When the House of Representatives meets on July sixteenth, there will be a departure from the usual parliamentary practice of the Opposition having its say with the Government getting its way. The reason is that in order to replace the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice it will be necessary to amend the […]
On March thirty-first from his bed at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, twenty-two year old Pedro Guzman Junior, a resident of San Ignacio, alleged that Police Constable Julio Shal shot him in his hands after Shal and three other men pulled him into a car. P.C. Shal was charged with attempted murder, use of deadly […]
Belize City police remain on the lookout for two suspects involved in a shooting incident on Wednesday evening. According to police, twenty-nine year old Daniel Zuniga reported that he was riding his bicycle on Jasmine Street around six twenty five when two men, one of whom he recognized, approached him. Zuniga told authorities the man […]
It’s not everyday that the police on mobile patrol come across a crime in progress, but that is exactly what happened to a team of officers on duty on Wednesday night. Sometime between nine and ten, they were on patrol on Arlington Drive in Belize City when they saw two men attempting to rob another. […]
An Orange Walk man is a thousand dollars poorer tonight, thanks to an observant bank teller. According to police, on Wednesday morning Jason Banner entered the Belize Bank branch in Sugar City to cash a cheque made out to him for four thousand dollars. While the cheque was apparently good, a piece of I.D. he […]
The announcement earlier this week of the marketing breakthrough for Marie Sharp’s hot pepper sauce and other products in the United States is a success story that other local producers are being encouraged to emulate. And while Marie Sharp had to accomplish the feat the old fashioned way, her successors will now have the benefit […]
Like the whale sharks at Gladden Spit she returns to Belize each year to visit friends and family…and also share her art. Today news 5’s Patrick Jones previewed her latest offerings at the House of Culture. Patrick Jones, Reporting The twelve watercolours and oil paintings on display at the House of Culture are the latest […]
On yesterday’s newscast we interviewed a number of archaeologists attending the annual symposium now on at the Princess Hotel. And while those scientists and most of their colleagues are investigating ancient ruins, they sometimes run across more modern artefacts. Patrick Jones, has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting With hundreds of ancient sites scattered across the Belizean […]
