Over two and a half days after his body was discovered, police still have no idea who knocked down and killed fifty-nine year old William Smith, a gardener from Lord’s Bank Village. Around four on Saturday morning Ladyville police received a call that led them to the roadside between miles seven and eight on the […]
It brought to mind that old physics scenario of what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object. But what happened around noon Saturday between miles two and three on the Northern Highway was more than just a theoretical exercise. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting When our cameraman arrived […]
The extradition case against Andrew and Floyd Brown, wanted in the U.S. on drug related charges, continued today in the court of Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord. The latest development involves the revelation by the prosecutor, Solicitor General Elson Kaseke, that the only witness scheduled to testify to the court, Head of C.I.B., Assistant Superintendent of […]
A Belize City fight that ended in gunfire has put one man in the hospital and the other behind bars. Mark Godoy, a twenty-one year old prison officer will be spending some time at a familiar location, having been remanded on charges of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm, and wounding. It is […]
A Belize City man, previously charged on a number of occasions, has finally been convicted of theft. Twenty-nine year old Rudolph Smith, A.K.A. “Tuba” was charged for ripping a gold chain off an eleven year old girl on March fifth at a shop at the corner of King Street and Amara Avenue in Belize City. […]
Almost every day we refer citizens disgruntled at the police or government officials to the Ombudsman’s office for mediation. But who do you turn to when you have a complaint against the Ombudsman or in this case, his deputy? That’s the predicament faced tonight by thirty-five year old Jorge Estrada, a resident of Pelican Street […]
The United Democratic Party continues its nationwide effort to select candidates for the next general election, firm in its belief that the poll will take place well before the expected date of March 2008. This weekend, two more standard bearers were chosen at conventions in the Belize Rural North and Toledo East constituencies. In Belize […]
It was busy busy at the airport this afternoon as two distinct but important groups of visitors landed in Belize, while a number of excited Belizean youths prepared to take off on their first trip to Europe. First to arrive in the V.I.P. lounge of the Philip Goldson International Airport was the official delegation of […]
As attention shifts to Belize’s own international performances, dismal in most cases, this afternoon local organisers maintained that initiatives to step up our athletic success are already in the works. Yolanda Fonseca, Bz. Chief of Mission, Belize Commonwealth Games The National Olympic Association has a plan whereby we are looking at a quadrennial programme to […]
Arriving on the same plane as the Queen’s Baton were a group of young women from all over the Caribbean who will participate in a series of discussions designed to help Belizean women have a greater say in their reproductive health. According to Jackie Guzman from the Pacific Institute of Women’s Health, based in Los […]
And then there were eighty. That’s right, this afternoon eighty Belizeans left the country bound for Cologne, Germany and World Youth Day 2005. According to one of the organisers, Sister Marilyn Panton, the event was one of the last acts sanctioned by the late Pope John Paul the second and includes the latest information and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley stepping up with this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Recreational cycling has gripped Belize by a storm and even threatens to overtake the very highest levels inside the sport as far as popularity goes. Over the weekend the Santino’s Bike Club presented the King of the Hills Cycle Classic for […]
