San Pedro police are investigating a shooting incident that has left one resident dead and another seriously injured. Authorities are still not sure how the case will be treated because just what led up to the drama is shrouded in mystery. According to reports, around midday sixty-six year old William Douglas Campbell, a U.S. citizen, […]
The next time a friend asks you to co-sign a loan, you may want to think twice. That’s what one man from Sandhill is doing tonight as a Magistrate generously gave him back his vehicle. Manuel Acevedo, a fruit and vegetable vendor, had his pickup confiscated when the friend he signed for, Franciso Gomez, left […]
There was ruction this afternoon in Belize City Magistrate’s Court as a man charged with immigration violations went freaky during his trial. Thirty-nine year old U.S. citizen Donald Pletts had no means of financially sustaining himself and was charged with being a prohibited immigrant. His behaviour has been erratic and he was cuffed with both […]
After weeks of lying dormant, the former Novelo’s bus terminal on West Collet Canal was today a beehive of activity. A heavy duty tow truck was on site, preparing to haul away the rolling assets of the Development Finance Corporation. And while commuters were still forced to use the street, according to Planning and Policy […]
In Belmopan today, Minister of National Development, Investment, and Culture, Mark Espat, officially received a check valued at more than three million Belize dollars from Head of Delegation of the European Commission, Gerd Jarchow. Present during brief signing ceremonies in the Cabinet room this morning were Minister of Agriculture Mike Espat and Minister of State […]
Reunions come in all shapes and sizes, but usually involve large families or groups of old students. Today at the K.H.M.H. there was a very different kind of reunion … and News Five’s Jacqueline Woods was there. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today fifty children who were all premature at birth returned to the Karl Heusner Memorial […]
Thanks to a well oiled O.A.S. publicity machine and unprecedented cooperation between the Belizean and Guatemalan military forces, there has been no shortage of press reports on the latest round of “confidence building measures” at the border. But beyond the hype, those measures are not only building confidence but also helping solve some very real […]
