After nearly a week of drinking well water Dangrigans are once again enjoying the taste of the North Stann Creek. Tests by WASA on Tuesday confirmed that the contamination caused by an overflow of citrus waste ponds upstream had dissipated and the water was now safe for public consumption. WASA Public Relations Officer Harry Bennett […]
With the usually peaceful town of San Ignacio still reeling from Monday evening’s execution style murder, word has reached News Five of another crime in the area. Police have confirmed that on Friday night a twenty-two year old woman from the United States reported that she was raped. The university student, who is attending a […]
As bad as the crime reports have been, the news from the tourism industry has been just the opposite. The latest positive development for Belize City tourism is the announcement that a new cruise line–the world’s largest–will begin regular service to Belize early next year. According to a BTB release, Florida based Carnival Cruise Line […]
Guardian Life, one of the Caribbean’s largest life insurance companies, last night formally inaugurated its operations in Belize. While the Trinidad based company begins its involvement here after purchasing the portfolio of Mutual Life, a Jamaican insurer which became insolvent, its executives explained that it will quickly seek to expand the company’s operations. At a […]
On yesterday’s newscast we reported on the intention of Jamaica’s bar association to oppose any plans its government may have to join the proposed Caribbean Court of Justice. But while the Jamaicans are having problems with the court, Attorneys General in the Eastern Caribbean are praising it. At a press conference held in Barbados, the […]
Usually by this time of the year the semi pro basketball season would be heading toward a climax and Friday night would find the City Centre rocking. Not so in the new millennium as the Belize Basketball Association has had its share of troubles getting the thrice postponed season off the bench. Today News Five […]
It’s getting very close to that time of year when for apparently no special reason, hundreds, if not thousands of normally staid Belizeans dress up in skimpy costumes and dance their way over several miles of uneven pavement under the mercilessly scorching sun. It’s called carnival and tonight News Five’s Faralee Gabourel previews an event […]
