Reports from out west say two Belizeans have been jailed in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala after they were caught logging illegally on Guatemalan territory. Forty one year old Arnulfo Manzanero and forty year old Ruben Diaz were taken into custody on Tuesday morning by the Consejo Nacional Para Areas Protejidas and the Guatemalan military. The […]
In news from Punta Gorda, a fallen tree is blamed for the death of a young boy. According to a police report, Lorenzo Sam of Golden Stream Village, Toledo, reported that he and his twelve year old grandson Andres Sho were cutting down a cohune tree when it accidentally fell on top of the boy. […]
While a fallen tree may be the culprit in the death of a twelve year old in Toledo, the Belize River is being blamed for the death of a Belize City man. The body of thirty three year old Randolph Brown was pulled from the murky waters near the Swing Bridge early this morning. According […]
Orange Walk police have detained one man pending charges in connection with the discovery of drugs, a firearm and ammunition. A joint police-B.D.F. anti-drug operation on Thursday resulted in the discovery of five marijuana plantations near the Rhaburn Revenge Lagoon area of the Orange Walk District. The plantations contained a combined total of over five […]
They say no news is good news – but don’t tell that to striking workers of the Citrus Company of Belize in Pomona. Industrial action against the company by over a hundred of its employees continued for a fourth day today as executives of the company and the Christian Workers Union are yet to come […]
Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel will travel to Saint George’s, Grenada on Saturday to attend the ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government. The March first to the third meeting will examine progress made so far regarding the establishment of a single market and economy. The leaders will also take time out […]
The development of children and the protection of their rights are issues that have long been the focus of much public discussion and debate. And will continue to be… at least for the next thirty days as Jacqueline Woods found out. Advocacy groups, including kindergarten and primary schools countrywide are gearing up for a month […]
Concern about the recent detection of rabies in the Cayo District has spurred the Belize Humane Society and Animal Shelter to step up its campaign against the disease. The second in a series of free rabies clinics for dogs and cats will be held on Saturday at the Y.W.C.A. compound in Belize City. Maria Villanueva, […]
When corporate managers of Cayo Tropical Fruits Limited decided to launch their newest product Vida Purified Water, they figured the best way would be to link the occasion with water sports. And once the campaign got underway other companies were quick to jump on the band wagon, or in this case, jump into the canoe. […]
While a group of enterprising men and women will challenge themselves along the Belize River next week, a visiting Mexican artist will for the next fourteen days soothe the minds of visitors to the Institute of Culture Mexico-Belize on Newtown Barracks. “Caribbean Sand, Texture and Color in Belize” is the title of the two week […]
Since he took over the last segment of the Friday edition of News Five live, G. Michael Reid has dispensed a healthy dose of issues – some controversial, others just plain informative. Look out Karl Heusner Memorial you’re the focus of his Last Word this week. “Though firm in my convictions that sports is integral […]
It’s a crime that has shocked the neighborhood, an elderly man beaten to death in his own home on the northside of Belize City just a stone’s throw away from the Eastern Division Police Station. Neighbors say the last time Everaldo Martinez Pererra was seen alive was on Monday morning as he made his customary […]
It?s official: a war of words between Belmopan and Washington over the issue of de-certification has been averted. The White House today announced that Belize has been certified by the United States as fully cooperating in the fight against illicit drugs and related criminal activity. While it is welcome news, Foreign Minister Dean Barrow, in […]
Reports from Pomona say the strike involving grove and factory workers employed by the Citrus Company of Belize is far from being over. Late report Wednesday is that both sides were close to a settlement. The C.C.B. had reportedly accepted all the demands of the union, and the workers are said to have been ready […]
Over the years there have been no shortage of public events in support of worthy causes. But an upcoming event on the long Baron Bliss Holiday weekend will push the concept of fund raising to a new limit. The sometimes choppy waters of the Corozal Bay, will be the venue for this ambitious exercise. Over […]
While villagers and citrus workers in the south take their concerns to the streets, in Belize City the floor of the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall was the stomping ground for some teachers who had a mouthful to say about a set of proposed rules they will soon have to live by. It was a meeting […]
From star-gazers to moon-watchers to sun-lovers, whatever their vocation, millions of people around the globe today had their eyes fixed on the heavens. As News Five’s Julietta Burrowes reports, the sun, moon and earth converged to put off an awesome celestial show that was free for all who could look up. Julietta Burrowes No, I […]
The protest action against the Citrus Company of Belize by a handful of its workers continued for a second day today in the Stann Creek Valley. While the placard bearing men and women braved the hot sun outside the company’s compound, union officials and management of the C.C.B. were feverishly working on a settlement behind […]
In crime news, police were called out early this afternoon to number fifty six Daily Street in Belize City where the body of an elderly man was discovered. It has been identified as that of seventy seven year old Everaldo Martinez Pererra. The man, who was the landlord of the two storey wooden house, was […]
The archaeology department has embarked on a nationwide series of lectures intended to curb the looting of Belizean artifacts. A government press release says the exercise is targeted at personnel from the Customs and Immigration Departments, the police and B.D.F. in addition to high school students. The three month training series, which is being facilitated […]
If tomorrow you happen to see people gazing at the sky, it will not be because of the impending arrival of a U.F.O. On Thursday the sky will darken briefly as the moon and sun cross path. While the total solar eclipse will be most visible just off the coast of South America, Forecaster Fred […]
It’s a symbolic ritual that is performed religiously every year by millions of Christians worldwide. And while in Belize Ash Wednesday doesn’t mean a holiday, for many, it’s a holy-day and the start of a solemn celebration. Primary school students from a number of schools around the city took a short break from classes to […]
In yesterday’s newscast we brought you the story of twenty one year old Deon Smith who continues to make slow but steady recovery from a bullet wound to his head. Tonight we bring you an update on the condition of a much younger victim of a similar incident. It will be almost one month since […]
With prices barely beginning to recover from their lowest level in a decade the citrus industry was not in exactly great shape. Now there’s more bad news as one of the two processing companies, C.C.B., has been hit with a strike. According to James McFoy, President of the Christian Workers Union, around three hundred employees […]
Two more suspects have been arrested in last Thursday’s shoot-out on Kraal Road in Belize City. 22 year old Ernest Savery and 24 year old Collin Bailey, like the three suspects already in custody, have been charged with three counts of attempted murder, wounding and deadly means of harm. All five men, believed to be […]
