It was an anniversary of dubious distinction…but it still rates a mention: Last week marked a full year since the exposure of a major scandal in the Immigration Department in which it was discovered that Belizean passports were being illegally sold on a large scale to buyers around the world. An ongoing News 5 investigation […]
He gained notoriety as Belize’s busiest burglar…but tonight John Bartley is dead. The career criminal was apparently stabbed in the chest this morning by a fellow inmate at Hattieville prison. Officials at the K.H.M.H. tell News 5 that he reached the hospital around one-thirty this afternoon, but by two-oh-seven he was dead. Police from Belize […]
A shootout between a policeman and a robbery suspect in Cayo has sent both men to the hospital. According to police, around ten-thirty Wednesday night two men robbed a bar owner and six patrons at a club on Peter August Street in Santa Elena. When the cops arrived on the scene they saw a man […]
There’s a very strong chance that somebody watching this newscast is over a hundred thousand dollars richer tonight. The trouble is that he or she probably doesn’t know it. That’s right, somebody hit last night’s Lotto jackpot of one hundred and twelve thousand, five hundred dollars, but according to the management of Tropical Gaming Company, […]
A Belizean has earned top honours at the Royal Air Force College in the United Kingdom. B.D.F. officer cadet Shaun Young, attending the Initial Officers Training Course at Cranwell, today received the Overseas Students Prize. The award is presented to the Commonwealth cadet who has demonstrated the best overall performance in leadership and studies. It […]
Two Belizean children are back home after a ten-day visit to Mexico City as part of an art and academic exchange with Central America. Kalyla Jones of Santa Elena Evangelical Academy in Cayo and Alma Worrell of Escuela Mexico in Corozal were chosen to go on the visit because of their outstanding artistic and academic […]
Its motto is “Reading is Development and Development is Reading” and this week the National Library Service is trying to etch that concept on the minds of primary school children. The annual summer reading program, through sponsorship from Bowen and Bowen, challenges hundreds of children ages five to thirteen to explore the exciting world of […]
In Belize the term neighbourhood watch usually refers to thieves who watch your house, waiting for you to leave. But if one man has his way, the concept of a vigilant community will one day turn the tide against crime. Joe Sampson, Natl. Coordinator, Neighbourhood Watch “I personally saw a situation where a crime was […]
