The discovery of the body did not come as a surprise, but it did not make the notion of murder any more acceptable. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods reports on an abduction that has now become a case of homicide. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The body of thirty-three year old Celestino Zetina was found in some bushes […]
A Belize City man has died after being knocked off his bicycle by a truck. According to police, fifty-year old Hubert Sterling of Nurse Findley Crescent was riding down Vernon Street toward Central American Boulevard around seven Monday night when he was apparently hit by a truck travelling in the same direction in the process […]
Today in Magistrate’s Court Andrew “Papa” Brown came one step closer to a stateside jail cell as Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord ruled that the request for extradition by the U.S. government, supported by Belizean authorities, has now been properly placed before him. Brown will reappear on Thursday when it is expected that he will seek […]
Investigations into a boat collision earlier this month in the waters between Belize City and San Pedro have resulted in the suspension of the two captains involved, one of them, indefinitely. According to president of the Caye Caulker Water Taxi Association, Ramon Reyes Junior, following internal inquiries into the crash between “Big Al” and “Tsunami” […]
For the past two days, residents of the Princess Royal Youth Hostel have braved the hot sun to make a difference in the lives of the students of the Stella Maris School in Belize City. When we visited the boys just before noon today, they were hard at work painting the play area of the […]
On Saturday, fifty-three year old Mirta Blanco, a resident of Sarteneja Village in the Corozal District, became the latest Lotto winner. Blanco, who has been playing the game since it started, says she never thought that one day her numbers would bring her so much cash, in this case, seventy-two thousand five hundred dollars. This […]
This afternoon in a brief ceremony at the K.H.M.H., the Hospital Auxiliary donated more than twenty ceiling fans, a number of wash basins, and material for curtains and screens to the general surgical ward of the facility. According to Edith Lizama, unit manager of the ward, today’s contribution will make a big difference to her […]
This month a local service organisation and one of its members have received international acclaim for their contributions to Belizean society. Word from Lions International is that the San Pedro Lions Club has been selected as this year’s regional winner in the organisation’s annual international academy awards. Region in this case refers to South America, […]
The timing could not have been better. Less than two days after Belize experienced a near miss from Hurricane Emily, a seminar, previously scheduled by the B.T.I.A., opened today in Belize City. The subject: insuring your property against disaster. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This most active 2005 hurricane season has already […]
