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Belmopan oil drilling brings heat from residents

In a half century of drilling for petroleum, all fifty wells turned out to be duds. Now we’re hearing about oil–and oil fever–from north to south. The latest hot spot is in the heartland of the country; nothing less than the nation’s capital. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, not everyone is jumping for […]

Charged with murder, jury says manslaughter

A Belize City man has been found guilty in connection with the death of Anthony Flowers last February. Late this afternoon in the Supreme Court, a jury of seven women and five men convicted Trevor “Flour” Gill of manslaughter after three hours of deliberation. Gill had initially been charged with murder after the victim, Anthony […]

Security guard charged with theft

A former security guard has been arraigned for stealing while on the job. Thirty-five year old Michael Woods appeared today before Magistrate Harrison Hulett, where he was charged with two counts of theft and one count of burglary. The charges arose out of an incident on April first in which Woods, employed by Blackhawk Security, […]

G.S.T. unit holds open house to prep for July 1st

You may be tired of hearing about it, and for many people the topic–to be truthful– is pretty boring. But that doesn’t change the fact that very soon the nine percent Sales Tax will be replaced by a new ten percent levy that looks a lot like our old friend called VAT. Alyssa Noble has […]

Miss St. Michael?s pageant is fundraiser for school

They are busy practicing their walk, their talk and whatever else it takes to please the judges. But when this pageant is over, the school will be the big winner. Alyssa Noble, Reporting Five lovely, young ladies are vying for the title of Ms. St. Michael?s College in an effort to improve life on campus. […]

Statistics paint grim picture of child abuse

If seeing the growing torrent of sexual abuse cases chronicled by the news media hasn’t made you depressed enough, hold on, because it gets worse. The latest statistics show that the problem is even more devastating than we thought. Jennifer Lovell, Counsellor ?The perpetrators can make bail, and then they leave the country. Some leave […]