Reports reaching News Five today indicate that the police are making good on their promise to investigate charges that the firm of H.T.A. Bowman Limited, situated at mile thirteen and a half on the Stann Creek Valley Road, violated the law by hiring illegal immigrants. According to reports we received this afternoon, a summons was […]
Belize City firemen were among the busiest people in town today, with chores that included hosing down a sporting complex and fighting a disaster on the south side. For the second time this week, a Belize City family is left to pick up the pieces as fire turns their home into rubble. News Five’s Arreini […]
In crime news, Corozal police are investigating the execution style murder of a man from Concepcion Village. The decomposed body of thirty one year old Hever Atanadel Lopez was discovered on a dirt road near Trial Farm Village. A police report says Lopez’ body was found near his truck with both hands and feet tied. […]
A traffic accident on the Western Highway has claimed the life of a thirty eight year old man. Police say that around two o’clock this morning they found an overturned red Toyota pickup truck between miles forty four and forty five on the Western Highway. The body of Lui Ming Yu, apparently the driver and […]
When the House of Representatives meets on Friday morning in Belmopan, there will be no empty chairs on the opposition side. Leader of the People’s United Party Said Musa says his party will end its four month boycott of House proceedings tomorrow. The P.U.P. walked out of the House in January in protest over what […]
Over the last year, News Five has brought you no less than a dozen stories documenting the plight of residents of the small Caribbean island of Montserrat who found themselves at the mercy of a pesky volcano. While life on the island appears to have returned to normal, another volcano, this one closer to home […]
With the arrival of a brand new court for the Belize City Centre, preparations for hosting the upcoming CARICOM games have moved into maximum over drive. As News Five’s Arreini Palacio reports, organizers today turned up the pressure on the venue for the games. The Belize City Centre compound was overcome by fire trucks this […]
Over the past several weeks we have carried a number of stories which question what appears to be institutionalized harassment of Hispanic immigrants by authorities. Today we turn our camera to racism of another type: employment discrimination against Afro-Belizeans in favor of Hispanic workers from beyond our borders. Patrick Jones reports. They are not a […]
