The House of Representatives today provided spectators and those listening by radio with a healthy dose of humor, rhetoric and drama. It was after all, one half of the legislature at work conducting the people’s business. But perhaps the most outstanding feature of this morning’s proceedings was the Prime Minister’s introduction of a bill to […]
The Opposition People’s United Party today ended a four-month boycott of the House of Representatives. But as News Five’s Patrick Jones reports, it wasn’t a particularly joyous home-coming for the P.U.P. Vildo Marin, P.U.P. Member, Corozal Bay “Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is…” B. Q. Pitts, Speaker, House of Representatives “There’s no fact […]
Another issue that was a hot topic of discussion at today’s House meeting was the Labor Day weekend armed robbery and murder near Roaring River on the Hummingbird Highway. Attorney General Dean Barrow stuck by the controversial decision of the police to arrest and charge Alfonso Teul and Eluterio Vasquez in connection with the May […]
A traffic accident in the south on Thursday night has left one man dead. The accident happened between miles six and seven on the Stann Creek Valley Road near the Shibel Gas Station around ten forty five last night. It involved a car and a motor cycle. The police say that Sherane Jex, who lives […]
Police have arrested and charged two Belmopan residents in connection with a robbery on Sunday. They have been identified in a police report as twenty one year old Raymond Flowers and seventeen year old Anthony Williams. Their arrest is the result of a report made to police by Anthony Barnett that his point twenty two […]
After nearly ten years of faithfully serving the United Democratic Party, the president of the party’s youth movement is throwing in the towel. Ernest Smith handed in his resignation on Thursday saying he just doesn’t see where the party is headed. Smith also accused the U.D.P. of being deficient on plans to give young people […]
If you’re between the ages of thirteen and twenty and have not yet made plans for the weekend, here’s an activity you might be interested in. The Peer Education Association of Belize is sponsoring a “lock-in” for young people on Saturday. It’s the second of its kind and organizers say the one-day workshop will focus […]
The police have been in the news a lot over the last couple of weeks, and by our estimation we haven’t seen or heard the last of the men and women sworn to protect the citizens of this jewel. Tonight News Five’s commentator G. Michael Reid joins the growing list of people who have an […]
