It’s happened again, another schoolgirl has been found murdered. The news that the body of St. Ignatius student, missing since Monday, had been found this morning on the Western Highway shocked and outraged the nation. It is the fourth death of a young girl in a few months. A terrible pattern seems to be emerging […]
The National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse views the murder of twelve year old Jackie Fern Malic as a cold and despicable act of violence that terrorizes our children and society on a whole. In a statement issued this evening, NOPCA says that these acts of terror, which began with Sherilee Nicholas, must […]
In Belmopan a seventeen year old has been arrested and charged in connection with a stabbing death in Salvapan early Sunday morning. Guatemalan Manulo Gomez appeared in Belmopan Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was formally charged with the murder of Freddie Marroquin. Witnesses told police that twenty year old Niglas Montejo and seventeen year old […]
As part of Tourism Week, the Belize Hotel Association will be holding a quarterly general meeting. One workshop at the meeting deals with Sales Tax and how it impacts the tourism industry. President Teresa Parkey told us how she believes the tax will affect B.H.A. members. Teresa Parkey, President, Belize Hotel Association “We’ve been fortunate […]
Last Week News Five reported on two separate incidents in which police forced their way into Belize City residences, ransacked the premises and then left. In one case, seven small homes were searched by nine officers who claimed they were looking for drugs. Residents claimed that not only did the police turn their homes upside […]
