Tonight detectives are working overtime in the Cayo district to solve the cold blooded murder of a Santa Elena businessman. According to investigators, around nine-thirty this morning a gunman walked into P.K. Store on George Price Avenue and shot owner Guo Quiang Su once in the forehead. The forty-three year old victim was rushed to […]
Further south, cops in Dangriga are questioning the driver involved in a fatal accident. Around noon today, thirty-six year old Alex Cordova reported to police that while driving near the Central Market, a female bicyclist tried to ride between his truck and another vehicle on the street but she fell and hit her head against […]
Meanwhile, another incident in Dangriga today involving a bicycle had a happier ending … at least for police. The story features fast feet and two women on opposite sides of the law. According to officers, around one-thirty this afternoon, a mobile patrol unit witnessed a reputed crack head stealing a student’s bicycle. The victim immediately […]
It was first introduced in 1999 and brought back five years later for a repeat performance. Beginning next weekend the night time curfew for Belize City children will make its third run. Here’s what parents can expect. Denbigh Yorke, Executive Director, NOPCAN “The curfew is not to penalise children; it’s not to penalise families. As […]
Imagine receiving a prize worth twenty thousand dollars on your birthday. Well that is exactly what happened to Michael Casey who turned forty-six years old today. Casey, a police inspector, is the proud winner of C.T.C.’s twenty thousand dollar shopping Spree at any of the Mirab Stores. This afternoon News Five caught up with him […]
Michael Casey was not the only one to go home a winner. Today Ordel Swift, a teacher at Holy Redeemer primary school, is the proud owner of a new 2007 Isuzu DMax pickup, thanks to Courts. Swift, who was taken completely by surprise during a special presentation this afternoon, says she was attending a training […]
On a per capita basis, Belize probably contains the remains of more ancient communities than any place on earth. Yet, despite the abundance of sites and their steadily growing stream of visitors, the science of archaeology has never really captured the imagination of most Belizeans. As archaeologists from around the world gather at the Bliss, […]
