A man is in police custody after he tried to rape a woman who valiantly fought him off despite being beaten in the head with a hammer. The bizarre and terrifying incident unfolded at four and a half miles on the Northern Highway this afternoon. According to reports, the man identified as twenty-seven year old […]
He became the prime suspect in the rape and brutal killing of sixteen year old Libertad resident, Elia Gonzalez, after he was linked to a piece of jewellery worn by the victim. Today, police in Corozal charged twenty-six year old Kenrick Williams for the teen’s murder. Gonzalez’s lifeless body was found on Wednesday in a […]
The murder of sixteen-year-old Elia Gonzalez has outraged and saddened people all over Belize. But as we commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of Jackie Fern Malic, one of five girls murdered during a spate of killings in 1999 and 2000, it becomes clear our children are no safer now than they were then. […]
It’s a process that started in 1999, and today the Ministry of Labour completed a series of nationwide consultations designed to formulate new legislation regarding health and occupational safety for the country’s workforce. Author of the draft legislation, Canadian Consultant Doctor Shal Gewurtz, today sat down with over fifty representatives of workers, employers, and government […]
A University of Belize Conference on the role of higher education in the region was held this week and wrapped up today with sessions on crime prevention and management. News 5 was at the Princess this morning. Ewart Robateau, External Relations Officer, U.B. “We do have the capacity. Many people had said that U.B.-there are […]
It began in 1974, a group of people getting together to share their love of singing, and to socialize a bit. Surely, none of the original members expected the Belize Chorale Society to still be performing for Belizean audiences thirty years later. On Saturday night they will hold a concert to mark this important anniversary […]
