There may be viewers who are tired of police press conferences but even those weary souls will have to admit that today’s presentation by Commissioner Ornel Brooks, ably assisted by Minister Dean Barrow and Permanent Secretary Carlos Perdomo, was a command performance… and what it may have occasionally lacked in detail it made up in […]
Commissioner of Police Ornel Brooks was obviously on a roll this morning as he turned his attention to the weekend robbery of guns and ammunition from the Brodies Warehouse in Belize City. Brooks said diligent police work over the last four days has resulted in the recovery of all the stolen ammunition and almost all […]
The next item on the Commissioner’s short but power-packed agenda was the container full of weed that was found at the Port Authority on Monday. After the cache was unloaded, Brooks said the eighty four parcels of compressed marijuana tipped the scale at one thousand, three hundred and sixty four kilos, which translates to a […]
It was left off the Commissioner’s initial running order for this morning’s press conference. And the news that the long arm of the law had finally caught up with fugitive Douglas Williams — itself a headline story — was almost lost in the barrage of information the police were throwing at the media. Ornel Brooks, […]
The Orange Walk Rotary Club and Life Enhancement Association for people, LEAP, will be offering Belizeans, especially children, the opportunity to have corrective surgery on facial deformities free of cost this weekend. The LEAP team, of nineteen people, including two surgeons, will be arriving for their annual visit to Orange Walk on Thursday, where they […]
The Ambergris Historical Society will be receiving a grant of seven thousand U.S. dollars courtesy of the Inter-American Development Bank. The funds given through the I.D.B.’s Cultural Center in Washington D.C., are provided annually to cultural associations or societies that are in need of financial help. According to Peter Laws, a V.S.O. professional volunteering as […]
They’ve been a part of the Belizean landscape for the past thirty-six years and their presence will continue to be felt as twenty-four new U.S. Peace Corps volunteers arrive on our shores on Monday June eighth. These volunteers will undergo eight weeks of training living with host families in seven rural villages: Hattieville, Burrell Boom, […]
The golden stars of the Belize District Children’s Festival of Arts will be giving an encore presentation of their award winning performances this week. There were over one hundred and twenty golden certificates awarded during this year’s two-week festival, with performances taking place both day and night at the Bliss Institute. Walking away with top […]
It may be too early to know if Belize has produced another Marion Jones, but even if she never sets a world record, there’s a young lady from Ladyville who has made us proud. Arreini Palacio reports. These may look like medals accumulate by a seasoned athlete but they belong to thirteen year old Tracy […]
It is only fitting to end this elongated newscast by turning from the beauty to … the beast. Residents of King’s Park and Caribbean Shores may want to keep an extra sharp eye out tonight as this afternoon several residents, including News Five’s driver Stephen Ferguson, reported seeing a crocodile measuring around ten feet in […]
