Confirmed reports reaching News Five today indicate that the controversial resort project on the Placencia Peninsula known as Ara Macao has received conditional approval from the National Environmental Appraisal Committee. The votes, all received in writing over the last several weeks, reportedly broke down to eight in favour and three against. The three opposed to […]
Consumers will be happy to learn that those long awaited refunds of G.S.T. paid on June light bills are now being reflected in current invoices. The G.S.T. charges were placed on the June consumption at the behest of the government, even though the effective date of the new tax was July first. Following complaints from […]
Quick police action is believed to have foiled an armed robbery and put one suspected thief behind bars. According to the cops, around ten last night, a mobile patrol was dispatched to the Shell gas station at mile one and a half on the Northern Highway after an anonymous caller alerted authorities that a robbery […]
Meanwhile, separate attacks against residents in Dangriga have resulted in arrests for rape, attempted robbery and attempted murder. The first incident took place early Sunday morning on Sharp Street in the southern municipality. According to sixty-five year old Windell Nunez, he was awakened from sleep by the sounds of two men ransacking his house. Nunez […]
In the second case, last Thursday, grocer Ciu Feng Dal was minding her counter inside Ying’s Store on George Price Boulevard when two men walked in and requested a pound of rice. As Ciu turned her back, one man grabbed her by the neck while his friend covered her mouth. Lucky for Ciu, at that […]
Following a report by a twenty-three year old woman on Sunday, thirty-seven year old Roberto Valdez has been arrested and charged with rape. According to the victim, around eleven thirty that day, Valdez offered her a job as a domestic worker at his mother’s house. But the woman says when she went inside the Valdez […]
A new chairman has been appointed for the Public Utilities Commission. He is Roberto Young. Young, who is a veteran executive in Belize’s telecommunications industry, is an engineer by profession and has headed the P.U.C.’s telecoms division. Young replaces outgoing chairman Gilly Canton, who has taken a position as C.E.O. at Belize Natural Energy.
This year the official Independence Day ceremonies return to the Memorial Park in Belize City. According to Celebrations Committee public relations officer Daedra Haylock, the occasion marking Belize’s twenty-fifth birthday will see the People’s United Party and United Democratic Party displaying a spirit of unity. Daedra Haylock, Public Relations Officer, September Celebrations Committee ?We are […]
Leading that list of distinguished visitors is Panamanian President Martin Torrijos. In a special ceremony Torrijos will accept the Order of Belize for his late father, Omar Torrijos. The former Panamanian leader was one of the first Latin American leaders to break ranks with Guatemala and support Belize’s efforts to attain independence. At the same […]
If you have plans to go to the Memorial Park to attend the September twenty-first official ceremony or watch the fireworks display, please be advised that security and traffic control will be very tight. Today the Police Department informed News Five that there will be only one main entry and exit into the area but […]
The Belize Post Office has released a set of stamps to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Belize’s independence. Making history as the first living Belizean to be featured on the country’s postage is Father of the Nation George Price, whose image appears on a twenty-five cent stamp. The five-piece set also includes a thirty cent […]
Economists and politicians generally agree that Belize needs more investment. But that’s the easy part. The tough job is how to find it … and how to ensure that it works for Belizeans. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports on the latest efforts. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, Beltraide and the Belize Business Bureau teamed up […]
The Anglican Diocese has opened its first preschool. Located on the grounds of St. Mary’s Primary, there are twenty children attending the early learning facility, which was officially inaugurated this evening. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education ?You talk to teachers all over the country ? there is a significant difference between who have had an […]
Back in May this station announced a reward of a hundred thousand dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the abduction and murder of five Belize City girls beginning in 1998. And while the killers have yet to be caught, the victims have not been forgotten. […]
