His mood is relaxed and confident, but as anyone who has ever seen Dean Barrow in court, on the rostrum or debating in the House of Representatives knows, he is not afraid to go for the jugular. Today, in the wake of Monday’s P.U.P. manifesto presentation, News Director Stewart Krohn and I sat down with […]
Yesterday we reported on the wounding of P.U.P. Lake I campaign manager Evan Garnett; tonight it’s the burglary committed at the home of U.D.P. Albert Division candidate Marilyn Williams. According to police, Williams reported that sometime between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Monday her home in Buttonwood Bay was broken into. Stolen were a […]
She was on trial for her involvement in the murder of her cousin, Rodwell “Burger” Neal, but tonight Cherry Mae Howard is a free woman. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh today directed a twelve-member jury to find Howard not guilty on charges of abetment to commit murder and the alternative charge of abetment to commit manslaughter. […]
It’s a familiar story that cuts through a cross section of all our major sports. That is, an abundance of raw young talent that somehow fails to mature to the point where Belizean athletes play any kind of role on the world sporting stage. Today, that analysis was confirmed by an international athletic official who […]
We know this may be getting a little boring…but there is more evidence today that the tourism industry, already the major engine of the nation’s economic growth, is getting even bigger. Statistics just released by the Immigration Department indicate that January arrivals at the Philip Goldson International Airport set a new all time record. The […]
It’s the kind of story that usually shows up on U.S. TV programmes like “Ripley’s Believe it or not”. Well tonight we bring you the homegrown version of a very “Candid Camera”. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the details. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting One-year-old Isaac Herrera was at a neighbours’ house when he accidentally swallowed a […]
Unfortunately, not every medical story has a happy ending. Today, we learned that a young patient featured in this newscast last week has not survived. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting One-year-old Lashawn Gladden suffered from a rare condition called Myasthenia Gravis. The neurological disorder attacks muscles in the throat, eyes and chest. However, complications occurred when the […]
In the past, they would have arrived by other means, but this time it was somehow fitting that the reggae artists coming for this Saturday’s big concert flew in on one of the big birds of Air Jamaica. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It is not the first time that Lloyd “Lover” […]
