Despite all appearances that the Belize Guatemala referendum is struggling in the intensive care unit…this week there were signs of life in Washington, D.C. On Monday, Attorney General Godfrey Smith met with Guatemala’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramiro Ordonez, O.A.S. Assistant Secretary General Luigi Enaudi and facilitators Sir Shridath Ramphal and Paul Reichler, for […]
In related news, three members of the Belize Police Department travelled yesterday to Poptun, Guatemala, where they got to see a suspect held in connection with last month’s murder of Jalacte Alcalde, Antigonus Garcia. According to police sources, the officers are convinced that the man being held, Edgar Aguilar Lopez, is the same man who […]
An Orange Walk man is dead as the result of a traffic accident on the Northern Highway. Augustine Castillo was crushed to death when the dump truck in which he was a passenger overturned between mile eighty-two and eighty-three. Castillo and Bartolo Mai were riding in the back of the dump truck, which was loaded […]
The search is on for a suspect in connection with the death of a Belize City man. Thirty-three year old Luis Alberto Pinelo, of a Northern Highway address, was found badly injured as the result of a fight he was involved in on Baghdad Street at around 6:00 Saturday morning. Pinelo died of his wounds […]
Meanwhile, a man finds himself in trouble with the law after he allegedly fired shots at his nephew. Fifty-seven year old Elbert Vernon of Belize City has been charged with attempted murder and damage to property. The charges follow a report by his nephew, twenty-two year old Francis Vernon, that in the wee hours of […]
This Friday students from all the nation’s sixth forms and various U.B. campuses will converge in Belize City for a national youth rally. The topic is the current effort to end the Guatemalan claim. According to one of the organizers, Sandra Perez, the assembly is different from previous ones because it is intended to reflect […]
Puppet shows have been around as a source of entertainment for hundreds of years. But this morning News 5’s Jacqueline Woods found out that they can also teach some important lessons. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It was a special day for Belize City preschoolers. The boys and girls were taken out to B.T.L. Park, not to […]
It’s not a sport that one immediately associates with the rough and tumble nation of Belize… but with the game of golf spreading to virtually every corner of the globe, it was only a matter of time until Belizeans got a chance to experience the frustration of trying to hit a tiny white ball with […]
