Belize’s highways were busy this long Easter weekend as packed up vehicles of every size, shape and age hit the road to vacation spots in all parts of the country. Unfortunately for some, the holiday travelling also brought tragedy. No less than a dozen people had to be hospitalized and at least one was killed […]
The litany of highway accidents was not limited to just vehicles moving on four wheels. During the Cross Country Cycle Race on Saturday morning a motorcycle carrying two officials was knocked off the road, seriously injuring one. According to passenger Rhett Reyes, the incident happened near the Three Flags complex in the village of Unitedville, […]
Mishaps at sea are not uncommon over Easter but the only one reported this weekend occurred while a vessel was still in the river. The water taxi, “Sunrise,” had just passed the Belize Fiberglass Motors at two miles on the Northern Highway, and was on its way back, when the vessel, captained by Gregory Perry, […]
An internal investigation by the Customs Department has resulted in the arrest of one of their junior officers. According to reports reaching News Five, twenty nine year old Customs Examiner Michael Dyer was charged on April ninth with knowingly dealing with uncustomed goods. The items, which have a market value of over three hundred thousand […]
The first effort by B.T.L. to run a fiber optic cable from Belize City to Belmopan ended up with the U.S. contractor fleeing the country in the middle of the job. This time they hope things will be different. On Wednesday the telephone monopoly will sign a contract with a Mexican company, Alcatel Indetel Industria […]
The project may not be worth eight million dollars but it’s still an important one, both to the politician who’s behind it and the laborers who want to work on it. Those two parties had something of a falling out, however, and a News Five crew, which happened to be in the Lake Independence area […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and welcome to this Cross Country edition of Sports Monday. Without doubt the Holy Saturday Cycle Race is the biggest in this nation and the 70th edition proved to be even more exciting than was anticipated. We open to Quinton “The Baddest” Hamilton affirming his participation in this prestigious ride […]
