It’s open season on Belize City’s first female Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers. First, the government has charged her with twenty-two counts of Uttering a False Document. Then the United Democratic Party expelled her from its National Party Council on October third. And the next move afoot is to have her removed entirely from the U.D.P. […]
If you think that’s the only political stench, the PUP is also in turmoil. In August, it appeared that the old and new guards of the People’s United Party were closing ranks; the former and current party leaders were seen chummy at party events. That was just before the courts decided on the case of […]
So while the political parties continue to wrangle, a old problem reached boiling point today in the west. San Ignacio and Benque Viejo Towns are only about eight miles apart, but that doesn’t mean that all is quiet between the two towns. The taxi drivers from the two municipalities have been embroiled in disputes for […]
Also in the west, Belmopan police have still not filed any charges against anyone for the murder of Roaring Creek resident, Brandon Jones. Jones had gone to a house not far from where he lived in the village, reportedly to settle a score over an old beef. But that did not go as planned and […]
Belize has been dubbed murder capital number one because of the per capita murder rate. On October fifth to the ninth, Channel Five’s Open Your Eyes dedicated a week’s program to the burning issue of violent crime. Another organization is joining the effort to address the crime crisis. The Belize Association of Principals met today […]
Heroin is not a drug commonly known in Belize, but police say, a security guard was busted with that highly potent drug along with a stash of crack cocaine and marijuana. The early morning bust today on Lizarraga Avenue, King’s Park area, is the residence of security guard, twenty nine year old Edison Stamp. Stamp […]
Turning to the trial of the 2007 murder of sixteen year old Faron Leslie Felix. This afternoon, one of the two murder suspects walked free and is back on Belize City streets after he was acquitted of the murder charges. Felix was brutally gunned down when he was shot eight times on November thirtieth, 2007 […]
The caregiver of a fourteen year old girl will spend the next two years in jail for sexually assaulting her at the institution he was employed. Thirty nine year old Herbert Stuart was found guilty this morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court of aggravated assault of an indecent nature. The child, who testified during […]
Talk to everyone who has had to bury a loved one, and they will tell you that the Lord Ridge Cemetery is running out of space. The Belize City Council acknowledged as much today in a release. This is in addition to the other problem of drainage caused to nearby residents by the filling of […]
It’s Red Ribbon Week at Wesley College and today the students boasted their ribbons to proclaim that they say no to drugs. The school dedicates a week each year to promote awareness on the negative effects of drugs. One of the activities was a parade through the streets and here are the sights and sounds […]
The mother of a twelve year old boy is asking for your assistance in locating her runaway child. He has not returned home since last Friday and his family is desperate. News Five’s Jose Sanchez spoke to the mother who was recently in the frontlines of the B.M.L. protest. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Twelve year old […]
