The May second holdup of over a hundred people on the Hummingbird Highway and the accompanying cold-blooded murder of a B.D.F. volunteer has dominated the headlines and shaken the confidence of an entire nation. But in recent days the controversy has shifted away from the horror of the crime to the tactics used by authorities […]
While the merits or demerits of the police case against Eluterio Vasquez and Alfonso Teul continue to be played out in the court of public opinion, the real test of the evidence against the accused will come at their Supreme Court trial. While that may take upwards of a year to happen, today we sought […]
A Belize City family was left without a roof over their heads and little else to call their own as fire swept through their Cemetery Road home this morning. News Five’s Patrick Jones reports. Fire fighters were on the scene shortly after the fire started around nine this morning. But Fire Chief Henry Baizar says […]
Anglican Bishops from throughout the region are meeting in Belize to discuss a number of issues affecting their church and society. Today, as the bishops met for their first day of discussions, we caught up with the Most Reverend Orland Lindsay, Archbishop of the West Indies and the Right Reverend Sylvestre Romero-Palma, the Anglican Bishop […]
If it seems that this station spends a lot of time dealing with a Minister of Government named Hubert Elrington, we must plead guilty as charged… and we offer as a defense the fact that Mr. Elrington is so active in the carrying out of his duties. Today the Minister is back in the news […]
It’s an event that has come to be as predictable as the rising and setting of the sun. But every year thousands of people still go, hoping against hope that the agricultural fair will not be hot, will not be dusty and will actually serve beer that is cold. Patrick Jones spent last weekend in […]
The National Agriculture and Trade Show may have been hot and dusty, but it also proved lucky for one resident of Belize City. The people at Courts used the fair to hold their second Serious Cash II draw this weekend. The five thousand dollar winning ticket belonged to twenty-one year old Neri Felix of Belize […]
Courts is not the only company in a generous mood. Earlier this month Pebco Belize Limited announced the first winner in its Carib World Cup promotion. Juanito Cocom, a police officer of Benque Viejo, has won a round trip plane ticket to France, seven nights accommodation, tickets to see Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz play Argentina and […]
And in one final bit of good news the residents of the Sister Cecilia Home for the elderly will survive the sweltering days of summer a bit more comfortably thanks to a much needed gift. The Sangam Indian Ladies Group has given the home two high velocity fans valued at around six hundred dollars… and […]
