We are all familiar with the saying, “Haad aze pikni go da maakit two time”. Well it seems that somewhere in Belize City there is a “haad aze” garbage man, as well as a “haad aze” medical clinic. Patrick Jones reports. It’s the part of Belize City that is undergoing rapid development and when one […]
Less than twenty four hours after a hail of bullets terrorized students and residents along Kraal Road in Belize City, police have moved one step closer to solving the case. A black pick-up truck believed to be the one carrying a group of gun-toting men who were shooting at a taxi as it drove down […]
He has not been linked to Thursday’s shooting spree but the discovery of a firearm, ammunition and drugs has put police in pursuit of a nineteen year old Belize City man. Orin Arnold, who also goes by the name Arthur Martin, is being sought in connection with Thursday night’s discovery of a nine millimeter pistol, […]
While police look to the public for assistance in capturing Arnold, quick work by the Intermediate Southern Formation has resulted in the arrest of a Honduran man in connection with the grizzly discovery of a decomposing body last week in Cowpen. Twenty year old Jose Vasquez Cubias has been charged for the crime of Murder. […]
In political news, the case of Marconi Matus and his allegations of bribery by the U.D.P. have receded to the background while the political protagonists on both sides of the aisle have retreated to lick their real or imagined wounds. With Matus’ charges well documented and the flat denials of Manuel Esquivel and Salvador Fernandez […]
Belize has an enviable system of national parks and protected areas, but while these reserves constitute millions of acres, they are often separated by large areas of privately held land. As more of this land becomes cleared for agriculture or housing there is less of a chance for movement of plants and animals around the […]
In other news from the Caribbean attorneys general for the region have moved a big step closer to establishing a Caribbean Supreme Court to replace the Privy Council. Meeting in Jamaica earlier this week, four countries: Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana have targeted July first as the date for establishing the high court. […]
Sports is a subject never far from the mind of News Five commentator G. Michael Reid… and tonight he’s back on familiar territory. For those who like myself didn’t know, but were ashamed to ask, CARICOM is an acronym for Caribbean Community. Interestingly enough and geographically speaking, Belize is not even part of the Caribbean […]
