There is an expression attributed to the U.S. mafia which says that when a man has been murdered he is “sleeping with the fishes”. Tonight that euphemism applies to three more Belizeans whose names are now added to those of a family of five who have been missing and presumed dead for over a month. […]
The Minister of National Security Jorge Espat toured Eastern Division Headquarters today which is being refurbished. Construction began two weeks ago and includes improvements to the front administrative building, holding cells, recreation facilities and other aspects of the facility. Jorge Espat, Minister of National Security “The government has allocated a little under two hundred thousand […]
Police have detained the sister and brother-in law of former B.T.L. cashier, Harrison Collins, the man police believe stole over sixty-two thousand dollars in cash, checks and phone cards earlier this month. An arrest warrant has been issued for Collins but Head of C.I.B. Simeon Alvarez told News Five they do not believe he is […]
A fire at San Pedro last night is reported to have destroyed one of the buildings at Captain Morgan’s Retreat. Around 7:45 both the upper and lower flats of the pimento building were gutted by the fire which started in the northwest corner of the building. Police say the manager Yolanda Sabido, who lived in […]
A leadership course is presently underway at the Hattieville Prison for inmates who will soon be leaving prison and returning to the outside world. Hyacinth Latchman was at the prison this morning. The course came about after the Public Relations Officer for Hattieville Wayne Moody approached Mervin Lambey of the Young Men’s Christian Association with […]
In related news, recreation at Hattieville Prison appears to be changing for the better. The seven hundred and fifty eight men and women of the facility will soon get a chance to play basketball and volleyball, if they behave themselves, that is. The inmates, under the supervision of Officer Ray Gongora, recently started construction of […]
A story presented earlier on tonight’s newscast demonstrates that life on Belize’s seas is not as peaceful as we once believed. But in less stressful times, when the most lethal weapon to be found on the reef was a fishing rod, the most fearsome threat at sea came from below… in the form of a […]
