He was singled out as one of Belize’s most wanted by the police high command at their Monday press briefing…and less than twenty-four hours later Michael Faux was behind bars. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the latest from an increasingly violent city. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Around ten this morning, eighteen-year-old Michael Faux in the company […]
Four days after twenty-year-old Mara Noemi Garcia was found brutally murdered inside the home where she worked as a housekeeper, police have yet to make an arrest. However, on Monday night authorities conducted a special operation in Ladyville where they believe their suspects, perhaps as many as three young men, may reside. As a result, […]
He escaped from lockdown at the Hattieville prison, but Owen Parham’s flight to freedom was short-lived. Around seven this morning, shift supervisors who had just reported for duty, discovered Parham missing while making routine checks. It is not known how the twenty-seven year old managed to walk away from the facility undetected, but late this […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions hasn’t had much luck lately in the Magistrate’s or Supreme Courts… but today in the Court of Appeal it was definitely the D.P.P.’s day. The case involved an incident in July of 2004 when fifty-three year old Mehetebel Slusher intervened in a fight and used a machete to chop a […]
The Belize Governance Improvement Commission this week submitted its first position paper to the Prime Minister… and almost a year after its creation the body is flexing its muscles. Citing a “worsening atmosphere of cynicism” and “recurring doubts… of government’s commitment to the reform agenda” the thirteen-member body is seeking a broader mandate and increased […]
Last week we brought you the story of a group of investors in the Cayo District who are drilling for oil in Spanish Lookout. And while we regret to inform viewers that no petroleum has yet been discovered, latest reports from the west say the bit is still boring through the ground and has now […]
Today is World Blood Donor Day…and unless you’ve ever had a loved one in a life or death situation, you may not realize just how important those little bags of red liquid can be. Jacqueline Woods has more. Ronald Stuart, Pres, Volunteer Blood Donor Service ?I heard the testimony of a relative who had somebody […]
The latest art exhibition at the Mexican Cultural Institute continues that forum’s policy of presenting shows that, while not always pretty, are never ordinary. News 5’s Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick Jones, Reporting Come with an open mind. That?s how Mexican artist Jeannette Betancourt wants visitors to view this travelling collection of her works. […]
The march of acronyms continues unabated, although we must admit that the latest to emerge from the alphabet soup–BRITE–is in fact a pretty bright idea. That is, take a group of ambitious people living in an economically depressed area and turn them on to Belize’s biggest industry: tourism. That, at least, is the theory… and […]
