Two men from Corozal are dead, believed to have been killed by a man who chartered their boat for a trip to San Pedro. Twenty-seven year old tour operator Jose Majil and his brother in law, Alejandro Arevalo, left Corozal around midday Monday in a white skiff named “Baby Girl”. The man who chartered the […]
An eight-year-old child, injured after a police vehicle ran him over, has been told by the cops to pay for the damages to the car. That’s the story being told tonight by a Belize City family living off Wagner’s Lane. Rahem Arnold was riding his bike home from his aunt’s house when he was knocked […]
We don’t usually run stories about routine marijuana busts, but the latest weed case certainly fits in the category of man bites dog or perhaps bringing coals to Newcastle. It seems that employees at the parcel post were inspecting an express mail package sent to a Belize address from Las Vegas, U.S.A. Inside the parcel […]
Exactly seven months ago today, the nation of Belize woke up the devastation of Hurricane Iris. But even more disturbing than any economic loss, was the sorrow experienced by twenty families who learned that their loved ones had perished in the storm. Eighteen tourists from the U.S. state of Virginia and two Belizean crew members […]
Mother’s Day is May twelfth and if you’re still looking for that special gift for mom, why not give her a “Certificate of Motherhood”. The anthology of twenty-one poems, which speaks about a single mother’s love, that of a married mother, and the love of a dying mother, is written by Belizean teacher/poet Norman Rodriguez. […]
As the global pandemic of AIDS becomes entrenched in nations large and small, we are gradually learning that the disease has institutional implications that go far beyond the field of public health. Today the educational community got together to see how they are affected and what role they can play in the anti-AIDS effort. Jacqueline […]
It’s now down to four. That’s the number of contestants who will compete in next week’s Karaoke Television final. The two latest finalists were chosen last night before a packed house at Club Calypso. Here’s how it went. William Neal, KTV Host “And the winners are…contestant number four Joseph Carr and contestant number five Vanya […]
The desire to attract the best possible primary graduates to local high schools is not just a Belize City phenomenon. Yesterday News 5’s Janelle Chanona travelled north to see what the growing number of prospective secondary students can expect this September. Janelle Chanona, Reporting On Tuesday, the students and teachers of Orange Walk Technical High […]
