This just in to our newsroom. San Ignacio Police are currently processing a scene in Los Tambos in the outskirts of Spanish Lookout where the body of a man was found just before news time. According to police, the identity of the person is not known nor is the cause of death.
Four police officers are tonight under investigation and it is likely that one will be charged criminally for the shooting of a Unitedville youth. Nineteen year old Elston Arnold was shot in the back as he rode his bicycle through the village with his cousins. As they approached the bus stop near the access road […]
Tonight, there is little information on the motive behind an incident of domestic violence which has left two persons in critical condition at the K.H.M.H. Fifty year old Erwin Smith, a resident of Zericote Street, and thirty-three year old Jennifer Salam of a Newtown Barracks address, were discovered early this morning bleeding profusely from multiple […]
Last week, News Five took a look at a comprehensive audit of the Central Health Region. The report detailed many cases of apparent financial misappropriation, financial misrepresentation and financial misallocation. Basically, the team found that CHR Head Melinda Guerra and assorted players completed ignored standard accounting practices and financial orders, and in cases lied to […]
One man was viciously attacked and stabbed to death; the body of twenty-five year old Ezekiel Hernandez was found on Monday morning. This afternoon, forty-three year old taxi operator, Charles Herrera, of Lavender Street, in the Saint Martin De Porres area of Belize City was arraigned for the murder of Hernandez as well as […]
On Tuesday, Trevor Vernon made a bold statement when he delivered two pillow-cases full of shillings to the law firm of Barrow and Company. The payment, twenty-five hundred dollars, is half of the costs granted to Edmond Castro by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. As we said, it was a bold statement and good for some […]
The latest figures released from the Statistical Institute of Belize indicate that there has been a slight contraction of the economy when compared to last year’s economic performance in the first quarter. At a press conference today, S.I.B. reported that though the figures are in preliminary form, economic growth dipped by zero point four percent […]
Minister of Tourism, Manuel Heredia, as well as Minister of Economic Development, Erwin Contreras were photographed at the Cannes Film Festival in France last week. They are now back in the country after attending an exclusive party hosted by Italian investors of the Puerto Azul group. Along with the ministers, was Belize’s ambassador to Italy, […]
The Bain debate continues unabated, with heated arguments for and against the firing of the UWI Professor last week Tuesday. Bain has received tremendous support from many organizations, and today, former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding chimed in. Writing as a guest columnist in the Gleaner, Golding says that he is saddened at the treatment, […]
There is also much support for the decision to terminate Professor Brendan Bain, and not all of it is coming from the gay lobby. One of Bain’s colleagues at UWI, Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, has issued a statement claiming that the termination is not about academic freedom, or even the substance of Bain’s testimony. Antoine […]
This morning at the Toledo District Education Center, instructors from the local ITVET, as well as Belize National Teachers’ Union President Luke Palacio, along with ITVET’s Board of Governance met with embattled manager Allen Genus in an effort to reach an agreeable solution to an ongoing rift within the school’s administration. Genus is being asked […]
According to Vernon, following the ministry’s decision they will proceed with the investigation and it is anticipated that Genus’ employment falls under the Public Service Commission’s Handbook. Via Phone: Michael Vernon, Instructor, ITVET “What we basically believe is that as soon as we get the word from ministry itself under which mandate presently governs […]
The mother of an eight year old student of a Presbyterian primary school in Belize City is tonight appealing that her son be returned home. Erica Bardalez today told News Five that her estranged husband, Jose Antonio Chacon took Richard Chacon on May twentieth purportedly for medical attention at a clinic in the city. Chacon, […]
Late last year, the Garifuna Collective was on tour in Europe promoting their recent album, Ayo, which pays tribute to musical legend, Andy Palacio. The group made a big splash in Europe and are heading back today for a second tour. This time, the Garifuna Collective will be undertaking a six and a half week […]
