Sadie Vernon Technical High School is once again in the news tonight following a mid-morning stabbing incident on school grounds involving a second form student. While details of the incident remain sketchy, News Five understands that a former student of the high school entered the compound during the morning break and stabbed the teenager in […]
Evicted squatters, backed by Belizeans for Justice and COLA, staged a protest, blocking the Belcan Bridge after their houses were destroyed on Wednesday morning. On Thursday Yolanda Schakron, who was on the frontline, got the criminal treatment at the Queen Street Police Station, but after processing no charges were levied. COLA’s Giovanni Bracket also received […]
While the poverty stricken squatters are demanding alternative land or housing from the government, surprisingly, a large corporation is also calling on the government to help with its financial condition. Belize Electricity Limited is facing the possibility of countrywide blackouts. This morning’s blackout that hit the nation, however, was due to birds that built nests […]
BEL’s CEO Lyn Young has made it clear that an increase in electricity rates would alleviate the cash flow problem of the company. The government has made advanced payments mounting to four million dollars to assist BEL. And though the P.M. concedes that at least half of the country would be without power on a […]
Wholesalers operating along Hiccatee Street near the Michael Finnegan Market are up in arms over the enforcement of regulations by the Belize City Council to restrict the sale of produce outside of regulated hours. Upon relocation from West Canal prior to the opening of the new market, vendors had agreed to sell fruits and vegetables […]
Thirty-two year old Erwin Staine was murdered on Wednesday night and less than a day later the suspected gunman was arrested. According to police, twenty-seven year old Kenneth Dobson of Raccoon Street Extension has been formally charged with Murder. Staine was at a regular hangout spot, not far from his home on North Creek, where […]
A Ladyville gas attendant is behind bars tonight after he was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie on a charge of Carnal Knowledge. The report against twenty year old Seaford Miles was made by a fifteen year old who claims she met him at his workplace on May twenty-first. According the teen, Miles took her […]
Electrician, Nigel Tillett was behind the wheel of a Toyota Hilux pick-up that knocked down and killed the well known, Gilbert “Ray” Lightburn on October seventh, 2009. Today, Tillett was acquitted of Causing Death by Careless Conduct as well as the lesser charge of Manslaughter. Justice Adolph Lucas upheld a no case submission made by […]
International basketball star, Alex Carcamo, is in Belize to tie the knot with his fiancé in Placencia and while he’s here, young athletes will get an opportunity to participate in a basketball camp which begins next week Tuesday. The competition promises lots of prizes including autographed jerseys and footwear. It’s his first venture into hosting […]
The tinting law came into effect on June first; that is Wednesday of this week. However, it is very evident in the capital and on the road, that many government ministers still have heavy tinted windshields on their vehicles. News Five asked the Prime Minister if there is a special clause or loop hole that […]
Butane importers have been meeting with government officials over the past few days, demanding a massive hike in the controlled price. The importers say that acquisition costs have increased by fourteen dollars since the start of the year and they want the market price go up by that amount. Today the Ministry of Economic Development […]
But there’s some good news for drivers because fuel prices at the pump decreased earlier this week. The cost of regular gasoline took the biggest dip, going down fifty-four cents to eleven dollars and thirteen cents. Premium is now selling at eleven dollars and sixty cents, following a thirty-seven cents drop while diesel reduced twenty-one […]
Today ten students were awarded tuition scholarships to the institution of their choice by J.D Financial, the parent company of MegaBingo. The initiative which will be an annual event saw the submission of application by more than fifty students, but the ten who were short listed were selected based on financial need and academic performance. […]
The results of the 2011 Primary School Examinations were released late this evening. It’s a nineteen page document and we’ll have the details on Monday, but a quick perusal shows that the top student is Aliyah Marin of Holy Redeemer Primary School in Belize City. The student with the second highest score is Josette McGann […]
Earlier this year we told you that the British Forces were reducing their number of troops in Belize and other countries due to cut backs in the British Ministry of Defense. There are still pressing concerns on the effect on the Caribbean with respect to troops that assisted in deterring narco-trafficking and other transnational crimes. […]
Today the buzz in Cayo was about the bee, the spelling bee that is. The finals for the annual contest sponsored by Coca Cola took place at the countryside park in Spanish Lookout. The new national speller, Jaren Young, a standard five student at St. John Vianney claimed the title this afternoon when he out-spelled […]
