A day after one of the most violent bank robberies in the nation’s history, police seem no closer to catching any of the five remaining criminals believed to be involved…but Commissioner Carmen Zetina did speak to the press this morning to offer details of what went down in the town of Orange Walk. Jose Carmen […]
And in police news of a happier nature, P.C. Kevin Jacobs has returned to Belize after receiving treatment in Merida for wounds suffered at the hands of gunmen in Cayo. Jacobs, who left the country on February sixteenth, arrived back on Monday. According to police, he remains in serious but stable condition at Belmopan hospital.
Depending on your political source the numbers will differ sharply, but the civilian consensus is that this morning, somewhere between three hundred and five hundred Belizeans took to the streets of Belize City and picketed the Prime Minister’s office to protest recent actions by government. Organised by the Opposition United Democratic Party, the demonstrators first […]
And in what must have been a very busy day for U.D.P. leader Dean Barrow–this time in his role as attorney–he today informed News 5 that the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of his client, Caribsports Book and Casino Ltd., and ordered three banks to unfreeze almost five million U.S. dollars that they had […]
In related news, a U.D.P. press release again lambasted the government for excessive secrecy in its dealings with the sale of B.T.L. This time the opposition went beyond its previous charges to accuse G.O.B. of “facilitating talks” between Innovative Telecommunication Company and INTELCO with an eye to having I.C.C. purchase INTELCO after it buys B.T.L. […]
It was promised two election campaigns ago, and today it became official: the teaching of African and Mayan history is now part of the Social Studies curriculum. The programme was launched during ceremonies this afternoon at St. Mary’s Anglican School in Belize City, one of the institutions that took part in the pilot project last […]
Meanwhile, the man who supported the concept of African and Mayan studies from the beginning, Prime Minister Said Musa, says for too long people in Belize have been subjected to only one side of history. He urged students and teachers to embrace the programme in order to move decisively to correct an imbalance, which results […]
Crime doesn’t get much more brazen than a daylight bank heist…and that’s exactly what happened today in Orange Walk. At news time one of the robbers, believed to be part of a gang of six, lay dead, while his accomplices remain on the loose, the subject of a massive manhunt. Patrick Jones has just returned […]
This afternoon, police retrieved the dead body of an American woman found floating in a lagoon near Gales Point Village. The woman, described as Caucasian, appears to be in her fifties and is believed to be from New Orleans but has been residing in the village. According to reports from the community, the woman, known […]
In the past four days, three persons have died in the Belize District following accidents on the Northern Highway. In the latest fatality, thirty-eight year old Henry Sedacey, a resident of Gardenia Village, lost his life on Monday evening after he was knocked off his bicycle. According to police, they have detained the driver of […]
They say that what goes up must come down… and while the laws of gravity do not apply to fuel prices, consumers should be relieved to know that, for this week at least, a large tank of butane will cost five dollars less. A government release today announced that as of March fourth the price […]
This week, trade ministers from the Caribbean Community will convene in Belize for the sixteenth session of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). While discussion will no doubt touch on the Haitian crisis, the focus will be on major trade issues affecting CARICOM, including sugar, and on Thursday, the ministers with responsibility for […]
And by all accounts, the road ahead for the region will be much easier once the Caribbean comes together to compete as a bloc on the world market. According to Byron Blake, CARICOM Assistant Secretary General, the idea is to take stock of where we are, focus on the future, and devise the way forward. […]
He was a Trinidadian by nationality, but during the late 1970s and early 80s there was not a Belizean who didn’t claim him as our own. Fitzroy Guisseppi, the boxer who achieved his greatest glory in Belize, died on Saturday night in Jamaica. The fifty-five year old suffered an apparent heart attack while watching a […]
If you couldn’t find fuel at selected gas stations today, you were not alone. News 5 has confirmed that Texaco stations nationwide have run out of fuel, forcing the closure of some pumps. But before you panic, we must explain that there is no shortage of gas in the country. In fact, attendants at Shell […]
There were four serious accidents over the weekend. On Friday evening a seven-year-old girl from Colombia Village in Southern Belize was struck by a Toyota Hilux. Police say Zoe Nesbitt was attempting to cross the road when she was hit by the truck, sustaining fatal head and body injuries. The driver has been detained pending […]
Leaders of the Caribbean Community will meet in an emergency session in Jamaica on Tuesday to discuss the region’s involvement in peacekeeping and other assistance to Haiti following the departure of the country’s president. Jean Bertrand Aristide resigned on Sunday under pressure from rebels, the political opposition, the United States, and France. CARICOM leaders are […]
A businessman has donated towards the recovery of a wounded police officer. Today Maurice Underwood of J.L.’s Quick Loan in Belize City, presented a check for one thousand five hundred dollars towards the fund for P.C. Kevin Jacobs who was shot in the head during a shootout with Guatemalan bandits in the Cayo District a […]
They’ve been playing the game for less than a year, but tonight a man and a woman from Orange Walk and Belize City share more than just a love of lotto… they are both winners of this weekend’s one hundred and seventeen thousand, five hundred dollar jackpot. Emilio Baeza and Vanessa Henry claimed their share […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this week’s version of Sports Monday. The Belize Premier Football League kicked off the annual semi-pro season with the customary marathon package that saw all eight teams converge on the M.C.C. Grounds. We join the action in the first round as the defending regular season champion Kulture Yabra face […]
