Police Constable Uwin Armstrong was laid to rest this afternoon in Hattieville at a funeral attended by hundred of friends, family members and colleagues. And while the nation mourned the senseless execution style killing, police believe they have identified the murderer. Police Commissioner Carmen Zetina told News 5 that they think he’s heading North. Carmen […]
Details are sketchy but reports to News 5 indicate that an armed robbery took place this afternoon at the office of Belize Water Services in Belmopan. It is alleged that three men, armed with a handgun and sawed off shotgun, entered the building on Cardinal Avenue, tied up the employees with duct tape and escaped […]
It’s not as dramatic a crime as an armed robbery but a series of burglaries at a Belize City school has left teachers and administrators disheartened and demoralized. News 5’s Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting Tuesday night?s burglary of the Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist primary school is the latest setback for the educational […]
Today is World Aids Day and Belize, with one of the most serious rates of infection in the Caribbean and Central America, is not taking the observance lightly. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports on one event in Belize City that hopes to keep the problem in the public eye. Patrick Jones, Reporting The annual AIDS […]
Several organisations that work with people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS are this week receiving assistance from the Rotary Club of Belize to continue their community awareness programmes. One such group is Alliance Against AIDS which was presented with a copy of the movie “Risking It All,” which AAA’s Executive Director Rodel Beltran Perera says […]
Here’s a good Belize Trivia question: What’s the most popular single tourist destination in Belize? Give up? It’s the archaeological reserve on the Cave’s Branch River near Frank’s Eddy Village. This year over one hundred and twenty-five thousand visitors, mostly from cruise ships, are expected to go cave tubing, hiking and enjoy other activities at […]
To most people the numbers 9, 10, 11, 15 and 20 might not mean much. But to retired school teacher Charles Woods they represent a massive windfall on the eve of the Christmas holidays. You guessed it: seventy-four year old Woods hit the ninety seven thousand five hundred dollar jackpot drawn on Saturday. It was […]
