Another mysteriously empty cargo plane has landed and been abandoned in Belize…and if these unscheduled visits continue, the B.D.F. may soon have the biggest air force in the region. It is not certain when the latest landing took place, but law enforcement officials speculate that it was around the fourth or fifth of September that […]
Police are tonight looking for the driver of a pickup truck who fatally injured a pedestrian on the Western Highway. The dead man is nineteen-year-old Jose Gonzales of La Democracia Village. Around seven this morning Gonzales was walking on the highway having just gotten off a bus near mile thirty-one, when he was struck by […]
Gentleman–and I use the term very loosely–if you are thinking about sexually assaulting your daughter, niece, neighbour or any other child…beware, because you will get busted. Another victim of incest has come forward, this time in the Cayo District, and her father has been detained. The thirteen year old, accompanied by her mother, told police […]
This year, the organisation known as CARICOM is celebrating its thirtieth birthday. Officially created on the fourth of July 1973 in Chagaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean community has survived three decades, overcoming numerous obstacles to achieve significant accomplishments for the benefit of the region. To mark this important milestone, the secretariat has planned several […]
If you would like to take part in this year’s carnival road march but without the pressure of dealing with costumes or competition, then we just might have what you are looking for. B.T.L.’s Telejammers have re-emerged after a three-year hiatus from the annual festivity. According to the T-shirt band coordinator, Sherilyn Waight, because there […]
The last big novel published by a Belizean to hit the local literary scene was Zee Edgell’s “In Times Like These.” This month three more titles are about to be added to the Belizean booklist. “The Moon Children”, “Good Angel Bad Angel” and “Seasons of Denial” are the work of writer Calvin Moir. Moir told […]
From humble beginnings fifteen years ago, Belize Medical Associates on St. Thomas Street has grown into a major player on the local health scene. Today, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods previewed some of the clinic’s newest diagnostic equipment. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Two weeks after twenty-five year old Said Acosta was treated for a stab to the […]
With the annual Belikin calendar now in its third year and enjoying enviable success, it was only a matter of time until someone got the bright idea to publish a calendar full of photogenic Belizean males. That time has now arrived. Tanya Barrow, Green Banana “Women scream when they open the calendar, gial we di […]
