Not exactly a role model for the administration of Belizean justice, the criminal prosecution of Ben Bou-Nahra has had more twists and turns than the Hummingbird Highway. Initiated almost two years ago with a hail of bullets, the process ostensibly ended today with what his lawyers called yet another bang. But as News Five’s Janelle […]
Earlier this month, the members of the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative made headlines when they launched a public campaign against the takeover of their routes by the Novelo family’s National Transport Limited. The B.B.O.C. eventually took their case to the Supreme Court and a ruling this week has bolstered the cooperative’s confidence. Through their attorney […]
It may have been twelve-thirty in the afternoon, but that did not stop two brazen armed robbers from committing a hold up on Racecourse Street that netted a nice collection of jewellery. The unsuspecting victim, fifty-one year old Winston Daly, was riding his bicycle when he told police he was approached by two dark complexioned […]
Twenty-nine year old Honduran Wilmer Humberto Aguilar knows his attacker, but he told police he has no idea why thirty-six year old Honduran Pasqual Turcios chopped him in the head with a machete. Aguilar told Independence police that around ten-thirty on Saturday night he was drinking at a bar in Bella Vista Village when Turcios […]
Government plans to upgrade one hundred and forty-one miles of rural feeder roads in the Belize, Cayo and Toledo districts. The two point five million dollar project, which falls under the European Union funded Belize Rural Development Project, should begin construction in late 2007 or early 2008. According to a Press Office release, a contract […]
The government may be planning major road works but one thoroughfare whose future is in doubt tonight is the proposed causeway linking Belize City to North Drowned Caye. According to the Department of the Environment, the National Environmental Appraisal Committee, having reviewed developer Mike Feinstein’s environmental impact assessment for the project, has decided to defer […]
Having already tasted the tension, not to mention the tear gas of civil strife in the nation’s capital, Benque Viejo, Tower Hill, and downtown Belize City, the Belize Police Department is no stranger to crowd control. Today that experience was shared with some other uniformed services with an eye toward the near future. Jacqueline Godwin, […]
Nineteen past finalists have returned for a shot at a ten thousand dollar cash prize and tonight a baker’s dozen of challengers will be added to the mix, making their own bid at what can unabashedly be called fame and fortune. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the dish on tonight’s first live episode of Ultimate […]
