It has been a long and frustrating investigation for police, who for almost a month now have been trying in vain to find the driver and vehicle that killed a fellow officer while he rode his bike down East Collet Canal. But it is not that the police haven’t been busy. in fact one man […]
In other crime news a Belize City store has been burglarized. Hassaram Bushrani, proprietor of Pinky’s store on Orange Street reported to police that sometime late Sunday night or early morning over 7 thousand dollars worth of goods were taken from his shop. Police have detained two suspects and recovered a number of the missing […]
The Organization of American States has made a grant of 60 thousand Belize dollars to help promote Belize’s exports. O.A.S. Director in Belize Kenrick Texel presented the cheque to Mario Castellanos, head of Government’s Trade and Investment Promotion Service. The funds will be used to acquire trade publications to keep exporters abreast of market developments, […]
For the second straight day protestors in Guyana have taken to the streets of Georgetown. Supporters of the defeated People’s National Congress today defied a government ban on public demonstrations and their parade was forcibly broken up by police using teargas. There were also reports of looting and vandalism in the capital. Newly elected President, […]
It was scheduled to pass through the Caribbean a few years ago but the ship transporting nuclear waste from Europe to Japan was rerouted at the last minute. now, according to the environmental organization Greenpeace, they’re at it again. Greenpeace claims to have a document stating that on January 23rd a French company intends to […]
While shipments of nuclear waste threaten to cross the Caribbean, not all the region’s environmental news is bad. today in Belize city Honda Motors introduced a radically new typed of outboard engine that the company claims will make all those floating plastic oil bottles a thing of the past. Patrick Jones reports. Its the kind […]
Life behind the fence at Hattieville prison is a frequent topic on this newscast, but it is not often that we send our cameras into the section reserved for those convicted criminals who happen to be female. This weekend News Five’s Patrick Jones and Wilson Pat made the journey…as guests of a group of radio […]
