Three children have lost their lives in two separate traffic accidents over the weekend. On Saturday morning, six-year-old Samantha Jones of Esperanza was killed when she was hit by a pickup truck while attempting to cross the Western Highway. The driver, thirty-two year old Jose Guerra of Santa Elena, told police that as he was […]
And in related news, we regret to report that eighteen-year-old Ellion Augustine, the subject of a story we ran on Friday, has died of his injuries. Augustine had been left paralyzed from the neck down following a traffic accident on the night of October thirtieth. He was on a respirator being prepared for evacuation to […]
Police have made arrests in two recent crimes in the Cayo District. Eighteen-year-old Usiel Orellano and seventeen-year-old Bryen Orellano, both Guatemalans, are believed to be part of a gang from across the border responsible for several recent hold-ups. In this instance, they have been charged with the robbery of a bar in Bullet Tree Village […]
Meanwhile in Belmopan three men have been detained for last week’s burglary of the Small Farmers and Business Bank. Close to three thousand five hundred dollars in cash and cheques, plus a gun and other items were stolen sometime between the night of November third and the following morning. Everything but the money has now […]
The less said about this next story, the better. Suffice to say that just when you thought it was safe to enter the community centre at Maskall…yeah, you guessed it: it ain’t over yet. News 5’s Patrick Jones has the latest. Patrick Jones, Reporting To quote an old saying, the more things change in Maskall, […]
An announcement from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions indicates that new appointments have brought that important part of our justice system up to full strength. New members of staff include Crown Counsels Kamar Henry and Anthony Sylvestre Jr. Both are graduates of U.W.I. and joined the DPP’s staff on June first and […]
Waterfront employees were back on the picket lines this afternoon at the port compound on Caesar Ridge Road, even as the union representing them was pouring over proposals for the settlement of the dispute submitted by Port of Belize Limited. According to president of the Christian Workers Union, Antonio Gonzalez, the November third draft Memorandum […]
She is a world traveller who claims to have visited two hundred and nineteen countries, admittedly a number greater than we ever knew existed. And while we didn’t check her I.D., this woman on a mission–unlike many religious zealots–also has a healthy sense of humour. News 5’s Patrick Jones accompanied the energetic visitor on her […]
And while some Christians may believe that the end is near, members of Belize’s Hindu Community are busy celebrating their new year. It’s called Diwali, or the festival of lights, a time when Hindus all over the world pray for blessings. The scenes on your screen are from Sunday night’s celebration in Corozal, which included […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this fresh delivery of Sports Monday. November twenty-sixth brings up Muscle Mania: a presentation by the Belize Amateur Body Building Association at the Princess Hotel featuring the only legitimate world-class adult athletes currently residing in this nation. We caught up with Vice President of the Belize […]
