In a city filled with wooden homes, the sight of thick black smoke rising above rooftops ignites fear in the hearts of many. Such was the case on Saturday afternoon when a fire that began in the bedroom of a guesthouse on the northside of the city threatened an entire neighbourhood. News Five cameraman Rick […]
A young woman is in police custody tonight in connection with a home fire in the Maxboro community on the Northern Highway. According to police, one person has been detained pending charges of burglary and arson. Reports to News Five are that the woman, who lives next door to the victim, was ratted out by […]
In the west, a traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway has claimed the life of a Belmopan resident. According to police reports, around eight on Saturday morning, twenty-eight year old Manuel de Jesus Garcia was riding his bicycle between miles fifty-four and fifty-five when he was struck from behind by a car travelling in the […]
It has been two weeks since American citizen and retired teacher sixty-eight year old John Dresp went missing at sea during a snorkelling tour at Shark and Ray Alley just off Caye Caulker. Dresp arrived in Belize on the “Norwegian Dream” cruise ship and with his brother and sister in law, Donald and Winifred Dresp, […]
The family of the late twenty-one year old Leslie Rogers is in shock tonight following reports that the man accused of shooting their loved one will not be brought up on charges. According to Patricia Bennett, the family has yet to be officially informed by the Director of Public Prosecutions that the charges against police […]
It’s a side of the war against HIV and AIDS that we don’t often hear about…the constant exposure doctors and nurses face by simply doing their jobs. Today, health care professionals from throughout the country gathered in Belize City to discuss the latest techniques in handling blood specimens to ensure accurate, reliable results. But as […]
Lack of local programming beyond the talk shows, news programmes and of course K.T.V., has always been a mark against Belizean broadcasting. But one group of enthusiastic young Belizeans are determined to change the status quo and has embarked on an ambitious miniseries that chronicles the story of a Belizean family that might just have […]
For a time it seemed dead in the water, but late this afternoon law enforcement officials gathered on Marine Parade in Belize City to officially inaugurate the Belizean Coastguard. Pooling resources from the ranks of the Belize Police Department, the B.D.F. Maritime Wing, the Customs and Excise Department, the Immigration Department, and the Port Authority, […]
As an institution their contribution to society is invaluable, but today the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly found itself on the receiving end of donation courtesy of the Belize District Grand Lodge. Lodge members donated baskets full of fruits that they received during their traditional harvest celebrations. According to Supervisor Rose Armstrong, the gift […]
Good evening I?m James Adderley and we?re rolling with this week?s version of Sports Monday. Week eleven in the B.P.F.L. tournament brought a few surprises and we must say the performance by Benque Viejo United against F.C. Belize at M.C.C. Grounds yesterday certainly fits in that particular category. Indeed its roaring start for F.C. Belize […]
