An in a tragic story, an infant from the Village of San Roman in the Stann Creek District died after falling into a well. Thirty-one year old Christina Cho, reported to police that on Wednesday morning, her two year old daughter, Roxanna Coc, was with her in the yard feeding their pigs. When Cho went […]
It’s Friday night and if you’re in a party mood, Safiyyah has some ideas for you. Listen up to find out What’s Happening around in the Jewel this weekend. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize. On Friday night there will be a party called ‘French Kiss’ inside the Palm Island Night Club. […]
We begin tonight’s newscast with a very tragic story. This evening, a small plane bound for Belize, crashed on take-off from the Aurora airport in Guatemala City. The plane, a Piper Azteca, is part of the fleet of Aeroservicios, a Guatemalan company. Shortly after takeoff, at a quarter to three this afternoon, the aircraft plunged […]
The family of a US citizen who left Honduras on Sunday is asking for help in locating him as they believe he may have drifted to Belize. New Jersey resident, Joe Dunsavage, left Roatan on Sunday and has not yet been heard from. Air and sea searches have not yielded any clues of his whereabouts. […]
You may not have heard much about the Dancehall Masters’ Association but the artists in this group have embarked on a mission to promote peace and discourage violence. DMA, as they call themselves for short, have planned a fundraiser for Saturday at the basketball court behind Saint Martin de Porres Church on Vernon Street and […]
As we have reported, the office of the Solicitor General has been vacant since June of 2008 when Tanya Herwanger resigned. And it might stay that way a while longer. According to the P.M., the salaries are not attractive for overseas recruitment and locally lawyers make too much money in private practice. Prime Minister Dean […]
It is almost a year and the Barrow administration has been unable to fill the post of Solicitor General. News Five confirmed today that no one has yet been appointed to the top job since the June 2008 departure of the then Solicitor General Tanya Herwanger who precipitously left that office, and the country for […]
And on the issue of lands, News Five reported last week on mounting allegations about instances of alleged corruption at the Ministry of Natural Resources where according to one newspaper, quote “the bribes have become substantially bigger for services that should be free.” Unquote. While the response from GOB has been dismissive for most part, […]
There is a developing story reaching News 5 that a private house is being built on land that may be the property of a Belize City government school behind the Racoon Street Police Station. The land in question was originally owned by businessman Darrell Carter, who years ago sold it to the government of Belize. […]
Over the weekend, heavy rains in southern Belize caused the Sittee River to swell and last night water levels increased to almost 9 feet above normal threatening to overflow the Kendal crossing. The dangerously high levels bring back memories of last June’s flooding by Tropical Storm Arthur and depression number sixteen when southern Belize was […]
The second death that occurred this weekend, happened further north at the Rio Hondo River. A man from Yo Creek Village, who was reveling at a bar in the Mexican village of Botes, drowned when he attempted to swim back to the Belize side. Shortly after midnight on Sunday twenty-eight year old Elias Vargas plunged […]
Channel Five has been recognizing and awarding deserving mothers on the occasion of this year’s Mother’s Day. The giving continued today and we went to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, to present a gift basket to the mom who gave birth to the first baby on Mother’s Day for 2009. She’s Kimberly Audinett and she […]
Allegations of corruption at the Ministry of Natural Resources, have surfaced from time to time but generally have been ignored by G.O.B. But today those charges made it to the editorial of the Reporter Newspaper. According to the edition released today, the act of bribing officials of the Lands Department has become common practice. The […]
Belize City’s outspoken mayor walked down the aisle on Thursday night and wedded her long time boyfriend Troy “Dalla” Flowers. The guest included the G.G., the P.M., others in government and friends. Marion Ali was at the wedding and has a report. Marion Ali Reporting After pronouncing their “I do’s” at Saint Ignatius Church in […]
There’s a lack of large public activities for the weekend because of the Influenza A H1N1 scare, but there’s no need to be bored. Safiyyah has some tips to stay safe and some ideas for indoor fun. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is what’s happening Belize? Well there’s no denying that everyone is in a […]
Will there be blackouts? That’s the question that weposed today to both the C.F.E. and B.E.L. Under the Power Purchase Agreement which B.E.L. signed last August with its supplier of electricity, Comision Federal de Electricidad or C.F.E. of Mexico, BEL has three options in purchasing power. The utility company can purchase up to fifty megawatts […]
So what if there are power outages and your appliances are damaged? Young explains. Voice of Lynn Young “What causes damage to equipment most times is when the wiring in the homes are not properly grounded, then you find that equipment get damage. That’s one of things that cause it and also of course, the […]
Four Cubans and a Somali national have been granted a hearing for the judicial review of their refugee claims. The Cubans are part of a group of fourteen who landed in Belize three months ago. The matter was never argued in open court because in the Chambers of Justice Michele Arana, Attorney for the Government, […]
Remember the group of Cubans who were found stranded off the coast of Belize in February? Well two of them are taking G.O.B. to court. Human Rights Attorney Attoinette Moore, who is representing the Cubans in the Supreme Court case on Thursday, told News Five today that they will be seeking judicial review of the […]
And from the south we go to the west, where new regulations imposed late last month on foreign bus companies traversing the Jewel are now affecting local tour operators. Guatemalan buses are under a number of restrictions when coming into Belize, and are now only allowed to drop off passengers at the Phillip Goldson International […]
A post mortem is scheduled for Wednesday morning following his death at his home in Willow’s Bank Village on Monday night. Police say they are treating the matter as a sudden death since fifty-seven year old Garnett Brown had no history of medical problems. But according to Brown’s common-law wife, they were conversing outside their […]
The fire at the City Council dump site has been extinguished but still burning garbage was the cause of the city’s latest blaze. A house at the end of Jane Usher Boulevard was gutted this morning after the trash that had accumulated nearby ignited. The Fire Department responded to a report of a garbage fire […]
He was last seen leaving his home in San Joaquin Village in Corozal after a domestic dispute on the morning of March twenty-eighth. And on Saturday, the remains of forty-six year old taxi-man and former Belize City engineer, Ricardo Enrique Magana, were found. Five weeks after his disappearance, Magana’s body was found some two hundred […]
It’s a three-day Labour Day weekend and large public gatherings such as the Morgan Heritage Concert have been cancelled because of the threat of the H1N1 or Swine Flu. Some people will venture to less populated areas of the country but many will prefer to stay at home. News Five’s Jose Sanchez went to a […]
There are more cancellations of major public activities planned for the Labour Day weekend. The Football Federation earlier today announced a postponement of all events including the female competition meeting scheduled for Friday, May first until further notice. The Red Cross has also postponed it’s gala. And if you are wondering about what to do […]
