You heard their complaints on this newscast yesterday, alleging police harassment. Today four men who have been in and out of detention more times than they care to count were formally arrested and charged by police with the murder of off duty policeman Levi Spain on December 14th. They are brothers, Salvador and David Lazaro, […]
It has been almost three months that police have been looking for Thirty Five year old Javier Leiva of Corozal and his twenty eight year old brother Othon of Orange Walk. The Leiva brothers were being sought in connection with the shooting death of Enrique Basto last October in what police say was a drug […]
If police perform poorly in the war on drugs it will not be for lack of proper equipment. On Friday the U.S. Embassy presented the Dragon Unit with supplies valued at 28 thousand Belize dollars which will help its men operate more effectively in the field. The gear includes field packs, canteens and ammo pouches […]
And that gear might be used sooner than they thought. Shortly before five this evening, we received a telephone call informing us that shots were being fired at the Raccoon Street police station. When we arrived on the scene we were told by Head of Traffic Branch ASP Ewart Itza, that his officers had just […]
He has been posted to Belize for almost six years and for the last three he has been dean of the diplomatic corps. Today the Embassy of Taiwan announced that Ambassador Shu-Chi Chang would be heading home to Taipei on January 21st. Chang’s tenure in Belize has spanned two different governments. He was instrumental in […]
In news from Guyana protesters have declared a day of rest,but vow to continue their marches later in the week. Supporters of the People’s National Congress had demonstrated on the streets of Georgetown for the previous two days, in defiance of a government ban on political gatherings. The protests, which arose out of P.N.C. allegations […]
As the domains of computers, telecommunications and media merge under one all-encompassing digital umbrella, the world’s broadcasters are rapidly moving to cross the technological borders which had previously kept them in isolation. Belize is no exception and starting tonight this newscast makes its debut on the Internet. Patrick Jones, himself no stranger to cyberspace, surfed […]
As a reporter for Channel Five I’ve done a fair bit of traveling and covered my share of emergencies like fire, flood and traffic accidents. But last Saturday on a trip to the village of Monkey River I discovered that not all disasters occur suddenly. The community of Monkey River is no stranger to boom […]
