The press release came out of the blue late this evening and we are still not clear on exactly what it means. Better I read it verbatim. “The government has announced that Belize is boycotting the upcoming World Cup Qualifying football Match to be held in Guatemala City on the sixth February 2008 between Belize […]
A pedestrian has been killed in a hit and run on the Western Highway but the suspected driver has been arrested and charged. According to police, sometime before eight Tuesday morning, forty-two year old Camelo Rash of Cotton Tree Village was walking east on the right side of the road when he was hit by […]
A woman is recuperating from a gunshot wound after her ex-common law husband shot her in the presence of her current boyfriend. Twenty-one year old Christine Zetina told police that she and her boyfriend, Kareem Young, had just dropped off his mother on the Northern Highway and they were riding their bicycles back through Ladyville […]
Accused mugger Dennis McKoy has more questions to answer tonight. The twenty year old, already on remand for four counts of robbery in Belize City, is wanted in Dangriga for several armed jackings in that southern town. It seems that after his picture was shown on TV Monday night, several crime victims came forward to […]
Investment is the lifeblood of any economy and Belize is no exception. BELTRAIDE, the quasi-government body that deals with investment promotion and facilitation, today took the opportunity to take pride in its accomplishments and point to the future. News Five’s Marion Ali has more. Marion Ali, Reporting The highlight of this morning’s introduction of BELTRAIDE’s […]
One of the major areas of new investment anticipated over the next five years involves the petroleum industry. Already the nation’s largest export, oil is expected to provide an extra boost to government revenues for at least the next decade. What is not clear, however, is exactly how that hard currency will be spent. According […]
It’s a military force with a large mission and less than large resources. But for the last thirty years the Belize Defence Force has, for the most part, risen to the occasion. This week the B.D.F. is celebrating the beginning of its fourth decade with a series of anniversary events. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has […]
It’s a constituency that’s never gone anything but blue … but that hasn’t stopped the two candidates from campaigning as if the election could hinge on a single vote. And guess what? In 2008 anything’s possible. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from the Pickstock Division. Godfrey Smith, P.U.P. Candidate, Pickstock “I think I have established […]
