A daring morning robbery in the Cayo District has left more than forty workers with a payless payday. Reports from police are that just after 11:00 this morning, two men armed with handguns walked into the joint offices of the Ministry of Works and the Department of Transport in Santa Elena and demanded money. There […]
Another crime, this one in Belize City, may not have gained thieves much cash, but it did provide them with something far more dangerous. Police report that sometime between midday Tuesday and Wednesday evening, the Regent Street apartment of Sean Feinstein, manager of Benny’s Home Centre, was broken into. Among the items taken were two […]
In Benque Viejo a taxi driver has been arrested in connection with the fatal knockdown of a pedestrian. On Sunday night around 9:30, thirty-one year old Miguel Medina was driving west on the Western Highway when about a quarter mile from the border he ran into a man staggering on the road. That man, fifty-three […]
If you are one of the many Belizeans planning to visit the United States this summer, as of Saturday it’s going to cost you more. Starting on June first, the non-immigrant visa application fee, or tourist visa, will cost sixty-five U.S. dollars, up twenty dollars from the current forty-five U.S. dollar charge. A press release […]
This Saturday is the day for the annual Cancer Walk from Ladyville to Belize City. The activity, which is the Belize Cancer Society’s major fund raising event, also helps to raise community awareness about the disease and what is being done to assist cancer patients and their families. The Society’s President, Higinia Leslie, says since […]
With the government’s initiative to install internet connected computers in every school well underway, the challenge now becomes how to integrate this new technology into the school curriculum. Today News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams found out that these modern tools will complement, not replace, traditional learning. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting A week-long intensive workshop on the integration […]
They were heavy, clumsy, difficult to operate and often blew up their own operators before killing any enemies. But cannons and cannonballs were the heavy weapons of choice for the Baymen and their contemporaries. Today, one of those ancient artillery pieces was unearthed in downtown Belize City…and News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand. Jacqueline […]
If you’re a student, the biggest thing on your mind right now is the upcoming summer vacation. For parents, however, especially those with a child about to enter primary school for the first time, it can be a season for stress. Ann-Marie reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Primary school is not yet out for the summer, […]
