Two inmates who escaped from the Youth Enhancement Academy are tonight back behind bars at the Hattieville Prison. The prisoners, twenty-one year old John Elijio and twenty-two year old Fredrick Arzu were both serving time for burglary, when they made their escape around 8:30 on Wednesday night. According to prison officials, the men were recaptured […]
The fourth day of the Commission of Inquiry into the Tower Hill riot was anything but dull. Transport Commissioner Glen Arthurs took the stand along with a ballistics expert, Albert Ciego. As Ann-Marie Williams reports, not only did the commission find concerns with how Arthurs handled the situation, but the expert testimony places further doubt […]
Doctors from the Northern Regional Hospital will resume normal duties as of Monday, September third. At a meeting today in Orange Walk between Minister of Health Jose Coye and the physicians at the Cane Farmer’s Association Conference Room, it was agreed that the group would “embark on a process of negotiations” starting Monday. According to […]
In 1996, The Belize Barrier Reef along with seven other marine protected areas was declared World Heritage Sites. But as Belize develops, these sites have come under increased pressure, threatening their sustainability. Today, a one-day seminar to discuss the Community Management of Protected Areas Conservation Project, COMPACT, was held at the Biltmore Plaza. According to […]
It will cost the restoration committee over half a million dollars to finish repairing the St. John’s Cathedral. So far, approximately one hundred and twenty thousand dollars have been spent mending the roof alone. On Saturday, the group hopes to raise more money for the project through one of its main fund raising drives, an […]
Now that the Environmental Impact Assessment on the Macal River Upstream Storage Facility Project, better known as Chalillo, has been completed, BECOL is hoping to get the green light from the Department of the Environment to finish the dam. Thursday night on “One on One with Dickie Bradley,” B.E.L.’s CEO, Lynn Young, reasoned that they […]
On Wednesday, the Guardado family lost all their possessions after a fire destroyed the house they were renting at number eleven Plues Street. It’s not the first time they have fallen victim to a fire. In 1997, they lost their home during the Prince and Albert Streets blaze. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was with Rosa […]
