Twenty-four hours after the gun amnesty was launched…the first weapons are in. This afternoon a twelve-gauge shotgun and a thirty-eight special revolver were handed in to the office of Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez. And while critics of the programme are sceptical of its motives, Rodriguez says time will prove the naysayers wrong. Paul Rodriguez, Ombudsman “These […]
And just because there’s an amnesty in effect it doesn’t mean the cops won’t be enforcing gun laws. A police press release today announced that as the result of a search of a house in Ladyville three people have been charged with weapons and drug offences. Eighteen year old Steve Arnold, twenty-five year old Rafael […]
Police have also been successful in solving a type of crime that not long ago was virtually unknown in Belize: that is car theft. On Saturday night Michael Congers of Sittee River reported that two men entered his home, beat him, robbed him, took his keys and then drove off in his pickup. Today police […]
On Wednesday night twenty children residing at the Princess Royal Youth Hostel, situated at mile twenty-one on the Western Highway, were overcome by fumes after a truck from the Public Health Bureau had sprayed for mosquitoes. According to Fermin Olivera, Acting Director of the Community Rehabilitation Centre, that manages the institution, they have yet to […]
Since its inception in 1992, the National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect has been the nation’s most forceful advocate for the well-being of the our youngest citizens. Eleven years later, that voice is about to go silent unless there is some serious infusion of cash to keep its programmes running. According […]
The National Council on Ageing is meeting this week in Belize City to formulate a National Plan of Action for the Elderly. Chairperson of the Council, Kamela Palma, says that the process involves input from institutional care givers and personnel from four relevant ministries. Patrick Jones “Why do we need a plan of action for […]
This weekend the stage at the Belize City Centre will be taken over by a bevy of beauties competing for the title of Miss Teen Belize. Each of the seven young ladies taking part in this year’s pageant professes confidence in winning the crown, but also realises that only one will walk home with the […]
Our female softball champions placed a disappointing fourth last week in San Salvador and reports from Santo Domingo indicate that our athletes in the Pan American Games are finishing well to the back of the pack. But that does not mean all the news on the international sporting front is bad. News 5 has received […]
It’s a form of art that requires a sharp eye, a steady hand and plenty of patience. And few Belizeans have mastered those requirements better than the subject of this next story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting She may be camera shy, but this Maya woman from the Toledo District is just one of the many fascinating […]
