The comic tragedy or tragic comedy that Belizean football has become reached a new low point today when we read over the Reuters wire that the World Cup qualifying match set for June between Belize and Canada will now be moved from the jewel to the shores of Lake Ontario. That means both games of […]
Seven people have been detained by police following an incident in Belize City in which a group of Chinese shopkeepers got trigger-happy following an argument with customers. The action unfolded around twelve-thirty this afternoon at the corner of Vernon and Mayflower Streets. According to police reports, a pair of customers had a misunderstanding with the […]
Another police officer has been arrested, and the venue once again is Punta Gorda. Forty-one year old Corporal Mateo Cab was charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm and ammunition as well as discharging a firearm in public. According to police reports, around one this morning they visited the Indianville area of P.G. where shooting had […]
A man detained for the sexual assault of a Benque Viejo woman has been charged. Twenty-year old Israel Contreras of Church Street in Benque is accused by a thirty-one year old of grabbing her from behind, taking her to an empty lot and having sex with her against her will. The incident occurred on March […]
They are two issues providing a field day for the opposition: the stalled sale of B.T.L. to Innovative Communication and the bankruptcy of Novelo’s Bus Line. Today Minister of Finance Ralph Fonseca, a man intimately involved with both deals, weighed in for the government. In the case of B.T.L., he says a long and arduous […]
In the case of Novelo’s, according to Fonseca, no amount of government effort could save the company from its owners. Ralph Fonseca “The government’s position is that we had a very good business plan, we thought that was signed off on by some of the best in the world and the business plan was not […]
Over the last month we have presented a series of stories on children in need of adoption, but while adoption is the goal in some cases, a more common measure is foster care. Today a campaign was launched to get more families involved in the programme…and News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was there. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
Most of the publicity about the Chalillo hydroelectric project has involved the legal and political battles over its very existence. But Chalillo is making the transition from controversy to reality. This morning I visited the site to attend a ceremony marking the first pouring of what will be more concrete than this country has ever […]
