Controversy surrounding the manner in which Bakabush Tours was awarded a lucrative shore excursion contract by Carnival Cruise Line continued today during an annual general meeting held by the Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize. The organization has expressed its dissatisfaction with what it considers preferential treatment afforded to the tour operator. Today News […]
A shop located around the corner from the Raccoon Street Police Formation in Belize City was robbed at gunpoint this morning. UFO Kenny’s Shop, located on Fairweather Street near the intersection with North Creek, could have been the scene of a deadly shooting. Luckily no one was hurt. According to neighbors, sometime after ten in […]
Cayo is the district that is becoming known for crime as well as for its natural beauty. According to reports from San Ignacio, an American tourist visiting the area lost valuables worth fifteen thousand six hundred dollars that were located in her hotel room. Maryann Mix, an American Environmental Planner, of Harvey Idaho, is staying […]
A mechanic who was supposedly in hiding after being accused of carnal knowledge is in custody tonight. Police caught the suspect on Monday and detained him. This morning, twenty year old Joseph Adolphus was charged with one count of carnal knowledge for allegedly having sex with an underage girl on July third of this year. […]
Belize City police are tonight still looking for suspects in the shooting deaths of thirty-five year old Shelmadine Sanchez and her neighbor Ivan Francis, both of Oleander Street in the Saint Martin‘s area. While the incidents are being investigated separately authorities are not ruling out the possibility of linkages between the weekend slayings. The Friday […]
In an update to another weekend murder—the fatal shooting of Eyan Arnold—police have not yet made any arrests. When we last checked, however, we were told that the police are seeking a person of interest for questioning, whose name has not been released. Arnold was gunned down on Berkeley Street as he headed home from […]
On Monday we reported on the stabbing death of nineteen year old Efrein Ramirez, who was killed last Friday night not far from his home in the Salvapan area of Belmopan. Ramirez suffered a stab wound to the throat during a brawl between his group and another group from the same area. The incident started […]
We’re halfway through the hurricane season and the message we constantly hear is to be prepared. And while national disaster response plans are in place, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) is now putting more emphasis on measures to mitigate the overall impact of storms and other disasters. They plan to do that using a […]
This past weekend, two Belize City residents were shot and killed for allegedly being witnesses to homicide. One of the victims was scheduled to take the stand against an accused murderer but did not live to testify in his trial. The other was gunned down because it is believed that he may have seen who […]
A modern day story of Cane and Abel almost came to a deadly end when one brother pulled out a weapon on his older brother. A family dispute last Sunday between brothers has ended with the younger brother facing criminal charges and the possibility of spending time behind bars for aggravated assault with a machete. […]
Two cases before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie ended with charges being withdrawn today. The first individual who got a ruling in his favor is eighteen year old Leon Ebanks, who was accused of stabbing Owen Jimenez in Mahogany Heights back on September twenty-first, 2009. Ebanks was initially charged with Attempted Murder and Wounding, but […]
The case of the two fighting doctors marked the end of another chapter today as Doctors John Gough and Irvin Gabourel were finally charged in Belize City Magistrates’ Court. The two physicians—who fought publicly at the Santa Elena Border last week Tuesday, August eleventh—were each charged with one count of disorderly conduct. Yesterday, the men […]
It’s not a topic that makes it around most dinner tables, but this afternoon, representatives of the utility companies gathered at the City Hall’s Conference Room to discuss the possible perils their heavy duty equipment can pose to properties in times of natural disasters, like hurricanes. According to City Engineer, Benjamin Mendoza, while the meeting […]
It’s the second in the series by the Fantauzzi-Jacobs brothers of Clenched Fist Production. While last week at the Bliss Centre the focus was on hip-hop in Cuba, today’s feature presentation was on Home Grown Hip Life in Ghana. News Five’s Jose Sanchez spoke with the brothers not only about the documentary but also about […]
The fourth annual Natural Resources Management Research Symposium started today at the University of Belize Belmopan campus. Topics up for discussion in the two-day forum include deforestation, marine and terrestrial wildlife as well as the highly controversial issue of oil exploration. Organizations involved in protected areas management are swapping notes on recent research and projects—information […]
The prize pot on Saturday’s lotto was a hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred dollars and when the numbers were announced, there was celebration, but not in only one household. In fact, the last lotto draw produced two winners: seventy two year old Sandy Cabral, a businessman and the other, Joan Perrera—a cook and mother […]
Utility equipment and satellite dishes are not all that City Hall is looking at, they are also working on ways to encourage property owners to keep not only their yards clean, but also the front of their drains. City Engineer, Benjamin Mendoza, says it is really a matter of civic pride. But, don’t worry, if […]
