The occasion was normal enough: the passing out ceremony of Recruit Squad Seventy-Four at the National Police Training Academy. But the guest speaker’s words were somewhat of a surprise. After congratulating the recruits and his ministry for their hard work, Minister of National Security Jorge Espat then began a barrage of criticisms against his government. […]
After a month of negotiations, doctors from the north have called it quits. The Northern Regional is again under a go-slow order because the doctors there allege conditions have not improved since they went to the negotiating table with the Ministry of Health. According to the medical professionals, there has been no word on their […]
A traffic accident on the Western Highway over the weekend has left a number of people injured. According to forty-five year old Mario Sabido, he was driving his Toyota 4-Runner towards Belmopan around 5:30 Saturday evening when he noticed a car coming from the opposite direction, apparently out of control. Sabido says he tried to […]
Somewhere in the city tonight, a thief or thieves are still patting themselves on the back for stealing close to thirty thousand dollars worth of jewellery. According to thirty-five year old Glenfield Dennison, a B.T.L. employee, he left his house on Tapir Street around 7:00 a.m. Friday morning, but when he got home at about […]
Doctors who come to Belize armed with the latest in medical technology and prepared to see Belizean patients are indeed a welcome sight. This week Dr. James Huhta and his daughter, Nurse Brooke Wilhot, will be diagnosing children from all over the country with congenital heart problems using an echocardiogram. Dr. Huhta says early detection […]
It’s one of the most anticipated annual general meetings in Belize, usually because shareholders leave with nice gifts and hefty dividends. But this year things were a little different, not because of a lack of profits, but because of confusion over how the profits would be distributed. News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting […]
They’ve been called golden citizens, older persons, seenagers, senior citizens…but by whatever name they’re known to you, this is their week. At the official ceremonies held at the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly in Belize City, Minister Jose Coye joined others to say “thank you” to some of the men and women who have […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve just logged on to the latest version of Sports Monday. Pre-season in the Belize Football League has shown just how deep the changes are in the two ballclubs that confronted each other at the MCC Grounds yesterday. In fact, this picture tells the story of the new Dangriga […]
