La Isla Bonita is experiencing hardships from a low tourism season. Aside from the economic downturn which has reduced the number of visitors, the island is now hit with a water crisis. This means that while San Pedro has enough water in its environs, potable water is a commodity that is not available on demand […]
Where are the rogue cops? That is the question many are still asking tonight. After last Thursday’s press conference, the country waited to hear which cops were inside the crime ring that had infiltrated the police department. To date only one officer, Jermaine Mangar, has been charged in relation to a suspected robbery of Chon […]
What started as welcome news has now become a nightmare. But the Prime Minister today told News Five that he stands by the statements he made along with the police top brass that there is a ring of rogue cops within the department wreaking havoc. Barrow said this afternoon via phone that the high command […]
The Saturday night bust in Vista Del Mar that turned up silencers for weapons, drugs, along with books on making the sound suppressors and guns reveals a new dimension that the police department is facing in its battle against crime. More than a smoking gun, the police found Errol Haynes inside the home during the […]
Young remains in hiding tonight. News Five spoke to his attorney Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley this afternoon. Bradley says that because the charge involves the use of a prohibited item, if Young turns himself in, he will be locked up by the police despite the fact that he was not present at the location of the […]
The Police Department is facing a backlash over recent allegations that some rogue cops are involved in criminal activity. There are now differing statements from within that have people on edge. So today’s question is: Do you believe corruption is pervasive in the police department? Send your responses using your SMART phones to 8668 or […]
In the mid 1800’s, over three hundred thousand persons ventured by land and sea to take part in the California Gold Rush. When they got there, families staked their claim to the American dream. Fast-forward and today, over a hundred and fifty years later, at an area on the outskirts of Belmopan, you may have […]
Controversy continues to loom at the University of Belize over the future of its president, Dr Santos Mahung. There have been statements made by the Ministry of Education, a UB faculty member and students. While we have not heard from Mahung, PM Dean Barrow weighed in today on the ongoing wrangling. But to get a […]
Three senior members of staff at Belize Telemedia are jobless tonight. Arturo ‘Tux’ Vasquez and Dean Molina received their marching orders indicating that their services were no longer required. A third person, Reynaldo Magana, had given a verbal indication that he would be moving on and today he was also released. Molina and Vasquez, in […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you about the water problems, and if that were not enough, San Pedro residents just found out via their new property tax bills that the San Pedro Town Council will increase the rates. This was unwelcomed and burdensome news to the island’s business community which is already grappling with […]
Late on Wednesday, in the Dangriga Magistrate’s Court, a jury of nine persons found Toledo resident, Tyrone Coe, guilty of six counts of carnal knowledge of a young girl. Early in the two week trial, the primary school student testified that Coe had sex with her at his home six times in 2008. In his […]
A proviso in the law allowed a magistrate to use her discretion to impose a non-custodial sentence on a man with a previous drug trafficking conviction. Andrew Burke and his common law wife, Shian Ireland, were found in the possession of just over nine ounces of weed. Burke pleaded not guilty but was spared from […]
Three youths, including a primary school student, are receiving treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after they were shot around six this evening near Rocky Road in Belize City. Sketchy details to our newsroom are that a lone gunman on a bicycle rode past an alley off Rocky Road and opened fire. Witnesses say […]
June to November: that’s the hurricane season and in those months residents are usually on edge about the possibility of a disaster. Well, this year there is even more cause for concern because the Colorado State University team has released the predictions for the season, which is expected to be above average. The effects of […]
The Belize Red Cross led the charge in fundraising for relief efforts in Haiti after the massive seven point O earthquake ravaged the island on January twelfth. But apart from the financial assistance Belizean Red Cross volunteers also ventured into the devastation to render assistance to the affected persons. One of those volunteers, Larry Smith […]
While the Queen’s Relay Baton makes its passage through Belize leading up to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi later this year, a contingent of athletes from the Jewel led by Chef de Mission Frank McKenzie left for Panama today to compete in the Ninth Annual Central American Games. Unlike previous years the events will take […]
The coveted 2010 Cross Country Classic garland was taken by Miguel Perez from Guatemala. He is the eighty-second winner of the biggest sporting event in the jewel. The first Belizean who crossed the finish line on Holy Saturday was Marlon Castillo. There were ups and downs from start to finish, excitement and dreams of glory […]
Vertigo is a common problem that afflicts adults. It may be part of the aging process, but can also be a symptom of problems in the ear or brain. Specialist, Dr. Atanascio Cob, says that vertigo is different from dizzy spells experienced by many adults. He tells Healthy Living that a person afflicted with this […]
