Police have busted a Belize City man they believe is a major player in the city’s drug trade. Thirty-four year old Dean Gillett was arrested on Wednesday along with his girlfriend at their house on Berry Street. A search of the premises, prompted by a tip, resulted in the discovery of almost four ounces of […]
Reports from Honduras indicate that a long-time hotel owner from Placencia has been kidnapped and perhaps killed in that Central American country. Tom Giblin, a U.S. citizen who recently sold the Serenity Resort, was snatched from a beach house he was building on the Caribbean coast near Puerto Cortez. According to Honduran authorities, the sixty-four […]
Approximately half of Belize’s population live in rural areas and with recent legislation giving local councils more power, it is no surprise that village leaders are bonding together to advance their common interests. The first annual general meeting of the National Association of Village Councils is currently underway in San Ignacio and this morning Prime […]
At one time, it was known as the piggy bank, the new kid on Albert Street, forced to compete with multinational giants like Barclays, Scotia and the Royal Bank of Canada. But three decades after opening its doors, Atlantic Bank Limited has established itself as a major player on the Belizean financial scene. Today Atlantic […]
You can see them littering virtually every village, town and city, not to mention the highways that connect them. But if the Belize Tourism Board gets its way, Belize’s derelict vehicles will soon be a thing of the past. The BTB is about to embark on a campaign to get rid of the rusting eyesores […]
For many Belizean young men the “cadets” may be the last chance to straighten out before adulthood. This morning News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams visited the Youth Development Centre at Rockville to witness a proud moment in a number of important lives. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Last June forty youths from all over the country entered the […]
It’s classic reggae with more love than edge. And the band that made it famous, Morgan Heritage, is in the country for two big concerts. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand as the talented Jamaican family touched down at the airport. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It all started with Daddy Denroy Morgan. Morgan says it […]
