As early as five this morning, the destruction of more than two tons of cocaine began in the north. An estimated one hundred and forty million dollars went up in smoke as the incinerator at the Tower Hill sugar mill destroyed the Colombian coke. The cargo was first brought to Belize City from the south […]
While the police were on high alert, keeping an eye on the cocaine, gun violence erupted on the streets of the old capital on Garifuna Settlement Day. Police operations included searches of the city’s hot spots including the George Street area, but could not avert the murder of two persons. The homicides happened within fifteen […]
Only fifteen minutes later and not too far away a second Belize City man was ambushed and shot. The victim is George Pipersburgh, the uncle of Neisa Pipersburgh, a high school graduate that was murdered and dumped in the Faber’s Lagoon. At the site where Neisa’s body was found on June twenty-first, a bus heading […]
In the south, it is not known what led to the death of a young Dangriga sportsman who went missing last week Thursday. The body of twenty-one year old Thomas Swaso, who lived at the New Site Area of Dangriga Town, was retrieved from the banks of the Stann Creek River. His mother, Norene Sacasa, […]
There is a spanking new market in the south side; it was inaugurated this morning and replaces the old Queen Square Market. Construction of the one point three million dollar building was funded by the Caribbean Development Bank, the project was overseen by the Social Investment Fund and the City Council is responsible for its […]
During the ceremony at the Michael Finnegan Market, the minister made it very clear that he was quite pleased with the Belize City Mayor. A Moya move on the Mesopotamia division has always been rumored. News Five asked Area Representative for Mesopotamia Michael Finnegan and Mayor Moya about a possible Moya for Mesop candidacy. Michael […]
Remember Aaron Wilson? He was the man charged with impersonating a police officer. Wilson, no longer has the dishonor of being the only person to be called a fake cop. This afternoon forty-five year old Emmanuel Lopez, a resident of Flamboyant Street Belize City pleaded guilty to Impersonating a Police Officer. In addition to the […]
The man who was charged with shooting and killing a minor last week was back in court today. Eighteen year old Ibrahim Smith was formally arraigned for the November sixteenth Manslaughter of a Sadie Vernon High School Student, seventeen year old Shenelle Reyes in the court of Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. The eighteen year old, […]
Two Belizeans students distinguished themselves in regional exams this year. Dorien Villafranco, a student of St. John’s College, was named the Most Outstanding Candidate in the Caribbean for his performance in the 2010 CSEC Examinations that were sat in May while Rodyn Gilharry of Corozal Junior College was the Most Outstanding Candidate in the Caribbean […]
Bruce Cullerton was mauled by Max the jaguar twenty four hours after hurricane Richard in October. Max’s cage was destroyed by a tree that fell when the eye of the hurricane swept over the Western Highway at the house of Richard Foster, a filmographer for the National Geographic. Cullerton was suffering from diabetes for many […]
The weekend weather interrupted a number of activities that were scheduled to celebrate Garifuna Settlement Day across the country. But in the Culture Capital the downpour was not enough to stop the hundreds who migrated for the annual reenactment of the arrival of the Garinagu that voyaged from Honduras to Saint Vincent and then onto […]
Moshe Levi Ben David formerly known as Moses Levi, formerly known as Shyne, and formerly known as Jamal Barrow, was featured on the BBC this morning. The BBC covered Belize’s musical ambassador’s recent visit to Israel following his conversion to Judaism that according to reports included a ceremonial circumcision. But he wasn’t there to promote […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. As the semifinal round of the FFB’s Inter-District Football Tournament reaches its natural conclusion, over the weekend, we headed West, yesterday where World FC hosted Club Athletico inside the Norman Forrester Stadium to close out the home and series after last week’s 1-1 draw at […]
