In the last twelve months four fatal collisions and several minor accidents have taken place between the entrance of Bella Vista and the Pallotti junction on the Northern Highway. For some time Residents living along this stretch of highway have been complaining saying the road is poorly lit, there is a need for speed bumps […]
A dispute between two residents of the same village in the Cayo district has led to a stabbing death near the Guatemalan border. Benque Viejo Police says about one thirty Sunday afternoon, fifty years old Jesus Aldana, was crossing the Mopan River near the Water pump area when he was attacked and stabbed in the […]
Eleven pounds of marijuana was seized in separate incidents in San Pedro Ambergris Caye over the weekend. San Pedro Police visited Ruby’s Hotel on Saturday night and searched the rooms of Guatemalan Mario Annibal Reymundo and Salvadoran David Orlando Revello. About nine pounds of marijuana was found wrapped in plastic bags under a bed. The […]
On Friday the government press office announced one hundred and fifty thousand US dollars worth of medical supplies was being donated to the Karl Heusner Memorial from a company identified as the Belize Investment Company, BID. Nando Nandwani of BID was quoted as saying this is the second container of medical equipment they have procured […]
On Thursday, June tenth thirty-six youths will be departing Belize by boat for Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. The trip is not a sightseeing adventure but a journey the young men and women hope will bring back gold to Belize. The Junior Track and Field team will be competing in the upcoming Central American Athletic Championship Games […]
In an effort to raise funds for their new library and showcase many cultural, educational and economic activities of Dangriga, the Town Board held their annual Griga Fest this weekend. The two-day event featured young performers as well as information booths and other attractions. The Prime Minister who opened the event on Friday said the […]
The “Fiddlers on the Reef” are back. After a two-year absence the members of the ensemble which is part of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in Southern California are once again touring Belize to expose schoolchildren to classic music. Since their arrival on June first the fiddlers have performed for the children in the Stann Creek, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is your fresh slice of Sports Monday. It was supposed to be a biggie Friday in semi-pro basketball as the Kremendala Raiders and Brothers Habet Lakers locked horns in a final bid to make the championship round against BTL Nets already waiting in the wings. The Raiders opens […]
Although Belize is already buying electricity from Mexico, BEL is now looking for ways to obtain power from our other Central American neighbors, and to even sell them electricity. Today a representative from SIEPAC, the Electrical Interconnection System of the countries of Central America, spoke to BEL engineers and top management about the benefits of […]
Long suffering customers in the Corozal Free Zone today received some welcome relief as BTL officially inaugurated a project to upgrade telecommunications in the commercial enclave at the Santa Elena Border. Previously the zone’s 31 customers relied on a fixed cellular arrangement, which was both cumbersome and expensive. The new system, relying on underground fibre […]
Minister of Sugar Industry, Local Government and Latin American Affairs, Florencio Marin, attended the inauguration ceremonies for the newly elected President of El Salvador Licenciado Francisco Guillermo Flores Perez. Thirty-nine years old Perez is the third consecutive arena party candidate to win El Salvador’s presidential elections. Accompanying Marin to the ceremonies on June 1st were […]
A team of doctors, nurses and technical personnel, who are part of the Life Enhancement Association for People, LEAP, will once again be in Orange Walk Town to perform much needed surgeries. The medical professionals will perform over twenty surgeries to repair facial deformities such as cleft lips and palates in the new surgical wing […]
They aren’t fancy new pickup trucks or motorcycles, but the donation of six typewriters to the police department from Belize Courts Limited, will be an equally big help to the members of the force who have to do the mountains of paperwork. Violet Williams, Secretary, Police Department “Well there were sometimes when our machines needed […]
A recent survey carried out by the National Drug Abuse Control Council in Belize City and Dangriga revealed that children as young as ten years old are experimenting with alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana. To try and teach children about the ill effects of these substances, particularly on young bodies and minds, the Council sponsored an […]
Tonight on the Last Word commentator G. Michael Reid looks at drug abuse, but he doesn’t confine his thoughts to crack or marijuana. He says we must remember that the legal substances so many of us use on a regular basis are also potential lethal weapons. “This passing week was observed in Belize as drug […]
By now all of us know that this week marks the beginning of the hurricane season. And while most of us at least gave some thought to making preparations, no one could blame one family in the village of Biscayne for being caught off guard yesterday in the face of a freak of meteorology. Selfred […]
A twenty year old Dangriga man has been arrested after he allegedly had sexual intercourse with a thirteen year old girl. According to Dangriga police, the minor reported she was sleeping at a neighbor’s house around four in the morning when Theodore Arzu entered the bedroom through a window and had sex with her. Police […]
Perhaps an African man who got in trouble for getting a cash advance for five thousand dollars using a fake credit card should have stowed some of that money away because today he was unable to meet his three thousand dollar bail and was remanded to Hattieville. Forty year old Alcine Eudithia from Ghana, who […]
Ten special constables have been sworn in as part of the Belize Police Force’s village crimes committee in Placencia Village. The special constables were tutored by Inspector Leslie Logan of the National Police Training School and the program was conducted under the leadership of the Village Council Chairman Glenford Eiley. The Placencia Crimes Committee is […]
If you would like to express your concern about the crime situation in Belize City, the City Council is inviting you to a town meeting tonight at 7. Presentations will be made on crime, how it affects school children and the role of the community and churches. An open session will also be held for […]
Those fighting child abuse have a new weapon: the Child Abuse Reporting Hotline. Today the Department of Human Development opened the twenty-four hour hotline, which will be operated from the Family Services Division. It will be answered by a social worker from eight in the morning to five in the evening and the line will […]
Although they are still wrapping up the Festival of Arts, the Belize Arts Council is also preparing for the second Instrumental Music Camp. The camp will run from July fifth to the ninth at Trinidad Farm on the Northern Highway. Music Coordinator, Luis Chan, says this year the musical experience will be a real toe […]
News Five usually only visits the Salvation Army School at Christmas when they have their holiday dinner, but this week we got a special invitation to their newest event. The end of the school year usually means studying for exams but for the very first time it meant something different for the students at Salvation […]
More and more Belizean children are benefiting these days from medical attention abroad thanks to the doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial and their links with doctors and hospitals in the U.S. This month a preschooler will be making the trip to the Mayo Clinic, but his school is asking for your help to make […]
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