One week ago, on Friday, the United Democratic Party’s Ethics and Integrity Committee took the decision to expel the city’s first female mayor. Zenaida Moya Flowers’ sin was an explosive interview she gave in which she use colorful language directed at Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Moya Flowers has not given any comments since her expulsion […]
As we told you, Housing Minister and Mesopotamia Area representative, Michael Finnegan is back in the Jewel. Finnegan was gone for at least two months for treatment for prostate cancer at the Harper University Hospital in Detroit. Since he was diagnosed with cancer, Finnegan has been publically speaking about this deadly disease. When he touched […]
Harold Crooks, he is the man who was commissioned to evaluate the local police force and wrote the famous Crooks Report between June and November 2008. He is also the man who once headed the Jamaican Special Constabulary Force, but fell from grace when it was disclosed that he was wanted by Jamaican police for […]
Operation Jaguar will be two weeks old on Monday, and it has generally reduced violence on the City’s streets after months of urban terrorism. There was one shooting, however, on Monday night which has left a man still clinging onto life. News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting Thirty three year old Melvin Rodriguez […]
Official results for the Primary School Examinations have been released and the scores are considerably better in English, Math and Science. Six thousand, six hundred and sixty-one students sat the exams this year. The lengthy release from the Ministry of Education was released late this evening and a quick peruse of the nineteen page document […]
From conference rooms to dinner tables, the discussion continues to rage about oil drilling since it was made public that eighteen licenses have been awarded for exploration offshore and on land. Environmental NGOs want a ban, but GOB is not of the same mind. On Thursday night, we asked: Do you believe that economic benefits […]
A two-day gun amnesty program spearheaded by the Belize Association of Evangelical Churches was an ambitious undertaking by a faith-based organization to move owners of unlicensed or illegal firearms to redeem their weapons for clothing and footwear. While the exercise coincided with Operation Jaguar its results have not been as stellar. Of the three locations […]
There have been reports of Belize Defense Force Soldiers and police officers having public disagreements while on patrols. The B.D.F. has been mandated to assist in police patrols and while they are on those duties, the different bodies tend to clash. On May second a similar incident occurred between Benque Police and B.D.F. soldiers. Three […]
The newly renovated ITVET in Belize City was recently inaugurated and its students wasted no time in taking advantage of the many resources made available to them by the school’s administration. Today the institute held an open house showcasing its curricula at work. Kenroy Ellis, the Belize District Manager for ITVET says much planning went […]
After spending a night in the Queen Street lock up, Chadrick Tingling aka Pinta was escorted this morning to Magistrate Court and arraigned for one count of drug trafficking. Tingling was busted while at the station with the alleged two point six grams of the drug in his pocket. He pleaded not guilty to drug […]
A female security guard, formerly employed at the Radisson Fort George Hotel lost her job after allegations arose that she was stealing power tools. Yliana Rocio Baizer was today arraigned for the Theft of a sander, power drill and a grinder; a total value of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Manager of the […]
He holds an expired passport and no visitors permit, but fifty-five year old American National, James Arthur Kszynski, arrived in Belize on a cruise ship and decided that he would stay for two years. Kszynski, a retiree, sailed into the country on the Carnival Valor on May twentieth, but when the ship left that day […]
A heated standoff between parents and the administration of Santa Familia Roman Catholic School which saw its enrolment sit out classes for the past two weeks has finally come to an amicable solution. That’s the word coming today from the Ministry of Education. News Five’s Isani Cayetano found out that students are finally heading back […]
Did you know that tobacco use is the main cause of preventable deaths? Indeed statistics show that at least five million persons die every year from illnesses linked to the use of tobacco.Around the world, activities were held to highlight the harmful effects of using tobacco and to call for abstinence, particularly among women and […]
There is a roving exhibit opening on Saturday night at the Mexican Cultural Institute on Barrack Road in Belize City. Debra Wilkes Grey, a member of the Corozal’s Institute of Creative Arts Committee, said that she saw the need to promote the artisans in her district and her idea was to place creativity in the […]
You can know summer is around the corner even though the weather is inclement at times. And while the skies may have a few outbreaks of showers, some organizers of this weekend’s entertainment shows have gone ahead and planned an outdoor concert. This is just one of several fun filled events to suit anyone, from […]
