1998 has not been a good year for police public relations. The failure to catch Winty Mangar and Douglas Williams combined with two recent shootings of unarmed civilians by officers on special duty, have tarnished the department’s image, which wasn’t particularly polished in the first place. Today comes more bad news. An eighteen year old […]
In other crime news, police have broken up what they call a crime ring responsible for a number of burglaries in Belize City and Orange Walk. Approximately five thousand dollars worth of stolen property has been recovered and five Belize City residents arrested. They are twenty year old William Garcia, eighteen year old Edward Westby, […]
Other November deportees on the latest police list include forty one year old Glenford Gray of Belize City. He did time at Riker’s Island in New York for heroin possession. Thirty eight year old Frank Garcia, also of Belize City, was deported from L.A. after serving a total of twelve years in various prisons for […]
In crimes of an economic nature, the Government of Belize has for the first time awarded a development concession to an enterprise going into the business of… cable television. Northern Cable Network Limited in Orange Walk will now be subsidized by taxpayers to bring the good citizens of that town more sex, violence and consumerism […]
There was some excitement at the International Airport this morning as an Aerovias flight from Guatemala apparently lost its hydraulics after landing and went off the side of the runway. Little or no damage was caused to the twin engine Nord 2-6-2 aircraft, which carried only its four person crew. The plane was towed onto […]
If you tried to take a shower this afternoon and got only hot air you were not alone. Thousands of city residents were left high and dry for several hours when the Water and Sewerage Authority interrupted service for what a spokesperson says were emergency repairs to the main transmission line on the Northern Highway. […]
A broken pipe was not the only problem on the Northern Highway as motorists continue to complain of danger caused by tons of clay which have been spilled on the asphalt surface by careless trucks. For the past week dump trucks have been filling several acres of land near mile four. Drivers arrive either too […]
What to do with the rest of your life is a question that all of us periodically ponder, but the question has more immediacy for those about to graduate. This morning News Five’s Jacqueline Woods went back to school to see what’s available in the world of work. It’s the time of the year, when […]
G. Michael Reid is known around town as a pretty hard guy…. But tonight we find out that News Five’s roving commentator has his romantic side as well. This weekend is February the fourteenth which means Valentine’s Day and since Belize these days seem to be very much a part of this global sanctification of […]
