Good news from the tourism industry dominates our broadcast tonight…and that is the impending arrival of Air Jamaica. This afternoon a high powered delegation from the land of reggae gave a presentation on why the aggressive airline will soon be making big waves in the small pond called Belize. News 5’s Stewart Krohn reports. Stewart […]
Almost one month after twenty-three year old Tanya Smart was left in a coma following a traffic accident on the Northern Highway; tonight we regret to report that she has died. Smart succumbed to her injuries over the weekend while undergoing treatment in Merida. On September eighth, Smart was travelling home to Lord’s Bank Village […]
Gallon for gallon, Belize’s fuel prices have been rising at an alarming rate, largely the result of international forces. For Belizean service station operators, the price formula is such that they get six percent of the retail price, a figure the association wants to change. On Friday, the dealers representing the country’s thirty-six gas vendors […]
For a hungry fisherman, the sight of a Nassau Grouper sitting fat and pretty beneath a coral head is about as good as it gets. But that sight is rarely seen these days. What to do about the situation, as News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports, is the subject of some debate. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For […]
He became something of a celebrity in the last few years, after toiling anonymously for a much longer time as a passionate advocate for the planting of trees–particularly mahogany. But only four years from his hundredth birthday, old age finally caught up with Henry Fairweather and he died Monday at the K.H.M.H. In February of […]
Until she made up her mind as to where she was going, Hurricane Iris had Belizeans from San Pedro to Barranco saying their prayers and packing their bags. And when her one hundred and fifty mile per hour winds finally tore a swath of destruction across southern Belize, thousands of people discovered that our conventional […]
