The “perp walk” … It’s a term used to describe the movement of accused criminals, also known as perpetrators, from police holding cells to their appearance in court. Over the years we’ve followed many of those suspects into a number of different judicial venues … and beginning next week, viewers will see a new one. […]
Haul out your most comfortable shoes because come this Saturday, the Belize Defence Force will be hosting its fourth annual Running Festival. And according to race coordinator Major Oscar Mira, with twenty-five thousand dollars in prize money, there’s good reason to participate. Major Oscar Mira, Sports Coordinator, B.D.F Sports Day ?It?s our annual B.D.F. Sports […]
It’s Back to School time, and that means books, fees, uniforms, shoes and a whole lot more … which means Belizean families are scrambling to find ways to stretch their dollars. But one set of residents in the Lake I area of Belize City has gotten very creative, and are holding the first ever Little […]
Their motto is “Be Prepared” and some visiting scouts from North America came well equipped to lend a helping hand. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from the Cayo District. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the past three weeks, twenty-four members of the Tri-shores Scout Group in Ontario Canada have been learning to cut metal pipes … […]
The luck of fishermen has not been good this week as two men have drowned while on separate fishing trips. Reports are that twenty-two year old Denver Gomez of Forest Home left Punta Gorda with two other men on Monday morning to go fishing. According to his companions, sometime around two that afternoon their eighteen […]
Consumers who have just received their July light bills may be disappointed to discover that those promised refunds on June G.S.T. payments have yet to appear. News Five contacted B.E.L. to see what was the problem and we were informed that while the government and B.E.L. came to an agreement that the June G.S.T. would […]
In news from the Stann Creek Valley officials have confirmed that two international companies will be making significant investments in Belize’s citrus industry. A joint press release from the Belize Citrus Growers Association Investment Company and Citrus Products of Belize Limited indicates that two companies, one from Trinidad and the other from Barbados, will buy […]
This September Belizeans will be celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of our Independence and the two hundred and eighth anniversary of the Battle of St. George’s Caye. And while the festivities have had their ups and downs over the years, today the September Celebrations Committee made it clear that next month’s revelry will be long, large […]
And while on the subject of September, the United States Embassy has provided us with this shot of Queen of the Bay, Carrie Wong K in her Air Force blues. Carrie, a member of the Belize Defence Force, was one of three Belizeans this year to earn a coveted scholarship to U.S. Military academies. U.S. […]
If you have been watching U.S. cable television you couldn’t help but notice the media frenzy over the arrest of a suspect in the 1996 death of Jonbenet Ramsey in Colorado. And while many observers are sceptical of the supposed confession of the accused, his guilt or innocence will be conclusively proven by D.N.A. testing. […]
While certainty often proves elusive in solving crimes there were no doubts today about giving praise to an effort involving the Belize Police Department. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today, international telecommunications giant Motorola awarded the Belize Police Department and the Yabra Community Development Committee for its work to prevent crime and improve the quality of community […]
Day seven of the Commission of Inquiry into the running of the Development Finance Corporation opened with a familiar witness. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from her twice weekly beat at the Belize Institute of Management. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Located next to the Belize Institute of Management is the headquarters of one of the D.F.C.?s […]
The Belize City Council will be receiving some badly needed funds from the Belize Tourism Board … but the strings attached to the grant may not do much to ease the city’s cash crunch. According to a release from the B.T.B., that body met on Friday and agreed to fund a list of tourism related […]
The combination of babies, buckets and water has once again proved fatal to a Belizean toddler. This morning I sought out the story behind the latest accidental death … and found the details all too familiar. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Fourteen month old Jaisha Smith and her two year old brother were left in the care […]
Belize may not have much of a problem with human trafficking but, according to officials, that does not mean we should fail to prepare. That is why for two days social workers, police officers, immigration officers and psychiatric nurse practitioners are meeting to strengthen their capacity to provide a better level of protection and assistance […]
It’s getting on to that time of the year when all those summer camps that opened with such a bang are now winding down. For those attending sessions at the Institute of Creative Arts, what better way to graduate than with a performance. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Tanya Carter, Camp Coordinator ?We had three […]
After refusing to comment on severed ties, tonight word out of Belmopan is that the Attorney General has had to step in and patch up things between the Office of the Director Public Prosecutions and the Police Department. A government press release this afternoon, says that following a conversation between A.G. Francis Fonseca and Kirk […]
But while the D.P.P. and the Police Department have apparently come to a truce, Kirk Anderson is locked in another battle, this time of a more personal nature. Director of Public Prosecutions Kirk Anderson and Prosecutor Kamar Henry have been prominently featured in the Reporter newspaper two weeks in a row … and not in […]
Search and rescue efforts for a tourist missing at sea ended this morning when his corpse was pulled from the water. According to police reports, fifty-six year old Greg Maclennan fell over board around six on Thursday evening. According to boat captain Hector Allen, earlier that day Maclennan, his brother and a friend hired him […]
The controversy between the Belize City Council and its sanitation contractors might have reduced from boiling to simmer, but tonight one employee says he and his co-workers are being told to keep their mouths shut … or else. Sydney Forbes, Sanitation Worker, S.E.L. ?They fire me over a shirt, over the S.E.L. shirt. Yes, now […]
The Southern Regional Hospital has received a much welcomed boost to its resources today, courtesy the Rotary Club of Dangriga. During brief ceremonies today Club President Brian Cullerton handed over the keys for a 1999 Ford F-350 ambulance to hospital administrator Bernadette Nicholson. The vehicle will be stationed in Dangriga to bolster service to the […]
Beauty pageants are as Belizean as rice and beans, but next weekend, one such show is out to break away from tradition and start a whole new trend. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Next Friday night, the Belizean pageant scene will never be the same as six Belize City women will vie […]
The police department is maintaining the right to stay silent tonight following reports that the Director of Public Prosecutions has ceased its practice of reviewing case files and recommending appropriate charges. Via telephone this afternoon, Commissioner Gerald Westby told News Five he is not prepared to make any statement or comment regarding relations with the […]
It is a controversy that is anything but simple, involving high stakes contracts, complex legal interpretations and, of course, no end of political intrigue. But for the sanitation workers affected by the Belize City Council’s financial crunch it all boils down to one word: money. B.M.L. Sanitation Workers ?They talk about no money, that?s all […]
It started late and ended early but day six of the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation made for just under two hours of gripping testimony. The continued questioning of Credit and Projects Manager Franklin Magloire delved deeper in the corporation’s long list of bad loans with little or no collateral. According to […]
