The manhunt for accused cop killer Earl Young is officially over and the twenty-four year old suspect is tonight in lockdown at the Queen Street police station. How did it happen? A short while ago News 5’s Patrick Jones got the details from Commissioner of Police Carmen Zetina via telephone from his Belmopan Office. Carmen […]
Twenty-four hours after thieves stole thousands of dollars from Belize Water Services in a daring mid afternoon hold up in the nation’s capital, Belmopan police say they have detained two suspects and recovered eighty-five percent of the money. On Wednesday afternoon, three men, two of whom carried guns, walked into the B.W.S. office on Cardinal […]
Another daylight-jacking while not as dramatic as the Belmopan heist, has left a woman shaken, and a teenage boy in lock down. According to police, twenty-seven year old Shirlene Casimiro was standing in front of the Supreme Court around midday on Wednesday when a thirteen year old boy walked up to her, grabbed two chains […]
In a follow up to a report of a stabbing incident earlier this week, police have arrested and charged a seventeen-year-old Belize City man. He is Nelson Diaz of a North Creek Road address and he has been charged with the crimes of attempted murder, causing dangerous harm and the use of deadly means of […]
A fire this morning in Santa Elena Town has left one family homeless. Around ten thirty this morning a passerby noticed smoke coming from the upstairs of a house at number eighty nine George Price Avenue and alerted one of the occupants, police constable Jose Sierra Junior, who was downstairs. According to fire service officer […]
With demand for electricity increasing between seven and ten percent a year any new sources of power are welcome…and today Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Sugar Industries announced that they have struck a deal. The agreement calls for a company owned by B.S.I., BELCOGEN, to build a cogeneration plant at its Tower Hill factory in […]
For his part BEL chief Lynn Young says that with oil prices heading in only one direction, the alternative energy can’t come soon enough. Lynn Young, President/CEO, BEL ?We are getting about fifty percent of our power from Mexico right now and we get about twenty/twenty-five percent from the Mollejon Plant, the rest comes from […]
While the energy sector is showing promise, developments in the retailing across the Atlantic are causing a few jitters here. Courts PLC, the parent company of Courts Belize Limited, has put itself into administration, a form of bankruptcy, saying basically that its bankers have pulled the plug on its eighty-nine stores in the United Kingdom […]
Battlefield Park in Belize City is perhaps one of the most historic pieces of real estate in the downtown area. But the ambience of this public park has often left something to be desired. But a new organisation called the Belize Tourism Association is teaming up with local artists and the private sector to change […]
By now you’ve seen the Salvation Army Kettles around town–and hopefully gave your share of cash. But money isn’t the only thing being collected this Christmas…as I found out this morning. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting On Wednesday the Rotary Club dropped off Christmas bins at three main locations in Belize City. The idea is to collect […]
It seems like whenever you buy lotto these days, your chances of winning are pretty good. For the second time in a row, we are pleased to announce that yet another person is receiving a big cheque–but we still don’t know who. According to the Tropical Gaming Company, their computer has confirmed to them that […]
