Traditional political wisdom in Belize holds that the chances of success for any third party or independent candidate are somewhere between slim and none…and slim just left town. But despite the hard lessons of history, there has never been a shortage of brave men and women ready to beat the odds. Today I sat down […]
Five men are behind bars tonight after they were charged in connection with an attempted robbery that occurred last Thursday. Calbert Carcamo and Vitalino Galiano, both age twenty, were formally charged with the attempt, along with thirty-two year old Carl Westby and forty-four year old Liborio Tun after they allegedly tried to rob thirty-five year […]
A post-mortem has concluded that no foul play–except perhaps his own–was involved in the death of a San Ignacio man whose body was found on Thursday. Medical examinations revealed that fifty year old Santos Velasquez died of asphyxia due to alcohol intoxication. Velasquez was found Thursday morning in Santa Elena lying on the side of […]
It is a brand new road as fine as any in the country…but that did not prevent the death of a Belize City man whose driving skills failed him on Saturday. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods spoke to the passenger who managed to survive. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Doctors are cautiously optimistic that twenty-three year old Kafara […]
New prices for butane gas have been announced effective today for consumers nationwide. The increased rates, which range from a low of sixty-six dollars per one hundred pound cylinder in Dangriga, to a high of seventy-two dollars in Benque Viejo, are the result of increased acquisition costs for the imported fuel. Those new global realities […]
Lilia Mai of New Road, Belize City, collected a hefty amount of cash today. Not the entire one hundred and fifty thousand shown on the big cheque, but even half that amount is no small change. Mai was one of two lucky people who matched the five numbers to those drawn in the big lotto […]
It is a story that arrives with a bang about twice every year–miraculously with few injuries. Jacqueline Woods reports on the latest old Belize City house to call it quits. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The two storey wooden building provided shelter for the Vernon family for the past nineteen years, but around 9:30 on Sunday night […]
Tonight we regret to announce the death of one of the pioneers in Belize’s tourism industry. George Bevier, seventy-four year old proprietor of Rum Point Inn, on the Placencia Peninsula, died early this morning at the K.H.M.H. He had been battling cancer for several years. George and his wife Corol opened Rum point Inn in […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to our first edition of Sports Monday for 2003. The Belize Premier Football league kicked off its four-team playoffs over the weekend and it did bring show time to Belize City. (helicopter landing on field) No, this is not news of an attack on Iraq or […]
