It was their first major stumble in a campaign that was otherwise going strong, and today in the court of Justice George Meerabux the People’s United Party had to pay the price – both in cash and loss of face. In the biggest verdict ever rendered in a Belizean libel case San Ignacio Town Councilor […]
There has been a major break in the murder of a tourist earlier this month on the Placencia Peninsula. According to sources News Five considers reliable, Norman “Butch” Martin, one of three suspects in the July fifth killing of Raymond Kirk at Singing Sands resort, has been apprehended by police in Honduras. A team of […]
Three days after a senior church group from New York arrived in Belize for a one week vacation, one of its members has died of natural causes in his hotel. According to the police, the body of seventy-seven year old George Owen Dalrymple, who was staying at the Fiesta Inn, was discovered by a friend. […]
A child has died by drowning in Seine Bight Village. According to Independence police, four year old Chester Williams and several other young children had ventured out twenty five yards away from Williams’ home Tuesday evening to play in a deep water hole. Suddenly, the boys told police, Williams went under and never resurfaced. The […]
In economic news the nation’s most profitable corporation, B.T.L., has reported another record year. Gross revenues are up by almost two million dollars to nearly seventy five million. Pre-tax profits have likewise jumped by one point eight million to almost forty million. Earnings per share topped out at a record seventy nine point eight cents […]
In yesterday’s newscast we spoke to Opposition leader Said Musa about the report of the Commission of Inquiry which severely criticized his actions while he was Minister of Foreign Affairs. While Musa defended his performance and called the report just one more example of political witch hunting, what we neglected to include yesterday was the […]
In other political news, we take a look tonight at the major candidates in the Mesopotamia division of Belize City. U.D.P. incumbent Michael Finnegan, is facing a challenge from P.U.P. footsoldier turned candidate, Ray Lightburn. Patrick Jones reports. Michael Finnegan, U.D.P., Mesopotamia “The issue, not only in my division but throughout the country, this election, […]
Not to be outdone by the September Celebrations, the Belize City Council is in the process of organizing some fun… for the month of October. The week of activities will include cultural and artistic displays, a two-day exposition and a poster competition. The fair, which will become an annual event, will also feature several historical […]
