On yesterday’s newscast we aired the chilling story of a young woman who was assaulted and nearly raped by a man believed to be Douglas Williams, an escaped prisoner and one of Belize’s most wanted criminals. Tonight News Five’s Patrick Jones returns to St. Margaret’s Village and discovers that Williams…and fellow fugitive Winty Mangar, appear […]
The body of 45-year-old Bernard Rosado was recovered today by police from the mouth of the Belize River, downstream from the Haulover Bridge. As we reported yesterday, Rosado had plunged into the river several miles upstream on Monday and never surfaced.
In a follow up to another story we reported on Monday, police have arrested and charged twenty-two year old Jack Slade Ramos with murder. Ramos, of La Democracia Village, was involved in a fight with John Montes early Saturday morning at the junction of the Western Highway and Coastal Road. Montes hit his head and […]
Two young men have been arrested in connection with a weekend shooting in Belize City. 17-year-old Deon Cadle and 18-year-old Mark Gardiner have each been charged with two counts of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and dangerous harm for the ride by shooting of Phillip McKay and Mark Dougal. The incident occurred […]
In court news, Mark Henry was this morning found not guilty of attempted murder and robbery. A nine member jury acquitted Henry of both charges which arose out of an incident in December of 1994 in which one Fidel Castro was shot and robbed. Henry defended himself while Marilyn Williams represented the crown.
An active member of Belize’s business community has passed away. Hugh Fuller Jr. was an accountant by profession who served as General Manager of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry during its high flying years of U.S.A.I.D sponsorship. Fuller, who was 47, suffered from heart problems and died Tuesday evening shortly after being rushed […]
The Protected Areas Conservation Trust, PACT, has awarded two grants of $25,000 each to community environmental groups. The funds awarded to the Belize Development Foundation will be used for reforestation around the village of San Antonio in the Cayo District. That area, on the edge of the Mountain Pine Ridge, is subject to periodic forest […]
In other news from Belmopan, Evadney Garcia, head of government’s geology and petroleum unit, has been retired in the interest of the service. Her dismissal comes as the result of charges that she breached financial regulations and acted in insubordination to the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Transport. The charges were […]
The nation’s gossip may be focused on Sunday’s impending arrival of a cruise ship but a vessel docking two days later may steal the show. The “ARC GLORIA”, a classic sailing vessel from Colombia, will arrive in Belize City on February 3rd on a goodwill visit. The ship, belonging to the Colombian navy, is used […]
Coming off a less than stirring performance in last month’s Central American Games you’d think that morale among Belize’s athletes, coaches and officials would be at low ebb. And perhaps it is, but that doesn’t mean that all is lost, as today the nation’s next generation of medal contenders demonstrated their skills at the national […]
You see them almost everywhere: sometimes peddling newspapers, selling tamales door to door, or just hanging out. They are kids who should be in school but for a number of reasons are not. Today some concerned groups organized to try and do something about it. The Plan is a five year project called Stay in […]
