It was a huge crowd that descended on the Michael Ashcroft Stadium in Independence for what proved to be the final game in the national professional football championship. And while rain made that field a soggy mess it also made the post-game boat ride across the lagoon for hundreds of fans from Placencia both uncomfortable […]
The crash of two boats at Placencia was not the weekend’s only fatal accident. A collision around seven-forty Sunday morning on the Western Highway claimed the life of a Belmopan woman and severely injured her child. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police say forty-three year old Roy Alex Bennett, a Guatemalan National, who was driving this Prado […]
A Belize City man was shot to death over the weekend, the victim of an apparent robbery. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Forty-three year old Cleophus Lambey had just left the Lion King Club on King Street and was making his way home sometime after midnight on Friday night when it […]
A man convicted of stealing a bag of chips has been sentenced to five years in prison. Thirty-seven year old John Hernandez of Tigris Street pleaded guilty to charges of burglary which arose from an incident on the night of June fifth when he stuck his hand inside a louvered window at Grace Primary School […]
He stands to lose two hundred thousand dollars in bail money, but that prospect did not stop Hassan El-Sayed from missing his date as a defendant in the Supreme Court. El-Sayed, charged with one hundred and seventeen counts of various forgery-related crimes connected to the passport scandal, failed to show this morning before Justice Adolph […]
The sale of government’s shares in B.T.L. to Michael Ashcroft may have to wait a few more days as today the Chief Justice granted an injunction applied for by the B.T.L. Workers Trust which prevents the sale of any shares until the court decides the merits of the substantive case, which begins on Tuesday. That […]
His last trip to Belize was way back in August of 2000, when he had just been elected president, but had not yet donned the sash of office. Come tomorrow, however, Vicente Fox will arrive on Belizean soil as President of Mexico. And while his first and likely only official visit to this country will […]
Their big Surprize draw was delayed due to inclement weather, but that did not stop the folks at Courts handing out some “good ting.” Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today five charitable organisations received some much needed supplies from Courts Belize Limited. The donation is part of the furniture and electrical store?s tenth […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley with this week?s serving of Sports Monday. Game two of the Regent?s Cup three-game championship series between Juventus of Orange Walk and defending champion Sagitun moved to Independence Saturday night. As you look at your picture we must inform you that this is not a weather update, but the actual […]
