The two men accused of murdering four Belize City residents were back in Magistrate’s Court today. This morning, Patrick Robateau and Leslie Pipersburg were brought before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers as part of the legal formalities in their case, but the hearing was adjourned until September thirteenth. Accompanying the men was their attorney Simeon Sampson. Police […]
A man detained in the beating death of his common-law wife has been charged with murder. On Thursday night forty-one year old Gilbert Mayen allegedly got in a fight with twenty-six year old Pauline Williams after which both went to sleep. When Mayen woke up he found his wife dead. A post-mortem determined that Williams […]
Routine busts for crack cocaine don’t usually find their way to this newscast, but the one which occurred on Saturday night definitely rates a mention. When police on mobile patrol searched the premises of thirty-four year old Durant Rhaburn on Dean Street in Belize City they not only found eleven point six grams of crack, […]
Prime Minister Said Musa returned over the weekend from St. Lucia, where CARICOM Heads of Government met at a special summit to deal with the economic crisis now threatening the region. That crisis has its roots in a drastic drop in tourist arrivals since September eleventh, the concurrent slowdown in the world economy and a […]
For years, the policy of the United States government in its war against drugs has been to publicly applaud or shame the countries of the Americas in a process called certification. Belize is no stranger to the bad list and with that in mind, this week Belize and other Central American nations successfully lobbied with […]
Over the last twenty-five years Belizeans have watched the nation’s literacy rate plunge from a percentage in the upper 90’s to somewhere in the mid 70’s. While some of this embarrassing decrease can be attributed to the arrival of large numbers of uneducated migrants from Central America, much of the blame must be placed on […]
Following the crowning of its new queen on Thursday night, San Pedro’s annual Costa Maya International Festival continued over the weekend…and News 5 stayed around for the fun. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The second night of the festival included cultural performances from the five Mundo Maya countries: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico and Belize. However, it […]
James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re logged on to the show we’re proud to call Sports Monday. The Capital Life Basketball Championships reached the decisive game five Friday night at the City Centre. It would determine who wins the 2002 basketball title after a four game split right down the middle between […]
