We open tonight’s newscast with a development on the political front. That news is the imminent election of a new PUP party chairman. It’s an occurrence that the Opposition will proclaim reflects a major rift in the ruling party’s hierarchy, while die-hard PUPs will sluff it off as just more evidence of the party’s vibrant […]
Last night’s stormy weather may have been fit for neither man nor beast…but it seems to have been custom made for a daring thief. Sometime during the night, the heavy rain was used to cover a break in at Hofius on Albert Street. The burglar or burglars entered the building by removing a plate of […]
Last night’s strong tropical wave may have been good for thieves, but it was no fun for fishermen in the Belize City Harbour. Fonciano Copo told News 5 he received a call this morning saying his boat was in trouble. Fonciano Copo, Fisherman “A sugar barge came into the boats and knocked the boats and […]
There is an old maxim that you can steal more money with a sharp pencil than with a loaded gun…and one unlucky Belize City contractor can testify from experience that it’s true. Viewers will recall that in July a brave woman in the Coral Grove neighbourhood, Matea Hoare, wrestled with a gun-toting assailant who tried […]
The tiny house at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Matura Street went up in flames around 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. How the fire started is no mystery, as family members saw one of their own relatives, Albert Matura, douse the floor with kerosene and light a match. According to Dorla Matura, who lives […]
In recent months, we have become familiar with the Organisation of American States as the body helping to facilitate the peaceful settlement of the Guatemalan Claim to Belize. But the OAS is also helping Belize in other ways. The most recent benefit of membership comes in the form of seven scholarships given to Belizean students […]
The management of Novelos Bus Line has made its position clear in the wake of last Monday’s death of one of its passengers under controversial circumstances. While police try to figure out whether fifteen year old Taneisha Trapp jumped or was pushed out of a Novelos bus as it sped along the Western Highway, the […]
A survey conducted by the Central Statistical Unit shows that because of their risky sexual behaviour Belizeans between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four are those most vulnerable to HIV. Further study revealed that within the Belize District, the Port Loyola Division of Belize City had the highest incidence of HIV and AIDS. To address […]
In case you haven’t noticed, September is just around the corner. Tonight Ann-Marie looks at one upcoming event that should get the celebrations off to a rousing start. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It’s the season of pageantry and celebration, and one activity which usually kicks off the carnival season, is the Miss Cultural Heritage Pageant. It […]
