The old adage is that no news is good news, but for the Perera family, each passing day without word from Astrid, only deepens their agony. Perera went missing exactly one month ago today and the family’s efforts to locate the thirty-eight year old business executive are intensifying. An advertisement in today’s Amandala announces a […]
Prison officials say they have still not been able to capture inmate Roberto Yatxol, who escaped in late June while on a work programme near Flower’s Bank in the Belize District. Yatxol, who was serving a twenty-five year to life sentence for manslaughter, is believed to still be hiding out in the nearby village of […]
They are a familiar fixture of the Belizean legal system, and although there are currently over fifteen hundred Justices of the Peace in the country, at times it still seems that you can’t find one when you need one. But the Association of JPs and Commissioners of the Supreme Court is looking to change all […]
In police news of a positive nature, the Belize Chinese Association has presented a fully loaded computer and accessories to the newly appointed Officer in Charge of the Eastern Division, Maureen Leslie. According to B.C.A. President, Lee Mark Chang, the donation is part of the Chinese community’s continuing effort to assist the department. Lee Mark […]
There are many Belizeans who have been writing songs for years…but those tunes have traditionally been confined to humming in the shower. But as technology makes recording and production cheap and easy, much of that previously hidden talent is going public, like this latest effort in gospel music. Wallace Coleman Jr., Artist “A lot of […]
Prolonged strikes by workers, or lockouts by management are not everyday occurrences in Belize, but when they do take place they have the power to wreak havoc on our tiny economy. That’s why efforts are being made to find new ways to deal with the problems between employees and employers. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports. […]
Earlier in this newscast we referred to the donation of a computer to the head of the Eastern Division of the Police Department, Assistant Commissioner Maureen Leslie. While that piece of technology may make life a bit easier for new appointee, her thirty-year march to the top ranks has been anything but. Today News 5’s […]
