Killing with impunity: that seems to be the latest style on the streets of Belize City as young men settle scores and battle for turf. We can search deeply for the causes and wonder where this is all heading, but like both the perpetrators and victims, we stay very much concerned about the here and […]
A Belize City father and son walked out of court free men this afternoon, cleared of kidnapping charges following their trial in the Supreme Court. Thirty-four year old Oscar Bonilla and his fifty-eight year old father Manuel Chinchilla, were arrested following a report in April 2005 by twenty-two year old Alex Bautista. At the time, […]
A convicted murderer on death row has had his sentence reduced. Adolph Harris, convicted of murder for the 1995 killing of Lavern Orosco, will now serve twenty years in jail instead of experiencing the finality of the hangman’s noose. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh accepted the arguments of attorneys Simeon Sampson and Antoinette Moore that Harris’s […]
Well before the appearance of global terrorists, the old wooden house on the corner of Gabourel Lane and Hutson Street was an anachronism … a throwback to another era when embassies were places of refuge, not targets of suicide bombers. And while we in Belize know that no one here harbours such evil intentions, we […]
Viewers anxiously awaiting the resumption of the public hearings of the Commission of Inquiry investigating the Development Finance Corporation will have to wait a little longer. That’s the word from the commissioners tonight in announcing that sessions scheduled for this week have been postponed. According to Commissioner Merlene Bailey Martinez, several factors have influenced the […]
They call themselves the Kiwanis Club of Belize City. And while this might be the first time you’re hearing of them, for the last four years this small group of Belizeans has been raising funds to assist deserving children with education and health care. This morning President Pat Bennett passed a total of twenty-three hundred […]
For most of us here at Channel Five our annual anniversary celebration is a welcome break from the daily routine … and this year’s birthday party was no exception. But as much fun as we had, the happiest people were the prize winners and five schools that received a helping hand. Kendra Griffith, Reporting After […]
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