Stories of death and devastation continue to pour in from Haiti where a powerful earthquake struck the island flattening its capital, Port au Prince. Relief supplies are beginning to arrive and aid workers are experiencing a difficult time reaching those in need and trapped under the rubble. Latest reports now put the death toll at […]
Up north, Corozal police have teamed up with their Mexican counterparts to investigate a burglary at a store at one of the shopping plazas in the Corozal Free Zone. And while the incident occurred over the Christmas holidays, it is only now being reported and both Free Zone and police authorities are no closer to […]
The traffic inconvenience is a minor sacrifice pedestrians and motorists seemed prepared to endure in exchange for better streets in the old capital. That is what News Five discovered when we visited three of the areas that the Belize City Council said earlier this week it would upgrade. Work is well underway on Wood, Johnson […]
And on Regent Street, a building sitting at the corner with South Street is in danger of collapsing. Its owners, the Eusey Family, are fighting its demolition because that would leave them homeless. Last Thursday, the city engineer informed the Belize City Council of the imminent collapse and that portion of South Street was blocked […]
An audit of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) in July of 2009 pointed to gross mismanagement and irregularities. That resulted in a suspension of the B.S.C.F.A.’s certification for funding from Europe, known as FLO-CERT and Certification for Development. Millions of dollars were put on hold that would have otherwise benefited farmers and the […]
There is also resolution to a conflict that erupted last Thursday at the Fort Street Tourism Village when nearly seventy tour guides were suspended from operating on the compound. Five cruise ships docked this morning and the hustle and bustle returned to the village in full swing. The difficulties arose from violations to a standing […]
The king of brukdong Wilfred Peters sat down with William and I last December on Open Your Eyes as a featured guest of the 2009 Brukdong Competition. But his health has been failing and Mister Peters has been hospitalized for the past two weeks. Peters, a diabetic, was admitted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital […]
There were two robbery attempts today. The first reportedly occurred before nine this morning on busy Albert Street and was aimed at a couple of German tourists. It is reported that two youths on bicycles held up the tourists at gunpoint but did not steal anything. The second attempt occurred around two this afternoon at […]
A late night fire on Iguana Street Extension in Belize City gutted a small wooden bungalow. The building was owned by Brukdong King and Legendary music Icon, Wilfred Peters, who is recovering in the hospital and rented to a tenant identified only as Lisa. When the fire broke around eleven-thirty Wednesday night, Lisa was not […]
The issue has been brewing for weeks in the Deep South where environmental groups and the San Pedro Columbia community are mounting opposition to the proposed construction of a dam. The site is the Central River that runs through the Columbia River Forest Reserve and the Bladen Nature Reserve, two core conservation areas. One organization […]
In news from the courts, a well-known and popular tailor of New Road in Belize City finally had his day for a charge of fondling a fourteen year old primary school girl back in June of 2009. It took months for the case to come to trial, but today fifty one year old amputee, Angel […]
Four persons, including a pre-school teacher, an office assistant at Sadie Vernon High School and their two friends were today charged with Handling Stolen Goods. The couple, Julia Santos and Dwayne White, appeared along with Marvin McFoy and Kurt Smith in the Magistrate Court where the charges were read against them. The city residents were […]
The year 2009 was a particularly violent twelve months. While that is the public’s perception, the Police Department says not so. Their statistics, released on Wednesday, show that crime decreased during last year, especially in the last quarter. It may be hard to believe considering that there were a staggering seven thousand plus crimes reported […]
Detecting pregnancy is easier than most women may know. And with quick tests at our fingertips, finding out if you’re a new mom can be confirmed in just a matter of minutes. News Five’s Healthy Living focuses this week on the process, and the changes the woman goes through during pregnancy. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting A […]
