Arthur Innes Barrow, the father of the Prime Minister, died today shortly after noon. The eighty-five year old passed away at Belize Medical Associates following a stroke he suffered earlier in the morning. Barrow was the owner of AB Drugs on Church Street but had retired for years now. Doctor Fernando Cuellar attended to the […]
Early in the week, fake Belize Water Services and Telemedia cheques were popping up around the country. And tonight there is another scam to report, it is more complex, the true value is still unknown, but it is safe to say it is in the thousands of dollars. The Belize City post office has in […]
The official inauguration is still in the planning stage but the newly constructed San Ignacio Town Hospital is already in operation. With some minor final touches being completed, the opening should take place in a couple of months. The new facility which is located on the Bullet Tree Road, offers the same services as the […]
A fire erupted in the wee hours of the morning and the only person left homeless is the elderly man, who is also under suspicion for the blaze. The fire occurred just after midnight at sixty-four Regent Street West and gutted the upper flat of a two storey house, occupied by seventy-seven year old Henry […]
A prison inmate serving time for Robbery got himself in more hot water when he was busted with weed. Twenty-six year old Noel Herrera was found with four ounces of weed inside his cell at the Hattieville Prison. Herrera, who is now out on bail for the Robbery charge, initially pleaded not guilty to Drug […]
Also in court, twenty-nine year old Randy Williams learned his fate. The Ladyville labourer is spending his first night at the Hattieville Prison after he was denied bail for allegedly robbing two city residents. Police allege that around nine ten on Wednesday night Williams accosted thirty-three year old David Jones and twenty-two year old Velda […]
His romantic advances in public may have been more than is acceptable and tonight forty-six year old David Moralez is free only because he managed to meet bail. Moralez, a yard keeper, is accused of attempting to kiss a woman and then punching her while inside Popular Supermarket on Central American Boulevard. That is the […]
On Wednesday, News Five reported on a court case involving the Baptist Association of Belize and former Pastor, Percy Lewis regarding a parcel of land. Justice Oswell Legall ruled in favor of the association and gave the property to them. This morning Lewis came to our studios and refuted Ashley Locke’s version of the events […]
In January of this year, eight year old Moises Acertuna was in a horrific traffic accident in Corozal Town. His digestive track was severed and his chances to live looked slim. He could not eat and two months after the accident, he weighed only thirty pounds. His story touched the hearts of many and after […]
Cases of Domestic Violence often go unreported and in instances when they are, they are often withdrawn. But there are statistics available on the number that actually made it to the police for the first half of the year. According to the Ministry of Health, between the months of January and June, a total of […]
The saga of Charles and Hirian Good remains in the news. Former school warden, Hirian, was terminated from her job on August fourth by Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, due to her political convictions for the P.U.P. And after weeks of protest at the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Barrow and the Minister of Housing, Michael […]
Hold on to your seats because this year’s National Military Tattoo promises to knock your socks off. The annual event takes its rightful place each year on the September calendar of events and features the skills of the Military, Police and Fire Services of Belize. According to Training Officer with the National Fire Service Kenneth […]
Preparations for this year’s Carnival Parade are well underway and junior and senior bands throughout the city are energized for the road march set for September nineteenth. Pre-judging for the competition started on Wednesday night for junior bands with the annual mas camp. In this preliminary stage of the judging, each band must have thirty-five […]
Health experts say that the majority of babies are born with jaundice. But did you know that newborns with this health condition are at their most critical period in the days following birth? This week’s edition of Healthy Living focuses on jaundice. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting It is reported that sixty percent of babies are born […]
