This afternoon two suspects in one of the city’s recent high profile murder cases were taken over to Magistrate Court and charged. Police say their investigation indicates that Ernest Hinds, better known as “Scurvy”, and Jermaine Pascascio were the two men that entered Leal’s store on Pickstock Street with the intention of robbing the owner, […]
It could have ended in bloodshed, as so many hold-ups do these days. But today quick thinking may have saved a man’s life as a concerned witness and quick response by police resulted in arrests. Around nine-twenty this morning there was a single worker behind the counter at Nancy’s Jewellery Store on Cemetery Road when […]
With an average of seven fatalities per month, traffic accidents have become a leading cause of death in Belize. In an effort to improve one stretch of road that seems particularly hazardous, the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Inter-American Development Bank, I.D.B., have signed a million dollar project to provide for routine road […]
Belize joins Latin America and the Caribbean countries this Saturday in observing “Inter-American Water Day.” According to a joint release from the Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization, this year’s theme, “Let’s not take it for Granted”, calls for greater attention to water supply, quality, protection and conservation of this vital resource. […]
The Radisson Fort George Hotel today stretched out the hand of corporate assistance in the fight against AIDS. During brief ceremonies this morning the staff of the hotel’s Stone Grill restaurant handed over the proceeds of a fund raising drive to the Alliance Against AIDS. The cheque was for twenty-one hundred and eighty-three dollars. Executive […]
Did you remember this week’s anniversary? It was three years ago that Hurricane Keith hit Belize. In case you forgot what the destruction was like, News 5 has a reminder for you in this next story. Stewart Krohn, Reporting On Friday afternoon it was a distant tropical depression. But by Sunday Keith was a category […]
