As the dust begins to settle following the latest Cabinet reshuffle, the People’s United Party is looking very much like a house divided. But this morning, P.U.P. Chairman Francis Fonseca dismissed that interpretation, asserting that even though opinions might differ, his new ministerial colleagues and former Cabinet members are united in a common cause: winning […]
Free Internet for schools. It’s been the mantra of politicians across the globe ever since the Internet became the World Wide Web in the early 90’s. In Belize the concept has been tried–and crashed–once before, but today the nation’s largest telecommunications company says it’s ready to make it a reality. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. […]
A Dangriga man has died while in the custody of police. Authorities have launched a full investigation to determine what caused the death of eighteen year old Fredrick Martinez. Preliminary reports are that around five-thirty on Sunday evening Martinez, described by police as a mental patient, assaulted a taxi driver and was threatening other people. […]
Belize City police have detained one man in connection with a shooting incident that has left a thirty-seven year old woman hospitalised. According to police, around eight on Tuesday night Gaye McKenzie was standing outside her family’s residence at the corner of Ebony and Sittee Streets talking with another woman when she was shot in […]
Tonight a popular sculptor is behind bars, accused of a sexual assault. This morning forty-nine year old Curl Gordon appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie where he was formally arraigned on one count of unlawful carnal knowledge. No plea was taken as the matter is an indictable offence. During the proceeding the prosecution objected to […]
In other court news, a convicted rapist has been granted a new trial. Last October, forty-eight year old Dennis Gabourel was sentenced to ten years in jail for raping and beating his ex-common law wife. Today, Hubert Elrington successfully argued against Gabourel’s conviction on the grounds that the trial judge erred in law and failed […]
Three people have been arrested for attempting to intimidate a witness in a criminal trial. Based on a report by the witness that he was accosted on Saturday, prior to the trial police have arrested sixty-five year old Ramon Barahona, thirty-six year old Jesus Echeverria, and fifty-one year old Azucena Tesecum, all of Corozal Town. […]
A tourist has died while snorkelling off Ambergris Caye. Sixty-four year old Forest Wells of New Jersey, U.S.A. was in the waters of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve on Tuesday afternoon, along with eight other visitors when he experienced breathing problems. Although quickly taken ashore, he died before reaching the clinic. Foul play is not […]
Last night we introduced the top scorers in the Primary School Examination, but tonight it’s time to take a closer look at the statistics. The Ministry of Education reports that compared to 2006, there was an almost seven and a half point improvement in English scores with this year’s national average coming in at sixty […]
Today was the final leg of the event known as the PACT Challenge. The three teams, having experienced the wonders of Belize’s magnificent atolls, returned to Belize City to meet the press. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today the PACT Challenge 2007 came to an end, coincidentally on the same day that the Protected Areas Conservation Trust […]
