A shootout between police and well armed gunmen Sunday night on the Western Highway has left authorities wondering just what kind of crime spree was being planned. The story unfolded early in the evening when, based on a tip, police set up a roadblock in Roaring Creek to intercept a suspicious car coming from the […]
Another police search of a vehicle in Belmopan has ended more successfully for law enforcement officers. The vehicle, a blue Chevy Cavalier with no license plates, was stopped on Thursday on Constitution Drive. A search of the three men and one woman in the car resulted in the discovery of a chrome nine millimetre Smith […]
A body has been found on Saturday in the sea off the Port Loyola section of Belize City. The largely decomposed corpse, clad only in underwear, was later identified by police as that of thirty-eight year old Rudolfo Ramos of Hyde’s Lane. A post-mortem was conducted, but due to the advanced state of decomposition, a […]
A post-mortem has not yet been conducted in association with another death, this time in Dangriga, but it appears that the victim died of drowning. Eleven year old Kenroy Marin was swimming with some friends around midday in the area around the municipal pier when witnesses say he went under the water but did not […]
Diplomatic representatives are still unable to confirm all the names of those Belizeans missing in the September eleventh terrorist attack on the United States of America. Consular officials will be holding meetings in both New York and Washington on Tuesday, when U.S. authorities are expected to release full lists of those not yet accounted for. […]
While the international air travel industry seeks ways to cope with terrorism, the world’s governments are doing the same. Today News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams spoke to Prime Minister Said Musa, who told her that Belize will feel the effects of the attack in both the short and long term. Prime Minister Said Musa “We believe […]
Ambassador Edward Laing was laid to rest today. The distinguished jurist, a member of the International Law of the Sea Tribunal and former envoy to the United States and United Nations, died on Tuesday while snorkelling off Caye Caulker. The official funeral, attended by numerous dignitaries as well as family and friends, took place this […]
Like hurricanes, potholes and political infighting, Byron Lee and the Dragonnaires seem to be a permanent part of life in the Caribbean. Today, despite the uncertainty of international air travel, Byron and company made their familiar march across the apron of the Philip Goldson International Airport. Jacqueline Woods was on hand to greet them. Jacqueline […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve just climbed aboard for another flight on Sports Monday. The national celebrations continued over the weekend, highlighted by the second appearance of the Lion Man Triathlon on the Belizean landscape. It’s nine o’clock at the Port Authority compound Saturday morning here in the city and gathered around this […]
