Police in San Ignacio have detained a man believed to be the machete-wielding murderer who chopped a man to death on Monday afternoon. According to police, twenty-two year old Rodney August was on the banks of the Macal River in Santa Elena Town along with an unnamed female companion, when he was attacked. August, who […]
Whether by extradition or kidnapping, they have been plucking their high value criminal suspects from Belize with regularity…but in a very short time the United States government will be shipping home one of Belize’s most wanted. His name is Jason Flores. In January of 1999 the then twenty-six year Flores allegedly abducted a ten-year-old girl […]
Two Guatemalan youths, one a sixteen year old, will spend time in Hattieville Prison, after they were busted for illegally harvesting Xate leaves in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve. Sixteen-year-old Mauricio Mota and nineteen-year-old Erwin Juarez were arrested and charged on Saturday after a joint police-Belize Defence Force patrol caught them harvesting the exotic leaves in […]
Nine days after his bullet ridden body was discovered at the Salt Creek shooting range, authorities appear to have made little progress in finding the killer of Nadir Husman. Today his mother, Yvonne Moore, appealed to the public for any information that might produce a break in the case. Yvonne Moore, Mother of Murder Victim […]
Church leaders from across the country have taken a break from their congregations to attend a three day workshop in Belize City, dealing with pastoral care for people infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS. Organized by a group called the Commission for a Faith Based Response to HIV/AIDS, the workshop is the second […]
There is good news tonight for a whole lot of Belizean children. Although the final details have not been ironed out, it appears that the Y.W.C.A. will, in a few weeks time, be able to operate its swimming pool on St. Thomas Street and once again offer its range of popular swimming classes to the […]
The steady stream of cultural activities continues in Belize City with what seems like a new event opening virtually every week. Tonight the venue is the Mexican Cultural Institute and the medium is photography. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has a preview. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The first time that Mexican photographer Eduardo Arco visited Belize was […]
They have been one of the most durable bands in modern Belizean history, but come next week the sounds of Santino’s Messengers will be heard only on your favourite electronic playback device. Recently I spent some time with the guys to find out the story behind the music. Santino Castillo, Santino?s Messengers ?So this is […]
