The sets may have looked the same, but today’s drama in Belmopan had a radically different script than the one that played out seven days earlier. News Five’s Janelle Chanona was once again on duty outside the National Assembly building in Belmopan. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Barbed wire, strong police presence, and intense heat did little […]
When Prime Minister Said Musa on Thursday announced that he was withdrawing his widely condemned motion for a government bailout of Universal Health Services, virtually all of the anticipated tension expected at today’s meeting of the House of Representatives was dissipated. But while the meeting was short on fireworks it was, according to News Five’s […]
While it was a day of peaceful protest in Belmopan, a shooting in the old capital landed a twelve year old in the hospital. Around nine-thirty this morning, St. Ignatius student Benjamin Hyde was walking toward his house at 165 West Canal when two masked gunmen opened fire in the neighbourhood. It is not known […]
It was good news and bad news for two brothers in Supreme Court today. This morning, after three hours of deliberation, a jury found Norris Martinez not guilty of murder or manslaughter in the death of forty-five year old Reno Castillo. But, it was back to prison for his brother Wayne Martinez as that same […]
With the P.M.’s withdrawal of the U.H.S. motion, yesterday evening the Chamber of Commerce and Industry called off its planned shutdown of businesses. A stroll through downtown Belize City today revealed that although there were one or two clothing stores which looked like they did not open, for most, it was business as usual, albeit […]
If you’re in the mood for something fun and relaxing to do after the tension-filled week, the Lik it! Poetry Festival might just be the thing for you. According to the Belizean Poets Society, there will be something for everyone to enjoy at the Bliss on Saturday night. This afternoon Acting B.P.S. President Ritamae Hyde […]
