The sudden death of TV journalist Keith Swift at age thirty has stunned the country. In life, his stories touched thousands as he came into your living rooms day after day in the evening news on Channel Seven. He earned the respect of many because of the signature style of reporting he developed over the […]
There is more bad news tonight as Luisa Carillo, the nineteen year old student who fell from a D & E bus as two armed robbers held up its occupants, died today. The two bandits jacked the bus on the Western Highway on April eleventh but were overpowered by the passengers even though one carried […]
Over five hundred persons responded to our question on the issue of parole for inmates who have committed violent crimes. Most persons thought they should not qualify for parole given the rising crime wave. This is one of the issues that will be discussed this coming Thursday on Open Your Eyes so stay tuned. Turning […]
A major and favorable decision was received today by the Belize Basketball Federation which puts to rest the challenge to the nationality of members of the national team that brought home the silver in last year’s regional games. News Five Jose Sanchez found out today that the Court of Arbitration for Sports has set aside […]
An investigation conducted by the National Fire Service into the weekend blaze that claimed the lives of siblings Alexander and Archangel Higinio in Dangriga Town has been concluded. The result of the inquiry clarifies that while the fire was caused by a faulty appliance it was not electrical. The police investigation, however, continues. News Five […]
The stabbing death of seventeen year old Erin Sutherland remains under investigation by Orange Walk Police. Sutherland succumbed to injuries received after being stabbed multiple times to the body around midnight on Saturday. He was walking along Sapodilla Street in the Louisiana area of town when he was accosted by a group of young men […]
The preliminary inquiry for charges against Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers, the City Administrator Kiran Vanjani and Administrative Assistant Kiran Bhudrani was set to begin today. The Mayor was present in court, but her attorney, Michael Peyrefitte, was before Justice Troadio Gonzalez dealing with a murder trial and the PI proceedings had to be […]
Shootings, burglaries, robberies and even murder; those are some of the offences on Kent Skeet’s rap sheet. And now Drug Trafficking has been added to that list after Skeet and his common-law wife Rosita Yama were detained in major drug bust. On Sunday cops found the couple in the possession of more than eighty-four pounds […]
The next news item is not for non-smokers. If you are knowledgeable of international events and culture, you may know that today is International Four Twenty Day. The four stands for the fourth month and twenty represents today’s date. Four Twenty just happens to refer to use of cannabis. The term was coined decades ago […]
There were two robberies on Marine Parade this past Monday and in one of them a victim was raped. The twenty-two year old female was walking along with a co-worker at around eleven-fifteen p.m. and they were accosted by three males. One of the assailants, armed with a firearm, demanded money from the two and […]
The cycling delegation has returned from the Central American Games in Panama. In the female road race, El Salvador and Costa Rica won gold and silver, Belize narrowly lost the bronze medal to Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s cyclist Adriana Rojas came in third with a time of one hour fifty one minutes, and thirty one […]
Not only did the athletes believe that they need more time to train with each other, the team’s coach and president also shared the same sentiment. Emil Moreno, the president of the Belize Cycling Association, indicated that if the athletes could have spent adequate time in Panama prior to the games in order to adjust […]
A former public officer and prominent member of the judiciary passed away in the United States. Horace Walwyn Young, died on Sunday morning at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Miami where he was being treated for some time as age and failing health took a toll on him. Young worked his way through the clerical […]
What began as an audition of raw talent for a one of a kind sing-along show has over the past few weeks transformed itself into a primetime showcase of Latin culture. With a panel of judges, versed in the technical aspects of music, KTV Latino has wowed a diverse audience that represents our ethnicity. Behind […]
