There is good news and bad news tonight concerning the oil industry. The good news is that after being exposed by the opposition and pressured by civic groups and the media, the Belize Government has cancelled two production sharing agreements with local oil companies that gave them unusually favourable terms and disadvantaged the public treasury. […]
Toledo is most often referred to as the forgotten district but in archaeological terms, Stann Creek comes closest to that description. However, a new preservation project by the Institute of Archaeology should change that. The Serpon Sugar Mill site, located along the banks of the Sittee River, was officially declared a reserve several years ago […]
The death was shrouded in mystery from the initial discovery of the body … but little by little information is emerging on the death of a young man that increasingly points in a direction that has made many people uncomfortable. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The family and friends of twenty-eight year old Rennick Ryan Reneau strongly […]
The second of four escaped prisoners is back behind bars at Hattieville Prison. Kolbe Foundation officials have confirmed that Rupert Manzanero turned himself in to police in the Cayo district this morning in the company of one of his brothers. Manzanero had been on the run since he and three other prisoners escaped from the […]
Tonight, police are still looking for the two men who brazenly held up a passenger bus and made off with several hundred dollars. Twenty year old Keran Rocke, a conductor for National Transport Service, told authorities that, the bus, on its way from Benque Viejo to Belize City, on Monday evening stopped by the Mile […]
Seven year old Shawn Flores is home tonight recovering from a pellet wound he received after the young boy was accidentally shot by a twelve year old friend. The children, who reside in Dangriga, were at the residence of twenty-five year old Aaron Nolberto. Police report that the older child, who is mentally challenged, took […]
In a society that seems to have lost all sense of morality and discipline, trying to set Belize’s young people on the right path is nothing if not difficult. But one institution continues to confront the challenge head on. News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting These banners are the work of students at […]
