Over the last few years most of the talk about the Macal River has centred on how little water it carries and how five years of dry weather have turned the once mighty thoroughfare into a trickle. They won’t be saying that for a while, however, as during the last twenty-four hours torrential rains in […]
Barely a month has passed since Dangrigans had to abandon their Gumagarugu water due to citrus waste pollution and today it appears to have happened again. This morning citizens woke up to an all too familiar smell of rotten citrus, and when checked, it was found that their beloved river had been the victim of […]
There are still no leads in the case of an unidentified corpse discovered Monday morning near mile six and a half on the Western Highway. A post mortem done on the spot revealed only that the body is that of a dark skinned man, forty to fifty years old, who died as a result of […]
An argument between two brothers ended in one of them being shot last night. According to police, Earl and Deshawn Nunez got into a misunderstanding at their house on Lakeview Street when Deshawn took out a gun and shot his brother, Earl in the knee. Earl was taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where […]
The Loria Family of Santa Clara village in the Corozal district needs your help in trying to find fifteen year old Delene Loria who was allegedly abducted on Sunday morning as she walked to a store on Sarstoon Street. On Monday evening, when we spoke with Patrick Jones, a family member, he told News Five […]
With prices depressed for Belize’s traditional citrus products it has long been advocated that the industry diversify its offerings. Today that effort took a small but important step forward with the certification of Belize’s first organic citrus grove. Maya Ranch in Cayo, operated by the Janus Foundation, received the European Union organic certification after testing […]
It’s a story that–pardon the expression–refuses to die. Once again a handful of people marched around the Yabra Cemetery, protesting the ongoing construction of a community project in the area. The protestors say they have no problem with the construction of houses in the Albert Division but they do not believe any buildings should be […]
If you don’t have any special plans for this weekend, permit us to suggest something a little bit different on Friday night. While it may not put happy hour out of business, the Belize Arts Council in conjunction with the National Theatre Company will be putting on a production that you may want to check […]
