Fifty-seven year old Gabriel Pinelo, the victim of a brutal murder in his home last weekend, was today buried in San Ignacio Town. Two men were detained by police, pending the outcome of investigations and today a single charge of murder was brought against twenty-five year old Darwin Soberanis, a resident of the Sabido Juan […]
Twenty-four hours after they collared two suspects believed to have robbed a Belize City shopkeeper, police have brought charges against one of the youths. Twenty one year old Kyle Blades was today charged for the crime of keeping an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. Blades and another man fitting the description given to police by the […]
Institutions are in short supply in Belize, particularly those that grow up in highly competitive, capital intensive businesses like the airline industry. Today, after twenty-five years of steady growth and solid service, San Pedro based Tropic Air can certainly lay claim to institutional status. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand this morning as the […]
It’s a complex subject involving the often-arcane rules of international trade, but bottom line is that Belize lost big time when the World Trade Organisation ruled on Friday against the European Union’s system of preferences for ACP sugar. The negative ruling was not unexpected but negotiators had hoped for some softer language on certain parts […]
Several times over the past twenty years, major devaluations of the Mexican peso have sent Belizeans by the thousands across the border to shop in Chetumal. In recent years, as the peso recovered and a free zone opened on the Belize side of the border, that flow was reversed, with bargain hunting Yucatecans crossing the […]
It’s a public lecture set for Wednesday night at six…which means that if you attend you’ll miss your favourite TV newscast. But that’s ok with us because the subject of the discussion is an important one for Belize. It’s called climate change–better known as global warming–and it’s already affecting everything from agriculture to tourism. This […]
If a poll were taken among Belizeans and visitors it would probably be voted the most popular part of Belize. And while the Cayo District has always been special, the area, like much of Belize, has undergone great change. Today a new exhibition opened in San Ignacio that chronicles that change from the days when […]
