This week two Chinese merchants were assaulted by thieves at their shops, but today there was the most brazen and surprising attack of all. This time the incident was not a Chinese business, but the Taiwanese Embassy on Hutson and Eyre Street. A spokesperson for the embassy told News Five that around one p.m. a […]
They’re home. The B.D.F. soldiers deployed to Honduras last month to distribute supplies and goods returned to Belize today. During their time away they learned a lot about conducting a humanitarian mission and how the efforts of even a small country like Belize can make a big difference. After spending thirty long hard days and […]
One man is dead after a traffic accident between mile thirty-five and thirty-six on the Northern Highway. At about six thirty yesterday evening thirty year old Bernadino Najarro was driving towards Corozal when a cow obstructed his path. Najarro hit the cow, killing it. The vehicle overturned and twenty-eight year old Alselmo Herrera seated in […]
If you thought the traffic was bad during the Hurricane Mitch evacuation that was nothing compared to the traffic snarls and delays this afternoon. City residents have been patient enough with the closure of the Swing Bridge for months now but people appear to be reaching their limit as to what they can bear. This […]
This morning the Prime Minister Said Musa received a courtesy call from the Vice President of Colombia, Dr. Gustavo Bell Lemus. Lemus was accompanied by Vice Foreign Minister, Maria Fernanda Campos Savedra. The delegation then visited the Governor General Sir Colville Young.
The Friends of Pediatrics are once again sending a child away for surgery. But this time coordinating the trip took several weeks instead of days due to Hurricane Mitch and other problems, but the little boy and his mom are on their way tonight. News Five was invited to meet the latest patient and his […]
In Belize City, except for a few infant schools most primary schools are large buildings with hundreds of students. But for those parents and teachers who want a more personal, nurturing environment for their small children, Hummingbird School offers a welcome alternative. With its small class size and well equipped playground the children have lots […]
Belize has been touted as an eco-tourism destination for some time now, meaning that the tourists who come are supposed to appreciate what Belize has to offer without destroying it or over running it. For many in the tourist industry the idea of cruise ships making port in Belize may seem in opposition to this […]
Tonight G. Michael Reid takes what will probably be one unpopular view — at least with the ladies — about why the problem of domestic violence is so prevalent. According to Reid research may be showing that it takes two to tangle. ?Hypothetical situation: A frail youth, hereafter referred to as party number one, is […]
