It is a sight that is becoming all too familiar on Belize’s highways: shattered glass, mangled metal, broken bodies and a one-way ambulance ride to the K.H.M.H. The latest fatal traffic accident was particularly tragic in that it cut short the work of a woman whose profession is dedicated to the saving of life, not […]
A small Belize City business has been partially destroyed by fire. Michelle James, an Orange Walk woman who operates a boutique at 3599 Central American Boulevard, had just left the premises with her daughter around 6:30 Tuesday night, when minutes later neighbours saw flames rising from the roof of the building. Fire officials soon arrived […]
Police have charged a Dangriga man with the rape of his ex-girlfriend. The charge against twenty-nine year old Victor Enriquez follows a report by the woman that while she was walking on Saint Vincent Street around three o’clock on Tuesday afternoon Enriquez accosted her. He then allegedly used a gun to force her to his […]
In news just in from the police, a U.S. tourist drowned this afternoon in waters off Ambergris Caye. Arthur Pederson, believed to be in his late forties, was snorkelling with a group of visitors at the Hol Chan Marine Reserve at the reef just south of the island when around two-thirty he began to experience […]
Collectively, the political contests in the nation’s seven towns and two cities can be lumped together under one heading: the forgotten elections. Those municipal races that were supposed to act as a crucial indicator for the general elections, which were thought to be coming in August, have now been relegated to a sideshow now that […]
Government efforts at damage control in the latest accusations of scandal got rolling late today as former Chief Education Officer, Dr. Cecil Reneau, agreed to speak to the press. According to the veteran educator, allegations of financial improprieties came as no surprise… and his ministry was already on the case. Cecil Reneau, Spokesman, Ministry of […]
Over the last two weeks, rumours about the secret vote in Belize’s elections not being so secret, have punctuated the radio call-in talk shows. Chief Elections Officer Myrtle Palacio immediately dismissed the reports as unfounded and nothing more than “mischievousness”. But today, after concerns continued to emerge from the public, it was members of the […]
Both CARICOM and the O.A.S. have pledged support for the continuing process toward a settlement of the Guatemalan claim… but somewhere along the line, we in the news media, have neglected to explain exactly what that process entails. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided us with a text of the agreement signed February seventh […]
While March fifth has been declared a holiday, one group of people who will be working around the clock are the men and women of the Police Department. Taking the responsibility seriously, Police Commissioner Carmen Zetina says his officers will be out in full force to ensure that law and order is maintained. Carmen Zetina, […]
The timing may be suspicious, but the intention behind the programme appears to be sound. Today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand as more young Belizeans got the opportunity to take a big step toward a secure future. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The loans are provided through the Youth for the Future Enterprise Fund to […]
