It’s located about a forty minute drive from Belize City on the Western Highway and it offers tourists options of cave-tubing and zip-lining adventures. But even though this is the height of the tourism season, business at Jaguar Paw Resort has been affected by a public spat between the resort and Cruise Solutions. Yesterday the […]
At today’s House meeting, an amendment tagged to the Income and Business Tax Bill which involves Real Estate was withdrawn and the tax will remain at fifteen percent. Prime Minister Dean Barrow commented that there was a lot of (quote) “garbling of the facts” in relation to that tax and made the announcement he has […]
Schools around the country are preparing to recess for the end of year holidays and the kids are in a festive mood. But that is not the case for St. John’s Vianney Primary School on Fabers Road in the Port Loyola Area. Sometime between ten last night and seven-thirty this morning, the school was jacked […]
There is a new case of home invasion to report and last night the home of Carlson Reneau, who lives on the Western Highway was targeted by thieves. The forty-two year old teacher told police today that during the course of this morning, his home was burglarized and that the thief or thieves walked away […]
Earlier we reported of burglaries in schools and in homes, and in the Cayo District, the owner of City Store in San Ignacio Town and one of his customers were robbed at gunpoint of their licensed weapons and cash. Thirty-seven year old Zu When Li reported to police that shortly after nine last night, he […]
And in news from the courts, a bullet proof vest may not sound like much but it is enough for two men to spend Christmas and the New Year behind bars. Around three a.m. on Tuesday police were on mobile patrol when they received information about firearms at a house on Plues Street. When the […]
And in other news from the courts, twenty-nine year old Leroy “Red Ants” Rhaburn and twenty-two year old Steven Sharp were both charged with Theft and Handling Stolen Goods in connection with a stolen black and silver beach cruiser. And the two will spend the holidays at the Central prison. The duo appeared in court […]
The Customs Department and police are conducting an intense investigation to determine how six guns that were imported into the country went missing from the storage room where they are normally kept. A customs officer confirmed to News Five this evening that earlier this week they were made aware of only two missing guns, which […]
The Christmas season is a time of joy for families. It is the time of year when many businesses have a surge in sales. Unfortunately it is also the time of year when robbers go on a rampage invading homes, businesses and prey on unsuspecting victims. News 5 Jose Sanchez today spoke to those charged […]
‘Tis the season for sharing and today the Salvation Army displayed that spirit when they invited seven hundred underprivileged children from schools all across Belize City to their annual Christmas lunch. It was a feat and a feast since this year they did not get the support they had anticipated. But as Regional Commander, Major […]
It’s a condition that creeps up over time and can be deadly, many times without warning. But as experts advise, there are two types of cholesterol – the good and the bad. There are ways of keeping the good type while controlling the bad. This week’s edition of Healthy Living begins with part one of […]
Traffic came to a standstill on Orange Street and Water Lane in Belize City at eleven-thirty this afternoon and it wasn’t because of the works being done on nearby Albert Street. Thick smoke in the air signaled a fire which sent fire engines as well as children and adults clamoring the scene on George Street. […]
In another fire, this time in the Cayo District, villagers of Armenia witnessed a Ford Air Bus Mobile Home belonging to Harvey Lee Wood go up in flames. Not only was the mobile home destroyed, but fifty-eight thousand U.S. dollars in cash and all its contents went up in flames. Wood who is a retiree […]
If you listen to the local airwaves, there is growing opposition to the compromis signed in Washington D.C. on Monday which sets out the parameters that could take the Guatemalan claim to Belize to the Hague. But before this happens, there has to be a public education campaign and a referendum. News Five’s William Neal […]
It is the Christmas season and there’s reason to be cautious because the number of robberies are on the increase. And two residents of the city became the recent victims of burglary and up to news time no arrests have been made. The first incident occurred yesterday at around five in the evening when forty-nine […]
In another case, a Haitian national at home sleeping was awakened under the cover of dark and badly beaten. The motive: robbery. The incident happened at his home on Antelope Street Extension that is occupied by other tenants. Forty-nine year old Café Suprelus told police that shortly after twelve Tuesday morning, he woke up when […]
And in other news, a man has been arrested for having sex with his thirteen year old step-daughter and getting her pregnant. The man, whose name has not been revealed, was charged with Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. According to police reports, based on a tip, they visited a primary school in the Stann Creek District and […]
There will be several Bills on the table at Thursday’s sitting of the House of Representatives, which is expected to bring robust debate. Key among them is the Bill to Amend the Income and Business Tax Act to increase taxes by five point five percent on telecommunications and on Public Investment Companies from eight to […]
We asked Espat about his party’s proposals to earn the much-needed revenue. Mark Espat “Unlike the prescription that has always been handed to countries like Belize, that prescription being that in times of economic downturn, you raise interest rates, you let your company fail, you cut back on spending. What we have seen in the […]
The Chairman of Lucky Strike Village has run out of luck when it comes to Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, Edmund Castro. Mike Pollard has been charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault for pulling a shotgun at Castro and his driver. It is reported that Castro went to the community center […]
We reported earlier in this newscast on the Bills to increase business taxes that will be debated at Thursday’s sitting of the House. And there is another Bill before the House which will deal with amendments to the existing Municipal Acts. While the U.D.P controls all municipal bodies, the amendments, according to the P.U.P, seek […]
Today is the sixtieth anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Stakeholders in the industry including human rights lawyers, NGO’s and the Conscious Youth Development Program were present at the all-day conference at the House of Culture celebrating the theme “Dignity and Justice for all of us.” Trustee on the board […]
Pitts said the commission was targeting marginalized youths and she hoped some of them would share their problems with the panel. Some of those same youths that Pitts spoke of were already at the House of Culture with the Conscious Youth Development Program. Minister of National Security Carlos Perdomo was handing out eighty scholarships to […]
In efforts to ascertain that consumers receive quality and fair services, the Belize Bureau of Standards is carrying out countrywide inspections. And with the Christmas season upon us, the B.B.S. is focusing on fuel. The process takes place every three months to ensure that consumers get what they are paying for and that service providers […]
Finding out that you are HIV positive is a traumatic experience for many persons as life as they know it is over… and although medication has made it possible for them to live longer, the prevailing stigma and discrimination does not make that life much easier. Today some of those persons are speaking out in […]
