She is not a head of state, but visiting Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu got the royal treatment as she arrived for a whirlwind 24-hour visit. News Five’s camera was on hand to document the visit, the first foreign mission by the recently elected Lu, who is the highest ranking Taiwanese official to visit Belize. […]
Tonight Dangriga police are looking for three inmates who escaped from their detention cells at the station. Fredrick Arzu, Chan Elijio and Jason Flores escaped sometime between 11:00 and midnight Wednesday by cutting the bolt for their cell’s lock with a hacksaw blade. 21-year old Arzu, who the previous day had been sentenced to 6 […]
Police are investigating three separate robberies that took place in Belize City on Wednesday. The first incident unfolded at the bus shed by the Palotti High School on the Northern Highway. According to a 25-year old female student, she was sitting under the shed with another female friend waiting to catch a bus to go […]
The government’s effort to see ten thousand new homes built in 5 years took another small step forward today. Two Belizeans moved into townhouses that the Minister of Housing says are not only secure and economically priced, but also pretty to look at. Dickie Bradley, Minister of Housing “We are opening two houses on Welch […]
On yesterday’s newscast we spoke to a Belizean author whose new collection of short stories recounts a more innocent era in Belizean life. Today, we introduce you to another Belizean author… but the autobiographical tale he weaves tells us that whatever innocence may have existed on the surface of Belizean society it was merely a […]
When she won her first gold medal in the hundred metres in Sydney, Belizean hearts swelled with pride… And when she ran her victory lap with the Belizean flag held high those hearts nearly stopped beating from the excitement. So what did Marion Jones do for an encore? Not only did she win the 200 […]
