The Belize Ex-Servicemen's League had cause for a celebration today as one of its members turned one hundred years old. The centenarian is World War II veteran Rudolf Middleton. We stopped by the festivities earlier today, to learn moiré about him. News Five’s Britney Gordon
With the municipal elections only days away, the current term of office comes to an end on Friday. But, most P.U.P. mayors are not packing up and cleaning their offices until Thursday when the city councils and town councils are dissolved. That is with the
The 2024 municipal elections are upon us and across the country infrastructure works are being undertaken ahead of March sixth. But, one project in Belmopan is causing a stir among residents. Not only is it revealing how deep the divide has been between the P.U.P.
We also heard from Oscar Mira, the People’s United Party Area Representative in Belmopan. He contends that based on registered and authenticated street plans from 2006, those dead ends in the Maya Site area should be connected to the George Price Boulevard. He says that
Mira also responded to the calls from residents in the Maya Sites area and Mayor Palacio to have the paving of the streets completed, despite the cease and desist order. Mira says that the streets will be paved in the coming days. Oscar Mira, P.U.P. Area
Four years ago to date, a crew of Belize Defense Force airmen, including majors Adran Ramirez and Radford Baizar, along with corporals Yassir Mendez and Reinaldo Choco, perished in a helicopter crash in Belize District. They were reportedly conducting aerial surveillance near the location where
According to Audrey Matura, who represents the wives of two of the deceased airmen, the widows chose not to agree on a settlement with the Government of Belize which would have amounted to one hundred thousand dollars each. Instead, they opted to pursue a civil
Tonight, a police officer is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being charged with serious criminal offenses involving the use of a firearm inside the Hattieville Police Station. Corporal Lawrence Jerome Martinez, a thirty-six-year-old resident of Belize City, appeared in the lower court
A Chinese businessman, who ran afoul of the law a week ago, finds himself in more hot water tonight, despite a virtual complainant requesting no further court action against him. Twenty-nine-year-old Wenjing Lei allegedly shot Reno Castillo in the leg during an argument inside his
A tourist is in police custody after allegedly scamming a high-end resort of twenty-seven thousand dollars. Reports are that a man who identified himself as forty-year-old American national Nicolas Paula arrived at the It’zana Resort on February fifth seeking accommodations until February eighth. He allegedly
