This week may have been a short one but there was no shortage of unbelievably senseless slaughter in Belize City. The latest outrage involves what can only be described as fatal idiocy. Two men on Lakeview Street, one of whom was minding a baby, apparently got into some kind of argument. One picked up a […]
Two men suspected of robbing Nava’s Gas Station on North Front Street last Wednesday were today arrested and charged. 28-year old Kenrick Gill and 20-year old Brandon Anderson of Belize City have been charged with three counts of armed robbery. Last week the station’s manager reported to police that on April 19th, two masked men, […]
It dropped on the nation’s capital like a cold water balloon on a sultry afternoon. A minor cabinet shuffle…but with major implications. Four changes of portfolio were announced today and it appears that the man taking a rap on the knuckles is Jorge Espat. Espat, who holds the key position of Minister of National Security–that […]
Belize’s longest running private sector organisation has a new team at the top. In elections held Thursday evening at its annual general meeting Dr. Gilly Canton was named as the new President of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Abdala Bedran takes Canton’s old post of Vice President for Industry, while Mark Lizarraga, Carlos […]
The September celebrations may be five months away but already the carnival bands are working hard to raise funds. If you’re looking for entertainment over the long holiday weekend, the Cultural Heritage Band invites you to the BTL Park on Monday for its 5th Annual Labour Day Fest. There will be fun for the entire […]
It doesn’t get a whole lot of respect in Belize’s increasingly diversified economy but when it comes to agriculture, sugar is still number one. On Thursday News Five’s Janelle Chanona took a long slow ride on a sugar tug and found that while the industry has been taking its licks the future may be sweeter […]
