In around a month and a half Belizeans are scheduled to vote on a set of proposals to end the Guatemalan claim to Belize. An important part of those proposals involves the disposition of six cayes which lie at the southern tip of Belize’s barrier reef. This weekend News 5’s Janelle Chanona, Brent Toombs and […]
A teenager from Punta Gorda is clinging to life at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot in the chest by a robber. Thirteen year old Rodney Borland was behind the counter at his family’s shop around 8:00 on Friday night when a masked man, armed with a handgun came in and demanded money. When Borland […]
Chinese owned businesses in Cayo and Stann Creek were also hit by armed robbers over the weekend. On Friday night twenty-four year old Tom Wu had his nine millimetre pistol, cell phone and an undisclosed quantity of cash stolen by a pair of men described as Hispanic in appearance. One of the jackers hit Wu […]
Fifteen-year-old Teddy Reyes is recovering at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot while caught trespassing Saturday night. Jose Antonio Nunez, who owns Bel Taco and Chi Chi’s Night Club on Hyde’s Lane, says his dogs alerted him to something unusual and he went outside to investigate. Jose Antonio Nunez, Owner, Chi Chi’s Night Club “I […]
A freak accident on the Hummingbird Highway has claimed the life of a Dangriga man. Fifty-five year old Ruben Rosado was killed when a parked vehicle rolled backwards down a hill and ran him over. Rosado was a passenger in a Ford pickup which was towing another vehicle down the Hummingbird toward Dangriga. According to […]
With a growing number of Caribbean countries planning to eliminate the Privy Council as their final appellate court for class A murders, today, the European community formally put in their two cents on the issue. Via a press release from the British High Commission in Belmopan, the European Union characterizes attempts by Belize and Barbados […]
B.T.L. Park at high noon is not an often used time or place for signing official documents, but today it served just fine as the backdrop for a bi-national health initiative. News 5’s Marion Ali has the details. Marion Ali, Reporting Health Minister Jose Coye, and mayors representing the nation’s nine municipalities today signed a […]
This afternoon Beverly Smith-Lopez was laid to rest following a funeral service at St. Ignatius Church. The size of the crowd reflected the tremendous number of lives she touched during an all too short career as an educator, dramatist, comedienne and arts administrator. Our camera caught the procession on Euphrates Avenue en route to Lord’s […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week five of the B.P.F.L. semi-pro football season found Acros Real Verdes of San Ignacio inside the People’s Stadium against Orange Walk’s Juventus. Would Juventus prevail as it did against Kulture Yabra on Wednesday night at the M.C.C. Grounds? It’s […]
