A murder on Sunday night claimed the life of one brother and has left another injured. The brothers were at the Conch Shell Bay Fish Market when a man opened fire on them – hitting each sibling once. We received conflicting reports of how the murder happened – one account said that two men rode […]
A motorist lost his life on Sunday night in Belmopan during a fatal road traffic accident. Twenty-one-year-old Geovannie Reymundo, a resident of San Martin, was riding a black Meilun motorcycle, along with Anita Canti, when they collided into a dark blue Toyota Hilux. The pickup truck was being driven at the time by forty-three-year-old Kevin […]
Another motorcyclist perished in a traffic mishap over the weekend. On Friday night, nineteen-year-old Jerry Martinez, a resident of Black Water Creek in Trial Farm, lost his life along the Otro Benque Road in Orange Walk Town. The teenager collided into a lamppost and suffered massive injuries to the upper body. Martinez was transported to […]
Eighteen-year-old Jair Tamai of Corozal Town thought he could outrun police on mobile patrol on Sunday morning, but they very quickly caught up with him. Officers spotted the teenager, also known as Totolosh, of a Second Street North address, throwing away an object resembling a firearm and a cap in a drain before fleeing the […]
Eastern Division police continue their efforts to remove cannabis and weaponry from the streets, making one arrest. A sixteen-year-old minor has been charged with drug trafficking. Around twelve-forty Saturday afternoon, police patrolling on Raccoon Street saw two men on separate bicycles at the corner with Curassow Street. One of the youths was carrying a black […]
Forty-year-old Kirk Pitts was remanded to prison for possession of ammunition and a small quantity of weed. Over the weekend, police busted Pitts with several nine millimeter ammunition and less than half gram of cannabis. Police were on mobile patrol when they spotted Pitts looking suspicious on a veranda on Faber’s Road Extension in Belize […]
Over the weekend, a group of San Pedro residents marched peacefully through the streets before coming to a stop at the Central Park on the island. There, a public forum on offshore oil drilling in Belize commenced. The participants sent a resounding message to G.O.B., saying no to offshore oil drilling after weighing the odds. […]
It’s been five years since a referendum attempt by Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage failed when Government announced that the N.G.O. was unable to gather the required eight thousand signatures that were needed to push the referendum on offshore drilling. With the now amended Referendum Act putting the threshold at a fifty percent, plus […]
Back in December, this station, having gleaned information from reliable sources, questioned whether the Government of Belize would pay as much as four million Belize dollars for the Chon Saan Palace Restaurant building in Belmopan. It is owned by the Chang family, whose son Lee Mark Chang is president of the Senate and a former […]
Chang shared with News Five a copy of the appraisal documents from Mahung and Partners confirming that the restaurant building is in good condition and justifiably priced for sale. He said he made the approach because he knew of Government’s need and that coincided with his own plans for the building and the business. But […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Laura Longsworth, has had just ten days into one of the most thankless jobs in Belize. She has, however, the goodwill of Belizeans who want an end to the occasionally unpleasant debates in the lower chamber. She will be seeking tips from her colleagues in the Forum of Presiding […]
The Senate’s first meeting of 2017 on Thursday last almost didn’t proceed after Lead Opposition Senator Eamon Courtenay of the People’s United Party introduced an amendment to the regular motion regarding adjournment of the Senate. It was intended to give the Senator representing the N.G.O. community, Osmany Salas, a chance to be sworn-in and give […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Belize is hosting its third annual convention this weekend. The timing of the gathering coincides with a news item we ran on Friday, involving a young Islamic militant, believed to be of Belizean heritage, who was killed in the Philippines earlier this month. While a familial connection is yet to […]
Belizean football fans across the country were not too happy with the performance of the national football team over the past ten days at the Copa Centro Americana Games. The regional qualifier for the UNCAF Gold Cup was hosted at the Romero Fernandez Stadium in Panama and, unfortunately, the Belize Jaguars were unable to secure […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Feature on weekend sporting activities….]
