You see them almost everywhere: sometimes peddling newspapers, selling tamales door to door, or just hanging out. They are kids who should be in school but for a number of reasons are not. Today some concerned groups organized to try and do something about it. The Plan is a five year project called Stay in […]
It probably is one of the longest villages in the entire country, spanning roughly eight miles along the hummingbird highway. These days it is also one of the loneliest, as the region of dense forests and sparse police presence has apparently become a favorite stomping ground for fugitives Winsworth Managar and Douglas Williams. Today News […]
Police are combing the Belize River near Burrel Boom in search of a Belize City man who entered the waters and has not been seen since. 45-year-old Bernard Rosado was being driven from Burrel Boom into the City by Susan Fuller. When the car slowed down between miles 7 and 8 Rosado jumped out and […]
It is believed by many that crime in Belize City may actually be decreasing, but the same cannot be said of the tourist haven of San Pedro. In the latest incident on Ambergris Caye the office of the local high school was burglarized last Thursday. According to principal Angel Nunez, between three thousand, five hundred […]
“I thought it was an eye of a deer.” That’s what thirty one year old Modesto Matamoros is telling police as he was formally arrested and charged in the death of fourteen year old Juan Carlos Orellano. According to police both Matamoros and Orellano went hunting in the jungle near Silver Creek Village in the […]
Viewers may be wondering what ever happened to William Shaw. He’s the visitor who crashed through the northern border, was stopped several weeks later on traffic charges and then beat up a police officer and tried to escape from custody at the Raccoon Street Police Station. On Monday Shaw had his day in magistrates court, […]
Late this evening, residents along Calle al Mar, just opposite the MCC Grounds, were forced to remain indoors as they first watched one of their lane’s lamp posts burn, then break in two, leaving its live wires dangling dangerously close to the ground. While none of the residents would venture out to speak to us […]
The new ambassador from the Republic of China on Taiwan, Kuo-Hsiung Shen, today presented his credentials to Governor General Sir Colville Young in Belmopan. The Governor General is no stranger to Taiwan, having visited that island nation several years ago as a guest of the Taiwanese government. Shen also paid courtesy calls on Prime Minister […]
At another brief ceremony in the Nation’s Capital British High Commissioner Gordon Baker this morning inaugurated a new thrift center for the Belmopan branch of the Belize Red Cross. The center, financed jointly by the Red Cross and British High Commission, will be used to store supplies, and its sales will generate funds to further […]
After many years of dormancy, a copyright bill appears ready to be reintroduced into law, as part of government’s efforts to uphold its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization. But does the mere passage of legislation guarantee an end to piracy? Trinidad and Tobago Television hit the streets of Port of Spain […]
Even though the Government of Belize canceled its predecessor’s plans to build a national museum in Belmopan, a number of smaller museum projects have popped up in Belize City and elsewhere. Over the weekend the latest effort was unveiled on the island of Ambergris Caye. Patrick Jones was on hand for a preview. While most […]
The streets of Belize City are often described as dangerous…but the warning usually refers to muggers, druggers and gangsters…not drivers. Early this morning, however, one well known Belize City resident died behind the wheel. For the past fifteen years, forty-nine-year-old Lennox Munnings covered many miles on his bicycle cart as he rode around the city […]
On Saturday a coalition of Church leaders led a rally and march against the impending arrival of the M.S. Leeward, and its estimated 900 homosexual passengers. Attendance was small and the demonstration went off without incident. It may or may not be a coincidence but this afternoon in Belize City police arrested two local men […]
For the Montes family of La Democracia village in the Belize District, the last year and a half has been a trying time. In October of 1996, a dispute in the village ended with one Montes brother, Roosevelt, shooting another, Victor, to death. Over the weekend, tragedy struck again. This time the victim was yet […]
While a bench may have been the weapon in the death of John Montes in La Democracia, in Stann Creek’s Silver Creek village it was gun play that resulted in the killing of a fourteen year old boy. According to police reports, on Friday night, the teenager, identified as Juan Carlos Orellano, was out hunting […]
In Belize City two young men have ended up in the hospital, victims of what appears to have been a ride by shooting. Phillip McKay told police that around 10:20 Friday night he was standing in front of Sarita’s Bar at the Corner of Mosul and Vernon Streets when he heard gunshots ring out. McKay […]
Belize’s most wanted man, Winsworth Mangar is back in the news tonight … and no he hasn’t been captured. But the fugitive seems to be living up to his prophesy of kicking up dust in 1998. A LOVE F.M. radio news report says that Mangar had been sighted near Mile 31 on the Hummingbird Highway. […]
In political news things have calmed down considerably since Friday’s confrontation in Belmopan, but further west in the twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena there is some minor indigestion within the ranks of the PUP. Former Mayor Marconi Matus, who last year stepped down from the post amidst internal squabbles among the slim […]
Good evening?I?m James Adderley and welcome to this portion of Sports Monday. The BFL playoffs brought a pivotal showdown to La Isla Bonita on Sunday as the mighty San Pedro Dolphins played host to undefeated Acros of Belize City in an effort to keep its waning title hopes alive. It?s only three minutes into the […]
It was a drama that first unfolded last October, when Opposition Leader Said Musa was suddenly accused, tried and found guilty of contempt of the legislature. His alleged crime? He supposedly told a lie some six years earlier on the floor of the House of Representatives. Today that body’s Speaker, quoting Shakespeare and declaiming in […]
In crime news the Northern Highway has claimed another victim in a traffic accident. Jacqueline Woods was on the scene immediately following her duties on last night’s newscast. Sixty three year old Bonifacio Jimenez, Sr; a resident of Succotz village in the Cayo District and a watchman for INDECO Enterprises lost his life late Thursday […]
In the last days before his departure from Belize British High Commissioner Gordon Baker has been a busy diplomat. This evening he presented twenty three thousand dollars worth of computer equipment to the University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies. The equipment, which came courtesy of the Heads of Mission Gift Scheme, will […]
Those heading to Ambergris Caye this weekend for sun, sand, sea and other pleasures will be eligible for an added bonus. The island’s museum and cultural center will be opened for a sneak preview on Saturday evening, prior to its official inauguration in the near future. The initial exhibit features an overview of the communities […]
A major controversy is cooking in Trinidad over four million dollars worth of questionable rice, which was imported from India. The rice, consigned to National Flour Mills, left India in July but did not reach Trinidad until December. It then languished at the docks for another month while officials sorted out the paperwork. This week […]
When News Five’s crew of reporters and cameramen headed off to Belmopan this morning the passenger list also included the name of G. Michael Reid. Although Reid’s essay for tonight had already been written, the commentator discovered that his words were still applicable to the situation at hand. “This is the story of a nation […]
