There’s a segment on CNN News called “what were they thinking” and if we had that feature on this newscast that’s precisely where today’s announcement by the Social Security Board would be. According to a Board press release, they have “Received a proposal for an investment opportunity with the Universal Health Service.” We understand that […]
Twenty-eight year old Jason “Pussycat” Gentle and seventeen year old Norman McKenzie were charged with the murder of sixteen year old Faron Felix when they appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie remanded them into custody until December twenty-first. Felix, a resident of Gill Street, was shot and killed on the night of […]
Fifty-five year old Arthur Arnold, a cart delivery man charged with Murder and Attempted Murder, pleaded guilty to Manslaughter and Use of Deadly Means of Harm with intent to Commit Dangerous Harm when he appeared today in the courtroom of Justice Adolph Lucas. Sentencing was deferred until Thursday to give Arnold’s attorney, Linsbert Willis, time […]
We hear a lot of talk about the problem of youth and crime, but when it comes to concrete solutions the silence can be deafening. That’s why the efforts at mile twenty-one on the Western Highway continue to merit our attention. News Five’s Marion Ali has the latest. Marion Ali, Reporting Today the National Youth […]
It occurred so early in the season that Hurricane Dean seems like a long time ago. But the intervening months have not diminished the gratitude felt for those who helped pick up the pieces. Today government recognised some of those public officers who rose to the occasion. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The men and women in […]
They have a proud history and today the members of what was once called the Volunteer Guard paused to honour some of their own. Marion Ali, Reporting This afternoon members of the Belize Defence Force Volunteer Element gathered at their headquarters near the Lord Ridge Cemetery in Belize City to pay tribute to their comrades […]
It’s one of Belize’s most entertaining events of the year and this time, the Lord Rhaburn Lord Music Awards Show promises to leave you nothing less than satisfied. The line-up on Friday night features sixties stars The Violets, American Idol’s Lisa Tucker, veterans Sam Hamilton and Zoila Clark, vocalist Tanya Carter, K.T.V. Champion Reecie Pollard, […]
It was big news when word leaked out that government was considering the de-reservation and sale of thousands of acres of Bacalar Chico National Park on Ambergris Caye. But while public reaction was strong and justified, with little fanfare, a hundred miles to the south, activities were taking place that threaten to destroy one of […]
