Signs of significant compromise in the Social Security controversy continue to circulate tonight. Following a meeting with the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, officials from the Chamber of Commerce and Business Bureau indicate that government has agreed to scale back its plans for heavy increases in worker and employer contributions. Echoing earlier reports from […]
Two down…three to go. That’s the word from the U.S. Embassy tonight as agents brought down on special assignment are completing their investigation of six vehicles seized by customs on suspicion of being stolen. Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy, Edgar Embrey, told News 5 that an expert investigator has thus far been able to […]
Police are looking for three suspects in the murder of a man in the Orange Walk District. According to reports, twenty-four year old Guatemalan Lazaro Miguel Martinez was gunned down late Wednesday night in front of his house on the Santa Marta Road. His wife, Sulema, told police that she and Lazaro were inside when […]
His name went public last week after an attempt to arrest him was followed by a near riot in which an innocent motorist was fatally shot by police. But today Michael Arnold had his day in court…not for what went on the night of the shooting, but for a jacking he allegedly committed last night. […]
And in an update on Monday’s traffic accident on the Western Highway, which claimed three lives, medical authorities tell News 5 that a fourth victim, forty-four year old Martha Reimer, remains in a critical condition. Staff at Universal Health Services in Belize City say Reimer underwent surgery late this evening. She was one of four […]
Residents of Dangriga and the Stann Creek District can sleep a little bit sounder this hurricane season, in the knowledge that in the event of disaster, the Red Cross will not be far away. Nearing completion in the First New Site area is the society’s new district operations centre. Until now, Stann Creek has been […]
All roads lead to Placencia this weekend where the annual festival known as Lobsterfest gets underway on Friday night. Since some of the News 5 crew may wind up there, we decided to send down Patrick Jones and Brent Toombs on a scouting expedition. Patrick Jones, Reporting Two years after the most devastating storm to […]
They don’t taste quite as nice as lobster, but that hasn’t stopped iguanas from becoming a popular dish on dinner menus in many parts of rural Belize. Today, however, I visited one place in the Cayo District where the population of the well-known reptile is being increased instead of depleted. Janelle Chanona, Reporting In April […]
