This afternoon police received a phone call from the Port Authority that an abandoned boat with bodies aboard had been discovered a mile and a half south, southeast of English Caye. The Port Authority says that two of their boatmen went out on a search this afternoon and called to report that they found two […]
A woman has reported that she was raped at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on Friday. Police say Roberto Valdez reportedly went to the hospital around ten a.m. for treatment for head injuries and met a young woman from Punta Gorda. It is alleged that Valdez told her that her cousin wanted to see her […]
A warrant has been issued for Harrison Collins, the B.T.L. cashier who had been held for questioning following the disappearance of over sixty-two thousand dollars in cash, checks and phone cards from the Church Street office last week. Head of C.I.B. Simeon Alvarez told News Five Collins had been released because he had been held […]
Police also have news to report concerning a series of robberies against Chinese shops. Simeon Alvarez told News Five that two of the men wanted in connection with the incidents are now in custody and a third man has also been caught through the efforts of citizens. Alvarez says Ronald Cox gave himself up around […]
On Sunday morning, however, another criminal duo tried to rob a shop on Euphrates Avenue owned by Lui Chee but was unsuccessful. Chee told us around eleven thirty he was getting into his car when he saw two men enter the shop and then heard a commotion inside. One of his employees told News Five […]
This weekend one of Belize’s lodges, the Star of St. John’s Lodge 106 of the Scottish Mechanics, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The District Grand Master Lloyd Neal and Roy Cumberbatch conducted a special service on Sunday evening where a number of people and businesses were recognized for assisting fraternal services, local communities and the country. […]
Prior to 1974, the openings of the Supreme Court criminal session had very little fanfare, but over the past twenty-five years the ceremony has become more and more elaborate. Today, those who attended were treated to all the pomp and circumstance they have grown accustomed to. Inspecting the Guard of Honour, for the first time […]
On Saturday, Prime Minister Said Musa held a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Taiwan Vincent C. Siew. A memorandum of understanding was signed committing both governments to the development of a trade agreement. Among the issues addressed at the press conference were plans for follow-up visits by members of the business delegation […]
News Five’s Stewart Krohn asked Belize’s Prime Minister about the status of the Economic Citizenship Program inherited from the previous administration and how the Taiwanese Prime Minister feels about the program. Foreign Minister Chee Chan Hoo was also asked for his perspective. Said Musa, Prime Minister “Well the program that was initiated by the last […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley so pull up for another portion of Sports Monday. It’s playoff time in the B.F.L. and all four teams saw action over the weekend. Yesterday we caught up with the People’s Stadium match-up that saw defending champion Juventus of Orange Walk open against the Belmopan Bandits the last team to […]
