Since the Guatemalan Government’s rejection of the Ramphal-Reichler proposals in 2003, the once all consuming issue of that country’s territorial claim has taken a back seat in the public eye to more pressing issues of domestic politics. But the process, officially rekindled at the O.A.S. in September of last year, continues, and today the press […]
Tonight the Chinese community–not to mention Belizeans nationwide–is once again shaken following the shooting of yet another shopkeeper. Thirty two year old Xue Ming Luo, proprietor of Ming’s mini supermarket in Dangriga, remains in an induced coma at Belize Medical Associates. Xue was shot in the right eye by an armed masked man who entered […]
Two men have been picked up in connection with a robbery attempt at a bar on Central American Boulevard last week. Joseph Almendarez and Ernest Hinds, both twenty three, have been charged with attempted robbery, three counts of aggravated assault and unlicensed firearm offences after a thirty-eight caliber revolver and ammunition were found at a […]
Charges against three alleged sex offenders from the Cayo district were today dismissed in the Supreme Court. The first case involves twenty-nine year old Jason Warrior, charged with the February, 2003 rape of a sixteen year old girl. When Warrior appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas this morning for trial, he was instead discharged because the […]
A Cayo woman injured in a road accident clings to life tonight at the K.H.M.H. And while her family maintains an anxious vigil they tell News Five that the man responsible for her injuries–a friend of the victim–has still not come forward to explain what happened. Myrsa Morales, Sister of accident Victim ?Since the accident, […]
The International Marine Registry of Belize, better known as IMMARBE, has received a vote of confidence from the United States Coast Guard. According to press release Belize is one of only nine countries to qualify this year for the Coast Guard’s Qualship twenty-one program. The designation is based on no incidents of Belize flagged ships […]
And in news that may not go down well with a growing group of consumers, it appears that a showdown is looming in the telecommunications industry. The dispute involves BTL’s decision to curtail use of VOIP–that’s voice over internet protocol–which allows people to use services like Vonage or Skype to make international calls for pennies […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and it?s a pleasure to welcome you this edition of Sports Monday. Folks we take you immediately to South Stann Creek for the start of the 2006 National Road Championship of cycling, which left scenic Silk Grass around nine a.m. yesterday. Going in as defending champion is the man Shane […]
