Any hopes of Andrew and Floyd Brown being released before the weekend evaporated this afternoon when Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord announced that he will not deliver his decision regarding bail for the brothers until ten a.m. on Tuesday. During arguments for bail today, defence attorney Dickie Bradley presented Lord with a sixteen point list of […]
There is troubling news out of the Toledo District tonight and it involves the murder of a long sought criminal. Viewers may recall that a week ago police announced the arrest of twenty-two year old Colin Mangar. Charged with five counts of burglary and handling stolen property, Mangar was also suspected in a number of […]
Meanwhile, in Belmopan, another dead body has police genuinely baffled. The badly decomposed corpse, brought to the attention of authorities Wednesday night, was found in an abandoned well near a house off George Price Boulevard. It was clad in blue cargo pants, white t-shirt and black tennis shoes. Police are asking anyone with information on […]
A fourth suspect has been charged with the murder of San Pedro watchman Antonio Almendarez. He is twenty year old Shandoy Jeffords of Freedom Street in Belize City. Jeffords had previously been charged with robbery in connection with the same incident. On the night of July twenty-sixth, Fido’s Bar and Restaurant was robbed and in […]
There is more good news for the Government of Belize tonight, this time in the form of debt relief, courtesy of the United Kingdom. The U.K. government announced today that under its ongoing Commonwealth Debt Initiative, one point five million pounds–roughly five million Belize dollars–of debt due for repayment in 2003-2004 will be written off […]
The midyear tourism statistics are out and–as we’ve come to expect–the numbers are up. According to the Belize Tourism Board, airport tourist arrivals for January through June rose ten percent over the same period in 2004, to just under one hundred and three thousand, while total overnight arrivals through all points of entry rose four […]
Earlier in the week we reported on activities at the Leo Bradley Library to promote reading by Belizean children. Today a workshop concluded in Belize City that will help teachers build those skills in the classroom. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Rosanna Briceño, Facilitator, Literacy Workshop “We don’t want to really blame one particular […]
The traffic has been so heavy that it could almost be called an air bridge. That’s the route between Belize City and Havana that is paving the way to free eye care for Belizeans. Today another flight turned around at the P.G.I.A. and Jacqueline Woods spoke to those coming and going. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This […]
