On Monday night three men robbed a shop on Amara Avenue and today a shopkeeper was shot in broad daylight just a few blocks away. So far the police have no suspects in either case. News Five was called to the scene just moments after thirty year old Zhang Yong Li was taken to the […]
While it admits patrolling our waters is difficult, the Fisheries Department has netted itself a nice haul. Around nine fifteen yesterday morning, four Hondurans were found drop fishing in Grouper’s Bank in the Glovers Reef atoll. The Fisheries Department says it is common to find illegal fishermen in the area and has increased its patrols. […]
They may not be able to prosecute the case in the courts, but the police can still air it in the court of public opinion. Today the police issued a statement expressing their disappointment that a major kidnapping case has been dismissed and the five accused have walked away free men. Police say Lionel Kelly, […]
While police are disappointed on one front, they are commending the villagers of Concepcion, Corozal for helping to apprehend four suspects in a series of robberies. Police say on August twenty-seventh Florencio Aban of Concepcion reported that three Hispanic men went to his house and tried to hold him up at gunpoint. Villagers, however, came […]
Health care, improvements to the National Fire Service, aircraft safety, hurricane shelters and the bottleneck in the Ministry of Lands were among the topics at this week’s Cabinet meeting. Two district hospitals are being upgraded to take the pressure off the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. The Orange Walk Hospital will become the […]
On Friday, the September Celebrations kick off with the fifty-third annual Queen of the Bay Pageant. This year there are eight young ladies who will be competing for the title and all the attractive prizes that include a U.C.B. scholarship, a thousand dollars in cash, a plane ticket courtesy Continental Airlines, a B.T.L. pager and […]
It was a terrifying experience that could have proved fatal: a water taxi full of tourists traveling at night hit an unlit barge. Fourteen people were taken to the hospital for treatment. It was only by sheer luck that their injuries were minor. Although the Dutch tourists have already left Belize, the Belize Port Authority, […]
