You have heard the rumours for years, but not until today has such conclusive evidence been presented that domestic animals are being prepared for eating in Belizean restaurants. If you are fond of cats you may want to leave the room because the pictures we are about to show are not pretty. Just before two […]
A series of weekend robberies in the Cayo District have left gun toting robbers over two thousand, four hundred dollars richer. On Saturday, three men in camouflage uniforms and armed with a rifle and handgun stopped thirty-seven year old Alejandro Chan of Paslow Falls along with his wife and four children, en route to Santa […]
Four men have been arrested and charged with the weekend robbery of a Belize City Chinese grocery. Xie Li He reported to police that on Saturday three dark skinned men entered her shop on Sixth Street in King’s Park and ordered some bottled water. While serving them, Li was hit in the head with a […]
The body of a man who disappeared while swimming on Monday has been recovered. Julian Novelo, a resident of Yo Creek Village, went missing while he and two other friends were swimming in the Rio Hondo. About halfway across the river Novelo began complaining of exhaustion and tried holding on to one of his companions, […]
At about 10 o’clock this morning, twenty illegal immigrants were captured during a routine patrol of the Calla Creek area of the Cayo District. The group, all citizens of Ecuador presumably on their way to the United States, were at least two kilometres inside Belize’s western border when they were detected by the Belize Defence […]
The Ministry of National Security has hired a coroner investigator to strengthen the National Forensic Service. Marianne Taylor, a Canadian National, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physical anthropology from the University of Calgary and is also qualified in forensic archaeology, death and crime scene investigation and evidence handling. She has worked with the […]
Prime Minister Said Musa took his place among his fellow Caribbean leaders as the twenty-second CARICOM Summit opened in the Bahamas this evening. High on the meeting’s agenda are trade items, including steps toward the creation of a regional single market and economy. Belize, which has traditionally bought more from CARICOM than it sells, will […]
Belizeans who study in Jamaica or travel frequently to the Caribbean will be happy to know that Air Jamaica may soon be opening a route between Belize and its hub in Montego Bay. A delegation from the Jamaican national carrier visited last week and presented a proposal for three times a week non-stop jet service […]
It took them a while but the Belize National Football Association has finally gone public with recent decisions that will have serious implications for the way the world’s most popular sport is played in Belize. News 5’s Jose Sanchez reports from a press conference held this morning at the Radisson. Jose Sanchez, Reporting With the […]
