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Fire Chief: Cause of Paslow blaze not electrical

It is by no means certain that we will ever know exactly what or who started Sunday’s calamitous blaze in the Paslow building, but before the embers even cooled, investigators from the fire department were looking for clues. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has an update. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It has still not yet been determined […]

Abandoned house yields guns and drugs

The Paslow fire may or may not have been the product of a criminal act…but there is no uncertainty surrounding another less famous building in Belize City. On Thursday police entered an abandoned house on Jane Usher Boulevard which was known as a hot spot for drug dealing. What the cops found, however, was a […]

Seasonal high tides flood city

Residents of Belize City, particularly during the rainy season, are no strangers to getting their feet wet. But while most of the old capital’s flooding is the result of heavy rainfall, the water which greeted citizens as they woke this morning came up from the ground and not the sky. Like many Belizeans, we tried […]

Buyout of citrus processor expected soon

Members of the Citrus Growers Association are being reminded not to miss the organisation’s annual general meeting on October nineteenth… and it appears that when they gather, it will be to hear some long awaited news. Industry sources tell News 5 that negotiations for the C.G.A.’s buyout of the sole citrus processor, Del Oro, are […]

Catholics plan march against rape

On Sunday, the Faith and Justice Commission of the Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church invites you to participate in a three mile walk dubbed, A March for Prayer. The symbolic action, which takes place in the Cayo District, is to raise awareness regarding the increase of violence against women, particularly incidents of rape. This […]

Mother who lost son starts support group

Between the recent rash of road accidents and gang inspired shootings, there is no shortage in Belize of parents who have performed the painful task of burying their children. On May fourteenth, Carolyn Westby lost her twenty-six year old son, Wayne Westby, after his motorcycle crashed into a car on the Northern Highway. But instead […]