The big news yesterday may have been the 25 cents per gallon increase in fuel prices for motorists, but News Five today learned that the biggest victim of the skyrocketing world oil market has been Belize Electricity Ltd. A call to the company this evening revealed that the cost of Mexican diesel, which is relied […]
Tonight it appears that two of the prisoners who escaped from Hattieville early Monday morning, didn’t really want to go very far. Prison guards were on their way home just after 5:00 Monday evening and when their bus neared mile twelve and a half, officers spotted escaped prisoner Salva Carballo hiding in the foliage off […]
In related news, the woman who briefly ran the prison as Superintendent, Jennifer Lovell, has been appointed to a new post as Director of Human Development in the ministry of the same name. Lovell succeeds Roy Bowen, who has taken up a position with UNICEF. She will lead a staff of 85 in dealing with […]
The flames have long been extinguished, but the speculation continues to generate heat. As investigators await the results of tests a near disaster is coming under close scrutiny. Jacqueline Woods 6 days after a fire destroyed Gaylord’s warehouse at #19 King Street, police and fire officials are still investigating to find out what started the […]
Thanks to a generous donation from a local public service organization, tonight the KHMH has a whole lot of new fixtures. The Rotary Club of Belize has teamed up with its counterpart in Bingham Massachusetts to ship much needed medical equipment to Belize. Yes, the stuff is used goods but according to International Community Director […]
If Belize had a national music it would probably be Punta Rock followed and in no particular order by, soca, reggae, Brukdown and salsa. Somewhere, well down the line, we might hear a few votes for jazz. But that art form, which originated in the United States, has recently taken on a more Caribbean flavour, […]
If News Five has done nothing else over the last nine years it has brought viewers to places in Belize that they would never otherwise see. Tonight we bring you a story that goes to the extreme even by our own rigorous standards. So sit back and tag along on an expedition recently undertaken by […]
