It’s a place where hardworking Belizeans come regularly to save and borrow. Today, unfortunately, it was also a place where those too lazy, crazy or desperate to work for an honest paycheque decided to strike–in broad daylight in the heart of the city. Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Just after 2:00 this […]
While police may have been too late to foil the gunmen on Basra Street, they had better luck on the Northern Highway. The department reports that on Tuesday night just after 10:00 a bicycle patrol spotted two men donning masks and entering the Highway Grocery near the entrance to Belama. The P.C., assisted by two […]
Following recent reports by the local press that a Belize City man had been hospitalised with symptoms of anthrax, today the Ministry of Health went on record to say that not only is that information grossly inaccurate, it is stirring up nothing but creative rumours and panic. According to the Ministry of Health’s Glenn Tillett, […]
Fresh from their impressive performance in the Central American Games in Guatemala City, today the members of the Belize Amateur Body Building Association held a press conference to show off their medals. All but one member of the team walked away a medallist and they all deserve recognition for their efforts. News 5 was at […]
Census Day; May twelfth of 2000. Belize’s population stood at two hundred and fifty thousand people. A year and a half later, researchers from the Central Statistical Office looking at the detailed data have found that in many ways Belize changed radically over the last decade. Ann-Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams Today, the Central Statistical […]
Since 1966, the Miss Belize pageant has meant many things to many people, myself included. And with the stage set for Friday night, we’ve got a preview of the latest group of aspirants looking for a place in the history books as well as a shot at some material rewards. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Confidence is […]
