Diabetes is one of the fastest growing medical problems in Belize…and the disease doesn’t go away just because you happen to be a guest in Her Majesty’s prison. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting On Thursday, twenty-two year old Gian Godoy was remanded to Hattieville prison after he failed to make bail on […]
The question of why possession of a half ounce of marijuana leads to being remanded at Hattieville is a legitimate concern that we’ll leave for another day…but suffice to say that, like in the larger society, drugs in Hattieville prisons are a fact of life. This morning a security detail discovered three parcels of compressed […]
A woman has lost her life as the result of a freak traffic accident. According to reports on Love FM, Elvira Eck of San Narciso Village was waiting for a bus near mile seventy-two on the Northern Highway when a truck heading toward Corozal Town went out of control and struck a lamppost. The post […]
A U.S. national has died of drowning. Donald Guerrette and his wife Roberta were in the water at the Blue Hole at Lighthouse Reef when Donald lost consciousness around 8:30 on Friday morning. The body was brought to Belize City where a post-mortem certified the cause of death as asphyxia due to drowning.
Belizeans are now able to travel throughout the state of Quintana Roo without having to wait in long lines for a Mexican visa. This is thanks to the expansion of the “Forma Migratoria de Visitante Local”, which came into circulation three years ago. The card, which once limited travel only to Chetumal, has been extended […]
While Belizeans may now find it easier to enjoy the pleasures of Quintana Roo, the same cannot be said for those driving from the United States through Mexico. Today News 5 received a desperate phone call from a Belizean in Texas, Oscar Perez, who claims that he along with as many as sixty Belizeans have […]
It has been one of the most consistently successful summer camps in the city and one reason why is the dedication of its organisers and sponsors. Ann-Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Sixty children, ages six to fifteen years signed up last week for the annual Berger Football Camp underway at a football field in […]
Last month we reported on the refurbishing underway at Camp Oakley…and tonight we can report that while the work continues, Belize’s scouts are making good use of the facilities. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Despite the murky waters, scouts from various troops across the country enjoyed playing in the pond. The children, ages eleven to sixteen are […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for this latest issue of Sports Monday. The Harrison Parks Cricket Championship Series kicked off the first of three matches Saturday at Lord’s Bank with Sunrise hosted to an undefeated Wicked 11 of Flower’s Bank, looking to step up as champions in 2002. It’s Sunrise […]
