He’s been at the centre of a number of controversies including the B.T.L. share sale, a twice-promised cruise port, and a passport scandal that refuses to die. But on Thursday Prime Minister Said Musa began what will be a ten-day change of scenery as he tends to the nation’s business in Asia. The main event […]
In crime news, the big story is that…there isn’t any…at least not any cases of murder or life threatening violence. There were also no fatal traffic accidents, despite the Agricultural Show weekend. While we are thankful for the respite from what often seems like a daily dose of criminal mayhem and carnage on the nation’s […]
While the morgue may be empty, it doesn’t mean that police were lamping up over the weekend. On the contrary, one officer in Bella Vista Village in Stann Creek was forced to shoot a disorderly bar patron in the foot. According to police reports, Jeremy Turcios was hit by a single bullet from the service […]
One man has been detained in connection with a gas station robbery over the weekend. Around five on Saturday evening, a lone gunman held up the cashier at the Texaco station at the Bel-China Bridge. He escaped with a bag containing an undisclosed amount of cash. Later that night in Dangriga, twenty-six year old Patricio […]
And in Belmopan, police may have prevented a future violent crime when they confiscated a prohibited firearm and detained its owner. On Sunday morning, a police patrol in Roaring Creek saw a man run after he noticed their vehicle. He was then observed throwing a white bag into a yard. Police caught up with him, […]
While we previously mentioned the weekend’s lack of violence, it must be noted that police in Benque Viejo did find a dead body today on the banks of the Mopan River just inside Belizean territory. It will not be counted in our official statistics, however, as it is all but certain that the death occurred […]
It is a day celebrated every year by what has traditionally been the nation’s monopoly telecommunications provider. This year, with the company under new ownership, News 5’s Patrick Jones discovered that B.T.L. has no plans to rest on its technological laurels. Patrick Jones, Reporting Hundreds of primary school children flocked the display booths to check […]
It was an event that, as usual, lived up to the hype. In the end the new Miss Y crowned over the weekend was a popular choice with a Cinderella story and winning personality. Emcee “Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Y 2004-2005 is none other than contestant number four, Catherine Flowers.? Jacqueline Woods Catherine did you […]
It’s not everyday that you get married…so imagine the excitement of one happy couple when they found out not only that a wedding was in the works, but the entire affair would cost them hardly a cent. Host ?Couple number two, that?s Tifarah and Ernest, received twenty-seven points, making them the lucky couple who will […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we?re back in the saddle here on Sports Monday after a few weeks absence and we want to thank Patrick Jones for filling in for us. The first thing we want to do is play catch up on the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament which concluded its three-game schedule under […]
