Ever since the first significant petroleum find was made on July thirtieth of last year, Belize has been experiencing something of an oil frenzy. Never mind that the speculation has always run far ahead of the facts, beginning with the Belize Times shouting Eureka! almost before the drilling even started. But the gap between our […]
It was just one more shocking incident in December’s violent crime wave… but the New Year’s Eve assault and robbery of an eighty-five year old Belize City woman made even the most hardened observers hang their heads in shame. Today we are happy to report a break in the case as a suspect has been […]
Also charged in Magistrate’s Court today was a man accused of burglary. And while the arraignment of thirty-six year old David Sosa involved just another Belize City housebreaking, what made Sosa special is that this is the forty-third time that he has been brought up on criminal charges. With twenty-two convictions, his batting averages hovers […]
Another cruise ship tourist has died while snorkelling in Belizean waters. According to police, the unnamed sixty-five year old U.S. national was with a group of nine other visitors, all passengers from the Carnival Legend, who were snorkelling with a tour guide near the barrier reef in front of Caye Caulker. He experienced problems while […]
Today we are happy to report that at least one Belizean business has stepped up to the plate to assist a person in pain. On Monday, we ran an update on shooting victim twenty-three year Lisa Garoy who doctors say will never be able to walk again. However, it was reported that an operation will […]
In journalism–particularly when practiced in a small society–there are times when a reporter sent to cover a story cannot help but become part of the story. That’s what happened to News Five’s Jacqueline Woods this morning when she was called out to the Belize City Marine Terminal to investigate a report of a man in […]
