It may not have required the services of the fire department’s now famous ladder truck, but a blaze in a Belize City neighbourhood early this morning kept fire fighters more than busy. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Fire fighters were back at the scene sifting through the debris to try and determine […]
Prime Minister Said Musa today flew to Santo Domingo where he began the final leg of an extended trip, which has already taken him to London and Washington, D.C. Over the next several days in the Dominican Republic Musa will open a cultural exhibition and meet with President Hipolito Mejia and other government officials. According […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released the text of a letter written by facilitators Sir Shridath Ramphal and Paul Reichler to O.A.S. Secretary General Cesar Gaviria, which–if nothing else– demonstrates that they are attempting to resolve the problem of a Guatemalan housing estate that has spilled over across the Belize border. The letter refers […]
In crime news, a man detained by police for the alleged rape of a fifteen year old Belize City girl has been charged with that crime. He is twenty-six year old Rudolph Smith of West Street in Hattieville. The girl told police that early Monday morning a man she knew as a friend of her […]
A Corozal man, twenty-six year old Pedro Gongora, accused of abducting his former girlfriend, has been charged with kidnapping and rape. Also charged, for harbouring a criminal, were Oscar Briceño, Elena Briceño, Waldo Tapia and Claridalma Narvaez, all of Corozal Town, while Tapia and Narvaez were additionally charged with abetment to kidnapping. The kidnap victim […]
There is good news for air travellers tonight, as it has been confirmed that on November twenty-first, Air Jamaica will commence scheduled flights to Belize. The four-times-per-week service, utilizing Airbus 320 jets, will fly on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Details of the arrival and departure times have not been released, but the route through […]
Senior citizens week marched on today–and I mean those words quite literally. Jacqueline Woods explains. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The senior citizens, ninety-nine years old and younger, did not seem to be bothered by the warm weather and briskly hit the pavement of the city streets to commemorate their week. Jacqueline Woods “Did you enjoy the […]
The making of traditional handicrafts is a skill that these days must compete with the mastering of computers and the internet. But with the rapid rise of cruise tourism and its accompanying demand for authentic souvenirs, handicraft is making a comeback. That development had not yet blossomed in 1994 when we featured Jane Williams as […]
