They were arrested last year in the biggest drug bust in Belizean history–almost three thousand, four hundred pounds of high quality Colombian cocaine. But from the day they were remanded to prison, Mexicans Jorge Moreno, Victor Carasco and Oscar Aguirre represented a nightmare for the Belizean law enforcement system. As their trial dragged on in […]
A traffic accident in Belize City has left one man dead and three injured. Twenty-two year old Marvin Serrano of Wilson Street was killed on Friday night when around 11:30 he lost control of his vehicle after driving too fast over a pedestrian crossing on Coney Drive. Serrano’s Ford Tempo overturned and he was pronounced […]
It is with regret that we report another death tonight, that of Karl Tillett. The forty-three year old author, businessman and former customs officer succumbed to a massive heart attack on Saturday afternoon at his home in Corozal. In 2000 Tillett published a well received anthology of short stories, entitled “Yenkiman One”. His stories and […]
On Friday ceremonies were held for the inauguration of a new police station in the village of Santa Familia in the Cayo District. In his address Prime Minister Said Musa emphasised that while government must work to eradicate the roots of crime, there will be no coddling of criminals. Prime Minister Said Musa “Yes, we […]
The Lotto jackpot had gone unclaimed since July sixth, but today one very happy couple woke up to the realisation that they were eighty-two thousand, five hundred dollars richer. The winning ticket sat for almost two months in the drawer of Gilroy Hendy. Hendy, a twenty-six year old postal worker of Central American Boulevard in […]
It had all the ingredients of a romantic adventure, including a beautiful river and moonlit night. But, as News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports, that’s where the similarities ended. Janelle Chanona, Reporting No, it’s not the Ruta Maya…but these persistent paddlers probably wish it was. Believe it or not, these eight men and one woman started […]
You’d never know it by looking at her, but the subject of our next story needs your help. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting To a stranger, thirteen-month-old Jaesha Daly is a normal active toddler with a healthy appetite and a ready smile. But little Jaesha was born with a condition extremely rare to children […]
James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re logged on to a fresh dish of Sports Monday. The double elimination format had already landed on two of the eight teams when action resumed in the twelfth Women’s Softball Championship Saturday at Rogers Stadium. And yes folks, we’ve got it all. We open things to […]
