On Wednesday a group of Orange Walk students visited various media houses to protest changes occurring in the bus service to Belize City. Although the owner of Venus, which recently bought out Escalante and Urbina’s bus companies, Froylan Gilharry told News Five he could not afford to keep the rates these two were charging, the […]
It is not the first time they have been arrested, but with shark fins fetching up to $75.00 a pound on the Guatemalan market they must have felt it was worth the risk. But someone who was concerned enough about protecting the marine life at the Glover’s Reef Reserve called the Fisheries Department. Their team […]
Following the savage beating of a retired nurse on Monday evening, today, 30 year old Levi Jackson was charged with dangerous harm and harm. He was denied bail and remanded to the Hattieville Correctional facility. In an interview yesterday with News Five, 83 year old Ilma McCann recounted a horrific account of the attack, which […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident, which took place between mile 62 and 63 on the Western Highway on Wednesday. Initial investigations reveal that around 5:00 yesterday afternoon, 27 year old Daniel Estelle, a mechanic of two and a half miles Northern Highway was driving his van from Corozal to Belize City. Near San […]
A man police describe as armed and dangerous escaped from their custody earlier today. 19 year old Phillip Jones Tillett, convicted of the murder of Wei Tao Jhiang a businessman in November of 1997, was being escorted to the bathroom at the Queen Street Police Station today when he managed to run away. Tillett is […]
As part of women’s week the Women’s Issues Network of Belize, WIN, is holding its second annual fair this Saturday. Women’s group from every district will participate. There will be displays, demonstrations, cultural and food sales. However, this year women are also being invited to check out loans available through a Micro Enterprise Credit Scheme […]
Tonight bruised muscles are still being massaged and many a back are still sore, the result of the strenuous strokes invested in the La Ruta Maya competition over the weekend. Sheer determination and mental and physical strength brought all the teams over the finish line. When the race left the Hawkesworth bridge, on March 3rd, […]
