A major case of embezzlement has been uncovered in the Cayo District. Details are still sketchy but sources in San Ignacio indicate that two employees of the Belize Marketing Board’s San Ignacio Branch have been arrested and will be formally arraigned tomorrow morning in Magistrate’s court, charged with theft and conspiracy to commit theft. The […]
A road accident in the Cayo District has claimed the life of a U.S. citizen. Melissa Cavanaugh, 30 years of age, was headed east from San Ignacio on the Western Highway just after midnight on Wednesday morning, when near the entrance to Georgeville she lost control of her Chevy pickup. The truck hit a tree […]
And while still in the Cayo district, police report no new developments in the case of the 16-year old Belize City student who was found nude and tied up, but otherwise unharmed, Wednesday morning near Benque Viejo. Investigations continue with police looking for two suspects whom the girl claims forced her into a car as […]
A U.S. tourist is tonight recuperating from injuries he received during a robbery in Belize City on Tuesday night. Thirty-year-old Alva Caple had only arrived in the country that afternoon, checked into the Princess Hotel and later decided to take a walk along the Newtown Barracks. Around ten p.m. he was on his way back […]
After forty-four years of dedicated service to the people of Belize the organisation known as VSO today officially shut down its operations here. Voluntary Services Overseas, often described as the British version of the U.S. Peace Corps, placed hundreds of skilled volunteers in Belize who compiled an impressive record of technical assistance. In a closing […]
Viewers who can tear themselves away from their TV sets to look outside later tonight are in for a treat. For the first time in three years sky watchers across the western hemisphere will have the chance to witness a total eclipse of the moon. A lunar eclipse takes place when the earth lines up […]
The side of non-governmental agencies that the public usually sees is when their projects are inaugurated, ribbons cut and cheques presented. What you don’t see on the television is what the NGO went through to get the money in the first place. This week in Belize City Red Cross Societies from across the Caribbean are […]
We first met Alvaro Vernon when he carved a replica of the Fantome, that ill fated ship lost at sea at the height of Hurricane Mitch. Today, as News 5’s Patrick Jones discovered, his creative powers remain no less formidable. Alvaro Vernon, Model Boat Builder “I just don’t like to stand around and say well […]
In a culture that can’t seem to get enough of beauty pageants, there is one competition that has managed to rise head and shoulders above the rest. So move over Queen of the Bay, chill Miss Belize, because this weekend…Miss Y di run tings! Catalina Casimiro, 66 years old “I am from Punta Gorda and […]
