Rumours of a Cabinet reshuffle have been making the rounds for weeks, but when the realignment of portfolios was announced today, it bore little resemblance to the various versions leaked by the players themselves. Ten out of the thirteen ministers were affected by today’s moves, with only Johnny Briceño, Ralph Fonseca, and Servulo Baeza untouched […]
The murder spree that began in the wee hours of New Year’s morning has yet to abate as the nation recorded 2004’s third homicide over the weekend in Belize City. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods spoke to the victim’s family about the circumstances of his death. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Not until the police finish their investigation […]
While police try to bring closure to the killing of Michael Skeet, they have also been working through the backlog of cases that has built up since News Year’s, including two particularly grisly stabbings last week in Belize City. This is the car police believe was used to kidnap twenty-six year old Gilbert Williams Miller. […]
A nervous watchman who fired his shotgun at a noise in the dark has been charged with murder. Fifty-eight year old Domingo Chun killed forty-year-old Guatemalan Joaquin Ax Coc around midnight on New Year’s Eve after the watchman allegedly received no response to his calls for the unseen intruder to identify himself. The incident occurred […]
The complaints of disgruntled citizens are a staple of any local newscast, but tonight’s request for official action is noteworthy in that the problem received attention even before the story was aired. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting After months of wading through mud and water to get to their homes, residents of Freedom Street […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into your first taste of Sports Monday for the year 2004. Week five of the B.P.F.L.’s B League brought the Corozal Southwest Strikers to the Sandhill Field where they were hosted by the Belize Rural All Stars. In the opening minutes Zair Witz gets a look at […]
