A mid-day shooting has left two Belize City young men injured. According to police reports, just after noon today officers responded to a call reporting the sound of gunshots in the area of Vernon Street. When the cops arrived at the corner of Vernon and Lakeview streets they found twenty-four year old Kendale Robinson suffering […]
Another man is also recovering from gunshot wounds tonight, but this time the gunman is a police officer. According to Police Press Officer G. Michael Reid, P.C. Felix Garcia, currently stationed at the Hattieville branch, spotted twenty-six year old Glenroy Clarke, a man with a warrant against him for theft and wanted for questioning for […]
A Belize City businessman is tonight reunited with his family after he had been reported missing since Tuesday. But rather than being a missing persons case, it turns out that the husband and father of four had been stabbed, robbed and only with the help of good samaritans, taken to the K.H.M.H. for treatment. For […]
After being hit by a plague of daring hold-ups, Southern Choice Gas Station on the Stann Creek Valley Road is now the victim of what appears to be an inside job. According to police, tonight they are looking for office supervisor of the company, Alexi Rodriguez, in connection with a report of theft. Southern Choice’s […]
Despite the strong presence of police, B.D.F. and tourism officers patrolling the streets of Belize City, it seems walking on one of the busiest streets, even in the middle of the morning, is not safe anymore. A young student from the Orange Walk District has reported being robbed while on Vernon Street at 10:00 a.m.; […]
If you happened to be in the area of King Street and East Canal this morning, you would have seen a very strange sight. Apparently, this Toyota Four Runner and taxi collided at the busy junction just before 9:00 today. Reports are that the three passengers in the cab at the time sustained minor injuries. […]
The government and people of the Republic of China on Taiwan have contributed more than four hundred thousand dollars towards Belize’s Language Centre. In a presentation this morning, Ambassador Charles Tsai handed over a cheque for four hundred and sixty thousand Belize dollars to Prime Minister Said Musa as part of a grant for the […]
It’s now official. For only the second time in twenty years, the Roman Catholic Church in Belize has ordained a local as Bishop. During ceremonies held on Thursday afternoon, Monsignor Dorrick Wright was ordained as a Bishop. The principal consecrator in the event was the Most Reverend Osmond Peter Martin, while the co-consecrators were the […]
Starting today, several Belize City young people began a job-training programme designed to help them get better jobs. Through the Organisation of American States, for the past three years, the Young Men Christian Association of Belize has been offering entry-level job skills training to the unemployed. This year, the Workplace Preparedness Training Course will run […]
Today, a series of events focussing on health practices and the diseases affecting us as a people were held at hospitals and health centres countrywide. And while we couldn’t attend all the activities, this morning News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams went to check out what was happening at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting […]
Over the years, the artists who have displayed their work at the Image Factory have ranged from the haunting portraits of Jeannie Shaw to the heart-wrenching snapshots of the victims of Hurricane Iris taken by Norris Hall and Richard Holder. The photographs currently being exhibited at the gallery may be different in style, but as […]
