a hair braider of Iguana Street and her partner in crime, […]
And Roberto Galvez told the court today: “I want to plea guilty to possession simplicita because I never had weed to sell to any one it was for my personal use.” With that the fifty-seven year-old father of Castle Street, was fined three thousand dollars for the Drug Trafficking of ninety-one point three grams of […]
A number of illegal and firearms and ammunition are off the streets in Belize City as well as the west and south of the country. On Wednesday, a police search at an empty lot on Raccoon Street turned up a double barrel homemade shotgun with two sixteen gauge cartridges hidden in some bushes. Moving west […]
As disturbing as the reports are, they keep coming and tonight another minor has to live with the horrific memories of a sexual assault. This time the victim is a fifteen year old girl from the Toledo District, who reported the incident to police earlier this week, although it occurred back in March. According to […]
On March twenty-sixth, 2008, an inferno consumed several buildings and the businesses that occupied them in the heart of Albert Street, which is considered the main thoroughfare of Belize City commerce. One of the businessmen who were hit the hardest was Umesh Mahitani, who owned the Romacs building. Mahitani immediately started to construct a new […]
There are more details that are unraveling about the fictional medical university on the internet known as Charleston College of Medicine. The address provided is Dry Street, Belmopan. News Five has been able to confirm that there is an accredited school on Dry Creek Road which is the American Global University School of Medicine which […]
Four members of the Belize Coast Guard Service are being questioned after a skiff went missing. The incident occurred sometime around six on Wednesday morning when the group finished patrolling the waters near San Pedro. They reportedly moored the thirty-nine foot vessel and left it unattended sometime around four on the same morning. When they […]
Earlier today, traffic was interrupted on the Western Highway for about two hours, when an LP butane tanker overturned. The tanker was loaded with two thousand gallons of butane and was heading towards Belize City. According to the driver, Rogelio Gutierrez, he lost control of the vehicle as he took the curve in the vicinity […]
But on land, the Police Department is introducing a media policy, which is restrictive of certain information to the media. The Department will now apply the Police Public Information Policy and Procedures. It is a document released by the previous Commissioner of Police, Gerald Westby but which was not fully implemented and it finds itself […]
But while the police intend to withhold certain data, the Freedom of Information Act also allows for its provision. So striking a balance is where the next challenge will lie. News Five sat down with Attorney at Law, Godfrey Smith, to find out the public’s right to information under the Act, which was passed in […]
An official memorial service was held Wednesday evening for the late VH Courtenay at St Mary’s Church in Belize City where he practiced his faith. Courtenay died last Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. He is a former attorney and a government minister who represented the Collet Division for three consecutive terms. Among his greatest […]
Have you heard of A.D.H.D.? It is a disorder that is afflicting at least five percent of the world’s population and the jewel is not exempted. A.D.H.D. is normally detected at childhood through a pattern of inattention and hyperactivity. Healthy Living this week looks at the signs and symptoms of this condition that can persist […]
