A popular way to bring in the New Year is with fireworks, but just in case you didn’t know, they are illegal. But fireworks aren’t the only cause of fire this time of year and today Patrick Jones spoke with the National Fire Service about some of the risks around the holidays. Patrick Jones Reporting […]
Anyone following international news has seen the pictures of devastation and disaster following the terrible tsunami that struck parts of Asia on December twenty-sixth. The Belize Red Cross Society has not launched a local appeal, but informs all Belizeans that they will help forward any monetary donations to Red Cross and Red Crescent headquarters in […]
Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a fifty-five year old American tourist. The woman identified as Donna Lea Howard was vacationing in Belize along with her husband Gary Deon Howard. The couple was staying at a resort in San Pedro Town when around nine on Thursday morning, Howard discovered his wife […]
In the biggest relief effort in modern history, tonight cargo planes from around the world continue to land with food, vital medicine, water and sanitation supplies in the countries of South-east Asia that suffered apocalyptic devastation by walls of waves initiated by an underwater earthquake on Boxing Day. The death toll currently stands at seventy-seven […]
A fire in the Commercial Free Zone early Monday morning has left Corozal business owners short of some three hundred thousand dollars of merchandize. Fire officials tell News 5 that at twelve twenty three am Corozal firefighters were informed that smoke was coming from a two storey cement building in the zone. The building, still […]
To date it is the deadliest, costliest natural disaster of the twenty-first century. More than fifty thousand dead and counting. Thousands more missing. Still thousands more homeless. In just a few hours, eleven countries in the Indian Ocean and as far away as the Eastern coast of Africa hit with devastating ferocity after a 9.0 […]
A fire over the weekend in a congested Belize City neighbourhood destroyed a house, but quick action by the National Fire Service prevented what could have been a far greater disaster. News 5’s Patrick Jones was on the scene and files the following report. Patrick Jones, Reporting Smoke from the early afternoon fire covered a […]
A fire Thursday night in downtown Belize City has caused damage to two business establishments. At around eleven thirty, fire-fighters responded to reports of heavy smoke pouring from a building at number fourteen Orange Street. The owners opened the metal shutters and the blaze was extinguished, but the contents of both stores were largely destroyed […]
It clawed its way across the Caribbean in August and by the time it hit Florida, Hurricane Ivan was one of the most devastating storms in history. This week two Belizean organisations expressed their thanks to those who donated money, goods and services to help those people adversely affected. The Caribbean Hurricane Ivan Appeal of […]
Firefighters responded quickly, but it appears that no amount of speed could have saved the life of a Belize City man who died in his bed as fire consumed his wooden house early this morning in Belize City. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Report Investigators still have not determined what started […]
A fire this morning in Santa Elena Town has left one family homeless. Around ten thirty this morning a passerby noticed smoke coming from the upstairs of a house at number eighty nine George Price Avenue and alerted one of the occupants, police constable Jose Sierra Junior, who was downstairs. According to fire service officer […]
For the second time in two days police and fire officials have what appears to be a case of arson on their hands. As in last night’s report, no one was hurt…but that is little consolation to the half dozen people left homeless. Patrick Jones has the story. Patrick Jones, Reporting The building located on […]
With substandard streets, drainage, electricity and water service, it’s a part of Belize City that has not always been blessed with luck. And that unfortunate trend continued for one Port Loyola family, who has seen their modest home transformed from a two story to a bungalow. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones Reporting The three-bedroom house […]
A fire has totally destroyed a popular entertainment spot in Placencia. The Sugar Reef bar, restaurant, and resort burned to the ground early this morning. According to co-owner Hannah Cowell, the blaze started sometime after three A.M. in the front section of the bar. Within a short time the flames spread to three cabanas and […]
An American tourist on an outing to Southwater Caye, died on Tuesday morning, but police do not believe that foul play was involved. According to Sandra Jacobs, she and her husband, sixty-six year old doctor, Barry Nock, were snorkelling near the island, located southeast of Dangriga, around nine thirty yesterday morning, but when she came […]
A hunting expedition in the Cayo district ended tragically for a teenager on Monday night when he died of gunshot wounds. According to police reports, twenty-five year old Abner Nejira and his now deceased sixteen-year-old brother-in-law Waldemar Hernandez, were hunting in an area behind Frank’s Eddy Village when the incident occurred. Nejira, who originally told […]
There was another fire in Belize City this week, this time at a guesthouse. News 5 was on the scene and spoke with two guests who had checked in just an hour before the fire started. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Flames, smoke and ashes filled the night skies above the north side of the city as […]
This one room dwelling situated at the corner of Mahogany and Flamboyant Streets may not seem much to report on, but it was home for forty-eight year old Clive Arnold Jr., better known as “Colburn.” Fire investigators are still trying to determine what caused the structure to burn around six fifty four this morning. Arnold […]
A Sunday afternoon outing in the Orange Walk District turned deadly for one resident of Shipyard. According to police reports, thirty-five year old Abram Theissen was having some drinks with friends when the group went down to Blue Creek for a swim. Upon reaching the water’s edge, Theissen reportedly jumped in and but failed to […]
Children and loaded guns are a deadly combination…and on Friday one family paid the ultimate price for letting the two meet. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods is just back from Xaibe Village with the tragic story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting On Friday afternoon, three year old Eriberto Catch, Junior died from a gunshot blast to his chest. […]
Belizean firefighters, armed in recent years with new equipment and improved training, have generally received high marks from the public for their quick response time and ability to prevent large scale disasters. But things do not always go according to plan and this afternoon, on Usher Street in the Pickstock Division, it appears that everything […]
It may have been a rainy weekend for many Belizeans but that did not prevent a fatal fire in Belize City. I visited the scene this morning and found that while the embers may have been cooled, emotions have not. Patrick Jones, Reporting The early morning fire on Sunday claimed the life of eighteen year […]
A Belize City family is in mourning tonight after an accident just off the coast claimed the life of a young father. As News 5’s Jacqueline Woods explains, what should have been routine for the fisherman, suddenly turned deadly. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-seven year old Zenaida Castro had been looking forward to a life with […]
A delegation of eight workers from the Belize Electricity Limited is home after a two-week deployment to hurricane ravaged Grand Bahamas. While in Freeport, the group, headed by Line Supervisor Rodney Baird, worked alongside other Caribbean utility companies to restore power after hurricane Frances practically destroyed the country’s infrastructure. Speaking with News 5 today at […]
When a hurricane strikes, often with as much as twelve inches of torrential rain, we don’t often realize that one of the greatest needs following the storm is clean water. Today, on the occasion of Inter-American Water Day, I discovered that the provision of that essential natural resource requires serious planning. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The […]
