The latest episode in our long running drama surrounding basic food items focuses once again on flour. We are informed by Belize Mills Limited that the long awaited shipment of wheat from Guatemala’s Pacific Coast port has finally arrived at the border and efforts are being made to clear the truck convoy through customs as […]
Shakeups in the police high command are nothing new so the latest shuffle, the first since the U.D.P. government came to power in February, does not necessarily have political significance. But the new postings are far reaching. New Five’s Janelle Chanona has the run-down. The first big change will see Assistant Commissioner of Police Allen […]
Two months after he was gunned down on Castle Street, police have charged a fisherman for the murder of Christino Madrill. Today twenty-one year old Marvin Bradley was formally arraigned in Magistrate’s Court and has been remanded to Hattieville Prison until July ninth. As we reported on Monday night, investigators say the break in the […]
Tonight the family of Belize City attorney Ellis Arnold is in mourning following the shooting death of his son in the United States. According to media reports from Chicago, around six-thirty Monday evening twenty-six year old Brandon Arnold was filling his car with gas at the corner of Touhy Avenue and Sheridan Road when a […]
She was a rising star on the local music scene who sought fame and fortune abroad. Instead, Cayo’s Maria Reimer finds herself in a Canadian jail, charged with the armed robbery of six Winnipeg Credit Unions. Reimer, who sang under the single name of Maria, moved from San Ignacio to Canada where she married and […]
Today a shoplifter received no mercy from a Belize City magistrate and was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing two cans of Red Bull. On Monday, fifty-one year old Danny Parham was caught on camera taking the energy drinks from Bottom Dollar Store on North Front Street. But Magistrate Roberto Ordonez imposed the […]
While there will be new faces in different places next month at the Police Department, the common allegation of brutality continues to plague the department. According to twenty-seven year old resident of La Democracia Village, Delroy Clarke, on Sunday afternoon he was picked up by two cops and taken to the Mahogany Heights Station where […]
A group of cane farmers, recently returned from a regional conference in Barbados, say that caneros should receive a piece of the action when the sugar company begins to sell electricity made from bagasse. According to a release from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, when they and their Jamaican counterparts were invited to attend […]
It has taken a while for our local airlines to follow the lead of their larger international colleagues but the high cost of fuel has driven at least one Belizean carrier to raise fares. The increases by Tropic Air average between ten and eleven percent, with a round trip from Belize Municipal to San Pedro […]
Saturday will be celebrated as World Blood Donor Day in Belize and around the globe. To get the word out on this vital public service and in the hopes of recruiting new members, Belize’s Volunteer Blood Donor’s Association is holding a week of activities. According to First Vice President Ronald Stuart, people shouldn’t wait for […]
In the next couple of months, the Belize Rotary Club will be bringing its fifth theatre production “Oliver and the Genie” to the stage. The proceeds of the plays are the biggest fundraiser for their Gift of Life programme, which allows children with serious heart conditions access to medical care abroad. But this year, the […]
Traffic is rolling across the Sittee River at Kendal and News Five’s Marion Ali was on hand to check out the situation. Marion Ali, Reporting While the river crossing at Kendall is not as smooth as drivers were accustomed to before last week’s flooding, the completion of the causeway is good news for all who […]
