A major disaster was narrowly averted in Belize City this morning as a crane collapsed at the site of the Swing Bridge renovation. Around eleven thirty one of two cranes currently working on the project, buckled under the weight of a thirteen hundred pound wrecking ball that was being used to break up the bridge’s […]
Just because you live in a concrete house it doesn’t mean you’re safe from the peril of fire. One Belize City family discovered that fact the hard way this afternoon around three thirty. By the time the fire service arrived on the scene, the upstairs of the four bedroom concrete house was already in full […]
Domestic disputes and the resulting fall out are nothing new to this newscast, but the alleged action of one man in the wee hours of Monday morning appears to be in a class by itself. As News Five’s Patrick Jones reports, a disgruntled boyfriend may have taken justice into his own hands and in the […]
Belize City firemen were among the busiest people in town today, with chores that included hosing down a sporting complex and fighting a disaster on the south side. For the second time this week, a Belize City family is left to pick up the pieces as fire turns their home into rubble. News Five’s Arreini […]
A Belize City family was left without a roof over their heads and little else to call their own as fire swept through their Cemetery Road home this morning. News Five’s Patrick Jones reports. Fire fighters were on the scene shortly after the fire started around nine this morning. But Fire Chief Henry Baizar says […]
For the second time in the last seven days, Belize City firemen were called upon to put out an early morning fire, this time on the north side. According to Fire Chief Henry Baizar, the call came into the station around four twenty Sunday morning. When fire fighters arrived on the scene at number fourteen […]
Most people were sound asleep when the fire alarm was sounded in the Conch Shell Bay area this morning, and by the time the smoke had cleared, three small wooden structures were no more. Jacqueline Woods reports. The peace and quiet of Conch Shell Bay was interrupted early this morning, as seven members of the […]
The weekend’s string of tragedies continued on Monday when Belizeans were shaken from their holiday mood by news of a plane crash off the coast of Belize City. Fortunately, however, the only casualty in the accident, was mechanical. Twenty four hours after it crashed into the choppy waters off Hicks Caye, a part of the […]
The alertness of Belize City firemen was put to the test today but their quick response just wasn’t quick enough. A mid-afternoon fire on an unnamed street off Faber’s Road has left two people homeless. Patrick Jones was right behind the fire engines as they raced to the scene. Within a matter of minutes, the […]
It was a familiar story. The peace and quiet of a Sunday night in Belize City shattered by the electric news of a downtown fire. But this time the outcome was anything but familiar… as skill, circumstances and good fortune combined to keep the old capital out of serious trouble. It had all the ingredients […]
A fourteen month old baby is dead, the result of what appears to be an accidental drowning. Police report that on Saturday evening they were called to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where they were told by Alfonso Catch, a thirty four year old watchman of mile twelve on the Western Highway, that he found the […]
Police are combing the Belize River near Burrel Boom in search of a Belize City man who entered the waters and has not been seen since. 45-year-old Bernard Rosado was being driven from Burrel Boom into the City by Susan Fuller. When the car slowed down between miles 7 and 8 Rosado jumped out and […]
Late this evening, residents along Calle al Mar, just opposite the MCC Grounds, were forced to remain indoors as they first watched one of their lane’s lamp posts burn, then break in two, leaving its live wires dangling dangerously close to the ground. While none of the residents would venture out to speak to us […]
