Two consecutive pre-dawn fires, in two alleys? That’s enough to raise suspicion that a pyromaniac is on the loose. Well, Monday morning’s fire in Petticoat Alley was followed by another inferno in an unnamed alley off Regent Street and it had striking similarities to Monday morning’s blaze. It broke before four o’clock and destroyed a […]
It has not been reported in any of the police blotters, but News Five has confirmed that the Government’s Bookstore on Gabourel Lane was the target of an armed robbery at around two-thirty last Friday afternoon. The thieves got away with well over two thousand dollars in cash and valuables. It was a robbery the […]
While the government bookstore was hit by thieves the management of public schools received notice of a proposed new fee for garbage collection. The Belize Waste Control wrote to the schools a few days ago, informing them that the once free collection of garbage will be discontinued when the school year begins next week. This […]
It is akin to a slap on the wrist for American national, forty-six year old Kirk Leslie Daughtry who will only pay what can be considered as a pittance of just over five thousand dollars for damages to the priceless reef. Late this evening, Prosecutor of Port of Belize, Mario Vernon, told the court that […]
The cruise tourism industry is facing a turbulent time and from the look of things there is more turmoil on the horizon. It recently became known that cruise tourism is contemplated for the south, one of the fastest growing areas in tourism. The Placencia Peninsula is known for the best beaches in the mainland and […]
A cutting edge military technology helicopter is being tested in Belize by the U.S. army. The applications for the chopper are yet to be determined, but it could be a major factor in the future ways in which governments fight the war on drugs. The helicopter and FORESTER radar are being tested in order to […]
The preliminary results of the Caribbean Examinations Council exams also known as the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) are in and they show improvement over last year’s. A majority of the two thousand, six hundred high school students who sat this year’s exams back in May have either moved on to tertiary education or entered […]
In the scheme of things, any effort to keep under-privileged youths off the streets helps in the fight against crime. There are already a number of these initiatives in place, and those grew by one today. The Keep Belize Clean Committee was launched this morning and it has an ambitious plan. With very limited resources, […]
It is estimated that ten percent of the population is disabled; that’s not a small percentage. Most of them feel they have been marginalized and discriminated and they all want to change that. Earlier today, they went public and announced their desire for community inclusion. News Five’s Delahnie Bain reports. Delahnie Bain, Reporting The Belize […]
Haiti was rocked by a seven-point-o magnitude earthquake in January of this year and completely devastated the capital city of Port Au Prince. Although the total number of casualties remains undetermined it is reported that over two hundred and thirty thousand people perished in the aftermath of the natural disaster. Since then the country has […]
The B.D.F. has been active in Haiti, and much further away in Iraq, a thirty-six year old Belizean/American soldier was until recently on the front lines. Erlyn Cassasola returned to Belize after serving in the war for an extended period. His family was at the Philip Goldson International Airport to greet him on arrival this […]
There was no representation from Belize in this Year’s Miss Universe pageant, in fact the last time the Jewel sent a contestant was back in 2007. And the only time we ever made it to the top ten was in 1979 when Sarita Acosta put us on the world map. She still holds that distinction. […]
