This morning a heavy police presence at the Hattieville Prison lead to rumors that a guard had been taken hostage. Fortunately this was not the case, but police were there for a different reason: to do another intensive search for drugs and weapons. The search started at six a.m. and included all one thousand and […]
Two Benqueños have died and one remains seriously injured following a head on collision early this morning on the Western Highway. Police reports are that around two a.m. mechanic Steve Williams was driving from San Ignacio to Benque Viejo del Carmen while taxi driver Roberto Gamez was heading in the opposite direction. Between miles sixty-eight […]
A Bar Association Committee has presented a report to the Prime Minister calling for changes they say will improve the functioning of the judiciary. The committee, appointed by the Prime Minister Said Musa and the Attorney General Godfrey Smith found that Belize was not competitive with the region in salaries offered to judges. They recommended […]
A man was shot in the neck Tuesday afternoon in Belize City. Delrick Sankey told police he and his cousin were at the corner of Partridge and Vernon Streets when a youth known only to him as Jamir approached. He says the teenager pulled out a small chrome gun and started firing. While the first […]
The movement to prevent the implementation of the Chalillo hydro project today brought out one of its biggest guns. Kathryn Fuller, President of the World Wildlife Fund, spoke this afternoon at the invitation of BACONGO, the Belize Alliance for Conservation NGOs. Fuller explained that while her organization is not opposed to the general concept of […]
In July the dilapidated long house on Sibun Street, popularly known as the “long barracks” in the Lake Independence division was finally demolished. Today four of the eight families who had lived there were handed the keys to individual homes constructed on the site by the Ministry of Housing. Kim Gaynier, Sherie Courtenay, Juanita Uter […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association held its bi-annual General Meeting today to discuss progress since the AGM in June. The morning session was for members only, but in the afternoon Minister of Tourism Mark Espat spoke about the Belize Tourism Board’s marketing plans for the coming year. He also dedicated a good portion of his […]
For some reason today was that day for Christmas parties for both young and old. News Five was overwhelmed by the numerous invitations to cover all the events which included the Salvation Army’s annual dinner for children, the Adventist Kitchen’s dinner, Continental Airline’s children’s party and even the Police Department’s party for the officers’ children. […]
Visions of sugarplums glided across the stage of the Bliss Institute on Monday and Tuesday night. For the children in the audience, as well as on stage, the Ballet Art School’s performance of the Nutcracker was pure magic. The parents of the little snowflakes, tin soldiers and waltzing flowers will have memories for years to […]
