On far more nights than we care to mention, this broadcast has opened with news of a fatal shooting. The perpetrator and victim are invariably young and male. The motive? Usually some trivial insult referred to as an “old beef.” Tonight, thank goodness, we are not leading with such a story … but we will […]
Police have removed one more automatic weapon from the streets. The AK-47 was seized in Corozal last night when police intercepted a black Toyota speeding around the town out of control. The prohibited weapon was found inside the vehicle and when cops subsequently searched the home of the twenty-one year old driver they found a […]
Three men have been sentenced for their involvement in a murder in Corozal. In the court of Justice Troadio Gonzales, Sharim Baizar received a life sentence for Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Giovanni Villanueva was sentenced to life for Murder, while Javier Villanueva will serve fifteen years for Abetment to Commit Murder. The victim, Wilfredo Baizar, […]
The Belize Times has released a statement in response to the issuance of an injunction in the libel case brought by Lois Young. After establishing its credentials as the nation’s longest running newspaper, and the P.U.P. as the political organisation most committed to freedom of the press, the statement gets to the heart of the […]
We often run stories on new medical advances in Belize, usually involving the acquisition of high-tech equipment. But what we sometimes fail to realise is that without the necessary human element, those machines remain useless. Today the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital finally put together the right combination. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today, this woman was just […]
For much of its early history as a British Colony, Belize’s most influential religious body was, not surprisingly, the Church of England, better known as the Anglicans. Today, although no longer claiming the majority of Belizeans as adherents, the Anglicans remain very much in the mix. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today the highest governing body of […]
It has become one of the longest running educational campaigns in the country but the students and staff of Wesley College remain determined to win the battle against illegal narcotics. Today, the annual Red Ribbon Day was celebrated with a parade as the advocates sent out the message that; True Winners Don’t Do Drugs. Jacqueline […]
In the world of international developmental assistance–that is what used to be called foreign aid–the latest campaign of choice is poverty alleviation. And while the most logical form of poverty alleviation would be to just give poor people money, life is not that simple. So instead we create projects … like the one News Five’s […]
