Corozal police have charged one of their own with attempted murder, maim, and deadly use of harm. This follows a shooting yesterday in Chunox Village, which left Mexican national, thirty-eight year old Francisco Burgess, in critical condition in the K.H.M.H. with a bullet wound over his left eye. The officer, Constable Miguel Alpuche, shot Burgess […]
More details are emerging in the murder of a Toledo Alcalde and the subsequent killing of one of his alleged assailants. On October twenty-sixth thirty-three year old Antigonus Garcia, Alcalde of Jalacte Village, was shot to death and twenty-year old Marvin Cuz was wounded when two men from across the border entered Garcia’s house on […]
A new initiative by the Ministries of Home and Foreign Affairs is bringing some common sense to the problem of illegal immigration. Over the last two weeks around forty people charged with illegal entry have been removed from prison and deported to their home countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua. Today the latest […]
Late breaking news tonight out of the Belize Olympic Association is that Cuba will not be participating at this year’s Central American and Caribbean Games. According to officials, the Cubans have told their counterparts in the host city of San Salvador, that their intelligence agency has learned of a plot to assassinate the President of […]
One former member of Belize’s national team who won’t be in San Salvador is Milton Palacio. He’s busy in the N.B.A. Milt’s debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers last night was not particularly high scoring, as the fourth year guard was only one-for-four from the field and one-for-two from the free-throw line for a total of […]
It got its name from the late Dr. Marla Holder, one of the founders of this home for children in need of protection. Today, News 5’s Janelle Chanona was in Belmopan as the kids got a helping hand. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Since it was established in 1997 hundreds of Belizean children have found safety from […]
The Youth for the Future Initiative is better known for its grand gestures than any major accomplishments…but success in turning young lives around is invariably measured in millimetres and not miles. Today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods looked in on one of the initiative’s first small steps in what may be a very long journey. Jacqueline […]
