Latest Lotto winner collects holiday loot

This morning a very happy Elvis Usher and his family of five walked into the offices of Tropical Gaming Company to claim his grand prize of seventy-five thousand dollars for the draw held on November eighteenth. Following the usual fifteen percent deduction, Usher took home a total of sixty three thousand dollars, seven hundred and […]

New newspaper seeks Spanish speaking audience

While members of the Spanish speaking population in Belize have long enjoyed Hispanic programming on the airwaves, thanks to a new initiative by a Belize City media house, they are now able to read the news in their first language. The first edition of Noticias hit the streets last week and according to publisher Harry […]

He’s no stranger to Channel Five or Punta lovers … and tonight Felix Flores–formerly of Punta Rebels fame and one half of the duo, Lloyd and Reckless–has gone solo. According to Reckless, his C.D. is sure to get Belizeans dancing. Kendra Griffith, Reporting

New book published on Belize

In his eleven years as a university professor in Belize, Dr. Joseph Iyo, has certainly left his mark, not only as a teacher, but also as a researcher and architect of advances in the nation’s school curriculum. Today he lived up to his billing as a “special kind of academic” with the launch of his […]

Gimme 5 celebrates 15 years of broadcasting

In terms of return on investment it’s probably the best deal in town. What I’m talking about is this television station’s annual birthday celebration. Kendra Griffith has the low-down on what viewers can look forward to, starting tonight. Kendra Griffith, Reporting This week Belizeans across the country will be glued to their TV screens and […]

New newspaper

Belize’s newest entry into the journalism business, the Independent Reformer, hit the stands today. According to its inaugural editorial, the paper “contains almost no hard news” and will instead “focus on opinion and editorial pieces.” Following that dictum, the first issue includes articles lambasting government for its lack of commitment to political reform, coddling of […]

Auto dealers show off new models this weekend

It’s that time of year again when Belize’s official automobile dealerships suspend their competitive impulses to unite in a single exhibition of their shiny new chariots. And while most of us will only drool, the evidence on the streets indicates that those new vehicles are becoming increasingly popular. Alan Auil, Managing Director, J.M.A. Motors Limited […]

James Hyde, former ambassador to U.S., dies at 71

Tonight we regret to announce the passing of James Hyde. Hyde, better known as Jim, was in New York receiving medical treatment for cancer of the liver and pancreas. He succumbed to the disease on Saturday. Family members in Belize tell News Five efforts are underway to bring Hyde’s body home by Friday and funeral […]

Belize City Council plans Christmas light parade

Most attention has been focussed on the Garifuna Settlement Day holiday, but this week the Belize City Council is getting a head start on preparations for the Christmas season. According to Councillor Laura Esquivel, the council has planned several activities to brighten up the old capital. Laura Esquivel, Belize City Councillor ?As you know, the […]

NOTICE TO VIEWERS!

Due to a Public and Bank Holiday on Monday, November twentieth, there will be no newscast. The next broadcast will be on Tuesday, November twenty-first, 2006.

Seven win in Courts promotion

Lady luck smiled on seven Belizeans today as part of a promotional event organized by furniture and appliance emporium Courts Belize. This morning I stopped in at the company’s headquarters on the Northern Highway for a front seat to the drama. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today seven lucky customers got the chance to spin the wheel […]

Former columnist will start new newspaper

On yesterday’s newscast we took note of a new radio station owned by the People’s United Party. Today there is word of a new newspaper … but unlike its partisan counterpart on the airwaves, “The Independent” professes to be free of political bias. In a notice to members of the Belize Tourism Industry Association, Editorial […]

Positive Vibes takes over where F.M. 2000 left off

If you’ve been following the full page ads in the Belize Times you’d know that a week from today a new radio station will be coming on the air. Dubbed “Positive Vibes,” the outlet will be the electronic mouthpiece of the People’s United Party and will go head to head–especially in the morning talk show […]

Architects hired for long delayed sports arena

It was promised several years ago in conjunction with a visit by the president of Taiwan … but like many capital projects in these days of reduced financial expectations, the new indoor arena has yet to rise from the wide open spaces of the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. Today, however, the ten million dollar project […]

Fisheries Ministry receives equipment donation

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has received over one hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment. The donation came courtesy of the Organisation of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector in Central America, OPESCA, and includes two vehicles, five computers, two G.P.S. devices, video and digital cameras, office furniture, and a boat. Receiving the items for […]

Latest Lotto winner is nonchalant about $120,000

Today fifty-three year old Antonio Guevara walked into the offices of Tropical Gaming Company to claim his Saturday jackpot prize of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. The father of eight children says he has been playing Lotto for quite a while but never thought he would win big. That’s why he was in no […]

Toddler drowns in San Pedro Town

A baby has drowned in San Pedro Town. According to police, twenty-one year old Dina Pag has reported that around five on Thursday evening, she lost sight of her two year old son Oliver Amaya for about ten minutes. When she went looking for the child, she found him floating in a pond of water […]

Friends/fans plan tribute to Beverly Smith Lopez

On Sunday, love and laughter will take centre stage at the Birds Isle in Belize City to honour the one and only Beverly Smith Lopez. Four years after the comedienne passed away from heart complications, her family, friends and fans are determined to celebrate her life. Kendra Griffith, Reporting In the forty-five years of her […]

Dr. Miguel Rosado succumbs to injuries

On August twenty-eighth he was seriously injured in a traffic accident on the Western Highway, a mishap that claimed the life of Michelle Leslie. Tonight we regret to report that Dr. Miguel Rosado, following weeks of intense medical efforts, has also passed away. Dr. Egbert Grinage, Head of Paediatrics, Universal Health Services ?He had this […]

P.M. defends alleged libel but what?s with the Times?

Prime Minister Said Musa today stood by his party’s newspaper in its defence of a libel suit by civic activist Lois Young. According to the P.M., himself an attorney, the law is on the P.U.P.’s side. Prime Minister Said Musa ?I believe the papers should have been filed today, but I?m not certain. Definitely I […]

Three new lawyers called to the bar

And while there seems to be a lack of competence in the prosecution of criminals, it appears that there is no shortage of lawyers. Three new attorneys were called to the bar today. Making their appearance before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh were Tricia Pitts, Aldo Reyes and Vanessa Retreage.

Cuban light bulb donation should cut electric bills

When watching our next story it will be tempting to recall those old familiar light bulb jokes. But humour aside, the project inaugurated today in Lake Independence stands a good chance of saving hard pressed Belizean consumers some serious money. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon, Marilyn Wade?s Fern Lane home […]

Belize Times says Lois is a public figure

The Belize Times has released a statement in response to the issuance of an injunction in the libel case brought by Lois Young. After establishing its credentials as the nation’s longest running newspaper, and the P.U.P. as the political organisation most committed to freedom of the press, the statement gets to the heart of the […]

Wesley College observes Red Ribbon Day

It has become one of the longest running educational campaigns in the country but the students and staff of Wesley College remain determined to win the battle against illegal narcotics. Today, the annual Red Ribbon Day was celebrated with a parade as the advocates sent out the message that; True Winners Don’t Do Drugs. Jacqueline […]

Rural Development Project kicks off in Double Head

In the world of international developmental assistance–that is what used to be called foreign aid–the latest campaign of choice is poverty alleviation. And while the most logical form of poverty alleviation would be to just give poor people money, life is not that simple. So instead we create projects … like the one News Five’s […]