It’s official…without the benefit of a national referendum the Guatemalan government has said no to the proposals aimed at ending Guatemala’s long-standing territorial claim to Belize. Today News 5 obtained a copy of the communiqué sent to O.A.S. Secretary General Cesar Gaviria on August twenty-fifth from President Alfonso Portillo’s government. The communiqué reads in part: […]
Two suspicious fires on Caye Caulker last night have fire officials and the Village Council perplexed. The first blaze destroyed several guesthouses owned by Simon Morris, who is currently away in the United Kingdom, while the second ravaged The Split’s palapa bar on the other side of the island. News 5 was on the scene […]
In police news, an investigation has been launched into the murder of a Dangriga man. Around one this morning thirty-one year old Eugene Hernandez and a female friend were walking on the Hummingbird Highway when at mile twenty-one a man jumped out of the bushes and attacked him, stabbing him in the neck. By the […]
A Zeta water truck was held up on Wednesday afternoon in Belize City. Driver, Mauricio Sanabria, told police he and his co-worker had just approached the intersection of Seashore Drive and Keating Crescent when two men came up to the truck. One of the men pointed a handgun at Sanabria and ordered him to get […]
With the kick-off of the Carnival Season, the National Committee for Families and Children, N.C.F.C., has issued a statement saying they are “deeply concerned” about what they characterise as the increasingly provocative costumes and dancing. The agency says that although it is the right of all children to participate in the national celebrations and other […]
Since 1997, Marla’s House of Hope for abused children has been operating from a rent-free building, made possible through Help for Progress. But today opening ceremonies were held in Belmopan for the organisation’s move into its own new and improved building. Land for the structure was donated by the Belmopan City Council, while funding came […]
For many of us, the September Celebrations don’t start with official ceremonies; they start with the Queen of the Bay pageant… and tomorrow is the big night. News 5 caught up with this year’s contestants and found them practicing more than the customary curtsy. Shari Williams, Assistant, Queen of the Bay “You should expect a […]
