They managed to cheat death, but five occupants of a pickup truck driving in Belize City last night have reason to be fearful. Somebody, it seems, was out for their heads. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting One of the shooting victims had just gotten a haircut at a barber shop […]
He was one of two men arrested for the killing of popular businessman Inez “Blankie” Leal … and today twenty-one year old Jermaine Pascasio was found guilty of murder. The jury of four men and eight women deliberated for just over two hours. They chose to believe the testimony of policeman Ramon Cantun, who on […]
The Orange Walk office of Belize Water Services has been hit by armed robbers. According to police reports, around two-thirty this afternoon a pair of masked men, one armed with a pump shotgun, entered the B.W.S.L. office on Stadium Street. The gunman threatened the employees while his sidekick emptied the cash drawer of four thousand, […]
Almost three years ago, on March fifth, 2003, elections were held for local leaders in the nation’s seven towns and two cities. But with the more crucial national polling held on the same day, the municipal voting received little public notice. This time around it’s different, with the spotlight shining brightly on races from P.G. […]
For many of us, just the sound of a dental drill is enough to cause excruciating pain. All the more reason why it’s so important to take care of your teeth. That’s the message of one group of health care professionals that News Five’s Jacqueline Woods caught up with at St. Mary’s Primary. Jacqueline Woods, […]
Call centres: they’re a product of the new global economy. The buyer of a product in New York, for example, may find that when he dials that eight hundred number for service advice the phone is answered in New Delhi. For Belize, with an educated English speaking work force, it was only a matter of […]
Today was day six of the M and M Tour of Belize and News Five’s James Adderley was once again up with the roosters. James Adderley, Reporting The bright young face of Daniel Quetzal displays the intensity of a race leader trying to hold off a hungry pack on day six of the M&M cycling […]
