At news time police were still unable to provide an exact weight, but with estimates suggesting more than two and a half tons of cocaine, it is by far Belize’s biggest drug bust ever. This morning the police were taking a well-deserved bow… and News Five’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand for the show. A.S.P. […]
Sometime after one this afternoon, Belize City police received a report about a woman’s body floating in the waters off the Belize City Port. The corpse was retrieved and identified as thirty-four year old Yvonne Tillett. Authorities are not certain what may have led to the woman’s death, believed to be by drowning, but say […]
Three young men have been arrested after a seventeen year old girl reported that she was raped by the trio. The young woman told police that while she was standing in front of a hotel in Dangriga around two on Monday morning, she was forced inside a vehicle by three young men she knew and […]
A construction worker accused of murder was acquitted of all charges against him today in the Supreme Court. According to court reports, on August twenty-seventh 2004, nineteen year old Oligario Assi stabbed Rolando Crawford in the chest with a knife after the two became embroiled in an argument in San Pedro Town. Assi testified before […]
This morning the United States Embassy in Belize delivered cheques to thirteen deserving organisations currently working in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, cultural preservation and environmental protection. During ceremonies at the his Belize City residence this morning, newly appointed Ambassador Robert Dieter presented funds to Friends of Nature for whale shark research and institutional strengthening; the […]
As we mentioned, today’s ceremony starred newly installed U.S. Ambassador Robert Dieter. In an introductory interview with the diplomat this morning, he briefly explained his plans for the next few years. Robert Dieter, U.S. Ambassador to Belize “My wife and I are very delighted to be here and look forward to working with you in […]
Lately B.E.L. has been keeping a low profile on the project, but in a late evening press release, the company announced that on Monday the Chalillo Hydroelectric Facility generated the first of what it hopes will be many billions of watts of power. According to the release, testing of the turbine will continue through the […]
He is no longer the Minister of Finance, nor Minister of Budget Planning… and you won’t find him listed as member of the ministerial committee on money matters. But if you think that Ralph Fonseca has retreated–or has been relegated–to some quiet corner of Cabinet, you’d be very much mistaken. Because there’s no one in […]
