In Belize we have grown used to the shock of sudden crime and senseless taking of life by gun or machete. Tonight we are reminded that the plague of random violence is not limited by national boundaries, as we report news of the death of a Belizean in Mexico. Susan Caroline Hulse, better known as […]
For many viewers this may be the most important news this program has carried in months, if not years. Today Grupo TACA, the parent company of TACA Airlines, announced that beginning September first its flights will no longer allow smoking. Most other carriers banned the practice long ago but according to a TACA press release […]
Beginning this week there will be some changes in courtrooms across the country as the Law Reform Act, passed in the last sitting of the National Assembly, went into effect on August first. The act abolishes the offence of attempted suicide, although it will still be a crime to encourage another person to take his […]
It’s not toy guns that politicians are using these days… and thank goodness it’s not real guns either. Rather it’s still a war of words. In tonight’s segment on “Elections ’98” we’ll cover the battle in Pickstock, where a legendary incumbent is under siege from a determined challenger. Wilfred Elrington, U.D.P., Pickstock “With respect to […]
Since June we’ve been running stories on different children’s activities taking place during summer vacation. On Monday I had the chance to participate in a summer camp with a special purpose and a lot of tradition. Belize’s rainforest is not only best known for its wide variety of exotic woods, animals, flora and fauna, but […]
It was one of those weekends when you hope there’s a new roll of paper in the fax machine, as the lines from Police headquarters in Belmopan were buzzing fast and furious. The most dramatic news involved a case of murder in Orange Walk. Twenty five year old Guatemalan Martha Magdalena Garcia told police that […]
Meanwhile in Belize City a stabbing early Saturday morning has resulted in the death of a twenty three year old man. According to police reports Angel Briceño of Morning Glory Street was shooting pool on Partridge Street when he became involved in an altercation with three men. As a result he was stabbed in the […]
On Friday afternoon a team of robbers struck in Corozal Town. About two forty five three masked men entered the office of Jal’s Travel Agency. Two had guns as well as machetes. The three women employees were robbed of their jewelry and the business was relieved of three hundred and eighty U.S. dollars as well […]
A shooting incident in Orange Walk has police scratching their heads in skepticism. Twenty three year old Marlon Conorque of Carmelita Village told police that around nine thirty Friday night he was walking through the village when he was approached by two Creole men. He claims that one of them pulled out a gun and […]
There’s a popular song by Punta rocker Mohobub Flores which describes the hopes of some young men in Belize’s coastal communities who are trying to solve their financial problems by finding a certain package washed up on the beach. Not surprisingly the song is entitled “Kilo”. Last Friday in San Pedro an incident occurred that […]
Today, the police gathered in force at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall in Belize City. The meeting is part of a national tour being conducted by senior officers under the leadership of Commissioner of Police Ornel Brooks. According to Brooks, the purpose is to sensitize the police officers to the conduct of the electoral process, […]
On Saturday evening the People’s United Party’s campaign train pulled into the old capital as part of its nationwide tour. Patrick Jones files the following report. The football field opposite the Racoon Street Police Station in Belize City, overflowed on Saturday night. The cheers, however, were not for the local champion soccer team, but for […]
It’s an area of the country whose four seats are at present solidly blue. Tonight in our continuing series of “Elections ’98,” Patrick Jones looks at the candidates in the constituency of Corozal Bay to see if the tide may be changing. Vildo Marin, P.U.P., Corozal Bay “The issues that I am campaigning on right […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is another serving of Sports Monday. As the Belizean contingent to the eighteenth Central American and Caribbean Games continues its final preparations to Wednesday’s departure we peeked in on the training session of the National Male Volleyball Team yesterday. We step into the City Centre this quiet Sunday […]
