The suspense is over. After a week of waiting to hear the reaction of Prime Minister Said Musa to the recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Social Security, this evening the P. M. released an official address to the nation. Minutes into the televised statement, he announced that all eleven suggestions made by the […]
Police have arrested one of a gang of men they believe has been terrorizing tourists in the Cayo District. The break in the case came on Monday when police say thirty six year old Guatemalan Marcus Chiquin Molina was detained by local authorities after he had crossed the border into Belize. Today police commissioner Gerald […]
The arrest of a suspect in the Cayo robberies will go a long way toward easing the fears of visitors to Belize who want to experience the wonders of the west. And while authorities are doing all they can to minimize crimes against tourists, occasionally a tourist is the one committing the crime. That’s what […]
On Monday Minister of National Development Mark Espat blitzed the airwaves with a thorough reaming of his political enemies, namely fellow Minister Ralph Fonseca and Fonseca’s alleged attack dogs, Luke Espat and Winston Smiling. Today the favour was returned in kind, by none other than the father of the nation and Leader Emeritus of the […]
Tonight we regret to announce the passing of former police commissioner Kent Haylock. Haylock died around three this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Last Thursday he was rushed to the K.H.M.H. after being involved in a traffic accident that occurred earlier that day near mile eight on the Western Highway. Reports are that […]
While the Police Department is mourning its former leader, it also took time today to honour those young citizens who have defied the stereotype of disaffected youth. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting You are looking at the faces of some of young Belizean men and women who have been doing the right thing. The students, who represent […]
In the new reality of fuel prices inching uncomfortably close to eleven dollars a gallon, a disturbing trend has been affecting an increasing number of Belizean motorists: stolen gasoline. According to the Police Department, the crime is a persistent problem as victims often fail to report the crime and simply repair their vehicles, keeping fingers […]
Whatever your personal opinion, it would appear that along with those staples of rice ‘n beans, fried chicken, and politics … Belizeans love beauty pageants. Today, News Five’s Janelle Chanona presents the first of what may be many reports on this seasonal phenomenon. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This week eight young Belizean women will begin rigorous […]
For those who may not remeber, there was a time when the most prestigious vehicle a Belizean could ever hope to drive was a Land Rover. No, not a Range Rover, but that big old, slow moving, ugly and uncomfortable boxy Land Rover … the kind George Price rode in for years. But times have […]
