Police say they suspect foul play in the discovery of the remains of a man found in a shallow grave two miles off the Northern Highway. The badly decomposed corpse was recovered from the site situated near the boundary between the Belize and Orange Walk districts. Today police would not say why they strongly believe […]
A Guatemalan national has been arrested and charged with carnal knowledge after an eleven year old girl reported that the man has engaged in sexual intercourse with her on two different occasions. The minor told Belmopan police that thirty-two year old Jose Hueso had sex with her on January thirteenth and fourteenth. A medical examination […]
A twenty-five year old Belize City fisherman has been convicted of robbery and grievous harm. Eric Martinez was found guilty this evening by Magistrate Margaret McKenzie and will be sentenced on January twenty-fifth following some clarification of his identity. On May tenth of last year Martinez accosted Daniel Brooks as he left a food stand […]
Two men appeared in court today, on trial for a burglary committed last March. But it was a witness in the case who tonight finds himself behind bars. George Grant was called to the stand to testify against two men–Philip Peyrefitte and Enrique Soberanis–accused of breaking into Juanita’s on Albert Street. Grant, a watchman working […]
Candidates and officials in seven towns and two cities are gearing up for elections on March first… but while all eyes are on the municipal balloting, a look at the national voter’s list reveals that the elaborate redistricting exercise conducted over the last two years has produced a situation in which–once again–voters living outside Belize […]
It’s one of the most ambitious scholarship programmes now operating in Belize and last night the three latest graduates of the Ashcroft International Business School at Anglia Polytechnic University in the U.K. received their diplomas. Kenny Lamb, Ernesto Middleton, and Kenisha Stuart were honoured in a ceremony at the Radisson attended by Michael Ashcroft and […]
Those Belizeans who live away from the coast may not have noticed, but ever since cruise ships began arriving in large numbers, the business of building and outfitting local boats has taken off. Where once craftsmen labour months to turn out a single sixteen foot wooden fisherman’s skiff, today companies employing scores of workers turn […]
When it was first introduced, the idea of a special law enforcement unit dedicated to tourism was considered somewhat radical… but today the sight of these uniformed men and women is both commonplace and welcomed by both visitors and locals. Today News Five’s Jacqueline Woods spoke to their commanding officer for an update. Jacqueline Woods, […]
Ever wonder where all that chicken we eat in Belize comes from? Today I found out. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Whether you like it fried, baked, or barbequed, chicken is what?s for breakfast, lunch and dinner in Belize. Local officials contend that every year Belizeans consume an average of ninety-six pounds of chicken per person. And […]
