Coming off its March first landslide victory in municipal elections, Sunday’s U.D.P. national convention in Cayo did not have much to prove beyond its ability to feed, transport and entertain thousands of supporters from across the nation. And that it did, while at the same time electing a handful of new faces to its executive. […]
In most countries of the world there are two institutions that never seem to have a problem with cash flow. One is the Central Bank and the other is Social Security. Today the Belize Social Security Board hosted a gathering of sister institutions from around the Americas. The purpose was to share ideas on how […]
It is possible that police may never be able to identify a murder victim found over the weekend. The remains were so badly decomposed that the corpse had to be buried on site. Around ten on Sunday morning, the body, believed that of a Hispanic male, was found floating in the Belize River in an […]
With so many bullets flying around Belize City it should not be surprising when a bystander is caught in the crossfire. Fortunately, the latest incident, as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, did not prove fatal. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Sixty year old Henry Leslie better known as J.B. does not know when he will be able […]
Another Belize City resident had his name written on a bullet but a quick mind and reflexes to match allowed him to foil a trio of armed robbers. Here’s his story. Oscar Rosado, Sr., Victim of attempted hold up /robbery ?When the third one walked in, I saw when he brought down his hat and […]
Eighteen year old Jermaine Gomez, a resident of Pinks Alley and no stranger to the police, is the person identified as the young man who pointed a handgun and tried to shoot twenty-six year old Anthony Johnson. Luckily for the victim, the weapon did not go off. Johnson told police that around eight on Saturday […]
A Belize City youth is tonight facing charges of theft after riding straight into the outstretched arms of the law. Around eleven-thirty Saturday night, twenty-three year old Sandra Chi was walking down North Front Street when she was approached from behind by a man on a bicycle. According to Chi, that man–later identified as Leon […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and thanks for boarding this latest flight of Sports Monday. Week five of the R.F.G. Trophy Tournament play-offs brought New Site Erei of Dangriga to the M.C.C. Grounds for the rematch with F.C. Belize looking to avenge last weeks 2-1 defeat. Some four minutes in Elroy Kuylen is forced to […]
