A crime wave that seems to be sweeping the once peaceful rural areas of Belize has now engulfed the Cayo District. On Thursday evening police discovered the decomposing body of forty-four year old Rosanne Orizzi at her farm in upper Barton Creek. Orizzi, a U.S. born naturalized Belizean citizen, has lived on her own in […]
Intensive investigations are becoming commonplace these days as citizens throughout the country are beginning to wonder just what has gone wrong in the jewel. Three men are still being sought in Sunday’s murder of a tourist in Maya Beach, a gang of men who shot up a car carrying three Mennonite girls is still on […]
In related news the Belize Tourism Industry Association along with affiliated hotel, tour operator and ecotourism bodies, has issued a press release expressing outrage at what they call the recent crime wave against both citizens and visitors. To do something about it B.T.I.A. says that, with the support of the Tourist Board, it is exploring […]
If any viewers out there were hoping for a special surprise at today’s meeting of the House and Senate they were disappointed, as the legislature closed with something less than a bang. Patrick Jones spent most of the day on Independence Hill and brings us the following report. Other than a couple of bills for […]
The intention had been announced several months ago but yesterday it became official. As part of a global forgiving of debt owed by developing nations, the United Kingdom has announced that Belize will be exempted from repaying over three point seven million Belize dollars in loans that would otherwise have fallen due between April and […]
The long awaited official opening of the YWCA swimming pool took place this evening at the Y’s headquarters on St. Thomas Street. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand for the festivities and spoke to some of those behind the newly refurbished facility. Barbara Harris, Former President, YWCA “We have always, at the YWCA, looked […]
A new concept in regional broadcasting will be tested on Monday night as viewers in over sixteen Caribbean territories will tune in to “Talk Caribbean,” the Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s first attempt at live interactive television. In good news for Belizean viewers the show’s time has been pushed back to seven thirty, allowing our newscast to […]
He’s traveled the length and breadth of Belize in pursuit of his craft but this week News Five commentator G. Michael Reid reports from a place where he does not wish to linger. “This past Wednesday July 8th, I paid a visit to her majesty’s prison. No, it wasn’t the Family Court again thank God, […]
