Tourists were the victims of crime in two separate incidents over the long weekend. On Saturday a British visitor was robbed at gunpoint as he conversed with the daughter of the manager of the guesthouse where he was staying. Paul U-Ming told police that around 5:00 p.m. the single assailant took his waist bag containing […]
In news just in another arrest has been made in the burglary of the Belize Bank in San Ignacio. Twenty-three year old Louis Leslie Castellanos of Santa Elena was arrested and charged today with burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary. Thirty-two year old Javier Ramirez of Orange Walk was charged two weeks ago for the […]
The woman known by most of the world as Princess Anne, formally titled Princess Royal, arrived this evening for a visit that will take her to a wide variety of locales in Belize. Despite being the only daughter of Belize’s head of state, the trip appears to be a low-key affair of interest largely to […]
We often hear horror stories of third world women and children being exploited in everything from forced prostitution to outright slavery. Today Belize began the process of looking at its own situation. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The extent of sexual exploitation of women and children in Central America is not precisely known but […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly want to welcome you to this serving of Sports Monday. The 73rd Annual Cross-Country Classic fell victim to its most controversial start ever, as a protest almost shut down the Holy Saturday race. At the heart of the standoff is this pair of riders wearing the Quintana […]
The Minister of Health, the ministry’s Chief Executive Officer and the Director of Health Services, met the press this afternoon in an attempt to tell the public how three patients at the K.H.M.H. could have been transfused with HIV infected blood. While the authorities claim they are still unable to pinpoint the exact place where […]
Compounding the tragedy, one of the three patients who was transfused with HIV infected blood on March twenty-ninth, passed away this morning around eight. According to Chief of Staff John Waight, two month old Andy Meyers Jr. died not of AIDS, but a rare skin disease. Dr. John Waight, Chief of Staff, K.H.M.H. “The baby […]
Another problem at the K.H.M.H. is under investigation, this time by police. At around five Wednesday morning a patient, forty-seven year old Matildo Valentine of Dangriga, was in the process of receiving medication by way of an intravenous drip. Twenty minutes later he was dead. A postmortem was scheduled to be conducted today. The victim […]
No sooner will the nation begin its return to normalcy after the four-day holiday weekend, then the routine will be interrupted again. This time the occasion is the visit of Princess Anne, who, we are told is more properly known as the Princess Royal. Anyway, the fifty-year old only daughter of the Queen and Duke […]
“The Word Must be Heard” is the title of a new compilation CD with various Belizean gospel artists. Released in time for this holy week, Belizean singer/songwriter Tony Wright says he wrote almost all of the contemporary religious tunes. Tony Wright, Singer/Songwriter “Denise Simpson, Shawn Gillett, the Robateau brother, Dalton Perez, we have some of […]
It is not unusual for citizens to call this station at all hours of the day and night to report news. Fires are the subject of many unsolicited alerts, but it’s not very often that we get a call reporting a fire… at our own building. That’s what happened this morning, but it’s not quite […]
A foul-up has the potential of leaving three Belizeans with the incurably fatal disease known as AIDS. But following the discovery yesterday morning that a woman and two children, all patients at the K.H.M.H., received transfusions of HIV tainted blood, officials are yet to come clean and explain to the public how such a tragic […]
It wasn’t widely known outside of law enforcement circles, but over the last week the police and B.D.F. received some high powered help from our big uncle to the north. Today authorities held a briefing for the press and while the mission didn’t make any major busts, the joint effort is said to bode well […]
Its demise may not be attributed to a Blackhawk helicopter, but the wreckage of a small plane discovered near Belmopan on Tuesday had all the earmarks of an unsolved mystery. Around one thirty in the afternoon a pilot flying near Belmopan spotted a wrecked plane two hundred yards north of the Western Highway on the […]
We don’t know if it’s coincidence or not, but following last night’s News 5 story on hardships caused by certain aspects of the new environmental tax, we are reliably informed that the customs department has today removed plastic shrink wrap from the list of packaging materials as defined by the law. This means that goods […]
The stoning of pint bottles is a popular pastime for angry drunks…and while the missile usually fails to find its mark, one thrown on Friday has resulted in a man’s death. Forty year old Michael Muñoz returned to his home in Guinea Grass Village with a cut wound on the back of his head and […]
The Ministry of Human Development, Women and Civil Society has a new chief executive officer. She is Kamela Palma. Palma, who left her job as the director of the U.B. Regional Language Center in Belmopan, speaks German, French, Spanish and Maya…and presumably has mastered English and Creole as well. The native of Punta Gorda holds […]
With schools out on holiday, last night’s pre-Easter crowd at Bellevue’s King Street Station was overflowing with young students. And when the judges returned their verdict on week seven of Karaoke TV, they weren’t disappointed. William Neal, Host, Karaoke TV “The winner for tonight and it seems to be in agreement with the crowd, is […]
It happens every Easter… and while the annual race is never far from controversy, the granddaddy of Belizean sporting events will once again thrill Belizeans from Barranco to Consejo. Ann-Marie was on the road early this morning and returned to the studio with a preview. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting When the bugle is sounded at 6:00 […]
The news coincidentally follows on the heels of a story we ran last night on the blood bank and the need for donors in advance of the long holiday weekend. A release late this evening from the K.H.M.H. reports that three of the hospital’s patients may have been exposed to HIV infected blood. The release […]
The subject has been out of the headlines ever since the three illegal Guatemalan settlements of Machaquila, Rio Blanco and Valentin Camp were evacuated over a month ago, the residents paid off and presumably resettled across the border. But as I speak, another settlement of illegal Guatemalan farmers continues to flourish on Belizean soil. The […]
Officials in the Forest Department report that fires which threatened to devastate much of the Mountain Pine Ridge have been largely brought under control. This does not mean that they are no longer burning, but the spread has been contained and the areas still smoking–in this case near Devil’s Drive–are being monitored. Forest officers have […]
A Chinese shopkeeper being shot at in a robbery attempt is no longer major news, but on Monday the gun was in the other hand and the merchant who did the shooting has been arrested. Police say thirty-five year old Renel Sanker of Mahogany Street in Belize City went to buy an ideal at Bing […]
The Ministry of National Security has released its crime figures for March, reporting that major crime has declined seventeen percent over the same period last year. The categories of robbery, rape, burglary and theft all dropped significantly, while murder, which rose from five in March of 2000 to six in 2001 is the only major […]
Art exhibits come and go in Belize and if you were not fortunate enough to attend or perhaps purchase your favourite piece, you may have missed a real treat. But a new trend–for Belize at least–is to preserve Belize’s best displays of art, both for wider distribution and for future viewing. Ann-Marie reports from the […]
