Going into the weekend, there is great unease in the city where gang warfare has erupted. There were two shootings on Thursday night within minutes of each other. One turned out fatal for Trevor Trapp, the brother of Andre Trapp who was ambushed last year as he left the court in downtown Belize City. Trevor […]
Forty minutes before Trapp’s murder, a shopkeeper was shot inside his business. Shirong Mei, was at his shop at the corner of Prince Street and East Canal when he was shot by a customer. The customer came up to the barred window of the store and after placing his order, he shot twice at Mei. […]
The fifth murder victim for this year is from Carmelita in Orange Walk District. David Middleton left his common-law wife at work on Monday and did not return to pick her up. He was later found badly beaten and with six stab wounds. Middleton managed to talk to police before he slipped into a coma […]
There is trouble in the ranks of the newly formed association of tender of operators. On Monday the ad hoc association of tender owners was thrown together during a meeting that succeeded a sit down with Prime Minister Dean Barrow on his return from a meeting with cruise executives in Miami. The group of twelve […]
Our last question regarding primary school age children being sent on errands without adult supervision drew comments, some emotional, on both our e-poll and IMS. One viewer put her response in this way; “Belize is no playground, it is a dangerous place for EVERYONE, you can be sexually violated, assaulted or worst murdered so either […]
At midnight, the prices of fuel went up for the second time in two weeks. If you are reeling from that hike, well hold on because the prices of butane gas are also up. The hundred pound cylinder shot up by four dollars over all. The price changes were approved last Friday and the next […]
There is an unconfirmed report that a major shakeup is in the pipeline at the Central Bank of Belize. Multiple, credible sources say that Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Belize, Allan Slusher, who comes with substantial experience from the Caribbean Development Bank, is to be replaced by former Prime […]
A swarm of deadly Africanized bees descended on a family at Mahogany Heights off the Western Highway. It was a harrowing experience for three persons who were stung, while three others hid inside their new house to avoid what are also known as the killer bees. It took some time to get rid of them […]
A major ruling was handed down in the Appeals Court this afternoon by Judge Manuel Sosa. Sosa ordered the Commissioner of Sales Tax and the Attorney General’s Ministry to hand over one million seven hundred and fifteen thousand dollars nine hundred and seventy one dollars and thirty five cents to the Barrow and Company by […]
We told you on Monday of allegations made that the Elections and Boundaries Corozal office was kept open past its usual hours on the night before the UDP convention in Corozal Bay. The charge was that last minute registrations were facilitated to sway the vote in favor of the incumbent Pablo Marin. Tonight we can […]
Aaron Wilson, who has been dubbed the “Fake Cop”, appeared earlier this week in court. Wilson was before the Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb McKenzie and got disclosure for three of six charges he is facing. On February sixteenth, Wilson will have to defend his name for using threatening words, theft of a cell phone from […]
We told you earlier in the newscast about five murders since the beginning of the year; four of them in the city. And while police increase patrols to prevent further bloodshed, the Belizeans for Justice Movement is asking the community to stand together against crime. Two vocal members of the Movement who have lost relatives […]
There’s a new kid in town. Earlier today, the Belize Tourism Board introduced National Geographic writer, Costas Christ, as Global Ambassador of Tourism. Christ says he will be promoting the jewel to increase the number of visitors and he is safely on the side of cruise tourism. News Five Isani Cayetano caught up with him. […]
A year after it was passed into law, the teaching services commission is taking off. The twelve member group was sworn in today by the Minister of Education. Among its first tasks, it will bring an end to corporal punishment and to raise the bar for teachers. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting […]
They have been to Belize before to perform corrective eye surgery on adults and children who have crossed eyes or similar visual disorders. We caught up today with the two ophthalmologists who were again providing free eye surgeries at the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired to persons with eye defects. The two surgeons gave […]
Renowned Belizean personality Carrie Fairweather-Belgrave lost her battle with pancreatic cancer on Thursday evening. Fairweather, better known for her role as Gran Tomasa in ‘Noh Matta Wat,’ struggled for several months after being diagnosed with the terminal illness. On December second last year her lifework in literature was presented at the Bliss Center for the […]
