They have come under increasing pressure for incompetence, brutality and corruption, but today the Police Department recovered at least a few square centimeters of lost public relations ground. News 5’s Jose Sanchez reports from Belmopan. Jose Sanchez “For the past few months police were unable to crack the two cases of stolen ammunition and high […]
Another taxi driver has been found shot to death. This time it’s thirty-five year old Nigerian, Tayo David Anjorin of Campus Avenue in Belize City. Police say on Thursday Anjorin’s common-law wife Margaret Miller reported that the day before Anjorin left their home around six-fifteen a.m. in his blue Toyota Corolla taxi and had not […]
An eighty-two year old grandmother and three grandchildren are homeless after a fire on Saturday gutted their house on West Street in Belize City. Doris Adolphus declined to appear on camera, but did describe the tragic events of that morning. Doris Adolphus, Fire Victim “I was washing upstairs in my bathroom, using the washing machine. […]
If you own a cellular phone or make calls to a cellular subscriber of the non-prepaid variety, you will soon see a dramatic reduction in your monthly bill. Belize Telecommunications Ltd. has announced that effective May first, the per minute rate will drop by twenty percent from eighty-five cents to seventy cents. Likewise, the discounted […]
Belizeans travelling to Mexico stand to benefit from increased diplomatic representation across the border. On Sunday a new Belize consulate was inaugurated in Chetumal by Prime Minister Said Musa. The office, Located at 91 Avenida Armada de Mexico, is manned by Consul General Rick Moguel and will be open daily from nine a.m. to one […]
Last month’s tourism figures are in and while the rate of increase has slowed, a record number of visitors continue to make Belize their destination of choice. Arrivals for February rose by three percent over one year earlier, which was itself a record month. In fact, every month since October 1999 has set a record […]
Over five thousand primary school students countrywide are preparing to sit the Primary School Examination, P.S.E., on May seventh. The Ministry of Education found it necessary to embark on a public information campaign to better prepare students, teachers and parents for the exam, which has replaced the twenty year old B.N.S.E. Permanent Secretary in the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned with this offering of Sports Monday. Friday brought another big double header of Division I basketball at Bird’s Isle and we pick up the action late in the first half with M&M Christian Ambassadors boasting a ten point lead over Mirab. The Ambassadors extend the lead […]
