A protest is planned for Friday in Dangriga where a million dollar renovation of the Dangriga Market has run into trouble. The project had been behind schedule and tonight, construction works on the market have come to a complete halt with word that contracts have been canceled. Two aggrieved investors involved say there is a […]
Belizean artists across all genres of music are tonight up in arms over a promotional video commissioned by the Belize Tourism Board, which premiered on national television on Wednesday evening. While the video does an excellent job of showcasing Belize’s cultural diversity, it’s accompanying soundtrack, a Garifuna ballad performed by acclaimed parandero, Aurelio Martinez, has […]
Orange Walk Police are mum about an incident which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It involved B.D.F., Police and civilians and could have turned ugly, but fortunately was diffused. News Five has been able to confirm that at around three o’clock that morning, two B.D.F. soldiers were detained and escorted to the […]
Police have yet to charge any suspect for the murder of popular Belmopan taxi-man Daniel Aguirre. But according to a source close to the case, investigating officers are one step closer to arraigning a Belize City man on that offence. The suspect is currently on lockdown, serving time for possession of an unlicensed firearm and […]
In many areas of the City, residents are pulling out their rubber boots so they can exit or access their homes. The heavy rains in the past couple days have caused flooding and there is still more rain predicted for the weekend. The problem seems to be that while residents can boast about beautiful new […]
It’s only been a week since thirty-eight year old Salvador Marlon Carballo was released from jail, but tonight he is back behind bars to serve an eighteen month jail term. Carballo appeared before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith this afternoon and was charged for Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature and Threatening Words on a […]
A Belize City businessman who drank a sixty dollar bottle of wine at the Princess Hotel and could not pay for it was criminally charged this morning. Thirty-four year old businessman, Thyron Edward Lamb, a resident of Belize City, was arraigned in the court of Magistrate Hettie-Mae Stewart for a single count of Making off […]
There two major events that will take place at the same time this weekend. The Carnival Road March takes place on Saturday, as does the Chamber of Commerce’s Expo Belize Marketplace which will continue on Sunday. Some eighteen thousand persons visited the expo last year, and the Chamber says it is seeing an increase in […]
The opposition, People’s United Party, has announced that it will be holding conventions for candidates interested in contesting the upcoming elections. Already in Cayo Central and Belmopan, the field is getting crowded with new faces popping up. Today, Alburn Rivero Senior, who hails from Double Head Cabbage, dropped by our studios to say that he […]
Belize is getting ready to finalize a National Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation Plan. To this end, a validation workshop was held today at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza. Various technicians, private sector representatives and other stakeholders gathered to analyze the different steps necessary to finalize the E.P.A., as it is referred to. The validation […]
In this week’s segment of Healthy Living we’ve compiled some very important advice from the professionals for your survival – survival of the carnival and expo weekend, that is! So before you head out on Saturday, whether to play mas or your own viewing party, or even to look for deals at the expo here […]
