Belizean firefighters, armed in recent years with new equipment and improved training, have generally received high marks from the public for their quick response time and ability to prevent large scale disasters. But things do not always go according to plan and this afternoon, on Usher Street in the Pickstock Division, it appears that everything […]
While fire had residents worked up on the northside, it was gunfire that spread fear to some of our youngest citizens across the river. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited the yard of one southside school that was the scene of a mid morning shootout. Nelma Mortis, Principal, Queen?s Square Anglican Primary School ?After the incident […]
In other crime news a Belize City man was shot in the chest and buttocks Wednesday night. Twenty-four year old Mark Gardiner told police that around eight o’clock he opened the door of his house on Jane Usher Boulevard, only to be the target of several shots fired by a man on a bicycle. Gardiner […]
With Herbert Panton off to study law in Guyana a vacancy was created for a UDP appointee on the Elections and Boundaries Commission. That space has now been filled by veteran politician Dean Lindo. Lindo, an attorney and former leader of the United Democratic Party, was sworn in this morning by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh.
They are now a permanent fixture on many street corners in Belize City and in most towns around the country. I’m talking about vendors who sell everything from hot dogs to tacos. But while these fast food carts offer convenient alternatives for people on the go, public health officials are concerned that consumers may be […]
They are the men and women of the police department who are given the special task of forging a close working relationship with the community they serve. And while they’ve been making those critical connections under less than perfect conditions, this week the officers of the Zone Beat Liason Unit got a helping hand with […]
In five years of studies at the University of the West Indies, twenty-three year old Ashanti Arthurs accumulated more prizes than most lawyers amass in a lifetime. Now she’s back in Belize, poised to begin a legal career. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods caught up with Arthurs at her desk at a local law firm. Jacqueline […]
The news broke on Friday that the World Trade Organisation had ruled against the European Union on the issue of sugar subsidies. Now that the news has sunk in, Belizeans ranging from farmers to factory executives are beginning to take stock of the situation and plot a unified strategy. We asked Minister of Foreign Trade […]
