The total number of people killed in Monday morning’s collision on the Western Highway has now reached six. Just after seven this morning Melvin Rodriguez, who had been on life support for the last three days, succumbed to his massive injuries. Rodriguez, an employee of a Belmopan construction firm, had been riding in the passenger […]
It is a familiar type of crime that–for some unknown reason–has not been seen very often in 2003. But Wednesday evening the staccato sound of rapid gunfire once again echoed across a Belize City neighbourhood. When the commotion ceased, three people lay wounded, one seriously. News 5’s Marion Ali reports. Nikita Smith, shooting victim “The […]
Less than twenty-four hours later, another bullet put a man in the K.H.M.H. This time, however, the motive appears to be more straightforward. Jacqueline Woods reports from the scene. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting An empty cash pan on Wayne Tucker’s office desk suggests that his shooting may be the result of a robbery. Shortly after 2:00 […]
In other crime news, a Corozal marijuana farmer watched a big payday go up in smoke Wednesday when police raided his plantation on the eve of harvest. Forty-three year old Errol Acosta has been arrested and charged with cultivation of a controlled substance. That substance consisted of two thousand, five hundred mature cannabis trees ranging […]
If you are anything like me, before Christmas you took that trusty old blanket out of mothballs…and guess what…a month later it’s still keeping you warm. With today’s weather forecast predicting yet another norther for the weekend, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods headed up to Ladyville to ask: is it my imagination, or is Belize getting […]
Since the mid 1980’s it was home to a state of the art radio transmission facility used by the Voice of America to beam the U.S. worldview to a turbulent Central America. But when the Belize government declined to allow its conversion into a propaganda platform aimed at Cuba, the lease was cancelled and the […]
BELTRAIDE is also looking for Belizean business people to take advantage of a European Union initiative that provides funding for product development. The Cariforum Agricultural Research and Training Fund (CARTF) offers grants ranging from five thousand to fifty thousand U.S. dollars to cover up to seventy-five percent of the costs of research and training for […]
Rotarians from North and Central America are currently in Belize to attend their annual project fair, which opens tonight at the Princess Hotel. Belize City Rotary Club President, Kay Menzies, says the event aims to identify local projects for funding by the visiting clubs. Kay Menzies, Belize City Rotary Club “The Belize City Club is […]
His team, the Cleveland Cavaliers may be languishing in the division cellar with the worst record in the N.B.A. but just as Milton Palacio never forgets his roots in Belize, we in the jewel cannot fail to keep up with his career. While Milt has hardly reached anything approaching stardom, the point guard is averaging […]
A childcare centre in Belmopan is tonight the grateful recipient of a monetary donation, courtesy of the Government of Belize. According to a release issued today by the Ministry of Human Development, SAVES-Marla’s House of Hope accepted a cheque for ten thousand dollars. According to SAVES–the Sexual Abuse Victims Education and Support Program–the money will […]
Several months ago U.D.P. Leader Dean Barrow said that if he becomes the next Prime Minister he will not hold a specific portfolio. Since Manuel Esquivel cannot constitutionally–even as a Senator–be appointed as Minister of Finance, the most likely candidate for the post has become Freetown standard-bearer Douglas Singh. That speculation ended on Friday when […]
