Unconfirmed and late reports to our newsroom are that a flight attendant from Spain has gone missing on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. She has been identified as Maria Antonia Plaza Gomez. According to reliable sources, she works as a flight attendant for Maya Island Air Regional. A representative for the company referred the media to […]
It was recently determined by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions that there is not sufficient evidence to charge Sergeant Paulino Reyes for fatally shooting Corporal Gavin Sanchez in March of this year. That’s a decision that has caused public outrage and one which Gavin’s widow, Tara-Lee plans to challenge in way she […]
In the courts, six Ladyville residents were today charged with a number of offences including burglary, drug trafficking and possession of unlicensed ammunition. While Hurricane Richard made landfall in central Belize on Sunday October twenty-fourth the home of American national Udgen Brick on Falcon Street in Ladyville was burglarized. Among the items stolen were two […]
Eighteen year old Francisco Rodriguez, a laborer of Belize City, today began serving a one year prison sentence for the theft of a cell phone last Thursday. Rodriguez, who appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner this morning, pled guilty to snatching a black Motorola cellular phone belonging to Shakira Young while she was walking along Central […]
There is confirmation tonight that alleged Guatemalan drug dealer Otoniel Turcios Marroquin was caught in San Ignacio this past Monday. We can also confirm that Turcios has been handed over to the DEA and flown out of the country without a court hearing for his expulsion. There was no official word from the police, nor […]
The official estimate of the damages of Hurricane Richard has now increased to close to fifty million dollars. The latest assessment says that damage to housing is fourteen point five million dollars and to agriculture, the figure is thirty-four point seven million dollars. The destructive force of the hurricane displaced many families in the south […]
It’s five days after hurricane Richard stripped many Belizeans of all they had and tonight, there are still victims waiting for assistance. The supplies are available, but are the relevant agencies spending too much time on the paperwork while families suffer? Eighty-eight percent of viewers who responded to Thursday’s question believe that the delivery of […]
The Social Security Board was to decide today whether or not it was to invest fifty million dollars in Telemedia shares. But that didn’t happen because the representatives from the unions did not present themselves to the scheduled meeting. The vote could not be taken because the Social Security Act is clear that for the […]
The stories and struggles of Richard’s victims are telling. The poverty levels have plunged even lower and many families in the Yarbrough area are managing without basic amenities. Food and shelter are huge concerns after the devastation. The families are clinging together and desperately need assistance. News Five’s Jose Sanchez caught up today with the […]
You’ve seen the hardships for families living in tents in the Yarborough area of the Belize City but the human suffering extends to other areas. Our news crew was in Hattieville today, a community that felt the fury of the category one natural disaster. It is five days after the storm and we found a […]
On Tuesday, we reported on the incredible story of the survival and endurance of Edmund Forte who was caught in the eye of Hurricane Richard on Sunday. He along with Arturo Gilharry and Barrington Gomez set out to sea from the Conchshell Bay area on October twenty-first. They were heading to the Blue Field Range […]
When Hurricane Richard battered the central and southern districts on Sunday, thousands were affected in some form or the other. Gales Point Manatee in southern Belize District was immediately in the eye of the storm; the hurricane force winds and rains toppled houses and uprooted foliage. Many of the residents decided to brave the storm […]
There’s enough anguish in the wake of the category one hurricane that hit hard on Sunday. An official preliminary estimate of the damage stands at thirty-three million dollars, but the citrus industry alone has reported over thirty-two million dollars in losses. That’s millions of dollars that won’t be easy to come by and we do […]
The effects of Hurricane Richard are still being felt but many believe that NEMO’s hurricane preparedness plan is working. We put that question to our viewers and the response from those who polled, show that sixty-two percent have faith in NEMO while thirty-eight percent are not impressed. But tonight’s question is: Do you think that […]
The Fort Street Tourism Village was desolate today. Carnival Cruise Lines cancelled its scheduled port of call. It similarly did so on Wednesday claiming that navigation aids were not up to scratch following the passage of the category one hurricane on Sunday. The BTB said this afternoon that cruise ship arrivals are back on track. […]
Bruce Cullerton was mauled to death by Max the Jaguar, on Monday night. It is a stunning and rare event and also a tragic one. Cullerton was the neighbor of Richard and Carol Foster, two outstanding film makers for the National Geographic Channel. Cullerton was an established roving mechanic and his remains will be cremated […]
Later in the newscast we will cover the devastation to the citrus industry and the millions of dollars it stands to lose from the ravages of Hurricane Richard. There’s another industry, a key player in the economy, that’s the tourism industry that is also feeling the impact of the hurricane. Tonight we can confirm that […]
We’ve reported extensively on the many victims whose lives were interrupted by the passage of Hurricane Richard. At least two hundred houses were devastated by the ferocious storm on Sunday night. Many families are starting over while others are making good on the little that was left behind. Earlier today, News Five’s Delahnie Bain took […]
The Social Security Board is expected to take a vote on Friday on whether or not it will invest fifty million dollars in BTL shares that were offered for sale on October fifteenth. We won’t know for sure until then but government is expecting the SSB to come through. At the launch of the prospectus, […]
Hurricane Richard interrupted our coverage of other major developments such as the controversial proposal to introduce a cruise ship development port in the Placencia peninsula. As we reported in Tuesday’s newscast, the BTB sponsored a public consultation last Friday but interestingly, the consultation to determine if Placencia wanted a cruise port was held one day […]
In other news, a sixteen year old minor left home with his father this morning and shortly after, ended up in the hospital. Father and son were heading to clean a yard, but made a stop at an abandoned house used as a hang out spot in the neighborhood. Within minutes a police patrol passed […]
There is an amazing story of endurance and survival to report tonight, but which ended in tragedy. It’s about three fishermen who were heading back to shore as hurricane Richard approached Belize. Their boat capsized in the violent waters about twenty miles in the Blue Range area. One was rescued alive this morning by the […]
In another tragic story, Bruce Cullerton, an American National who was to have travelled to the United States today. It didn’t happen because on Monday night, Bruce was sadly killed by Max, the Jaguar that was being kept in captivity by Richard and Carol Foster, film makers who have produced the best documentaries for the […]
Tonight we ask: Do you think that NEMO’s hurricane preparedness plans were adequate? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Hurricane Richard turned out to be fatal. There’s loss of life and extensive destruction in areas that felt the full wrath of the Category One Hurricane on Sunday. The swaths of winds caused houses and trees to collapse and debris is cluttering streets and roads. In the City residents are attempting to restore some normalcy […]
