The long anticipated changes in Cabinet were announced today, but it is difficult to discern any particular direction in the Prime Minister’s appointments. The biggest move involves the return engagement of Ambassador Eamon Courtenay, who will be made a Senator before taking over as Minister Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Courtenay, who previously served as […]
With the sum of Belize’s internal, territorial and economic zone waters covering an area far greater than the eight thousand eight hundred sixty-six square miles of it’s land, it seems like a no-brainer that Belize would outfit a first class navy. But nations with small populations, long coastlines and limited resources are in a bind. […]
The dry season may bring good weather for holiday outings but it also spells trouble for old wooden houses facing the peril of fire. Today that combination, along with what appears to be a large measure of professional incompetence, produced tragedy for some residents of Belize City. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin could only stand by […]
A mid-afternoon robbery on the outskirts of Belize City has netted a duo three hundred dollars in cash. Around twelve-fifteen today, two men entered Leslie’s Block Factory at mile three on the Northern Highway. Armed with a gun and a knife, the men robbed an employee of one hundred dollars in company cash and then […]
A Crooked Tree resident was today arraigned in Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a minor on two separate occasions. Thirty-two year old Victor Edward Gillett appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord where he was charged with two counts of rape and one count of grievous harm. The crime is indictable and Gillett was remanded to […]
Charges were dropped today against a Belize City youth accused of robbing the Princess Hotel of over thirty thousand dollars. The action was taken this morning in the course of an application for bail for twenty-one year old Leon Rodriguez. During the presentation by attorney Dickie Bradley, Justice Troadio Gonzalez concluded that there was not […]
When members of the Police Department are in the news it’s usually because they’ve either captured a criminal or have themselves been accused of a crime. But a significant portion of the department’s work involves proactive efforts in the community … and those good deeds were recognised today. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It is expected that […]
Week three of KTV is now history as an overflow crowd cheered home a winner in last night’s Karaoke competition. Here’s how it went. William Neal, KTV Host ?The winner for week three of KTV … is none other than contestant number five.? (Otty Trujillo sings ?Unchained Melody? by the Righteous Brothers) Otty Trujillo of […]
