Green Hills is a new community settled by Mennonites twenty miles away from Spanish Lookout near the western border. Its residents are primarily farmers who till the soil for a living. But the peace in the small community was lost on Saturday night when one of its own was killed by one fatal shot and […]
Twelve year old Saida Noemi Veliz of Frank’s Eddy Village was murdered back in March. No one was ever charged with her homicide but now there is a new twist to this unresolved case. The facts are that on March thirteenth, Saida was last seen getting into a vehicle reportedly driven by a former volunteer […]
But while Saida’s murder is yet to be solved, in the Supreme Court today, twenty-two year old Darrington Lauriano was found not guilty of a Murder charge in the fatal shooting of Kareem “Butchie” Broaster on January fifteenth, 2004. It took the jury of ten women and two men about four hours to return the […]
The Sugar Industry is facing another battle tonight. The latest controversy is about Fair Trade, an international movement which helps producers in developing countries to improve their crop and social life by guaranteeing a “fair price” to farmers. The sugar industry received Fair Trade status on February twenty-first, 2008 and millions were to be injected […]
The Fire Department and NEMO are battling round two of a fire at the Belize City Dumpsite. The fire was extinguished weeks ago, but flared up again in the past few days, causing a suffocating stench. The smoke has been spreading into the city to the discomfort of residents and drivers on the Western Highway […]
On the way back from the murder scene in Spanish Lookout, the News Five team encountered an accident on the Western Highway that landed three tourists in the hospital. Two vehicles were involved, the first was a dump truck and the other was a van carrying eight tourists who were travelling from Belize City in […]
June first will mark one year since Tropical Storm Arthur dumped torrential rains over Belize’s Maya Mountains. And after days of the downpour, riverbanks overflowed and the waters rushed onto flat plains. The result was devastating. Marion Ali went back south today and has an update from two of the areas affected by Arthur. Marion […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Folks, we’re off to the People’s Stadium O.W. where the Football Federation of Belize presented game two of the Delhart Courtney female championship series yesterday as Suga City Girls hosted Triple B’s who came in with a one game lead. However, it’s the visitors who […]
