There is major progress to report tonight on the solving of one of the nation’s most important murder cases… but that story will have to wait on a piece of news that can only fit in the journalistic category reserved for miracles. From Maracaibo, Venezuela comes news that in the first match-up of the final […]
It was a killing that shattered the laid back peace of the Placencia Peninsula, not to mention the entire nation. But today, less than a month after being captured in Honduras, the prime suspect in the murder of a U.S. tourist has been returned to Belize to face his accusers. Patrick Jones was on hand […]
In other crime news, Melvin Young, a fisherman who police believe is one of the bigger fish in the sea of Belizean crime, was this morning acquitted on a charge of abetment of murder. Young was arrested in December for allegedly assisting in the killing of Liston “Big Crip” McField. The charge was withdrawn when […]
It has traditionally been a closely contested constituency albeit with the U.D.P. having an edge. This time around incumbent representative Melvin Hulse Junior is facing an opponent, Dr. Henry Canton, with a lot of education and energy to match. Patrick Jones reports on the race in Stann Creek West. Melvin Hulse Jr., U.D.P., Stann Creek […]
It hasn’t received a lot of publicity but a program organized by the Catholic Church is quietly making a difference for the nation and a small but dedicated group of volunteers. This morning I paid them a visit. The program, which got underway almost three years ago, recruits young men and women to serve as […]
