One week ago grocer Wu Wuo Zheng on Jane Usher Boulevard was hit in the head with a gun as two men robbed his shop. On Monday night it happened again to Lee Chao Jheng on Gill Street. This morning a third attack: Uan Wuu Ming was hit repeatedly with a gun butt in front […]
Workers of the Hummingbird Citrus Limited II are in their second day of strike. Orlando Guzman, senior foreman for the company, told News Five this afternoon that the employees did not show up for work again today. The workers are asking for a thirty-cent raise per hour but Manager Bertran Faux told us yesterday that […]
Today investigators still have no clue about what caused a building in Ladyville to explode, destroying three walls and the roof, early Sunday morning. Residents nearby say they heard two loud bangs and when they looked outside, they saw San Benito Grocery in ruins. The owner, Edward Bennett Sr., says he has no idea what, […]
Since the beginning of the year, the Department of Corrections has certainly taken its fair share of criticism, especially after a series of stabbings on the compound, one of which resulted in a fatality. Trying to correct this image, a board of governors has been appointed to manage the affairs of the prisons. The board […]
Channel Seven television reporter Keith Swift was arrested on Monday during an anti-crime operation and charged today with a mischievous act and insulting a police officer. He maintains he did nothing wrong and that the officers began taunting HIM from the moment they approached him at the corner of Kraal Road and Waight Street, a […]
This weekend nine families left homeless by a fire in New Maya Mopan village will move into their new homes. The fire on January twenty-seventh started in the fire hearth of one of the thatched houses and quickly spread to the nearby homes. Since the disaster, the Government, the United Democratic Party, the Belize Red […]
It may not be an official holiday but on Sunday, many Belizeans and music lovers all over the world, took time to celebrate the birthday of Reggae legend Bob Marley. Almost lost amid the music, however, was the realization that February sixth also marks another important date in Belize’s cultural history: It was six years […]
It’s been called “The Running Man”, “Z-Line” and “Lightning Bolt.” And if you’ve driven into Belmopan lately you too will no doubt have your own name for the massive white sculpture which sits at the entrance to the capital city. This evening was the official dedication of the monument, entitled “Freedom of Thought.” Prime Minister […]
Its not too early to make your Valentine’s weekend plans and the romance begins this Friday. Singers Keith Lyn and Vic Taylor are teaming up for what promises to be a memorable evening of love songs. News Five was at the airport for the arrival this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The last time Vic Taylor […]
