The enabling legislation was passed by the National Assembly earlier this month and today the government finally used it to erase any lingering presence of former owner Jeffrey Prosser from the Board of Belize Telecommunications Limited. According to a press release issued late this evening by newly appointed Chairman Keith Arnold, the B.T.L. board today […]
A Belize City mother’s painful miscarriage was made worse last Friday when a horrible hospital mix-up sent her child’s body to the laundromat with the dirty linens. According to authorities at the K.H.M.H., five minutes after one on Friday morning, a five-month-old foetus weighing two pounds, four ounces, was delivered during a stillborn miscarriage at […]
But as the country’s flagship hospital tries to recover from that unbelievable snafu, tonight Belizean medical officials have another headache to deal with, one that might have much worse implications for the public: a suspected case of dengue hemorrhagic fever. Reports to News Five indicate that on Friday, ten-year-old Mario Espinoza of Hattieville Village was […]
Three people remain hospitalised at the K.H.M.H. tonight, the victims of traffic accidents in Belize City over the weekend. The first incident occurred around ten-thirty on Saturday night in which a pedestrian on Mahogany Street was knocked down by a vehicle that did not stop to render assistance. According to forty-two year old Leonal Montoya, […]
Meanwhile, tonight, another accident victim continues her long walk to recovery from injuries inflicted by a hit and run driver. On July third, seven-year-old Skylar Sanchez suffered severe head and body injuries when she was struck from behind by a pick-up truck on the Western Highway, near Hattieville Village. For three weeks, the brave little […]
On Friday’s newscast we reported on the apprehension of a suspected burglar who made the mistake of breaking into the house of the Commander of the Belize Defence Force. Today we are informed that the accused also made the error of giving police a phoney name. Today, the man originally known as Mike Godoy of […]
Belize’s newly created Coast Guard is in need of resources and last week a high level delegation travelled to Washington looking for help. Minister of Home Affairs Ralph Fonseca and Coast Guard Commander Cedric Borland held talks with officials of the U.S. State Department, Department of Defence and U.S. Coast Guard. They were accompanied by […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with your latest dish of Sports Monday. The National Softball Tournament was staged inside Rogers’ Stadium over the weekend with the nine best teams in the country making the big dance. We pick up the action on Sunday as the double elimination format forces C.T.C. Lady Rebels of Belize City […]
