Minister Juan Coy was suspended as a Minister of state for six months when he was accused of ordering the B.D.F. to allow contraband beer from Guatemala into Belize. That was last year; he has since been re-instated, but his troubles are far from over. Last Sunday a verbal confrontation between Coy and a campaign […]
A barge ran aground on the reef Thursday night. This is the second vessel this year to have damaged a portion of the reef. The barge, thirty feet by twenty three feet, is lodged near the Blue Reef Resort. Because of the battering waves, the barge has turned on its side and is believed to […]
A Honduran national who was standing on the shoulder of the Northern Highway in the vicinity of Mile three, was killed during the lunch hour in the heavily trafficked area. Ronaldo Portillo died instantly when he was hit by an SUV heading into the City as he waited for his brother. News Five’s Delahnie Bain […]
While Ronaldo Petillo was hit by a vehicle as he waited for his brother, twenty-seven year old John Weibe died in a traffic mishap as headed to the home of his sister. Weibe, a mechanic, lost control of his motorcycle as he rode on loose gravel on B Lane in Spanish Lookout. He ran into […]
Earlier in this newscast we heard from Bartolo Teul who was thrown out of a public meeting by heavily armed police at the orders of Minister of State, Juan Coy. Teul claims the elected official grew irate when he raised concerns about the way he was running things in the south. Another issue which Teul […]
An international conman who was caught in Belize last year February was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday. Forty-four year old Milos Gaspar received his current sentence in Kansas but he has left traces of his deceit across the entire Atlantic Ocean. His modus operandi was to rent a mobile home or a […]
A shooting victim remains under police guard at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after Thursday’s botched robbery of an Atlantic Bank security guard. The brazen incident happened shortly before three o’clock at the Atlantic Bank Collet Agency at the corner of Magazine and Cemetery Roads. Another suspect remains at large but the third accomplice, eighteen […]
Tyrone Castillo was gunned down at a wake in September of 2007 and Trenton Smith was accused of the murder. After over two years a decision on Smith’s fate was placed in the hands of a jury of eight women and four men. But today jurors spent almost five hours deliberating and could not come […]
Twenty-one year old Dillon Diamonds, a resident of Taylor’s Alley, who is already serving time at the Hattieville prison for the charge of wounding, returned to court on Thursday for other offences. In mid trial, Diamonds changed his plea to guilty for robbing a cop of two cell phones and resisting arrest. The robbery occurred […]
There has been a spate of shootings over the past week and the cry of excessive force being used by officers has been tremendous. O’Neil Anthony Jones was shot by an officer on February fourteenth while riding his bicycle near a bar in Lord’s Bank. And on Saturday March sixth, Elmore Neal was shot by […]
Despite the promises of implementation of the Harold Crooks report and recommendations coming from the police department, no tangible evidence of the success of any plan has been forthcoming and the violence continues to spread. The blood from over a dozen reported recent shootings in the old capital alone and three shooting deaths, have been […]
Some residents of the Collet Division received housing grants today through their area representative and the Ministry of Housing. Seventy-five recipients got purchase orders for material to repair and renovate their houses. The latest disbursement comes from monies given to the Government of Belize by Venezuela back in 2008. Area Representative and Minister of Education […]
Do you want good governance and improvement in the way officials and their departments handle their relationship with the public? Most people are crying out for this and question the quality of service offered by government. A two-day workshop being held at the Radisson and sponsored by the Social Investment Fund intends to make sure […]
If you haven’t had time to chart out your weekend Safiyyah has options for fun activities and relaxation. Whether you want to remain in the city or are planning an out of town trip there’s always something going on. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is what’s happening Belize? If you’re looking for the spot tonight […]
