It is not often that foreign news leads this broadcast…but by now it should be apparent that the war about to unfold in Iraq has implications that will be felt in every corner of the globe. Here in Belize, those effects will range from the fate of Belizeans on the battlefield to fewer tourists on […]
Tonight, Benque Viejo police need your help in identifying a man found floating in the Mopan River. According to the cops, around three-thirty Monday afternoon, they pulled the body of a fully dressed Hispanic man from the water after receiving several reports from area residents. The deceased was wearing a pair of green jeans pants, […]
In another case of death involving water, an afternoon socializing with friends on the banks of the Macal River proved deadly for one Cayo man. Police say forty-eight year old David Waight was drinking with friends at a local bar Monday afternoon when he and a friend, forty-nine year old Donald Harris, went to the […]
In other news from the west, two Belize City men face drug trafficking charges tonight, stemming from a big weed bust. Reports are that twenty-nine year old Frank Jacobs and thirty-six year old Rolando Sanchez were stopped at a checkpoint between miles sixty-nine and seventy on the Western Highway around three o’clock Friday afternoon. But […]
Meanwhile, Orange Walk police had their hands full on Monday after a jilted lover launched an attack on her ex-boyfriend and his new sweetheart. According to the police, twenty-nine year old Denise Garbutt of a Cristock Street address didn’t take kindly to the fact that her former common-law husband found himself a new mate, so […]
In news from Belmopan, the Prime Minister’s Office has announced a number of new appointments in the two-week-old administration. Margaret Ventura, long-time civil servant and former president of the Public Service Union, has been named as C.E.O. in the Ministry of Public Service. She replaces Marion McNab, who had been previously named as C.E.O. in […]
In the constant struggle to educate Belizeans about the deadly virus called HIV, one of the hardest things to do is convince HIV. positive men and women into talking publicly about prevention and living with the disease. The experts agree that sharing experiences can serve as a crucial wake-up call to everyone at risk. In […]
It’s a drink that Belizeans have come to love, although very few are aware–or could care less–of its proud Irish heritage. And while personally I prefer Gin and tonic, yesterday News 5’s Janelle Chanona used the opportunity of St. Patrick’s Day to find out just what makes a two hundred year old drink from so […]
