There is concern tonight over the health of the Father of the Nation. First Prime Minister George Price and leader emeritus of the People’s United Party, slipped in his bathtub at his Pickstock Street home. Price sustained an injury to the head and was rushed by ambulance to the hospital. He underwent surgery before noon […]
But shortly at the Bliss, a Prime Minister’s forum gets underway. It is a first of a kind organized by the Institute for Social and Cultural Research. It is also a rare and unique event because we have hardly seen three heads of government on the same platform to reflect about nationhood. News Five’s Jose […]
Family, friends and colleagues are mourning the untimely death of Councilor Andrew Faber. The young councilor was killed in a tragic accident on the Placencia Road at around noon when he was returning to Belize City. The Councilor is the brother of the Minister of Education and Sports, Patrick Faber. Two other persons perished in […]
A mid-afternoon bomb threat at the Atlantic Bank headquarters on Freetown Road earlier today threatened to cancel a high level meeting between representatives of Banco Atlantida and stakeholders in the sugar industry. Shortly before two o’clock employees of the bank, which was already closed for business, were informed that an explosive device had been planted […]
Belize recorded its latest murder in the Stann Creek Valley. The long list is inching closer to a hundred. Around nine-thirty this morning, three Central American nationals were hanging out on a farm in Hope Creek where they work. A quarrel started between two of the men and ended with the murder of Anival Lopez. […]
We have been reporting on the novel case being brought against the Attorney General by UNIBAM, the advocacy group for gay rights. Caleb Orosco, its executive president, is taking the attorney general to court seeking a declaration that section fifty-two of the criminal code is unconstitutional because it criminalizes “carnal intercourse against the order of […]
Journalist and talk show host, Glenn Tillett, was arrested in August along with his daughter, Katyce Flowers, for Handling Stolen Goods. The charge was in connection with computers and accessories found at his house following a burglary at the Salvador Embassy in Belmopan. Tillett was escorted to the Belmopan Police Station but had to be […]
Also in court, a Belize City woman pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault against a twelve year old boy. The child reported that on Tuesday thirty-two year old Martha Smith slapped him several times and kicked him in the back, causing him to fall. While Smith doesn’t deny the allegations, she told the […]
Two Belizeans are heading to the United Kingdom having been awarded the 2011 Chevening scholarships. Orlando Vera from the Forensics Lab will be pursuing a Masters Degree in Forensic Science and Police Inspector Marcelino Choco will be doing a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management. Both will attend Strathclyde University in Glasgow. Vera and Choco […]
You’ve heard a lot about Trusts on this newscast including the BNE Charitable Trust which has donated to several community development projects. Today the Treaty Charitable Trust (TCT) launched the Belizean National Leadership Fund. The initiative, which promises to set the bar on donations and charity in Belize, intends to do so when its parent […]
They say that God won’t give us more than we can handle but Odessa Orosco is being tested. Orosco has been having a rough time; two months ago she buried her son, Christopher Bowman, who passed away after struggling with a vascular tumor. And on Tuesday, the heavy rains have collapsed her small wooden house […]
