There were two shooting incidents in the Caesar Ridge area on Wednesday night. The first shooting was so blatant it occurred under the noses of the police, right next door to the Yabra Police Community Unit Office on Queen Charlotte Street. At about six-fifty-five p.m., Mark “Pele” Vernon was standing in front of a pink […]
The other shooting was in Ladyville where a woman was shot in the legs this past Wednesday as she sat at her home which is located next to the house of her Area Representative, Michael Hutchinson. The bullets penetrated the walls of her house and landed on her legs. The police were in pursuit of […]
The one hundred and six page long report from the Commission of Inquiry into the purchasing practices at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has finally been made public. For the financial year ending March 2009, the public debt that is owed to the K.H.M.H. is twelve million seven hundred eighty two thousand seven hundred and […]
There are a number of persons who claim that government is taking away their land or numerous reasons other than for public purposes. Some have gone all the way to the court but there are many who do not have the resources to do so. Our question is: Does government have the right to take […]
Land controversies are not new, especially in prime locations such as Ambergris Caye. News Five was in La Isla Bonita today when a number of residents turned out with government receipts in hand to confront their Area Representative, Manuel Heredia, about why their titles have been cancelled or put on hold. Heredia was met by […]
In the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a major ruling was made over a piece of prime land in the Caribbean Shores Division which is owned by businessman, David Gegg. Gegg took the Attorney General and the Minister of Natural Resources, Gaspar Vega, to court after the Minister declared the land a public reserve, stopping him […]
Earlier in the newscast, we reported about two shootings in the city last night. But earlier in the evening, in Orange Walk Town, an armed robbery was reported at a local Chinese store. The thieves managed to get away with cash and other items and the shopkeeper was shot in the leg. News Five spoke […]
Prison inmate, thirty-six year old Edger Roberts, escaped on Tuesday night, but enjoyed only one day of freedom and tonight he is back in Hattieville. He got away by breaking the lock on his cell in the medium security area and then he somehow managed to leave the building unnoticed. Roberts, was recaptured on Wednesday […]
In Wednesday night’s newscast, we reported that a Guatemalan woman, Mirna Leticia Oliva Ramirez tried to scam Social Security by using two different names for her baby in order to double dip on benefits. As it turns out, she only has one baby and his name is Joseph Alexander Murrillo, who was born on December […]
The annual general meeting for Citrus Products of Belize Limited held this afternoon in the Pomona Valley was a far cry from what transpired in front of the company’s gates last year. Shareholders were refused entry onto the compound to attend the AGM during the height of tension between the Citrus Growers Association and CPBL. […]
After a few days of down time, the criminals are back on the beat and as you heard earlier in this newscast, there were several shootings on Wednesday night. It is that kind of news that has prompted My Refuge Radio to embark on a grand prayer initiative this weekend. The first National Day of […]
This past Sunday and Monday, we experienced record breaking temperatures for this time of the year. Temperatures soared to as high as 99 degrees. The sweltering heat affected many persons, that’s because as the heat turns up so do internal temperatures. This can cause exhaustion, cramps and strokes so Healthy Living this week has useful […]
