The accidental death of an infant in San Pedro has led to the suicide of the child’s father. Late Sunday night seventeen month old Osmin Rosa was eating some chicken and began to choke on a bone. His parents, nineteen year old Joycelyn Williams and twenty-five year old Luis Rosa, were unable to help the […]
Another infant has died, apparently of an accident, this time in Hattieville. According to police, around 7:30 Monday morning the lifeless body of one year old Julia Avila was found in a drain not far from her home at mile seventeen on the Western Highway. Julia’s mother, nineteen year old Patricia Myvette, reported that around […]
It doesn’t seem to occur as much as it used to, but now and then there is an escape from Hattieville prison. This morning, one of the facility’s inmates, Michell Miranda, managed to bust out of the minimum security section, but was apprehended this afternoon. Details are sketchy, but we are informed that the twenty-six […]
A man charged with murder has at least one more day before he knows his fate. After two full days of testimony, the prosecution, defence, and judge in the murder trial of twenty-five year old Hillaire Sears will address the jury on Wednesday before a verdict is given. Sears is charged in the killing of […]
Seven Cubans who washed up on northern Ambergris Caye last month and were later charged with immigration violations will be allowed to leave Belize, exactly the way they came. The charges against Jaime Sanchez, Enrique Camacho, Ramon Rivero, Alejandro Maury, Roberto Miranda, Armando Quintana, and Luis Maquedo have been withdrawn and an Order to Leave […]
Just when we thought the cruise ship mess had been straightened out, we are reminded it’s not over till it’s over. The venue for the latest round in the controversy was the temporary vendor’s area in Memorial Park. Janelle Chanona, Reporting It’s an industry that has increased six hundred percent this year and expected to […]
The elation following Sunday night’s basketball victory over Mexico at the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador, has turned to embarrassment as the Belize National Team took a licking Monday night at the hands of the Dominican Republic. The final score was eighty-nine, forty-three. Belize was without the services of top scoring guard […]
The telecommunications saga continues this week with word that B.T.L. has plans to appeal the Supreme Court decision, which validated the stop order issued by government in December of last year. But even more interesting, is that according to Minister of Budget Management Ralph Fonseca, B.T.L. plans to implement a new rate restructuring plan that–like […]
When Government announced in May of this year that it planned to privatize the Belize City port, the news was greeted with mixed reviews, especially when it was revealed the main investor was local businessman Luke Espat. Today, seven months later, the sale is complete, with Belize Ports Limited as the new owners. According to […]
Traffic on the Western Highway came to a standstill late this afternoon after a gas truck caught fire. According to fire officials, the call came in just after four that a truck was engulfed in flames near mile six and within minutes of their arrival, the blaze had been extinguished. Thankfully, the BWEL butane truck […]
The items in this next story are not your traditional Christmas gifts…but use of the latest computer technology does not make them any less authentically Belizean. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods takes the first of what will hopefully be many looks at what’s new in Christmas gifts. Micelle Rudon, Co owner, Genesis Arts “We try to […]
