A toddler perished in a fire that destroyed his home in Independence Village in the Stann Creek District on Saturday night. Police say they were summoned to 113 Flamboyant Street after eleven on Saturday night where the small wooden structure was already engulfed in flames. Neighbours could not stop the blaze before it claimed the […]
Just after eleven this morning the sight of flames, the smell of smoke and the wail of a fire truck struck fear into the hearts of residents living in the Freetown division. And as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, while no one was hurt, tonight two families need your help to rebuild their lives. Marion […]
The Fire Service was called out again this afternoon in Belize City but quick reaction from neighbours averted disaster. According to witnesses, around three thirty this afternoon, someone noticed smoke coming from Eleanor Cumberbatch’s home at number six West Street. Cumberbatch was at work but luckily her mother lives across the street and was on […]
Earlier this week we travelled to Corozal for an update on recovery efforts in that district following the destruction caused by Hurricane Dean. And while the consensus is that the area is rebounding successfully, it is clear that the economic loss was great. One welcome source of assistance recently announced is a one hundred thousand […]
Belizeans will not soon forget the names Dean and Felix, but for the majority of our population those two category five hurricanes will be remembered only as reminders of what could have been. Not so for residents of the Corozal and Orange Walk Districts. Today News Five’s Marion Ali returned to the scene of August’s […]
Orange Walk police do not suspect foul play in the death of a Mennonite couple. Around five on Saturday evening the bodies of thirty one year old Aganetha Rempel and her husband twenty nine year old Samuel Rempel were found inside a large water vat situated on the family’s property in the Blue Creek Community. […]
Two families are homeless following a fire last night on the north side of Belize City. As bad as it was, the damage could have been far worse. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting There was nothing fire fighters could have done to save the two storey wooden building at number one Usher Street in the Pickstock Division. […]
The big building in the Free Zone took a licking from Hurricane Dean … but its owners were working hard to rebuild. What they didn’t count on was another kind of disaster. News Five’s Marion Ali reports on a blaze last night that lit up the sky of two nations. Marion Ali “It took fire […]
Life may be returning to normal for most Belizeans following the close call with Hurricane Felix, but some confusion and even bitterness remains in the often fragile relationship between labour and management. The question involves rights and obligations in the time before and after a natural disaster. News Five’s Marion Ali spoke to Labour Minister […]
It’s a newly formed umbrella organisation that deals with the management of our nation’s protected areas: not the kind of group that immediately comes to mind in wake of a hurricane. But the folks at APAMO today delivered … in a very big way. Janelle Chanona, Reporting While many of the assessments of Hurricane Dean’s […]
While Belizeans countrywide breathed a collective sigh of relief, there was also business to attend to as the nation demobilized. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from Belize City. Janelle Chanona, Reporting The raising of the all clear flag at around ten this morning officially ended the threat of Hurricane Felix to Belize City. A drive […]
For the second night in two weeks Belizeans from north to south will have trouble sleeping as a powerful hurricane charts a tenuous course in our direction. At news time Hurricane Felix was approaching the Honduras/Nicaragua border with maximum sustained winds of one hundred and thirty-five miles per hour. The big question is whether the […]
When you’re not really sure where a storm is going, trying to decide whether to stay or go is never an easy decision. That’s the situation in which residents of Belize City find themselves tonight. Today I made the rounds in the old capital to see how preparations were going. Jacqueline Godwin Today as Belize […]
If there is one place in Belize that does not need any additional stress it is the Corozal District. And while latest indications are that Hurricane Felix will make it’s presence felt primarily in the south, Corozaleños, as News Five’s Marion Ali discovered, are taking no chances. Marion Ali In the Corozal District the experience […]
Tonight there are more than a few people across the city singing rain, rain go away! In less than eighteen hours, over nine inches of water from a passing tropical wave have created flooding conditions in both Belize City and Ladyville. The situation caused the cancellation of TACA’s flight to El Salvador, forced emergency management […]
As the driving deluge engulfed the old capital, assessments by officials of Belize City Council resulted in the decision to give water-logged residents the option of leaving their water-logged homes and flee to hurricane shelters. Deputy Mayor Anthony Michael says the affected areas are spread across the city. Anthony Michael, Deputy Mayor “We have our […]
This morning cameraman Chris Mangar and I travelled to areas devastated by Hurricane Dean and found that relief is beginning to take root. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Recovery efforts are well underway in the Corozal and Orange Walk Districts as those people most affected by hurricane Dean continue to receive assistance from the National Emergency Management […]
It’s the end of a long week for the people of northern Belize and those who are working to return their lives to what could pass for normalcy. With relief efforts appearing to gain their footing, today News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams spoke to Prime Minister Said Musa. Prime Minister Said Musa “Now It’s the distribution, […]
Today the United Nations, through the local offices of WHO, U.N.D.P., U.N.F.P.A. and the Office of Humanitarian Affairs, announced that they will render humanitarian aid to Belize in the wake of Hurricane Dean. Before the assistance is delivered, however, the U.N. office will conduct assessments in the affected areas. Jessica Faieta, Resident Coordinator,U.N. Belize “The […]
While most media coverage on Hurricane Dean has focused on Corozal Town, much of the storm’s damage was inflicted on half a dozen villages surrounding the district capital News Five’s Marion Ali is just back from the area with the following report. Tours through three villages in the Corozal District gave us an idea that […]
It seems that the Belize City house shown on our newscast last night was not the only one in the old capital to fall during Hurricane Dean. Today our cameras were called to St. Jude Street on the Southside where they recorded another collapse. The building fell so neatly that you have to look closely […]
Hurricane Dean is now history … for Belize at least, and the story tonight is not what Dean did … but what it didn’t do. Considering that the monster category five storm, packing one hundred and sixty-five mile per hour winds, made landfall just north of Chetumal, we would not have been surprised to hear […]
When we reported last week on the collapse of a house in Belize City, we noted that it was an event that, unfortunately, was not all that rare. Tonight we’ve got another falling house story, this time on Iguana Street … and while we’re not sure how large a role Hurricane Dean played in the […]
While Dean may have hastened the demise of the Leslie home in Belize City, the damage suffered by homeowners in Corozal and Orange Walk was far from inevitable. I’ve just returned from a survey of the northern districts and found that while some people are hurting, hope is alive. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting This is what […]
San Pedro, Ambergis Caye: it’s the powerhouse of Belize’s vital tourism industry. And when it looked like the island would take a licking there were fears that the entire Belizean economy would feel the blow. Fortunately, Dean’s punch landed hardest in Mexico, but as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, San Pedranos were not completely spared. […]
