No arrests have yet been made but police tonight are a little bit closer to discovering the identities of three men who murdered a U.S. tourist Sunday night in Maya Beach. Interviews with robbery victims and investigations in the villages of Seine Bight and Placencia have led police to conclude that the three assailants were […]
In a follow-up to another major crime, this one just across the Guatemalan border, authorities in Melchor say wounded police chief Carlos Sanchez remains hospitalized but his condition has been upgraded to stable. The wounded driver of his patrol car, however, is listed in critical condition. Both men were injured when two teenagers went on […]
A thirteen-year-old Belize City girl was wounded on Saturday by a bullet that was meant for someone else. According to police, the girl, who they declined to identify, was sitting on her fence on Central American Boulevard, when her father, twenty-seven year old Windell Neal came running into the yard. Following close behind was twenty-five […]
As part of its efforts to encourage and promote the protection, conservation and enhancement of Belize’s natural resources, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust, PACT, has awarded one hundred thousand dollars to four different Conservation organizations from across the country. Green Reef, Belize Enterprise for Sustainable Technology, Caye Caulker B.T.I.A. and the Conservation Division of the […]
Fifteen young Belizeans will this summer be the lucky recipients of scholarships to learn SCUBA diving. The program, offered by Coral Cay Conservation and U.C.B., with assistance from the Fisheries Department and Belize Texaco Limited, is the fourth of its kind to take place in Belize City. The program is divided into two sessions and […]
The third winner in the Courts Serious Cash Two draw today traveled to Belize City from Orange Walk, but it wasn’t for shopping. Instead, Jose Baeza had an appointment with Courts Advertising and Promotions Executive Anamarie Bennett to pick up his five thousand dollar check. According to Baeza he bought a queen-size bed from the […]
When we use the word “regional” at Channel Five it usually refers to the Caribbean, especially in the wake of our recent CARICOM Basketball Championship. But regional also means Central American and this week Belize’s librarians are hosting their colleagues from the Spanish speaking mainland. Arreini Palacio reports. It’s hard to imagine libraries without thinking […]
Connoisseurs of fine cuisine will have to forgive us, but we somehow allowed a very important date on the calendar to pass unnoticed. That date was the fifteenth of June and the event it marked was the official opening of lobster season. But while fishermen and food lovers are now busy catching and eating, the […]
