It happened exactly a year ago, and while that hardly qualifies the event as hot copy, the significance of the massive traffic accident is as fresh as any late breaking news story. Especially significant is that unlike many Belizean tragedies, it appears that this one has galvanized the nation into a collective change in behaviour. […]
Two men have been charged with rape in separate incidents in the Corozal District. Twenty-eight year old Higinio Canto of Caledonia Village was arrested following a report by a fifteen-year-old girl who told police that on Sunday evening a drunken Canto called for her at her house and entered. He then proceeded to tear off […]
We’ll call him the Happy Cow Bandit. Yesterday morning a man walked into a shop on Marage Road in Ladyville, picked up a pack of the popular processed cheese, carried it to the counter, and asked the proprietor for some crackers. When that shopkeeper, Hi Wengin Zheng, informed him that there were no crackers, the […]
A release from the Government Press Office indicates that Great Britain has granted Belize debt relief in the amount of almost one point five million pounds. The funds, amounting to over five point three million Belize dollars, apply to the year running from July 2002 to June 2003. A letter from the British Ministry of […]
It’s a programme initiated by one of the region’s leading banks to recognize those citizens who, without fanfare or publicity, toil daily to make a vital contribution to their communities. Today, after reviewing many nominations from four countries, the judges announced their selections. Patrick Jones, Reporting FirstCaribbean International Bank this afternoon honoured the three finalists: […]
We first told his story last week…and while the critically injured young man is showing some signs of recovery, the case against his assailants is going nowhere. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has an update. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Thirty-six year old Maria Cawich has remained vigilant in her fight to help save her son’s life. Sixteen-year-old […]
It’s no secret that family stability in Belize has been on the decline for quite a while. And when those families come apart the end of the road for some children, whose parents and relatives cannot care for them, is custody by the state. But that situation is meant to be temporary and tonight, in […]
