The public’s desire to see a murderer swing from the gallows received a boost yesterday when Opposition Leader Dean Barrow publicly challenged the Prime Minister to abolish the criminal jurisdiction of the Privy Council. This would take the form of a constitutional amendment to make the Belize Court of Appeal the court of last resort […]
While the Prime Minister could be credited with taking a principled stand on the issue of the constitution and capital punishment, he will find it more difficult to deal with charges levelled today by Mr. Barrow’s newspaper, “The Guardian”. Claiming to have irrefutable evidence of scandal in the Immigration Department, the newspaper laid out a […]
Yet another Belize City security guard has had his gun stolen while on the job. According to police, Jeffrey Olivera, a K.B.H. security guard, was working at the B.E.L. compound on the Northern Highway. Olivera says he was patrolling the yard just before 5:00 on Wednesday morning when two men walked unto the property armed […]
On Friday evening, this year’s BelPro ConEx gets underway inside the King’s Room at the Princess Hotel. The three-day event is held to promote products made in Belize, and the 2002 version promises to be bigger, better and full of good deals for the public. According to organiser Lourdes Smith, President of the Belize Business […]
He’s not the first musician to turn from the secular to the saintly, but few have made the transition as sweetly as the singer who arrived in Belize this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting In 1997, he was voted the number one performer at Jamaica’s Reggae Sunfest. Today, Cleve “Stitchie” Laing still sings Reggae, but the […]
Since school closed a few weeks ago, we’ve looked at a wide variety of summer camps for children. Today we visited a group of young men whose camp lasted a lot longer than the summer. Ann-Marie reports. Cordel Hyde, Min. of Education “Making the right choices also involves taking responsibility for your actions. We can’t […]
The drama of semi-pro basketball’s regular season concluded last night with a team from Corozal clawing its way into the finals. News 5’s Janelle Chanona combined business with pleasure to file this report from courtside. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Despite being a Wednesday night game, the City Centre was packed as basketball fans came out in […]
