Ever since speculation began to build last month about the possibility that general elections might be called to coincide with the March fifth municipal voting, all eyes have turned to the chief elections officer, to see if she, and the system, could handle the added burden of double balloting. Today, in the aftermath of the […]
A Belize City man is behind bars tonight after a downtown robbery was thwarted by some brave citizens, including an off duty police officer. According to the cops, around nine this morning, an employee of Barry Lin, a businessman operating from the corner of Vernon Street and Collet Canal, was walking on Duck Lane when […]
Meanwhile, a traffic stop on the Northern Highway may have led to the prevention of some other robberies. Reports are that on Sunday, police officers stopped a white Jeep Cherokee on the Northern outskirts of Orange Walk Town. When they searched the interior, they found a pump action shotgun with three live rounds, a crowbar […]
In more crime news, another incident involving guns has been reported in the Cayo District. Police say that on Monday, thirty-five year old James Smith walked onto the compound of the Valdez shop, in Santa Elena, brandishing a sawed off shotgun. Smith demanded to see one of the employees but, not surprisingly, no one dared […]
Every story has at least two sides, and today the family of a man stabbed over the weekend in Orange Walk called News 5 to say that the version reported to the media by police was–you guessed it–totally wrong. Donnie Tun, brother of stabbing victim Marcelino Tun, who was present during the Friday night fracas […]
A new financial institution opened its doors today, and while the concept of the Belize Unit Trust Corporation and its associated money market fund is new to Belize, it is well established elsewhere in the Caribbean and beyond. What makes the unit trust attractive is that it allows small savers to receive rates of return […]
We featured her artwork when it won the national competition for the Lions Club “Dream of Peace” poster contest. Today we are proud to report that thirteen-year-old Amanda Nunez has been named as one of twenty-four finalists in the Lions International worldwide competition. She automatically receives an award of one thousand Belize dollars plus a […]
It may not be as glamorous as Cannes or as intellectual as Sundance, but in a couple days time the Princess Cinema will trade in its Swarzenegger, Van Damme and Stallone for a genre of movies that could hardly be called blockbusters. It’s all in the name of…we’ll we’re not really sure, but News 5’s […]
Every school child should be familiar with the imposing structures rising from the banks of the Mopan River. Collectively, they’re called Xunantunich, or Maiden of the Rock. And if you haven’t been there in a while, as Marion Ali discovered, it’s well worth a return visit. Marion Ali, Reporting The work to preserve the ancient […]
