Nineteen year old John Franklin, who was shot as he tried to rob Sikaffy’s Store on Albert Street, has been charged for his crime. Franklin is charged with two counts of robbery, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of keeping an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. He remains in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital […]
Belmopan police are on the lookout for two men who held up and robbed Belstate Realtors Limited. The incident took place just before 10:00 this morning on Belize Street, a residential area of the city. According to proprietor Calvin Neal, at first he did not know the men had come to rob him and when […]
Police are tonight questioning twenty-three year old Terrence Bailey of Bocotora Street in Belize City in connection with a blue Mitsubishi Galant found abandoned on Dickenson Street. Police say the car used in the robbery of two thousand dollars from a fourteen thousand dollar payroll on July thirteenth on Coney Drive, has been registered to […]
Since the neon green traffic signs were erected along the Northern Highway in early June, the Traffic Department has been out conducting sporadic road checks and issuing warning tickets to drivers who have not been adhering to the speed limits. Motorists who use the stretch of highway from the entrance of the city to Haulover […]
Last November when Hurricane Keith hit Belize it not only destroyed many homes on the island of Caye Caulker, but ruined most of cayes’ greenery including many coconut trees. To help restore the scenic beauty of the island, Agriculture Minister Daniel Silva this week donated five hundred coconut seedlings to the Caye Caulker Village Council. […]
Whenever summer rolls around there are never enough activities to keep young minds occupied. The Young Women’s Christian Association is trying to accommodate as many youngsters as possible with a two-part summer programme. The first ended today. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Some three hundred school-aged children spent three weeks of their summer vacation at the annual […]
Today over one hundred children from Caribbean Shores received certificates after successfully taking part in a youth camp. The event, which featured a number of different sports, was organised to give youths in the area something to do while on vacation. As News Five’s Jacqueline Woods found out at today’s closing ceremonies, the old adage […]
