A Corozal businessman is tonight behind bars after police found three kilos of cocaine in his water dispenser. Forty-eight year old Shyam Ararani has been charged with Drug Trafficking following a raid at his business, the Yash Trading Company Limited in the Corozal Free Zone. Around two on Thursday afternoon, officers from the anti-drug unit […]
A Belize City businessman is lucky to be alive tonight after armed thugs ambushed him in front of his house. Forty-three year old Hoa Min Huang has reported that around midnight on Thursday, he and his wife got to their Queen Charlotte Street home only to be greeted by five masked and armed men. The […]
Meanwhile Belize City police are also investigating a break in that occurred last night at the office of Tropic Air Cargo Service. According to company officials, the thief or thieves gained access to the building by punching a hole in the concrete wall in the rear of the structure. Once inside, the burglars made off […]
Following a press release earlier this week by the People’s United Party calling for the resignation of David Price from the D.F.C.’s Commission of Inquiry, tonight Belize?s labour movement has responded with a release of their own. The N.T.U.C.B. says it “expresses deep disappointment and disgust at the P.U.P. release … which attempts to politicize […]
On Wednesday, the Princess Hotel and Casino Belize announced it was cutting eight-one jobs at the Corozal Free Zone, but tonight the company says it has also decided to lay-off a hundred workers from its operations in the old capital. The break down is fifty workers from the casino and fifty others from the hotel. […]
The Belize City Council is taking heat again tonight after failing to make payments to its contracted clean up crews. According to the management of Sanitation Enterprises Limited, S.E.L. the future of the company is uncertain tonight because it has been unable to pay more than two hundred and forty employees their salaries. And they […]
It was a tough decision but tonight Miss Honduras is la Reina de la Costa Maya. During the annual pageant on Thursday night, twenty-three year old Lissa Saenz was selected as the overall winner. Cindy Cajuste, Miss Mexico was first runner up while Miss Nicaragua Anahir Rocha had the best cultural costume. Activities continue tonight […]
Every summer, teachers across the country return to the classroom as students. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports on the latest efforts by educators to make the grade. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the past week, thousands of Belizean teachers have participated in training workshops across the country. According to officials from the Belize District, such education […]
For the past two years, the summer camp schedule has included learning chess, and this week organisers are reminding parents that it’s not too late to sign up. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For Belize City resident Glen Reneau, chess is not just a game. Glen Reneau, Chess Teacher ?Even though other sports develop and build self-esteem […]
In every part of society, there are stories of families coming together to overcome the biggest of obstacles. But tonight we profile the story of a single mother and her young son, who after years of quietly shouldering their burden are now in need of your help. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Fifty-one year old Socorro Castillo […]
