If you are a parent confused about whether your children will be going to school next week, don’t feel bad; you’re not alone. Today the President of the Belize National Teachers Union denied press reports that schools would be closed all next week, but declined to say exactly when classes would be held. The B.N.T.U. […]
Tonight Corozal police are investigating a disturbing report of kidnapping, which has left one man dead and another in critical condition. According to taxi driver Robert Rosalez, he was called out to a job in an area called Dominguez layout, located near San Antonio Village in the Corozal District. But Rosalez told the cops when […]
In crime action from the city, cops have confiscated a high-powered weapon and ammunition from a residence. According to reports, on Tuesday police raided a house on Gladden Street and came out with an AK 47, and twenty-five rounds of ammunition along with a handgun and a single round of ammo. The occupants at home […]
And in another update to our coverage of the story involving Elvira Grant Bautista and her high-powered quarrel with her sister and niece, Orange Walk police say they have arrested and charged twenty-four year old Eliza Grant and charged her with harm.
In other police news, the department has announced the most recent round of senior staff promotions. Promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner are Senior Superintendent Gerald Westby and, as previously reported, Acting Senior Superintendent Maureen Leslie. Westby’s appointment is retroactive to December first 2002, while Leslie’s runs from April first of this year. Leslie […]
The Magistrate Courts countrywide are on a go-slow for the next two days, but it does not mean that criminals are free to do as they please. Instead, the men and women who manage the country’s busiest halls of justice are sharpening their knowledge of a new initiative aimed squarely at keeping some of those […]
This summer Saint John’s College is inviting teachers, parents and children to improve their artistic talents by attending a special art programme. This is the second time the college will offer the courses, five of which are designed especially for teachers and two targeted at children. According to coordinator Dianne Lindo, the programme, which runs […]
The Prince Room at the Princess Hotel and Casino is about as far removed as you can get from the dust and mud of Roger’s Stadium. But, as News 5’s Patrick Jones discovered, the teaching of softball skills is not confined to the diamond. Patrick Jones, Reporting There were no cheerleaders or dollar beer at […]
Many Belizeans have visited the popular attraction known as the Blue Hole on the Hummingbird Highway. But not so many are familiar with the five hundred and seventy-five acres of jungle covered hills and caves that surround the deep blue pool. Today a new trail was officially opened, which links the park’s varied attractions that […]
