Today police say they are closer in bringing to justice the person they believe murdered fifteen year old Samantha Gordon on the weekend of November sixth. According to Inspector Simeon Alvarez, the Head of C.I.B., the department has been receiving a number of calls from people who have been providing them with information which has […]
Ever so often we hear reports of missing teenagers. More often than not they turn up safe and sound, perhaps having left home for a few days because of an argument with their parents, or because they have been urged by a group of friends to join them for a few days of unsupervised fun. […]
In economic news today was the day that economy Czar Ralph Fonseca, also known as Minister of Budget Planning and Management, Economic Development, Investment and Trade, got a chance to take his message of growth economics directly to the people who are supposed to do the growing. Speaking at a midday luncheon of the Belize […]
Today, shortly before lunchtime a couple of construction workers at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Iguana Street narrowly escaped serious injuries after a part of the house they were working on suddenly collapsed. According to Leroy Flowers, who was just next door, when he heard the loud noise, he first thought it was […]
The National Women’s Commission held a consultation this morning and will be inducting new members tonight. The meeting, hosted by Minister of Human Development, Women and Youth Dolores Balderamos Garcia, focused on strategies for the involvement of women in all sectors of national life. It was attended by nineteen men and women from the National […]
The newly formed National Drug Abuse Control Council held its first meeting today in Belize City. Chairman Jules Vasquez tells News Five that the sixteen member body’s first step will be creating a framework for a comprehensive plan to combat both drug trafficking and substance abuse. Jules Vasquez, Chairman, N.D.A.C.C. “The first thing we dealing […]
The St. John’s College Gym always seems to be transforming into something new, one night it is a dance hall filled with balloons, the next week it is a sea of proud graduates, who are quickly replaced by booths featuring the products of various businesses. But this week, the S.J.C. Gym has being turned into […]
