The Carnival road march is one of the most anticipated events that occur during the September celebrations. Thousands line up the streets to view the bacchanal and the revelry of the event which is set for September eleventh. But there are many side events before that day. On Wednesday night, three of the junior groups […]
It was an explosive situation in the west over the past weekend when reportedly drunken B.D.F. soldiers clashed with civilians. From what we have gathered, two soldiers were looking for two alleged ‘contrabandistas’ who had just crossed the river. The men eluded the soldiers and that’s when they allegedly took out their frustration on residents […]
Word to News Five this evening is that two prominent Belize City doctors, John Gough and Ervin Gabourel, are getting medical treatment at the Corozal Hospital following an all out brawl at the Belize/Mexico Border earlier today. Police confirmed that Gabourel was changing currency before departing the country when he was approached by Gough who […]
This past Friday, the government introduced a Bill in the House entitled Interception of Communications Act which will allow security personnel to eavesdrop on telephone calls. The new piece of legislation will surely be hotly debated before it can become law because not everyone agrees that it will only be used to monitor criminal activity […]
It was devastated by Hurricane Dean three years ago but the papaya industry is now well poised to recover. Set in the north, Fruta Bomba has been exporting about a hundred thousand tons of the fruit on a weekly basis to the United States and Canada. It is a main source of employment for hundreds […]
The Auditor General’s Special Report on the Issuance of National Land Leases and Titles between September 2007 and February 2008 reveals numerous questionable transactions in the Ministry of Lands. As we have reported, in the majority of the cases, lease and purchase applications were approved without the recommendation of the Commissioner of Lands and Survey. […]
Oceana Belize is known for its opposition to offshore drilling in Belize. Its Vice President, Audrey Matura Shepherd, has joined a voyage that is tracking the British Petroleum oil spill throughout the gulf. The Oceana team is aboard the vessel called the Latitude. Matura Shepherd spoke to News Five via phone with an update on […]
The incident goes back to June nineteenth, 2009, when a nine mm pistol and forty live rounds of ammo were found in a Rodeo SUV in which two Guatemalans were traveling on the Western Highway. The men claimed they were returning to Peten, Guatemala when police detected the vehicle as it pulled off the highway […]
Twenty year old Randine Flowers, a housekeeper of St. Thomas Street, is tonight accused of stealing jewelry from her former employer. Ruth Jaramillo reported to the police that a five hundred dollar, fourteen carat gold ring with a diamond and a three thousand dollar fourteen carat gold bracelet with diamonds had gone missing from her […]
Search efforts lasted almost a full two days for a seventeen year old Gwen Lizarraga Student, who drowned on Sunday afternoon in the Camalote area. Rudyford Thompson Jr. went swimming with three friends and is believed to have suffered a cramp in the leg. Friends tried to help him, but the current was too strong […]
The crime situation as everyone already knows is out of control. The fact that the murder conviction rate being below ten percent, places citizens under siege. Last Friday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow introduced a bill in the house that will not only increase penalties for violent crime but also target gang members and empower the […]
In related news, sexual exploitation and assault of children are offences that have been on the rise over the past few years. But the penalties that accompany crimes have not deterred the criminal element from carrying out their acts. So, now one agency that champions the rights of children is trying to see if it […]
A small team of track and field runners will be a part of history as they participate in the first ever Youth Olympic games. The competition starts on Saturday, but the three runners left for Singapore on Monday. News Five caught them just before they boarded their flight and we were told by the Chef […]
Accountability; we’ve heard about that several times but now there’s another effort on the subject. The Society for the Promotion of Education Advocacy and Research has been working over the past few years with One World Trust, which is based in London. Their project is a toolkit to promote accountability among Civil Society Organizations. It […]
