For more than three years, the passport case has been slowly weaving its way through Belize’s judicial process. But tonight a decision in the Supreme Court has thrown a spanner in the works for Government prosecutors. Justice Adolph Lucas has ruled that the first defendant in the case, fifty-three year old Hassan El-Sayed, will not […]
There are still more questions than answers surrounding the death of an American skydiver whose lifeless body was pulled from the sea off Ambergris Caye on Thursday afternoon. A postmortem on the body of Chad Zielinksi has determined the cause of death to be traumatic shock. Police sources indicate that just about every bone in […]
A convicted thief already behind bars has had another five years added to his jail time. According to court reports, before the police or victim could testify, thirty-eight year old Donald King decided to plead guilty to burglary in connection with an incident at the home of Bharat Budrani. On July fourth, 2003, police on […]
A Belize City man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting incident earlier this week. According to police, nineteen year old Egbert Arnold is the man who fired several gunshots in the direction of twenty-eight year old Troy Trapp on Wednesday night. Arnold has since been charged with attempted murder, use of […]
Late this evening police escorted a man to the Belize City Magistrate’s Court where he was formally arraigned for a murder committed in 2002. According to police, thirty-one year old Arthur Young is the man who shot and killed twenty-two year old Jose Chavarria on August fifth, 2002, as he was riding his bike on […]
Unionists are back in the news tonight, this time facing off with the management of the Social Security Board. I got the details today from disgruntled Christian Worker’s Union president Antonio Gonzales. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Ongoing negotiations between the management of the Social Security Board and the Christian Workers Union have so far failed to […]
Local environmentalists gathered in Belize City on Thursday night for the presentation of the annual James A. Waight Conservation Award. This year’s recipient is Pulcheria Teul of the Toledo District. Teul is best known for her work with the Southern Alliance for Grassroots Empowerment, SAGE. With Teul at the helm, today SAGE is actively involved […]
A new feature launched by the Elections and Boundaries Department now enables Belizean voters to find out which polling station they are supposed to report to on election day … via the internet. As we found out today, the process is easy enough once connected to the website at www.belize-elections.org. Simply click on “Municipal Elections […]
With our population scattered across remote locations or, more noticeably, stretched across a city filled with narrow streets and too many cars, medical history in Belize has shown that first aid skills are crucial to an injured person’s survival. This week, a group of Canadian trainers have been conducting advanced first aid workshops for Red […]
This evening, fifteen police officers received certificates after successfully completing a prosecutor’s course designed to improve courtroom success. The participants are expected to complement the department’s badly understaffed prosecution branch. The intensive two-week course included lessons in report writing, presenting evidence, exhibit identification, preparing for court, and bail and jurisdiction procedures. During the ceremony, Head […]
It’s been missing from the Belizean sports scene for almost two years, but according to the organisers, this season semi-pro basketball is back with a vengeance. News Five’s Karla Vernon has the latest from the hardwood at the Belize City Centre. Karla Vernon, Reporting After a two year hiatus, semipro basketball opens tonight with defending […]
