A Z-Line bus filled with passengers crashed early this morning on the Hummingbird Highway. The bus departed from Dangriga shortly after 6:00 and was heading towards Belmopan but as the vehicle approached mile forty-seven and a half, it almost crashed into the rear of a dump truck that was parked on the highway. The bus […]
Its been nine days and police have still been unable to locate the mother of a newborn baby murdered and left on the bank of Havana Creek in Dangriga. The investigation has been hindered by the fact that no one in the area wants to talk. Now, while there have been reports that the mother […]
The proposed Chalillo Dam has had its fair share of support and criticism alike. Last week, B.E.L. opened the floor for questions from the general public. Today BACONGO, the Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs, had its turn to discuss the project. The energy conference focused on different issues like alternative energy sources as well as […]
Cabinet Ministers have begun to work out the details of the budget for fiscal year 2000 to 2001. Discussions will continue at a special meeting on Thursday and the Prime Minister Said Musa will give the budget speech to the nation at a House of Representatives meeting on March 7th. The budget debate in the […]
A Police Constable who was interdicted from duty because of allegations that he attempted to extort money from a Mennonite family in Spanish Lookout was acquitted this week in the Supreme Court. The attorney for Leonard Williams, Dean Barrow successfully argued that his client had no case to answer for any of the charges, which […]
Three Belizeans and an American have been charged with drug trafficking, after a quantity of cocaine was found in their vehicle while they were attempting to cross the border into Mexico on Tuesday. 37 year old Peter Herrera, 27 year old Sydney Ellis and 25 year old Bernard Talbert, all laborers of #52 St. Thomas. […]
When someone is the victim of domestic abuse or sexual assault it is easy for the rest of us to say, “oh she should get counseling.” But this is not always easy to come by, or afford. Today the Ministry of Human Development opened a center where people can receive individual or group counseling for […]
Yesterday, News Five looked at the sensational and, as it turns out false, reporting of an incident on Euphrates Avenue. A stranger picked a child up in his arms and then let her go when she started screaming and a shopkeeper ordered him to drop the child. The Reporter newspaper reported the incident, incorrectly quoting […]
The Police and the Ministry of Human Development have not indicated any intention to pursue the matter legally. The police have decided however to fast track a media policy which will cover such issues. In a footnote to our coverage yesterday about the discrepancy between the eye-witness accounts on television and in the newspapers we […]
