It started as a few random rumours late this afternoon, but by five, long lines were already spilling onto the street from the nation’s gas stations. The reason: an alleged decision by the Belize Service Station Dealers Association to shut down operations at 6:00 p.m. tonight. The dealers had been seeking an increase in their […]
It’s a scandal that has rocked the Belizean banking industry to the core: a sophisticated ring of thieves that forged cheques to embezzle huge sums of cash from unsuspecting Bank of Nova Scotia customers. Weeks into the police investigation, no one has been arrested. But according to reliable sources, the ongoing joint team of bank […]
Tonight Caye Caulker police are patting themselves on the back after they successfully shut down a burglary ring that has been haunting the island for more than a month. According to the cops, beginning in September, three houses in the South Point area–fully furnished vacation homes owned by foreigners living abroad–were robbed of more than […]
Farmers in the Cayo District are on high alert tonight after the Belize Agricultural Health Authority confirmed two cases of rabies in two different animals. According to BAHA’s veterinary technician Arden Edwards, two weeks ago a young bull tested positive for the virus and last Friday, a fox that had bitten a young boy was […]
Thirteen year old Rodney Borland remains on a ventilator, paralysed from the waist down, at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The teenager was shot in his chest Friday night during an attempted hold-up at the family’s store in Punta Gorda. The bullet went through his spine and is lodged somewhere in the lower back. Today […]
Crime, war, terrorism…sometimes the world is not a particularly peaceful place. But as the earth’s leaders do what they can to address all the chaos, individual organizations are doing their own work to promote peace. This year, the International Association of Lions Clubs is sponsoring a Peace Poster Contest. The competition gives children between the […]
While the world of watercolours might be traditionally relegated to children, for one Belizean the endless combination of diluted colours combine to express life like never before. Fifty-seven year old Lucky Chiang has been painting Belizean watercolour scenes since 1991, using the mountains, sea, rivers, jungles and his friends as subject matter. For the next […]
It was hardly what you’d call a scientific sampling of the public’s opinion on the proposals to end the Guatemala claim…but as an academic exercise, the debate that took place this morning at St. Catherine Academy was a good test of student skills. News 5’s Marion Ali has the story. Marion Ali, Reporting While they […]
