SARS, the acronym for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, has finally made a direct impact on Belize. No, there have not been any reported instances of the deadly disease here…but to make sure things stay that way the Minister of Home Affairs, Ralph Fonseca, has ordered a temporary ban on the entry of citizens into Belize […]
While thousands of Belizeans enjoyed the long Easter weekend, one Belize City man had his holiday cut tragically short by a hail of bullets. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The body of thirty-one year old Trevor Wiltshire was found in this clump of bushes by a pond near the Salt […]
A suspect in the robbery of a downtown Belize City store has been arrested and charged. Twenty-five year old Winston Jones of East Canal was apprehended shortly after the armed robbery of Gaylord’s on King Street Wednesday night. In that incident a security guard was beaten and a bystander wounded by a gunshot. Jones has […]
In the Toledo District a resident of Punta Gorda has been charged with rape. A twenty year old student of that town told police that on Wednesday afternoon she was invited by her cousin to an area outside the municipality where they shared some food, after which, instead of taking her home, he forced himself […]
A traffic accident on the Northern Highway over the weekend has claimed the life of a Belize City woman. Violeta Canto Perez was killed when the van in which she was a passenger overturned between miles thirty-four and thirty-five. Her husband, Oscar Perez of Hyde’s Lane, was driving the vehicle toward Orange Walk on Sunday […]
Easter is no stranger to the tragedy of fire, and this weekend ran true to form. In the wee hours of Sunday morning flames engulfed a nightspot on Barrack Road in Belize City. While the conflagration was eventually confined to three buildings, one was totally destroyed. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Queen’s Club was still open […]
In case it wasn’t on your calendar, today was observed in Belize as Earth Day. Several organisations used the occasion to highlight what Belizeans are doing to leave the planet in better shape than they found it. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The exhibition at the Leo Bradley Library Centre is focusing on conservation. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned to this latest version of Sports Monday. The Easter weekend brought with it the annual Cross Country Cycle Classic, a seventy-five year old tradition that saw its seventy-fourth presentation. Just before the start, we see the 1992 champ Big Mike Lewis signing up, two time champ […]
