A well-known football player died yesterday during what should have been a cool swim on a hot afternoon. Reports are that twenty-eight year old Eldrid “Puntos” Gentle, who played for Acros and drove a taxi, went for a swim near the Municipal Airstrip in an area commonly known as the “Hanger” around 1:30. A witness […]
A Queen’s Square Primary School student who skipped school yesterday and made her way to Ladyville is in the care of the Social Services Department. A school truant officer noted the twelve year old’s absence around 11:30 and she was found this morning at her aunt’s home in the Boston area of Ladyville. Family members […]
A former employee of Lauren Duty Free Shop at the Philip Goldson International Airport has been charged with false accounting and theft. Police allege that over a period of almost a year Charles Solis Jr. stole over four thousand dollars by altering customer credit card receipts. He reportedly added an extra one in front of […]
A man lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was shot last night on West Street. Reports are that shortly after nine p.m. twenty-four year old Jason Cain was standing in front of his house when he was confronted by a man known to police only by the name, “Desho”. The two had […]
More classrooms and expanded programs for other schools were among the topics discussed at this week’s Cabinet meeting in Belmopan on Tuesday. The Ministry of Education reported that ten classrooms will be built for Belize Continuation School. Plans are also being made to refurbish classrooms at the Youth Enhancement Academy in Ladyville to transform it […]
The University College of Belize and the Ministry of Education will be holding a symposium on the possible ways in which the Y2K computer virus could affect Belize in the year 2000. The symposium will feature discussions with over two hundred representatives from the Government and private sector. Charles McSweeney “The idea here is to […]
It’s a lofty goal: provide everyone in the community access to a computer and bring the town into the computer age. On Tuesday Orange Walk was one step closer to achieving this dream with the inauguration of an Information Technology Center. The center, which was the idea of the P.U.P. Central Executive Committee in Orange […]
Last year coach David Greenwood helped Belize’s CARICOM team win the gold. Today the Belize National Basketball Association announced that they will once again rely on Greenwood to coach our national team to victory. This time in Cuba for the COPA tournament on May third. Greenwood arrives on Friday along with Milton Palacio, Alex Carcamo […]
Those of us who enjoy cool evenings walking, watching our children play, or simply sitting on a bench talking with friends at the B.T.L. Park on the Barracks know how valuable a little piece of land by the sea can be. Well, in a few months there will be another spot to take in the […]
Channel 5 is looking for a cameraman/editor to work in our news/production departments. Must have experience in a broadcast environment. Reply to personnel director at gbtv@btl.net.
