It was a big story back in 2008 when a two year old girl was beaten to death by her own mother. Today, shortly before three o’clock this afternoon, the trial of Shian White came to an end before Justice Adolph Lucas. A jury of three women and six men deliberated for two hours and […]
A Belize City youth was shot this afternoon. The victim, a minor, was in his own neighborhood when he was gunned down just before two o’clock. Seventeen year old Luis Kerr was sitting on the sidewalk directly across from his home on Curassow Street when his assailant shot him with one bullet to the back […]
There is more disturbing information coming from the family of twenty-three year old Christopher Galvez, who was murdered on the night of December twenty-second, 2009. It has been a messy investigation and a number of cover ups have been alleged. Earlier this week News Five spoke to a witness who has identified the shooter in […]
The special audit inspection into the affairs of the Belize City Council for the period of April 2003 to December 2008 looks specifically at the council’s maintenance of its accounting records and documents. There are many questionable transactions revealed in the report that is making its rounds in the media. A review of the fuel […]
Two major rivers flow through the Cayo District and that makes the area prone to flooding. Today the National Emergency Management Organization tested its preparedness for such an eventuality. NEMO committees, the Red Cross and other agencies converged in the west today for a simulation exercise that started as early as seven o’clock this morning. […]
The Ministry of Education today announced a series of adjustments to the education system. The forum was a press conference presided by the Minister, Patrick Faber, to outline the changes and more importantly, why they have become necessary. The detailed event lasted for well over two hours at the IT Vet building on the old […]
Last week the Ministry came under fire from students who claimed that their scholarships were being taken away. Today it was the Minister’s turn to respond – and according to the minister, some students are playing hocus-pocus. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “I will assure you that that is not the case. One thousand two […]
On February third of last year, the bodies of twenty-six year old James Swan and twenty-eight year old Eduardo Gutierrez were discovered in a shallow grave some seventeen miles north of San Pedro Town in the Rocky Point Area. The double murder was believed to have been the result of a drug deal gone bad. […]
After spending two nights behind bars, the police officer believed to be responsible for the unlawful release of accused sex offender, Keon “Gambis” Williams, is out on bail. The thirty-five year old Special Constable, John Myvett, was interdicted from duty because he was charged with Extortion and Obtaining Services by Deception. Police investigations revealed that […]
Two well-known brothers who have been in the news in a number of shooting incidents were today acquitted of the charge of use of deadly means of harm with the intent to cause dangerous harm to Roni Castellanos. On March sixteen, 2008, Castellanos was on Rivero Street when he was allegedly shot by the two […]
On Tuesday we reported that the Tubal Trade and Vocational school in Ladyville was contemplating sending home four teachers due to financial constraints. The school’s founder, Lyndon Bailey, told the media that the subvention that the Ministry was providing was not sufficient and that he and his wife have been using their personal funds to […]
Bringing good taste to life, that’s the slogan of Grace Kennedy Belize Limited. And that’s just what they did with their Creative Cooking Calendar that they launched today. It’s a tad late, but to make up, there are some interesting recipes all with Grace products. The company partnered with the Belize Hospital Auxiliary which contributed […]
