Bus commuters across Belize are bracing themselves tonight after the country’s main transportation providers announced that because of current world fuel prices, starting next Monday, a new, higher rate structure will be introduced. Efforts to elicit comment from the management of Novelos Bus Company, Belize’s largest, were unsuccessful as owners say they will be holding […]
The cocaine bust may not be in the same league as last year’s ton and a half haul found in a Belize City apartment, but eleven pounds of white powder is still nothing to sneeze at. That’s how much cocaine police found on Wednesday evening near Benque Viejo. Thirty-five year old Benqueño Javier Silva and […]
Aside from higher bus fares, Monday will also witness the opening of some new financial institutions in Belize. The first of the freshly licensed casas de cambio will begin buying and selling foreign exchange, primarily U.S. dollars, and no one is quite sure what to expect. Although the exchange rate will technically remain at two […]
Exactly one week ago, Fisheries officials busted a fisherman from Isabella Bank with several out of season hicatees. Well today, the News 5 crew was back at the Newtown Barracks after the officers caught a fisherman with the hicatee’s equally illegal seagoing cousin. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon, officers from the Conservation […]
It’s the language used daily by a majority of Belizeans, but most speakers of Bileez Kriol cannot read or write it. In an effort to make people more proficient in their lingua franca, the Bileez Kriol Projek is on Saturday organising an “orthography revision workshop” at the Bishop Sylvestre Memorial Centre in Belize City at […]
However old we are, the presence of a magician always brings out the child in us. Fredrix, a professional magician with twenty years of experience from the U.S.A., is in Belize courtesy of Rotary International for two benefit shows. News 5 caught up with Fredrix earlier this week. Fredrix, Magician “First of all, it’s a […]
On Wednesday, a school from the Belize district became the first rural institution to enjoy the benefits of Intelco’s Internet for Schools Project. Students from the Burrell Boom Methodist School are now able to access the Internet via any one of the eighteen machines in their new computer lab. During official opening ceremonies, area representative […]
The hurricane season might be months away, but Belizean authorities are already getting ready for what is expected be a busy season. As part of the preparation process, today, representatives from the National Emergency Management Organisation, the National Meteorological Service, and officials from similar organisations in the region met in Belize City to discuss ways […]
