They’ve been banging heads for the better part of a week, but tonight bus owners and the government have reached a compromise on the issue of new fares. News 5’s Stewart Krohn is just off the phone with Minister of Transport Henry Canton. Here’s a tape of that conversation. Stewart Krohn “Minister could you fill […]
The saga of the Corozal credit union continues tonight as more details of Sunday’s general meeting emerge. News 5 has been reliably informed that in addition to reinstating general manager Vicente Canul of the St. Francis Xavier Credit Union, two other members of staff, David Vela and Rafael Dominguez, have also been asked to come […]
Two people have died in separate drowning incidents over the weekend. In Cotton Tree, thirteen-year-old Jose Victor Aldana was swimming in the Belize River around noon on Sunday when he suddenly went underwater and did not come up. His body was found later in the day and a post-mortem indicated that he had drowned. In […]
A Guatemalan woman has died as the result of a traffic accident on the Western Highway. Filbertha Madrid-Suchite was dead on arrival at Belmopan Hospital after the car in which she was riding went out of control on the curve near the Hector Silva Airstrip and crashed into an oncoming bus. The car belonged to […]
The proprietor of a Belmopan fried chicken emporium is recovering from a knock to the head after he tried to resist an armed robbery. Forty year old Jang Shi-fa told police that around 9:00 Sunday night, four men came into his establishment on Hummingbird Avenue and place their orders. One of them soon produced a […]
It took a licking from Hurricane Iris, not to mention a storm of protest over the Chalillo hydro project, but in the end, 2001 was not such a bad year for B.E.L. The company, which holds its tenth annual general meeting tonight at the Princess Hotel, will report to shareholders a respectable increase in revenues, […]
When she married a man from Tobago and relocated there six years ago, it was our loss and that island’s gain. But artist Rachael Heusner Superville has not abandoned Belize entirely. Her latest show opened last night at St. John’s College and yesterday News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams took a sneak preview. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Rachael […]
The literacy rate may not be what it once was in Belize, but judging from events at the library, books are more popular than ever. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There were a variety of books on display, and the children exhibited a keen interest. The activity commemorated World Book Day, held each year […]
