It was a typical crime–the jacking of a Chinese owned shop–but with a fatal result. Belize’s latest murder took place in Orange Walk on Sunday afternoon. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from the scene. Tony Lee, Chair, Belize Chinese Assn., O.W. ?Well everybody right now is sympathising. It?s mourning, because Susan is a very nice […]
Police, this time in Dangriga, are also looking for a crime suspect: the driver of a vehicle that killed a pedestrian on Sunday night. The victim is twenty-six year old Guatemalan Bernabe Choco. Choco, who was last seen drinking at a bar near mile nineteen on the Stann Creek Valley Road, was found lying on […]
It is not the first and will certainly not be the last drowning we will report during this season of hot sunny weather… but each time we broadcast this type of news it still hurts. The latest victim is two-year-old Jalen Samuels. The baby boy, a resident of Faber’s Road in Belize City, went on […]
He was interdicted from duty in February four days after he shot Leslie Rogers Junior during a controversial arrest in Belize City. Today, police constable Aldo Ayuso was charged with aggravated assault and wounding following an incident early Sunday morning at the Lion King Club on King Street. According to twenty-five year old Alex Tillett, […]
He cannot be very happy about the financial and political crises created by those who followed him in government, but over the weekend former Prime Minister and Father of Independence, George Price, had reason to smile. On Friday in Havana, Cuba, he was bestowed with that country’s highest honour, the Jose Marti Award. The official […]
Music: life wouldn’t be worth living without it. And in recognition of that fact, the next seven days are being celebrated in Belize as Music Week. The calendar of events has been organized by MIAB, the Music Industry Association of Belize. MIAB President Ivan Duran explained what the week is all about. Ivan Duran, President, […]
Most of the news involving Belize Telecommunications Limited these days has been about the ongoing battle for the company’s ownership. But while the moguls trade legal blows, B.T.L. keeps right on rolling along. The company’s latest expansion programme is targeting the rural areas of Maskall and Lucky Strike villages in the Belize District, where after […]
On Saturday the second edition of the Courts Treasure Chest promotion took place at the company’s Northern Highway headquarters. Making the lucky selection was previously drawn winner Avis Williams. Here’s what she won by selecting treasure chest number four. Raphael Martinez, Host ?All right Ms. Williams, pick your key. She has selected key number four. […]
Two weeks without classes due to the teachers’ strike had students, parents, and educators a bit nervous, but day one of the 2005 P.S.E. went off without a hitch this morning, and Jacqueline Woods sampled some early opinion. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting On the first day of the Primary School Examination, six thousand and eighty-three Standard […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley stepping up with this fresh brew of Sports Monday. After some two and a half months, the King of the Ballers Tournament reached money time Friday night at Big Bird?s Isle where Blackballers and B.T.L. Scare Dem Bullets clashed in the decisive match of the three game championship series. As […]
