It had all the ingredients of a disaster of epic proportions: dry weather, strong breezes and old wooden buildings in a congested part of town. But instead of a citywide inferno, today’s fire on Belize City’s south side was contained to four houses. Ann-Marie Williams was on the spot. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting A mid-morning fire […]
Police have detained a number of suspects in Monday’s brutal slaying of two children in Belize City, but no charges have yet been filed. News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams looks behind the crime and finds that the dead kids may be the only ones who are blameless. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The Belizean community is still up […]
With tensions on Belize City’s streets running so high, the news received this afternoon from police headquarters is the equivalent of trying to put out this morning’s fire with a tanker full of gasoline. It seems that on Monday morning when officers passed by the armoury at the Police Academy in Belmopan, they noticed that […]
While they may have been lax in securing their armoury, police were right on the money when it came to busting suspected drug traffickers. On Friday, cops in Orange Walk made two major seizures of cocaine. The first came at Tower Hill Bridge when a car was searched and close to two and a half […]
For three days and three nights he was lost in the jungle, not far from a disputed area near the Guatemalan border. Today, Private Marvin Card, safely back at Price Barracks, took time out to talk to the press about exactly what transpired during his lonely weekend… beginning with how he came to get lost […]
On yesterday’s newscast we aired the grievance of Bernadine Anderson, who claimed that police insulted her and beat her on two occasions last week. Today the police have reported what they claim is the other side of the story. It seems that after the first incident on Thursday night, in which Anderson was sought in […]
The winds and rain may be distant memories, but those people and institutions still suffering from Hurricane Keith have not been forgotten. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Hurricane Keith put the hurt on Belize’s educational system to a tune of three and a half million dollars primarily in the Belize, Orange Walk and Corozal […]
Students from St. John’s College who plan to study in the United States will now be able to do so with a lot less hassle. SJC and Viterbo University, located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, have signed an agreement to expedite the transfer of credits between the two institutions. Up to sixty-four SJC credits will be […]
