U.H.S is a done deal. That’s what an official press release from the new owners reported today but details remain sketchy as the Government, the hospital and the buyers all refused to comment on the sale. Here’s what we do know: after months of negotiating, the Belize Healthcare Partners, its financial backers and Belmopan have […]
In 2007 Belizeans swelled with pride as musician Andy Palacio was internationally recognized for his album Watina which skyrocketed to the top of the European Music Charts and earned him a World Music Award. Then in October, UNESCO named Palacio an Artist for Peace. But tonight friends, family and fans of Andy Palacio are wishing […]
Another person has died following Tuesday afternoon’s traffic accident on the Southern Highway. Two of the five injured in the crash were airlifted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital last night and that’s where News Five’s Janelle Chanona picked up the story this morning. Brian Castillo, Accident Victim “I remember when we turn in and […]
Two Belize City teenagers have been arrested and charged with Attempted Murder in connection to a shooting that occurred last week. According to court reports, twenty year old Ready Call employee Roy Bennett was visiting a friend on Jane Usher Boulevard when a masked man walked into the yard and fired four shots through the […]
He put a gun in a teenager’s face but today the accused tried to convince the court it was only a joke because the weapon wasn’t real. According to the sixteen year old boy, he and a friend were walking on Curl Thompson Street when two men rode up to them on bicycles. According to […]
As I speak, the United Democratic Party is officially launching its 2008-2013 manifesto to a crowd of supporters at the party’s headquarters on Youth for the Future Drive. But as Ann-Marie Williams discovered this week, politics is also taking centre stage in Cayo North. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting There are only twenty-two days left in the […]
As political candidates enter the final lap of their campaigning, incumbents are depending on their performance over the last term to help them keep their seats in the House of Representatives. This morning the People’s United Party Candidate in Albert Mark Espat reflected on his political career. Mark Espat, Area Representative, Albert Division “In 2003 […]
We caught up with Espat as he participated in the official opening of a new building for the city’s oldest high school. News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting This morning’s ribbon cutting marked yet another milestone for Wesley College as the school officially opened a new building that will be used as classroom […]
