It was a rough weekend for Belizean motorists as three men are dead as the result of separate traffic accidents. This morning twenty-four year old Ronnel Bucknor, a mechanic at Bowen and Bowen workshop, had just been given personal time off from work and was traveling up the Northern Highway around six thirty. According to […]
A Saturday night outing in the Cayo District has ended in tragedy for four friends in the Cayo District. According to San Ignacio police, at about seven they were called out to one and a half miles on the Bullet Tree Road. There they saw a black Toyota pick up truck overturn. Inside the vehicle […]
After returning from the accident scene on the Bullet Tree Road, Cayo police once again found themselves back on familiar territory the following night. This time fortunately no one died, but all six individuals on board a pick up truck received minor injuries. According to police shortly before nine on Sunday they were called out […]
A van loaded with fifteen people overturned on the Western Highway Sunday evening leaving one man dead and two in the hospital. Forty six year old Pan Li Chi Hui died on the spot when a van in which he was a passenger overturned near mile twenty eight on the way from Belize City to […]
A young man is dead after drowning in a pond eight miles outside of Belize City. According to thirty nine year old Patrick Garbutt of Belize City, he along with family members accompanied by their neighbor’s son, fourteen year old Lionel Anthony Peyrefitte went swimming in a pond, near mile eight on the Western highway. […]
The People’s United Party held the ninth in its series of People’s Assemblies on Friday night. The venue was Independence Hill in the nation’s capital and the subject, appropriately enough, was the role of the civil service. Patrick Jones reports. The plan outlined by Said Musa at the People’s Assembly on Friday night, would bring […]
The issue of a prime ministerial debate has finally and officially been laid to rest. A release this afternoon from SPEAR and the Chamber of Commerce announces that after months of exasperating attempts they have withdrawn their invitation to the P.U.P. and U.D.P. and will cease all efforts to organize this or any debates for […]
In related political developments, News Five has learned that the United Democratic Party has entered into negotiations with a U.S. consulting firm to provide advice for the remainder of the election campaign. It is believed that party officials met last week in Belize City with Jennifer Laslow of Laslow and Associates, a North Carolina based […]
In news of potentially major economic importance word from the citrus belt is that Britain’s Commonwealth Development Corporation is on the verge of purchasing both of Belize’s citrus processing companies. The deal to buy the Citrus Company of Belize, based in Pomona, and Belize Food Products, housed in Alta Vista, has apparently been developing quietly […]
Over the weekend, the Tower Hill Factory processed the last of the season’s cane and officials of Belize Sugar Industries report that while the crop was the largest in history, both sugar production and revenues were well below last year’s figures. The provisional numbers as reported by B.S.I. general manager Joey Montalvo show that cane […]
Anyone who drove through Cinderella Plaza over the weekend now knows the true meaning of the word “confusion”. Things may be getting a bit more organized, however, as I found out this afternoon. After being out of commission for over a month, the lights at Freetown Road intersection are finally up and running. The new […]
Good evening. I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It was billed as a showcase for Belizean cyclist headed for international competition but as we go to the picture we’re wondering how come only 17 riders appear lined up at the start for yesterday’s 80 mile road race organized by the Belize Amateur Cycling […]
