The police department has confirmed that two suspects in the murder of a U.S. tourist have been captured in Honduras. Norman “Butch” Martin and Carlos Castro are in the custody of Honduran police while a third suspect, Glenford Westby, is still on the loose, presumably in Honduras. According to national C.I.B. Chief Gerald Westby, Belizean […]
In political news, these past several days have been used by both major political parties to pursue claims in court that various persons on the voters list ought not to be there. Today News Five’s Patrick Jones headed out to San Ignacio to see how the process was working in Cayo. Cayo North representative Salvador […]
Those rains forecast by the weatherman may be wreaking havoc with people’s outdoor recreation, but they’re good news for B.E.L. and BECOL, operator of the Mollejon Hydro Plant. Although July was a drier month than normal, recent rains in the south of the country have increased the flow in the Macal River. That has resulted […]
Three people escaped serious injuries in two separate mid afternoon traffic accidents today on the same portion of the Western Highway. A News Five crew returning from an assignment in Cayo, found police at mile ten, trying to get all the facts straight. According to Sergeant Luis Castellanos, the first accident happened shortly after two […]
Recently we reported on the long awaited opening of the swimming pool at the YWCA on St. Thomas Street. Today we are informed that the pool is being heavily used by the public for recreation and the learn to swim program will continue through the month of August. The “Y” has several other educational programs […]
Next week the third annual edition of Belize’s tourism expo will take place in Belize City. While the three-day event will not be heralded by huge amounts of fanfare, the deals made will be worth millions to the future of the tourism industry. Arreini Palacio has a preview. “Belize, the eco-cultural destination of the twenty-first […]
They have both held ministerial portfolios in respective governments and in the 1993 general election the margin of victory was only one vote. Tonight, in the continuing series “Elections ’98” we focus on the contest in Collet. Remijio Montejo, P.U.P., Collet “For the P.U.P. and myself the issue is to improve the standard of living […]
It is part of a nationwide series of workshops to let Belizeans know just how new legislation will effect the country’s families. This morning I dropped in on a seminar at the Radisson to see how things have changed and why. Four years ago, the National Committee for Families and Children was formed to advise […]
