When a Super King Air landed on the Southern Highway in November 2010, a massive load Colombian cocaine was found hidden nearby and charges followed for several officers. Another plane fell from the sky in June 2011, on the outskirts of Guinea Grass Village in the Orange Walk district. That plane carried the Mexican flag […]
While the plane was hovering above the Western Highway, its pilots may have noticed a fire on the ground, but it wasn’t its landing strip. A local business located on Cemetery Road, near the entrance to the Western Highway, caught on fire just before midnight. News Five’s Jose Sanchez spoke to Darrell Carter, the owner […]
There is trouble in paradise for Kimano Barrow and Alfredo Acosta, as the injunction filed against Paradise Energy Limited continues to be in effect. Their oil contract was signed in June 2010, and shortly after its release, other shareholders appeared, including Oren F. Miles I and II, and Allen Saum. Saum and Miles, also principals […]
Still on the prospect of oil, Cabinet has approved the establishment of the Environmental Common Fund as has been long stipulated in the Petroleum Regulations. All current Production Sharing Agreements require the contractor to contribute a percentage of the annual gross revenues to the ECF after a discovery is made and production commences. Oceana Belize […]
Commemorating the annual Sixteen Days of Activism, the Women’s Department along with their partners, held their official opening ceremonies. It is anticipated that the activities which are geared at sensitizing the public on this common issue will stimulate much needed action. News Five attended the opening and Andrea Polanco reports from the very lively parade […]
German national, Stephanie Lupp, was the victim of embezzlement on October eighteenth 2010 when two blank cheques were stolen from her cheque book and two thousand, eight hundred dollars went missing from her account at a local bank. But when the culprits tried to make a second withdrawal of three thousand, seven hundred dollars, the […]
Also in court, a Roaring Creek man who was caught with a small amount of marijuana got himself into big trouble with the law when he allegedly resisted arrest. Thirty-two year old Michael Broaster was approached by police on Tuesday, but he refused to be detained. Officers reported that he damaged the rear window of […]
With municipal elections in less than four months, the political machinery has been in full gear around the city. The U.D.P. and the P.U.P. are out in full force, having presented their slate in the last couple of weeks. While, there are two other mayoral candidates offering themselves, no official slates have been announced. The […]
It is a high profile-case, one that has been attracting a lot of attention, even internationally. It’s the UNIBAM verses the Attorney General case. UNIBAM, led by its President, Caleb Orosco is at the courts challenging the AG because they want sodomy to be decriminalized. But to date a number of organizations, including the Council […]
International Anti-Corruption Day is celebrated world-wide on December ninth and this year the Vision Inspired by the People (VIP) is holding a poster competition to observe the day. Paco Smith, V.I.P’s mayoral candidate says the awareness building initiative is to sensitize people on the importance to act against corruption and to encourage transparency and values […]
For the past six months Belizean and Guatemalan students have been working side by side, learning art and music in a cultural exchange program. The initiative to bring together youths from both sides of the border who share common interests, is a part of the Confidence Building Measures implemented by the Organization of American States […]
