Recent history demonstrates that being a security guard is the most dangerous job in Belize today…and the shooting death of yet another watchman over the weekend only confirms that conclusion. While the cops search for clues, the cold blooded killers are still on the loose and as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports, it seems that […]
It may not have resulted in any deaths, but a mass robbery and rape Sunday morning in the Cayo District has police, local residents and government officials determined to solve the crime. The incident, reminiscent of the 1999 hold-up and murder on the Hummingbird Highway, took place on the road between Bullet Tree and the […]
A hit and run over the weekend has left an Orange Walk woman dead and police searching for the driver who killed her. Around 8:30 Sunday night the woman, identified as Maria Garcia, was walking down the Otro Benque Road during a heavy rainstorm when she was knocked down by a passing vehicle. That vehicle, […]
After a full week of meetings in Washington, D.C., Belize’s negotiating team has returned home, empty handed but not without hope. According to Minister of Foreign Affairs Assad Shoman, while the facilitators have asked for more time to prepare their recommendations, both Belize and Guatemala have been assured that the end of the O.A.S. sponsored […]
If this year’s September celebrations have a different look, it may be because the undertaking is largely being organised–and financed–by the Belize Tourism Board. But aside from B.T.B.’s well-known institutional strengths, it appears that the tourism folks also have some stick with the politicians. Today Tourism Minister Mark Espat told News 5 that both Prime […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association has held its annual general meeting and elected a new board of directors. Voted in as president at Saturday’s assembly was Steve Schulte of San Pedro-based Tropic Air. Joining him on the board of the private sector umbrella group are Ramon Cervantes, Lucy Fleming, Alberto Villanueva Jr., and Ida Sauceda.
Leaders from around the world continue to meet in Johannesburg, South Africa tonight at the World Summit on Sustainable Development. The delegates are discussing the protection of natural resources and recommending ways forward, ten years after environmental goals were set at the Rio Summit. Representing Belize is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources […]
Be it music, paint or wood, it’s no secret that Belize is home to some of the region’s most talented artists. Today we visited one local sculptor whose work has earned him praise ranging from curious neighbours to international collectors. Curl Gordon may live on Victoria Street, but through his ample imagination, his work embodies […]
James Adderley Good Evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Yesterday the Belize Cycling Associating staged a criterium ride around the Princess Margaret Drive to kick off the national celebrations here in the city. And at the start, there are some thirty of Belize’s best cyclists in the hunt for today’s win in […]
