It is the sixth death of a Belizean child in the last two weeks. And if such tragic events can be ranked in some type of order, then the lost of life that occurred this weekend in Orange Walk, is the most disturbing yet. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon twenty-three year old Noemi Ordonez was […]
While police in Orange Walk had their hands full this weekend, their colleagues countrywide also experienced their share of stress. In Belize City a Saturday afternoon murder has resulted in the detention of a suspect, but the motive is still not clear. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police are still trying […]
A twenty year old farmer is dead following a drunken brawl at the Mayan King Farm in the Stann Creek District. Authorities say around 6:30 on Friday evening, Jairo Lopez was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when he got into a misunderstanding with an unidentified man. During the discord, the man chopped Lopez several […]
Tonight, believe it or not, there is a new chapter in the continuing saga of those ten late model vehicles confiscated from John Zabaneh’s Mayan King farm last November. Earlier this year, most of the fancy rides were quietly handed over the Belize Police Department, at least one of them ending up in the hands […]
In court news, convicted murderer Hillaire Sears will have to wait a little longer to learn his fate. That’s because his attorney, Lutchman Sooknandan, today asked for an adjournment until Thursday to present his mitigation plea. Sooknandan plans to use several people to testify as to Sears’ character prior to the murder for which he […]
Belize’s longest serving Jesuit priest has died at the age of ninety. Father Charles Hunter passed away on Saturday in St. Louis, Missouri. He had been flown there from Belize last week following a fall in which he broke his hip. He died from complications brought on by the surgery. Father Hunter, born in 1912 […]
Politics is a rough and tumble business, not for the faint of heart. Today in the wake of a knockdown drag out battle for the U.D.P.’s Belize City Mayoral nomination, the winner is preparing for the future, the loser is crying foul, and the party leader is trying to make the best of a bad […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re just in time for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Juventus of Orange Walk rolled into San Ignacio yesterday desperately needing a win to return to the top four in the Belize Premier Football League standings with two weeks of regular season football remaining. Would Acros Real Verdes […]
