Shortly after eight last night, Attorney Rodwell Williams, the law partner of the Prime Minister was shot as he exited the law firm on Albert Street. Williams was rushed to the Belize Healthcare Partners Hospital and underwent surgery for gun shot wounds to the abdomen. Early reports indicate that two shots were fired, one of […]
For two weeks there have been no reports of murders in our daily newscasts. But that brief spell was broken over the weekend when a women and a man were murdered. Both cases did not have the usual element of gang warfare but instead are described as crimes of passion that occurred in the north […]
The weekend’s other murder occurred in San Ignacio where a man was allegedly killed by an enraged lover of a woman he was romantically involved with. Thomas Logan admitted to his common-law-wife only three weeks ago that he was having an affair, but before the weekend was over his body was found close to Sacred […]
While police have their prime suspects in the homicides in the north and west, the investigation into the sudden death of a man from Belmopan may be more challenging to solve. That is because a post mortem, which is scheduled for Tuesday, will determine whether the victim was murdered or was accidentally run over by […]
The Primary School Examinations are not necessarily the only prerequisite for acceptance to high schools, but they are surely an indicator of how the nation’s young minds are performing in English, Math, Social Studies and Science. This year’s results showed a modest improvement over last year’s results in the four areas and it also showed […]
The statistics show an improvement over last year with national increases in all subject areas. Sixty-six point five percent of the candidates had satisfactory to excellent performances in English. Seventy seven percent of candidates also had satisfactory to excellent performances in Science. Sixty-five point three percent of candidates had satisfactory to excellent performances in Social […]
It has been only a week since we’ve reported on the latest scandal at City Hall which involved the removal of Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers from the United Democratic Party due to her woes with Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Well, there is another story developing at city hall, where apparently a few posts will be […]
A taxi driver, Hugh Meighan of Levi Slusher Street, was robbed and assaulted by his fare, but he fought back and even though his attacker fled, he did not get far. Last Friday, while on Crewman Road, Lionel Baizar, asked Meighan to take him to the area of the Complex Building via a back street […]
Several persons were in court today on drug trafficking charges. Devon Neal, the son of a retired policeman, was riding his bicycle on Arlington Drive when he was intercepted by police officers. The officers searched Neal and found weed in one of his pockets. He pleaded guilty to possession; but that plea was not accepted […]
There was a stabbing incident in the Tango Ten area of the Hattieville Prison on Saturday in which one inmate, Jeffrey Flowers, allegedly injured another prisoner on the upper abdomen. The victim is thirty-three year old Kevin Alvarez, but you might recognize him better by his nickname “Cowboy”. He is the former cop that turned […]
A Honduran who relocated to the Jewel twelve years ago and has since been granted naturalized citizenship is now having problems with members of the San Ignacio Police. Narcisa Orellano, a mother of six, was recently accused of hiring a minor to work as a domestic at her home in Santa Elena and attempting to […]
From the number of people who attended the recent screening clinics for the Venezuelan Mission Miracle, it is clear that there is a high instance of eye ailments in Belize. A number of people are eventually blinded by their eye conditions; but the Pan American Health Organization and the Ministry of Health are teaming up […]
The Atlantic hurricane season opened with a bang even before its due date of June first. The season’s first system, Tropical Storm Agatha, formed last week and is responsible for the deaths of a hundred and forty two people in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. The storm also left thousands homeless and dozens are still […]
One thousand five hundred, that’s the number of persons that participated in the annual Cancer Walk. It’s the highest number so far in the history of the event that is more than a decade old. News Five Isani Cayetano and cameraman Chris Mangar had an early start and captured how the participants fared off for […]
Good Evening I am James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It was as if Mother Nature conspired against the Caribbean Motors Cup finals inside MCC grounds, yesterday as it soaked the city all day, cancelling Channel Five’s live airing and forcing most fans to stay indoors. What had been anticipated a grand and glorious […]
