A resident of Nurse Findley Crescent, thirty-seven year old housewife Sharon Franklin never thought when she purchased four quick pick tickets she would be making her way to the bank this morning a winner. Franklin says when she checked the winning Lotto numbers Saturday night she discovered the five numbers her daughter had written down […]
It was as dramatic a finish as this station’s annual “Gimme Five” promotion has ever witnessed. After several tries without success American Airlines manager Luis Alpuche and host William Neal finally combined to get a winning entry on the line. Here’s how it went on Friday night. (dialing and ringing of phone) Cherry Sedassey, Winner’s […]
The big news is supposed to come Friday night at the annual banquet marking the end of police week, but today’s Belize Times offered a general preview of what National Security Minister Jorge Espat has in mind for the force’s future. Among the expected announcements is a plan to significantly increase the number of police […]
When things are slow in the hard news department we can usually depend on our stalwart viewers to provide us with good filler in the form of a wild animal story. This morning was no exception as residents of Albert Street West in the Yabra area reported that a six-foot crocodile, known locally as “haligata,” […]
Stories about animals are usually a big hit on this newscast and one we reported last week was no exception. Tonight there’s a happy ending to this canine tale, which began when a storm threatened both man and beast. The obedient dog who sat abandoned at the Burrell Boom cut off, a refugee from Hurricane […]
While humans were busy moving to higher ground during the Mitch threat, one dog was refusing to budge. She waited patiently at the Boom cutoff standing guard over a bag of baby clothes that may have been dropped by her owners. After the storm, when it was noticed that she was still there waiting for […]
The latest winner in the Courts Belize Serious Cash draw received his check this morning at Courts main office in Belize City. Jason Henry a resident of Ladyville and an employee of Belize Brewing Company Limited says he put thirty tickets in the barrel after purchasing a sofa set in August but never really thought […]
The Salvation Army has released its schedule of activities for November and December. Next Friday they will launch their annual Red Kettle Appeal, but this year there will be a new twist. In addition to kettles in front of business houses and volunteers ringing bells, miniature kettles will be placed in banks and offices throughout […]
On the Eve of the Hurricane Mitch threat, the Indian community of Belize was celebrating its new year. Patrick Jones was invited to be a part of the observance and to find out more about the important contributions of Hindus to Belizean society. They may be thousands of miles away from the motherland, but there […]
If you wanted something other than rice and beans today, U.C.B. was the place to be. The International Fest and Dance featured something sweet, something sour and a lot of something spicy. It was like a visit to Epcot Center in Florida, only that the venue was much smaller: held at the University College of […]
The Conscious Youth Development Programme which has up to this point addressed the needs of young men is now reaching out to their female counterparts. C.Y.D.P. is holding a job training workshop for fourteen young women at the Lord’s Bank Community Center. C.Y.D.P. says the workshop, which runs until Friday, is designed to give the […]
It hasn’t even been six months, but to most of us — whether we walk or drive — it seems like an eternity since the Belize City Swing Bridge was closed for repairs. And if you’re wondering what’s going on behind the wooden walls and how soon you can go back to your old driving […]
A release from the Professional Secretaries Association of Belize says that they have undergone a name change. Henceforth the organization will be known as the Association of Administrative Professionals of Belize. The new name conforms to a similar makeover mandated by the international association at its annual convention in August. Despite all the semantic secretarial […]
A rather overjoyed Tirsa Quiroz, a housewife and mother of eight children, walked into the offices of Tropical Gaming Company this afternoon, not only to get a hug from the big bird, but to claim her prize of thirty five thousand dollars. Quiroz, who speaks only Spanish, was accompanied to Belize City by her son […]
Attention all visitors to the News 5 Website. Due to a malfunction by our main transmitter in Belize City Channel 5 has been off the air since Wednesday. Because we have no means of transmission, our newscast for Thursday, October 8th, has been cancelled. We hope to have the transmitter repaired by Friday, but if […]
They have taken their share of criticism over the years as well as experienced a few moments of glory. Today the National Fire Service got some recognition and a bit of needed assistance. The donation did not include any fire fighting equipment but according to fire chief, Henry Baizar, the gift, of a computer and […]
Around the same time police were called to the scene in Hattieville, their colleagues in Corozal were recovering the body of a man from Corozal Bay. Twenty-five year old Isamel Almora of Corozal Town had been reported missing by his father on Saturday. He had apparently drowned and his body did not surface until the […]
Residents of Jasmine Street in Belize City got a scare on Sunday afternoon when a butane gas tank exploded while being filled. According to the National Fire Service, a truck belonging to Belize Western Energy Limited was on a routine butane gas delivery at the home of Deborah Longsworth Young when the incident happened. In […]
While only minor injuries were reported in Sunday’s explosion, two days earlier in Santa Elena, Cayo, another incident involving a butane gas truck could have had far more serious consequences. The incident happened at the Western Gas Company Depot around eight twenty five on Friday morning as employees were filling up the truck to do […]
If you were feeling lucky this weekend then Saturday was your big chance. At least three major raffles were drawn and tonight three fortunate Belizeans are significantly better off. Our first stop at midday, Saturday, took us inside the Belize Bank where the winner in the first prize of the bank’s 1998 Action Plan Loan […]
The long holiday weekend marked seventeen years of independence… but there were several Belizeans who had special reason to celebrate. Saturday’s Lotto draw produced, not one, but three winners. Manager of Tropical Gaming Carol Young explains. Carol Young, Manager, Tropical Gaming Company “We wind up with three winners, this time because the main jackpot was […]
While Young and her staff prepare for the future, one of the winners of the forty-two thousand, five hundred dollar regular jackpot, Roy Sutherland, wasted no time in collecting his half of the prize. Sutherland says he plays the Lotto “every now and then” and that it is the first time he has won. The […]
It has become a regular feature of the September Celebrations and one that seems to get better with every passing year. This morning I had the pleasure to bang hooky along with a whole lot of happy kids. Thousands of primary school students from Belize City and Ladyville jammed the bleachers inside the Belize City […]
