Yesterday evening Belize Telecommunications Limited held its annual general meeting, the last before its fifteen year monopoly ends on the first of January. If that date marks the beginning of a new era for B.T.L., at least the old one ended with a bang. Revenues rose ten point six percent to a record one hundred […]
Toledo’s indigenous community has reacted to Friday’s violent incident in which two men were killed and three wounded in a confrontation with police. In a letter to Prime Minister Said Musa and copied to the press, the Maya Leaders Alliance has called upon the P.M. to establish a commission of inquiry into the killing of […]
If there is any silver lining to the clouds of damage surrounding Sunday’s fire in downtown Belize City, it is the knowledge that a new truck recently purchased by the fire department probably paid for itself several times over in one day of work. This afternoon News 5’s Jacqueline Woods took a closer look at […]
In crime news a fifteen-year-old Belize City girl has reported that she was raped. The minor told police that around 6:00 Monday morning she was sleeping at home when she was woken up by a man she recognized as a friend of her step-father. He allegedly put a knife to her neck and forced her […]
Two brothers, one of them a police officer, have been arrested and charged for a series of violent crimes in Ladyville. Twenty-two year old cop Alden Martinez and his twenty-four year old brother, Adoinez Martinez, both of La Democracia, are accused of firing shots and stealing the bikes of two men on Saturday night on […]
The majority of Belizeans were barely born when he was at the peak of his political power. But few viewers over thirty-five could forget the days when the Honourable C.L.B. Rogers tightly held the portfolios of police, immigration and broadcasting. Loved by his supporters, reviled by his enemies and probably feared by both, this complex […]
In the excitement surrounding the Guatemalan proposals, Sunday’s fire and assorted crime, we neglected to mention that this week is set aside to pay tribute to our senior citizens. Tonight’s feature from the 1994 series Coming of Age spotlights the work of Hortence Robinson. Hortence Robinson, Traditional Healer “I do believe it’s a gift.” Rudy […]
