The best thing that could be said about a shooting spree this weekend in Belize City is that nobody was killed and a suspect has been arrested. Otherwise it was a pretty scary piece of work. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Exactly what caused twenty-seven year old Jason Williams better known as ?soup? and two other young […]
Twenty-seven year old Henry Rodriguez had only relocated to Teakettle Village five days ago when police say he was stabbed in the chest and killed. Authorities say their investigation reveals that shortly after Rodriguez moved to the Cayo District he met and began dating a young lady from the village. Police say early Saturday morning […]
One man is dead and several others injured after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the Western Highway. Police say the tragic accident occurred before three Saturday morning between miles forty-five and forty-six when the driver of the vehicle, Jerry Moro of Camalote Village, lost control of the Mazda pickup. In the pan […]
Traditionally, fish stories tend to be about the big one that got away … but the story being told today by scientists around the globe is that if we don’t take action soon, there won’t be any fish left to tell stories about. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from the Princess Hotel. Janelle Chanona, Reporting […]
On Friday he was found guilty of Rape, Aggravated Burglary, Aggravated Assault, and Threat of Death … and tonight justice was meted out to Kent Francis. Before he learned his fate, Francis spoke from the dock saying (quote) “I apologise if I have done any harm or anything to anybody. I am a family man […]
Nolle prosequi is a term we rarely used to hear, let alone understand … but lately it seems those Latin words are about to become part of the Kriol language. And tonight we’ll use it again. The case involves Darwin Mendez, charged with the 2003 murder of San Ignacio security guard Abelino Choc. According to […]
A few years back it was a topic of major controversy but the issue of a new cruise terminal on Belize City’s south side has receded in the public consciousness as numerous promises of construction activity have failed to materialise. That may be changing however as some of the regulatory hurdles facing the project are […]
It is a community in which television is not always welcome … but that did not stop several hundred residents of Spanish Lookout from attending the premier of a video documentary on the Mennonites of Belize. The fifty-four minute presentation, a co-production between Channel Five and Trinidadian writer/director Bruce Paddington, features interviews and scenes from […]
If you’ve been following the full page ads in the Belize Times you’d know that a week from today a new radio station will be coming on the air. Dubbed “Positive Vibes,” the outlet will be the electronic mouthpiece of the People’s United Party and will go head to head–especially in the morning talk show […]
Today, Habitat for Humanity handed over the keys for their forty-fourth house in Belize. The lucky homeowner is Elphrine Elejio, a resident of Mahogany Street Extension. During brief handing over ceremonies this afternoon, Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of National Development, Hugh O’Brien, had the honour of giving the Elejio family their keys. As […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley, and certainly we?re glad you could join us for this dish of Sports Monday. With Wagiya of Dangriga already into the Regent Cup finals, Hankook Verdes hosted F.C. Belize inside the Norman Broaster Stadium yesterday for game two of this semi-final home and away series. In today?s ballgame somebody has […]
