We met Gloria Morales back in October 2010, when her five children were taken by the Department of Human Services and her thirteen year old daughter, Claudia Zetina, alleged that she was abused in a girl’s home. Today Morales came back to News Five studios following a court hearing in Dangriga and she had some […]
While the Prime Minister got to stand and speak solo for several hours during the budget presentation, the room wasn’t all quiet. There was no debate, but it sure had the appearance of one when the area rep for Fort George asked for tourist arrival figures and dollars for 2010. But instead of the ruling […]
It was not on the list of budgeted items up for discussion, but the Prime Minister responded to a question from the opposition side on his former wife Lois Young. Young has made a substantial sum as the government’s preferred attorney. As you are well aware, there are several attorneys on employment in the government […]
The family of taxi driver, Rudolph McKoy, has been searching for him since last Thursday, when he headed out on a run to the airport and never returned. They were even more concerned since McKoy was recently ill and they turned to the media to ask for the public’s assistance in finding him. Well, today […]
A contemporary architecture of glass and concrete is home to the north side branch of the Belize Bank. It is a giant leap from the subtle design of its headquarters at Market Square. The new branch opened on Thursday night at the Matalon Business Center on Coney Drive. Beyond the visual appeal of a new […]
The bacteria that causes typhoid fever spreads through contaminated food, drink, or water. Cases of the fever have been reported on La Isla Bonita and residents are worrying that it can spread throughout the island. But the Ministry of Health says not so. News Five Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting Typhoid fever is a […]
A Belize City man is missing and his family is highly concerned about his safety. Thirty seven year old Rudolph McKoy is a cab driver whose station is near a local supermarket. His colleagues found it strange that they haven’t seen him for a few days and contacted his family. According to Sherlette Ottley, McKoy, […]
She is tiny, weighing in at a little under six pounds. Baby Shantel Carr was born three weeks ago, but a heart defect is threatening her life. Her family needs your assistance to be able to afford the corrective surgery required to save her. News Five’s Delahnie Bain met the infant and her family earlier […]
The annual Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling competition is still a few weeks away but amateur and professional riders as well their families and friends are being invited to participate in a cycling event for a worthy cause. On Saturday morning the Women’s Department will kick off its yearly ride across Belize City and while […]
She’s what many may fondly call a blast from the past. With a career dating back to the early seventies, most bands don’t survive the test of time…but Zoila Clark has. In fact, not only has she outlived many from her era in the entertainment industry, she is still rocking as hard as she did […]
Brothers Dennis and Norman Trapp along with an Asian businessman, Lee Quan, known as Tommy, were involved in a crazy shooting incident at about midnight on February twenty-eighth down south in Punta Gorda. Twenty-six expended shells were retrieved from the scene and two police officers, who are also brothers, stand accused in the mayhem which […]
After weeks of intense competition, the Math Olympiad came down to the wire at the U.B. gymnasium in Belmopan today. Three schools were returning champions while the remaining two got a first shot at the most demanding competition that challenged their math skills with speed and accuracy. News Five’s Delahnie Bain was present when the […]
A two-day oil summit held in Punta Gorda Town by a host of environmental N.G.O.s culminated today. After much debate on the benefits and drawbacks of oil exploration in protected areas of Belize and in particular in the Sarstoon Temash National Park, the summit adopted a position paper. Present were the Sarstoon Temash Institute of […]
Still on the question of oil exploration, we reported on Tuesday night that the environmental community is speaking out against new oil concessions in the north, which includes sections of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Applications from five companies were discussed in Cabinet today for a production sharing agreement in the northwestern Orange […]
A Belize City woman believed that if she and her husband moved as far as they could from the hot zones in the city, they would be safe from violence. So they moved to the peace and quiet of Belama Phase Four, two and a half months ago. And even though she wasn’t confronted by […]
His sheep were all slaughtered just prior to the last General Elections and about a year later someone broke into his constituency office and left a hog’s head on his desk. Now Belize Rural North Area Representative, Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro has lost three cabanas containing fish feed, an amount he says is valued […]
As we reported last week, the Tower Hill factory has resumed grinding operations after a delay caused by faulty turbines. News Five’s Marion Ali headed north and got the reaction from the cane farmers on how the crop will fare off the season. Marion Ali, Reporting Barely any steam spews from the huge chimney at […]
Despite all the bad news, there is the positive story of a remarkable woman. She experienced horrors, that included sexual abuse, but she didn’t allow it to keep her down. Beverly Small reformed her life and is now devoted to public service. Today she was honored as the US Embassy’s Woman of the Year. News […]
Beverly Small won an award today for her work in her community but when it comes to the political process, as a country, women are far behind. Over the past twenty-five years the number of women who have held ministerial posts has only been six; a figure which pales in comparison to the number of […]
While Philip Tysinger looks for his biological parents, families of children adopted by Ruha’mah Stadtlander, a US missionary, have come forward with additional stats about the woman. Despite court appearances in Belize and the U.S., the Williams from Independence Village are only one of several families who have been unsuccessful in getting their child returned […]
Cases of Belizean children who have ended up in the United States under questionable circumstances have been revealed in our newscast in the past two weeks. Tonight, we have the story of one more Belizean who was adopted by American nationals from his Belizean parents. But Philip Tysinger isn’t one of those suspect cases; he […]
An eight year old boy is missing and is widely suspected to be in Guatemala. The child was allegedly taken by his grandmother and handed over to his father who lives across the western border in Guatemala. The story, according to the boy’s mother, twenty six year old Coreen Martinez, is that eight year old […]
Early this morning, the annual La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge got off from the base of the Hawksworth Bridge in the twin towns of Santa Elena and San Ignacio. Spectators were out in numbers when the horn sounded for the canoe race that will end at the Belcan Bridge in Belize City on Monday […]
On Thursday we reported on the concern of one citizen, John Brackett, on the use of cell phones while driving. Brackett took his protest against texting near Holy Redeemer Primary where his children go to school during the busiest time of the day in terms of traffic – the lunch hour. It is known that […]
Two grannies got into an altercation at Holy Redeemer Primary School today and both ended up in court facing charges. According to fifty-year old Yvonne Rivero, there was a dispute involving her granddaughter and the sixty year old Elodia Chun’s granddaughter. According to Rivero, she later found out that Chun’s daughter had threatened her grandchild […]
