There is disturbing news tonight that a killer is on the loose. And while the body of only one young victim has been discovered, there is mounting evidence that a number of missing children may have come into contact with the murderer and face a similar fate. What we know for sure is that thirteen […]
Suicide or murder? That’s the question police are trying to figure out as they investigate the shooting death of a Belize City man Thursday night. Twenty-three year old Peter Valerio was pronounced dead on arrival at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital shortly after nine o’clock after being shot in the head. According to officer in […]
The release of an autopsy conducted on the body of an infant found at the city dump earlier this week has provided police with a clearer picture of how the child died. But it has also raised new questions about the gruesome discovery. According to Dr. Mario Estradabran’s findings, the baby girl was the victim […]
In other police news the department today announced the conducting of an operation to combat the rising number of bicycle thefts in Belize City. Targeted in the sweep were a number of bike repair shops. As a result four people were arrested, while fifteen bikes, seventy-eight frames and assorted parts were confiscated. The public is […]
The Broadcasting Corporation of Belize, which is scheduled to cease all operations by month’s end, today ran its last newscast. The sixty-one year old government owned station, which for more than a half century was the only game in town, was less noted for the depth and quality of its news content, than for its […]
On last week’s newscast we ran the sad story of a school feeding program almost destroyed by the acts of thieves… and then followed with the heartening news of a thousand-dollar donation by a Belize City businessman. Today the cash actually changed hands as News Five’s Jacqueline Woods, who reported the original story, made the […]
Belizean athletes who have always dreamed of one day representing their country in the Olympics will come one step closer to achieving that goal this weekend. On Sunday, the National Sports Council in collaboration with the Belize Defence Force and N.T.V. of Japan will present the first ever Henry Usher Marathon. It is the first […]
His commentary several weeks ago on the B.C.B. firmly established G. Michael Reid as the journalistic patron saint of lost causes. Tonight he turns his thoughts to a subject that, although once believed to fall in that category, is now viewed in a different light. “According to Greek mythology, the first woman on earth was […]
