Tales of modern day indentured servitude have long been circulated in Belize, centring largely on the East Indian and Mainland Chinese communities. Young men and women are said to come over on spuriously obtained visas and once in the country they must work off their passage and “sponsorship” by spending long days and nights behind […]
Question: What do you get when you mix large amounts of alcohol and some sharp machetes? Answer: a busy night in the emergency room. On Friday night, Alta Vista Village was the scene of what police describe as a drunken brawl that ended with four men in the hospital. The most badly injured in the […]
Medical authorities are asking the public’s assistance tonight to help a mother who may need some medical care … and perhaps a strong shoulder to lean on. Around seven-thirty this morning a resident of Roaring Creek walked out onto her veranda only to discover a newborn baby on the doorstep. The stork that left the […]
Depending on where you live, the rain has been coming down for the last four or five days. That may not be so unusual for late June … but with the ground saturated from Hondo to Sarstoon, there’s only one place for more water to go: that’s up. Ramon Frutos, Weather Forecaster ?If the rains […]
The news from the citrus industry continues to be upbeat. With the processing of oranges due to end on June thirtieth, the Citrus Growers Association is reporting a significant rise in revenues, with the final price estimated at just over nine dollars per box, or a dollar, fifty-three per pound solid. This is up over […]
Six more standard bearers for the next general election have been selected by the People’s United Party. In Cayo Northeast former San Ignacio Mayor Orlando Habet defeated Luis Lisbey by a vote count of four hundred eighty-one to one hundred seventeen. In Corozal Southwest 2003 standard bearer Dr. Greg Garcia beat back a challenge from […]
It has yet to be examined by fisheries personnel but this female manatee, apparently killed while giving birth, was found floating in the sea near mile four and a half on the Northern Highway, this morning. The cause of death will hopefully be determined tomorrow by researchers. The manatee was discovered by employees of Duke […]
It’s easy to be pessimistic about any settlement of Guatemala’s long standing territorial claim against Belize … but that doesn’t mean that relations between the two countries must remain forever frozen. Today, as News Five’s Alyssa noble reports, there was a thaw. Alyssa Noble, Reporting The improvement of trade relations between Belize and Guatemala have […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley welcoming you to this edition of Sports Monday. The M & M Female Cycle Tour concluded over the weekend, and these are the early morning sights and sounds that precede the start of this big event. Unfortunately the long morning rain has become a factor in stage one of the […]
