They say that if somebody really wants to kill you, at some point they are going to succeed. That’s what seems to have been the case over the weekend when the quiet of a country lane was shattered by the blast of a shotgun. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Around […]
Forty grand is a lot of cash… and right now two armed robbers who stole it are sweating. This morning I visited the scene of the crime. Martin Zuniga, Attendant, Esso Gas Station “Two armed male persons came into the place. It happened so fast. They came and they held up the place, took away […]
Two shooting incidents over the weekend have left victims under medical care. On Saturday night in San Pedro Town twenty-two year old Uwani Nunez was injured, apparently by a stray bullet. According to police, Nunez was standing in front of Big Daddy’s Club around eleven on Saturday night when he heard a shot and felt […]
There’s good news and bad news coming out of the police department tonight. The bad news is that it appears that more cops are committing crimes. The good news is that they are being arrested and charged. In Benque Viejo Police Constable David Ortega has been charged with Grievous Harm following a family dispute in […]
A young man died over the weekend as the result of a traffic accident. Around midnight Sunday, twenty-nine year old Enrique Martinez lost control of the Nissan Xterra he was driving on the Northern Highway between miles three and four. It ran off the road and turned over, causing the fatal injuries. Martinez, a native […]
Prime Minister Said Musa is in the Dominican Republic on a three day official visit. The trip, at the invitation of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez, will focus on the negotiation of agreements for technical and economic cooperation and the establishment of a bi-national commission between the two countries. Tonight in a ceremony at the Palacio […]
Belize has gained a reputation as one of the top diving spots in the world, drawing an increasing number of tourists to our waters. That boom has spurred the need for more professionals in that field, which is why for the last two weeks four Belizean dive masters have been immersed in books as well […]
Like it or not, we live in a market economy, and while we all may be familiar with the fluctuating prices for oil, sugar and citrus, they are not the only commodities that affect our lives. The soaring cost of copper, for example, has proved to be a boon for one special group of Belizeans: […]
James Adderley Good evening, I’m James Adderley bringing you this week’s dish of Sports Monday. The tension that met the decisive game three of the semi-pro basketball championships Friday night inside the City Centre between the Belize Bank Bulldogs and the San Pedro Tigersharks was a true testament to the big prize at stake. For […]
