The road to gold for Team Belizean Heritage has meant defeating Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama and Costa Rica. Tonight, in a little more than an hour, the focus will switch to Team Mexico which besides having home-court-advantage has also been dubbed as the best Mexican National Team yet. For our own dream team, it will be […]
The discussion over home grown and international players has almost fallen dormant in the face of the success of Team Belizean Heritage in Cancun. In yesterday’s newscast, we spoke with basketball officials about the need for better sporting facilities and also the re-establishment of a semi-pro league to showcase local talent. One name that came […]
But “Too Tall” is not the only one making predictions. News Five took to the streets to find out how the average Belizean is calling it. Fred Garcia, Basketball Player “I guess like every Belizean who has been following, I am and I am actually looking forward to a good show from our boys.” Duane […]
With Belize’s international basketball history being written so close to home in Cancun, Mexico; Belizeans are trekking north by any means necessary to be witnesses. One business that has benefited as a result is Maya Island Air through its recently inaugurated, direct flight to Cancun. Hoping to lessen the home court advantage of Mexico by […]
As of today, Commander Johnnie Borland is now Captain Borland and commandant of the Belize National Coast Guard. At a ceremony held at the Williamson Complex in Ladyville, Rear Admiral and outgoing commandant, Cedric Borland officially handed over the responsibilities and duties of the guard to his successor. The keynote address was delivered by Minister […]
Made in the USA; those words could be found on almost every product inside the Caracol and Cahal Pech rooms of the Radisson Hotel today. That’s because the US Embassy is holding its eighth annual Made in the USA expo in Belize. It’s the culmination of months of organization and advertisements to put on display […]
Twice annually the Rotary Club of Belize holds free heart clinics for children with heart disease. Yesterday and today it concluded the last of its clinics for 2009 at the Southern Regional and Karl Heusner Memorial Hospitals respectively. The programme is made possible through Rotary fundraisers with voluntary services provided by the visiting doctors and […]
There were two accidents yesterday on the Western Highway. The first one involved doctor George Gough who ran in the UDP slate for Fort George against former PUP leader Said Musa. Gough who was defeated in the election, once penned a column in party’s newspaper. According to reports, the Hilux he was driving flipped three […]
The area that Gough crashed between mile twenty-seven and twenty-eight is well known. Immediately across from the accident scene, a crushed vehicle is perched atop an insurance company’s billboard. But Gough was not the only unlucky person. Another vehicle crashed yesterday afternoon, a few yards away from Gough’s Hilux. And according to corporal Bermudez, this […]
His gambling habits landed him in court, but luck was on thirty-eight year old David Popper’s side today. Popper appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford charged with the theft of more than one thousand four hundred dollars from Neville Samuels, a UNICEF employee. Popper pleaded guilty to the charge and was facing one year behind bars, […]
While David Pauper was spared jail time, a family of four was remanded to prison on firearm charges. An early morning search at the home of thirty-eight year old Emelia Horn yielded a point twenty-five caliber gun and four live rounds of corresponding ammunition. Emelia was charged along with her son, nineteen year old Jerry […]
Two men are behind bars for the attempted murder of a fifteen year old boy who was shot in the buttocks. Twenty-four year old Warren Dominquez and twenty year old Winfield Dennison were charged after the youth, Victor Patrick Amoa the third was shot last week Saturday. The incident happened at the corner of Lake […]
A man who targeted three women on Thursday night was quickly picked up by police only hours later. By ten this morning, Wilworth Williams was in court to answer to three counts of Aggravated Assault. The allegation against him is that he fired a single shot in the direction of Lucretia Myvette, Kimberly Bowen and […]
Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? If you’re looking for somewhere to go tomorrow during the day you can head over to the Radisson Fort George and check out the “Made in the USA” exhibition being presented by the US Embassy. Made in America is a display of American products, services and […]
