In an effort to counter the growing negative publicity surrounding the beating of two star football players by police, Commissioner Hughington Williams has taken disciplinary action against four officers. Inspector James Magdaleno and Assistant Inspector Eli Salazar, officer and deputy in charge of the Orange Walk District, have been relieved of their duties and two […]
Since the Cash For Guns programme started on Monday, close to seventy-five weapons have been collected. Up to four this evening, twenty guns and a quantity of ammunition had been collected thus far today. The collection includes five twenty-two’s, four twenty-five’s, one thirty-two, two thirty-eight’s, one nine millimetre, one three-eighty, one shot gun, one sawed […]
In a move toward transparency that was as welcome as it was sudden, the Social Security Board today released a full breakdown of its investment portfolio. A quick look at the figures shows that over the last decade the role of the social security fund has been transformed from a depository for cash into the […]
The United States government has donated equipment and supplies to the National Emergency Management Organization. Commenting on the assistance, said to be worth in the neighbourhood of a million dollars, U.S. Ambassador to Belize, Carolyn Curiel, said that “Should a disaster strike, the people of Belize must be ready, and these supplies will help.” General […]
It is common knowledge that the tourism industry is on a ten-month hot streak, with visitor arrivals through the airport up almost twenty-five percent for the year. And it looks like things will be getting even better. News Five has learned that a new television show by the Fox Network will shoot on Ambergris Caye […]
The Methodist Church in Belize is inducting a new president for its Belize/Honduras District Conference. The President-elect, Reverend Charles David Goff, succeeds Reverend Lesley Anderson, who has been appointed president of the Panama/Costa Rica District Conference. Goff was ordained to the Christian Ministry in 1985 and since 1992 has served in Belize as the Superintendent […]
The Sister Cecilia Home for the elderly has been providing high quality residential care for Belize’s senior citizens. Today its occupants had one more reason to celebrate as they witnessed the opening of a new activity centre. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Although the Sister Cecilia Home has improved tremendously over the past six years, the facility […]
It wouldn’t be September without the Queen of the Bay and this year’s pageant will be ready to roll on the first night of the month. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a preview. Jose Sanchez, Reporting With qualifications such as being tall and stately like a mahogany, pure as a Belizean mountain stream, sweet like […]
