Three prisoners who escaped from the Department of Corrections on February 15th have been apprehended. The trio were taken into custody around 8:00 this morning on the Western Highway. Eighteen year old Edwardo Alcoser was serving five years for burglary, thirty-five year old Reuben Galdamez was serving one year for theft and nineteen year old […]
The Stann Creek District has been occupied by foreign soldiers. A base camp has been established just outside Dangriga and supplies continue to arrive daily. But its not an invasion, it’s a mission of peace and the soldiers from fifteen States in the U.S. are not carrying guns but shovels, hammers and stethoscopes. New Horizons […]
In police news, an anti-drug operation has resulted in the destruction of a small marijuana plantation near the Old Northern Highway and Corozalito. Police say the plantation measured fifty by seventy-five feet and contained about two hundred plants.
A fisherman from Caye Caulker has reported that his skiff was stolen sometime early Tuesday. James Rosado told police about 6:00am he realized the boat was missing from its mooring in the village. The twenty-five foot Mexican skiff is white with brown stripes. A forty-horse power Yamaha engine was attached for a total value of […]
The director of the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, is in Belize for a familiarization visit, he will also present computers to the Ministry of Health to assist with the creation of the National Health Information System. News Five spoke with Dr. George Alleyne and Minister of Health Jose Coye this morning at the Phillip […]
In 1999 Mayan activist Julian Cho posthumously won the James A. Waight Conservation Award, this year the honor goes not to an individual but a grassroots community effort, the Sibun Watershed Association, SWA. The Belize Audubon Society sponsors the award named for one of their founding members. David Craig made the presentation Tuesday night on […]
Students and teachers may be interested in an environmental display at the Bliss Institute. It is sponsored by SIWA-Ban of Caye Caulker and participating organizations include the Belize Audubon Society and the Coastal Zone Management Agency. So far the students seem to be learning a lot about our fragile marine environment. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Since […]
Last year when a Mexican circus brought polar bears to Belize people were amazed that these big animals so used to cold weather could stand the tropical heat. Well, if you thought that was impressive, another traveling show has gone one better. They have brought an entire ice rink and a team of ice skaters. […]
