It is getting to be a familiar story: police confront a suspect, a row ensues and the suspect winds up dead. The police paint a picture of self-defence, while the victim’s family cries out for justice. That was the situation in Crooked Tree this weekend as a Friday night confrontation has left a resident of […]
The weekend’s resistance to police was not confined to Crooked Tree. On Sunday a resident of August Pine Ridge Village in Orange Walk was wounded when a police officer shot him in the leg. According to police reports, Mauricio Cordova was injured by a bullet fired by P.C. 569 Neal, after a disorderly crowd surrounded […]
Police in the north were not without some success, however. On Friday night, acting on a tip, they intercepted a Mexican vehicle about to cross the bridge over the Rio Hondo at Santa Elena. Hidden in a locked compartment behind the passenger seat was an assortment of shotgun shells along with two packages containing almost […]
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a body found early this morning in San Pedro. The corpse, that of a Hispanic woman believed to be in her mid twenties, was found in the Boca del Rio area around 5:30 a.m. The body was clad in jeans and a black blouse and there is […]
The Commission of Inquiry into the July thirtieth riots at Tower Hill Bridge reconvened in Orange Walk Town this morning. News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams, herself an eyewitness to the action, is just back to our studios with the following report. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The Commission of Inquiry is back where it all started last week […]
The National Aids Commission and the Ministry of Health met today to see how they can make available anti-retroviral drugs and essential medication to people who are living with HIV and AIDS. The drugs and treatment, which can cost as much as three thousand dollars per month, are out of the reach of most Belizeans. […]
On Friday Night the Belize Tourism Board hosted its second annual National Tourism Awards. Over three hundred guests witnessed the event in which ten organisations or persons were honoured for their achievements. The environmental organisation of the year award went to the Coastal Zone Management Authority. Corporate organisation of the year is Belize Electricity Limited, […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly glad you could join us for this week’s version of Sports Monday. With both teams boasting a win a piece, basketball fans converged on the City Centre Friday night for the decisive Game III between the B.T.L. Nets and San Cas U.B. that would produce the 2001 […]
