After weeks of speculation, the United Democratic Party today made it official. Derek Aikman has come home and is ready to once again throw his hat in the ring for a seat in the House of Representatives. After an hour long meeting at U.D.P. Headquarters in Belize City, Esquivel and Aikman emerged to greet an […]
There’s big trouble in Corozal as police report that yesterday a gang of four men went on a crime spree which has left one man dead. Around seven in the morning the gang allegedly stole a red Chevrolet at gunpoint from taxi driver Roberto Maldonado. At 8:15 that night three men driving in the same […]
In other crime news a man detained for the rape of a four year old girl has been formally charged. Nineteen year old Tedford Augustine, not Kenworth as we had previously reported, was today charged in Dangriga Magistrate’s Court with rape, unlawful carnal knowledge and abduction of a minor. It is alleged that Augustine was […]
On Tuesday members of the tourism industry met at the Radisson to air several grievances they have with Government. Among them was a complaint that authorities were planning to relocate the marine terminal, recently constructed at the bridge foot, to a new “Tourist Village” to be built at Fort Point. All this was done, they […]
A newspaper figures in another story this morning, but this time it’s the prestigious “Wall Street Journal”. A story in Tuesday’s edition reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an order to a Belize based company, Swiss Trade and Commerce Trust Limited, to repay over nine million U.S. dollars it allegedly defrauded […]
If you are among the thousands of Belizeans who bought a lotto ticket for last night’s draw we have some bad news: you didn’t win, someone else did. This morning a calm and cool Ethel Jones walked into the offices of the Tropical Gaming Company on North Front Street to claim her jackpot prize of […]
If you are a young child watching this newscast from your sickbed don’t feel sad… you’re not alone. An unusually large number of children — and adults — have been stricken with a disease that leaves them virtually incapacitated. While my own child was visiting the doctor’s office I took the opportunity to investigate. During […]
A few weeks ago we visited the Campus of St. John’s College on the occasion of its open day. Today News Five’s Patrick Jones traveled a short distance down Princess Margaret Drive to check out the happenings at E. P. Yorke. Shaun Faber, P.R. Officer, Expo ’98 “We’re having an open day today to display […]
