If you are watching this newscast on one of Belize’s many cable systems, chances are there is one button on the remote that’s received more than its share of use: that is the Weather Channel. This morning News 5’s Jacqueline Woods asked the experts at our own weather bureau to explain just why it is […]
It is one of those many parental admonitions that we all grow up with: “Don’t run with a knife in your hand.” Well, as of today Belizean children will not be so free to ignore that advice, as an eight year old boy from Carmelita Village is dead…after falling on his own machete. News 5’s […]
As the horror stories and depressing pictures continue to pour out of Caribbean Islands suffering from the wrath of Hurricane Ivan, the region is pooling its resources to offer relief to those devastated by the storm. Today Belize dispatched Brigadier General Earl Arthurs, coordinator of the National Emergency Management Organization to the island of Grenada, […]
As Hurricane Ivan prepares to batter the U.S. Gulf Coast, the grim details are beginning to emerge of catastrophic damage suffered by the islands of Grenada, Jamaica and Grand Cayman. Aid plans are being formulated and a number of relief efforts are underway including an appeal by the Red Cross. In Belize three employees of […]
While a hundred thousand Grenadians try to put their lives back together and two point five million Jamaicans anxiously prepare for the worst, the nation of Belize holds its breath as Hurricane Ivan looks like a near miss. This morning News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited the Met Office in Ladyville and found that we’re not […]
Accident? Or Arson? That’s what police and fire officials are trying to figure out after the Libertad police station, which also housed the officer’s residence, went up in smoke on Monday night. According to police press officer G. Michael Reid, an inebriated resident of the village who was detained following a domestic dispute, was placed […]
Police are trying to determine the identity of a female corpse that was found floating in the waters just off BTL Park on Newtown Barracks. The discovery was made around eleven twenty this morning by people in the area. The woman is believed to be in her late fifties or early sixties, of clear complexion, […]
Another baby has died in a drowning incident this time in St. Matthew?s village. According to police, three-year-old Zanqiue Flowers was alone near his home when he wandered near a small pond and fell in. Some time later, family members noticed the child?s absence and a quick search of the area led to the grim […]
There was drama of another sort today, in the heart of Belize City. It involved two increasingly negative facts of life in the old capital: the first is a propensity toward drunkenness, the second a reluctance of citizens to ?get involved?. The result was a death that didn?t have to happen. Austin Belisle, Watchman ?He […]
The scientists said it would be an active hurricane season, but here we are on the edge of August and not a named storm yet. Don?t worry, our recent history is still fresh enough to prevent complacency, and today one group of Belizeans was learning to prepare for the worst. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, […]
The summer holidays are a time when many Belizean families pack up the kids and head out to the cayes. But coupled with the fun and relaxation of seaside living is the ever present danger to those who can?t swim, particularly children. That danger proved fatal on Tuesday at Tobacco Caye when a one-year-old boy […]
While most Belizeans were sleeping early this morning, people living in one Southside Belize City neighbourhood were awakened by the heat, light, and sound of fire. As News 5’s Patrick Jones reports, although no one was hurt in the empty building, the disaster could have been much worse. Patrick Jones, Reporting The fire at number […]
In related news, while the Social Security executives were fighting AIDS in Belize City, fire fighters in Belmopan were putting out a blaze at the board’s headquarters. The fire, which originated in the building’s generator room, was quickly extinguished.
It may not have been a big fire, but its prime location could have made it a costly one. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports on last night’s near disaster in downtown Belize City. Patrick Jones, Reporting Fire officials rushed to the scene at number fifty-one Albert Street around eleven forty-five last night. When they gained […]
The Belize Red Cross has launched an appeal to help flood victims in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. More than one thousand people are reportedly dead after their houses were swept away by floods following storms that affected the island of Hispaniola last weekend. Fifteen thousand people have been left homeless. Belize Red Cross Acting […]
An early morning fire has taken the life of a Belize City man. News 5’s Patrick Jones visited the scene on New Road and discovered that the tragedy was an accident waiting to happen. Patrick Jones, Reporting The early morning blaze was confined to the sleeping area of fifty-four year old Gilroy Baird. According to […]
A new road doubling as a runway would have been helpful, but last month the pilot of a Maya Island airplane had to settle for an emergency landing deep in the mangrove off the Western Highway. We would never have believed it could be done, but recently the wreckage was extracted from the mud. The […]
As fires go, this morning’s occurrence wasn’t a major conflagration…but don’t tell that to a Belize City woman who no longer has a place to call home. Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting The pre-dawn blaze at number 3194 Coffin Street destroyed the one-bedroom plywood and stucco house occupied at the time by Marilyn […]
Fire officials are still trying to find out what started the fire that totally destroyed a one room wooden structure and partially burnt a nearby grocery shop on Central American Boulevard over the weekend. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There was nothing Melanie Abraham and her two young children could do to save any […]
It is a threat that thousands of Belizeans face every year, the product of a growing population that continues to expand into terrain that is highly susceptible to wildfires. Today I visited what is no doubt only the first of many blazes to come. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Black smoke could clearly be seen rising above […]
The pilot of a flight from Kanantik resort to the P.G.I.A. this morning had to make an emergency landing in a swamp near the airport. Fortunately, he got the plane, and the passengers, on the ground safe and sound. News 5 was at the scene. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It has still not yet been determined […]
In another tragic incident, on Holy Saturday another man drowned, this time while attempting to save the lives of several other swimmers. Reports are that Juan Manuel Orellano was with a group of friends and family at Grace Bank near Sandhill when two girls encountered difficulty in the water. Juan and his father jumped into […]
Fire investigators have sifted through the debris left in the wake of Tuesday evening’s fire at the Simon Quan warehouse on New Road. Their determination: it was a construction accident. According to Fire Chief Henry Baizar, sparks from welding works being carried out inside the building ignited some foam material and mattresses. Baizar believes that […]
It was chaos on Queen Street and New Road late this evening as a fire at the Simon Quan warehouse sent authorities scrambling to keep the blaze from spreading to the congested downtown business area. The alarm was raised around five o’clock this evening and in the ensuing effort to put the blaze out, News […]
Belize City has seen a spate of fires recently, and this weekend it happened again. Around seven-thirty Friday night a house caught fire on Kraal Road. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Marva Young, who was sleeping inside her house at the time of the incident, says she was awakened by people screaming her name […]
