Although there were indirect references to former Police Commissioner Ornel Brooks who resigned on Monday, today’s press conference at the Raccoon Street Station was not about the past, but the way forward for the Police Force. The new chief, who is acting in the post of Commissioner until he is officially installed, seemed to feel […]
On Monday, Augustina Reyes told News Five she does not know who would want to kill her common-law-husband taxi driver Philip Pou. Following our interview, police picked up Reyes Monday afternoon and subjected her to intensive questioning. She was released this evening. She reported Pou missing Friday night after he failed to return to their […]
Five children were injured after a gas tank exploded in Succotz Village around twelve thirty this afternoon. According to reports, a gas truck had gone to the residence of Belarmino Itza to fill a tank. Around that time the children were coming home from school and as they entered the yard the tank exploded. At […]
The fears of the Ministry of Agriculture have been realized. Today a specialist from Barbados confirmed that the Pink Hibiscus Mealy Bug is in Belize. As they await the arrival of biological agents, beetles and wasps, to control the pest, the Ministry is launching an aggressive media campaign, hoping to obtain the public’s cooperation, a […]
If you’ve seen the ads on TV and thought cruises were only for wealthy Americans, think again. One Belizean tour company has got a sweet deal that lets you board a cruise ship in Belize, spend three nights aboard ship and then fly back from Miami for less than a thousand Belize dollars. David Gegg, […]
Since 1883, the Sisters of Mercy have made Belize part of their worldwide international multicultural congregation. There are currently twenty-four Sisters of Mercy in Belize, eighteen of whom are Belizean. During Mercy Awareness Week, the community put together a heritage room at St. Catherine’s Academy featuring information and a few artifacts spared by the ’31 […]
