In May, the double murder of Kevin and Phillip Brannon rocked Belize City to its core as the crime pitted southside victims against northside shooters. And as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, the latest developments in case have not helped to ease tension in the streets. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today, one of the year
Police also used this afternoon’s press conference to brief the public on the case of young Rodney Conorquie. Homicide detectives believe it was an ongoing rivalry between two Belize City gangs that led to Wednesday evening’s murder of the innocent victim. Supt. Chester Williams, Officer Commanding, C.I.B.
He was accused of jacking more than fourteen thousand dollars from the Income Tax Department, but following proceedings in court today, all charges were dismissed against the defendant. Twenty-four year old David Longsworth was charged with robbery and handling stolen goods following the armed robbery of the tax office in Belize City on July twenty-seventh. […]
But the loss of more than fourteen thousand dollars this summer didn’t hamper the generosity of the Income Tax Department as today some lucky children from Calvary Temple School were treated to food and gifts in the Christmas spirit of giving to those in need. Annisa Perdomo, Inspector, Income Tax Department
Today’s meeting of the House of Representatives at the National Assembly in Belmopan may have come with short notice, but the session was not short of debate as both sides discussed the Musa administration’s latest attempt of dealing with Belize’s debt. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting The first topic on the table […]
Missing from today’s sitting of the House of Representatives was Minister of Home Affairs Ralph Fonseca. In this week’s edition of the Belize Times, his Cabinet colleague, Minister of Tourism Godfrey Smith surmised the pros and cons of Fonseca’s candidacy in the next general elections. This afternoon Smith declined to explain why he went public […]
Following an announcement by the Cabinet earlier this week that the Government would assume two thirds of Universal Health Services and merge it with the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, this afternoon, Minister of Health Jose Coye defended Belmopan’s decision. According to Coye, the deal is not a bailout, but rather a takeover in order to […]
Amid the proposed amalgamation of the K.H.M.H. and Universal Health Services, this morning the Government of Belize presented its Health Agenda for the next five years. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports from the Radisson. Dr. Jorge Polanco, Ag. Dir. of Health Services
And while it’s not the number one cause of death in Belize, the fight against the deadly scourge of H.I.V. is a priority for local health officials. On the occasion of National H.I.V. Testing Day last week, almost eight hundred Belizeans from across the country got tested. Today Director of the National AIDS Programme, Dr. […]
