Late this evening, News Five has been able to get a sneak peek at the 2012-2013 Auditor General’s Report which is expected to be tabled this Friday in the House. The document is voluminous so it will take more time to go through its content page by page. But from what we have seen so […]
There are more details available tonight on the state of finances of the Belizean Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Last week, Shyne Barrow resigned abruptly when it became known that his predecessor Heather Cunningham and current Chair of BSCAP, was charging more than half a million dollars in fees for 2010 to 2013, even […]
Late this evening, BSCAP’s chairwoman, attorney Heather Cunningham, responded to claims being made by Shyne during a press conference earlier today. Those statements cast a negative light on Cunningham, as well as the organization because she is, for all intents and purposes, being accused of financial mismanagement during her term as C.E.O. While Shyne provided […]
Cunningham has taken umbrage to the allegations made by Shyne because she says they are slanderous. According to the chairwoman, the twenty-five hundred dollars that has been earmarked for distribution to member artists is the sum of what has been collected in revenue between 2014 and 2016. On the Phone: Heather Cunningham, Chairperson, BSCAP […]
At news time this evening, police confirmed that Jafari Castro and Gilbert Franklin are in police custody pending charges. The duo was detained earlier today in the south side of Belize City. Assistant Commissioner of Police responsible for Operations, Edward Broaster, told us earlier that the third suspect in the beating of basket ball player […]
As police were announcing the arrest of twenty-one-year-old Christian Espat on Monday evening for charges of attempted murder, deadly means of harm and dangerous harm for a shooting incident on Ambergris Caye over the weekend, he was being brought to Belize City and arraigned even before getting to speak with attorney Richard “Dickie” Bradley. Espat […]
It’s been a month since the last increase at the pumps, but get ready for another crunching increase in fuel prices. At midnight tonight, regular gasoline rises by a whopping fifty-one cents, to ten dollars twenty-one cents from nine dollars seventy cents. Diesel prices sit at eight dollars eighty-two cents, rising from eight dollars sixty-eight […]
One week ago, Police Constable Franklin Ramirez was busted by fellow officers in the Mobile Interdiction Team along with three civilians. He was driving a vehicle carrying a gun hidden secretly under the dashboard coming across from Guatemala. He was charged for firearm and ammunition offenses and is out on bail but his troubles are […]
San Ignacio police continue to investigate the burglary of the Caribbean Tires depot in Spanish Lookout, Cayo District, which is believed to be an inside job. On Saturday some twenty thousand U.S. dollars in cash; five thousand in cheques and an undisclosed amount in Belizean currency were stolen but a majority of it was almost […]
Over the weekend San Ignacio police received six Guatemalan nationals – thirty-eight years old Agusto Perez Gonzalez of Dolores, Petén; twenty-six years old Wilfredo Antoniel Chavez of Barrio Nuevo; eighteen year old Dimas Espana of Las Brisas; and three minors all seventeen years of age. They were caught digging for gold deposits inside a pit […]
A motorcycle stolen from the Ministry of Education has been recovered by police from the possession of a fisherman. Today in court, Lerone Williams, a resident of Faber’s Road in Belize City, was arraigned for handling stolen goods. He appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser and pleaded not guilty to the charge. Williams […]
The Professional Standards Branch of the Belize Police Department is inundated with cases of alleged police misconduct and there were several updates coming out of Monday’s press conference with its head, Assistant Commissioner Chester Williams. Back in June, Chunox resident, Richard Allen Garcia, got into a stand-off with police. The officers dispatched from Corozal Town […]
In Punta Gorda, two cops have been accused of shaking down a school principal for money to hush up an alleged violation of insurance expiration. They agreed to accept money to avoid towing away her vehicle and revoking her drivers’ license. But they didn’t count on getting caught red-handed with the money by their own […]
Though not confirmed, there are reports of an altercation between Customs and a group of Belizeans in the Santa Cruz area of Orange Walk. This village is particularly known for contraband activities and has been difficult to police by the department. The report is that one person, identified as Dwayne Almendarez was shot to the […]
Our newsroom has also received photographs of a fire in the Sarstoon. The reports state that several structures on the Guatemalan side of the river went up in flames earlier today. Up to now, there has been no confirmation from this side of the river. But the pictures speak for themselves.
Belize City resident Francine Pitts gained public attention when her young daughter, Eyannie, was shot and killed as she slept at home. Pitts would go on to experience a long list of setbacks and misfortunes that instead of breaking her, only had the effect of strengthening her resolve. But this weekend, death knocked at her […]
BELTRAIDE and the Belize Spa and Wellness Association are organizing the first ever “Maya Spa Experience Brand Competition.” The overall objective of the competition is to have certified massage therapists collaborate with three other persons, in developing their interpretation of an authentic Maya Spa experience in order to create a signature Belizean massage that can […]
After a brief hiatus, KTV, the Remix is back tonight live at the Bliss and the show promises to be as entertaining and ram packed with great performances. The remaining contestants will have a surprise number even as a star from a previous show returns to the stage with a stellar presentation. KTV, the Remix […]
