Tonight cops in the Cayo District are patting themselves on the back for catching a man who held-up a San Ignacio business this morning. Details of the incident are sketchy but News 5 understands that just after 8:00 this morning two armed bandits walked in to the headquarters of juice maker Big H and demanded […]
An early morning raid by Belmopan police has netted them two men wanted for robberies in three districts. According to Officer in Charge of the Belmopan station, Edward Broaster, just after 1:00 this morning a joint team from the capital and Dangriga ambushed a home in the southern town where they believed two fugitives were […]
With the public perceiving a severe increase in violent crime, the security business may be one of the nation’s fastest growing industries. But you’d never know it by talking to the owners or employees of the city’s half dozen or so security companies. Despite the attention being focussed by the public and police on what […]
We don’t usually report weed busts on this newscast, unless that is, they tip the scales in tons rather than pounds. And while recent seizures by police have been at the lower range of weight, what makes them noteworthy is the pedigree of the pot. It seems that a significant cross-border trade in marijuana has […]
This weekend the Public Service Union will be holding its annual general meeting. The gathering of the eighty-year old organisation will be held under the theme “Committed to Providing Quality Public Services” and will feature a keynote address by the President of the Caribbean Congress of Labour, Lincoln Lewis. According to P.S.U. President, Margaret Ventura, […]
This week many young people are celebrating the end of the school year. And while they may not be dancing in the streets, a number of couples are practising their moves daily for what has become an important competition. Melonie Popper, Programme Director, YMCA “First of all, it’s an annual fundraiser for the YWCA and […]
Having waxed poetic over meat pies and been inspired by ideals, News 5’s Janelle Chanona is as close as we could find to a food reporter. This morning her beat took her to the Radisson where a group of aspiring chefs is receiving professional training in the culinary arts. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Dr. Patricia Wilson […]
