It was more than just a disappointment to the Cardona family and the police of San Pedro that three Hondurans arrested for kidnapping had walked free when their police file could not be presented at court at the end of November. But today, prompted perhaps by a visit to San Pedro police, the Minister of […]
It was not a good day for soft drink truck drivers yesterday. In Belize City a coke truck was held up on New Road during the lunch hour and the driver slashed in the arm with a machete. About eight hundred dollars was taken in the incident and police say they are looking for Edmond […]
San Pedro police will be getting some assistance in their crime fighting efforts if an initiative to re-establish special constables is successful. Today Minister of National Security Jorge Espat, Permanent Secretary Allan Usher and Commissioner of Police Ornel Brooks were in San Pedro for a meeting with area representative Patty Arceo in an effort to […]
The public may be most familiar with the work of the Human Rights Commission of Belize when we hear them speaking out about alleged cases of police brutality, but the commission actually tackles a number of other issues, which generally receive less publicity. The contents of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed by the […]
There are sixteen more days to go before Christmas and there’s a lot of house and yard cleaning yet to be done. But don’t worry this weekend the Belize City Council will be helping you to haul away all the garbage from in front of your house, free of cost. According to David Fonseca, City […]
With the Prime Minister off on a conference which opened today in Miami, yesterday’s Cabinet meeting was brief and today’s press release from the P.M.’s office was even briefer. There were only two items, the announcement that there will be a People’s Assembly on the sixteenth at St. Mary’s Hall to mark the government’s first […]
The roof of the St. John’s Cathedral is in need of urgent repairs. The work is estimated at over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The restoration committee is therefore holding its third annual Living Nativity Christmas Choral Concert this Sunday in order to raise funds. Sistie Harmes, Coordinator, Living Nativity “It’s mainly to put […]
‘Tis the season to be jolly and that is exactly what the students and teachers are planning for you tomorrow night at the Parish Hall. The big presentation is called, “Twinkle, Twinkle and the all star Angel Band”. News Five stopped by for a dress rehearsal for this big event. Valerie Lovell, Choir Leader “It’s […]
Two Belizean artists are being featured in an exhibition at the Institute of Cooperation and Culture Mexico-Belize beginning tomorrow. Yasser Musa, director of the Image Factory Art Foundation and art teacher at S.J.C. is teaming up with Michael Gordon a self-taught artist who has produced over two thousand art works in the past three years. […]
