The strike action by employees of the Social Security Board can take place any time after the long weekend. A meeting between the President of the Christian Workers’ Union, Antonio Gonzalez and the Ministry of Labour this week ended with no definitive way forward. A meeting is also expected to take place between the Ministry […]
Earlier we told you that Philip Tysinger a Marine on the U.S. Navy ship, Gunston Hall, is looking for his family in the Toledo District. We met him onboard the Gunston Hall, which is wrapping up its visit this weekend. The Whidbey Island Class vessel was commissioned in 1989 and is the second ship named […]
For decades the B.T.L. Park on Newtown Barracks has been the place of choice for Belize City parents to take their children on Sunday afternoons for recreation. It has also been the venue for local fairs and the spot where Mexican rides set up shop to entertain the public. But there was always one thing […]
While the ceremony was underway at the B.T.L. Park, there was a one-man protest against Mayor Moya Flowers. Daniel Brisebois bore a placard with her picture, but his protest had nothing to do with the bandstand. In fact, he has been in Belize for four years and is upset that City Hall would not grant […]
The story of the Mexican national from Tabasco who was arrested inside the Corozal Free Zone on a gun and ammunition as well as possession of counterfeit currency charge continues to unravel. Jose Luis Robles Beltran was found with a point twenty-five caliber pistol and nine live rounds of ammunition. While detained, he was also […]
Over the past two weeks News Five has reported on a series of cases in which children have been victims of human trafficking and on international adoptions being used to traffic children into the U.S. Antonette and Alfred Williams came to our studios and shared how they were facing a life and death situation with […]
While that case was about adoptions, twenty-three year old Jamelia, a Belizean victim of human trafficking, came forward on February twenty-first in the U.S. media to tell her story of how an American National took her as a slave in Fresno, California. The case quickly picked up traction, bringing attention to the issue of human […]
February twenty-sixth marked the first anniversary of the tragic plane crash that ended fatally for businessman Sir Barry Bowen. Michael and Jillian Casey as well as their two children, Makayla and Bryce, also perished in the accident. One year later, on Wednesday, a lawsuit was filed against Sir Barry’s son Michael for damages. The case […]
Around the globe, broadcasters celebrated International Children’s Day of Broadcasting to drive home the point that every child has the right to express his or her opinion freely and to be heard. Here at this station, two teens were invited on set to host Open Your Eyes and later in the day, Axia Sanchez, teamed […]
Do you like to multitask while you are driving? Well many drivers have become accustomed to talking and texting on their cell phones while trying to maneuver through traffic. One Belize City resident is tired of seeing the disastrous combination of cell phone use and driving. So John Brackett staged a one man protest near […]
The news of further dismissals within the ranks of the Belize Tourism Board spread like wildfire on Wednesday evening when senior managers Shakira Oxley-Tsai and Lloyd Enriquez were both given their marching papers by Director of Tourism, Seleni Matus. The termination of the Registrar of Hotels and the Director of Destination Planning respectively, came on […]
The surveys at Harmonyville Phase six at miles forty and forty one on the Western Highway are just about to begin. Of the eight hundred plots of land made available for Belizeans, over six hundred have been surveyed and recommended to the Ministry of Natural Resources for distribution. But over the past few months, the […]
They are not usually on the same hymn sheet, but Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers and councilors put their best foot forward today for City Hall’s Open Day. A little over ten booths displayed the work and services offered by the Council on the occasion of their fifth anniversary in office. News Five’s Delahnie […]
Two weeks ago, Santiago Castillo Jr. along with Stanley Longsworth Jr. were both dumped from the executive of the Belize Tourism Board. Castillo’s firing as vice chairman was sensational because he is a U.D.P. strongman and financier and the Longsworth family is also aligned with the party. Well tonight, there is word that two senior […]
On Tuesday night, a couple from Independence revealed that they had consented to give up their son for adoption in 1994 because they could not afford his medical attention. They have not heard from him since but now know that he was not the only child that ended up in the hands of a US […]
Funeral services for twenty two year-old Christie Carasco will take place on Thursday in Orange Walk Town. The mother of a two year old daughter was stabbed to death at around eight thirty on Monday night on the street in front of her home at twenty-one San Lorenzo housing area in Orange Walk. Neighbors who […]
In recent times Belize has become a haven for US fugitives. Many have been captured and handed over to the United States; in fact, Belize places second globally among the countries that have sent back the highest number of fugitives. Two celebrated cases are the arrests of Robert Snyder and Derrick Yancey. News Five’s Jose […]
A Mexican national who claimed to be a soldier from Tabasco was busted on an ammunition charge at the Corozal Free Zone last Thursday. His apprehension has opened a can of worms. The cops found Jose Luis Robles Beltran with a point twenty-five caliber pistol and nine live rounds of ammunition. He was sentenced to […]
On Monday, we aired a portion of an interview with an eighteen year old fourth form student, Daisy Cerda, of Benque Viejo del Carmen who attempted to commit suicide. Daisy’s case is just one among dozens of attempts over the past few months that have gone unreported. Suicides do not usually make it on the […]
Tom Seay is the well known host of a US television show called Best of America by Horseback. Seay got off the Carnival Liberty this past Tuesday on a brief visit which took him to the Banana Bank area. Aside from the wonders of the barrier reef and water sport such as scuba diving and […]
The US Navy ship, USS Gunston Hall, has been in Belizean waters since February twenty-fifth. Aside from carrying on joint exercises with the Belize Defence Force and the Coast Guard, the US sailors are engaged in community work. On Tuesday, they gave a facelift to the Ladyville Health Centre and today News Five’s Delahnie Bain […]
The four police officers who were charged in connection with the drug plane that landed on the Southern Highway on November thirteenth, 2010 will have to face a police tribunal. Sergeants Jacinto Roches and Lawrence Humes along with Corporals Renel Grant and Nelson Middleton were served with notices of disciplinary proceedings last Thursday. The letters […]
Last week we told you the story of Jamelia, the twenty three year old woman who was a virtual slave and a victim of human trafficking to the United States. Karen Baptist, her mother and another woman, Shelmadine Daly gave two sons to the same American national that took Jamelia. Tonight we have another story […]
A fire at the Belize Youth Hostel at mile twenty-one on the Western Highway late Saturday evening totally destroyed the female dorm of the facility. One of the employees, Mary Rivera, told police that she was supervising the group of girls when she smelled smoke. When she checked the building she detected fire coming from […]
Further west, eighteen year old herbalist, Mark Guy, was killed at the start of the past weekend. He did not make it back from the football game he attended because his car slammed into an oncoming bus near Running W Meats on the Western Highway. His family is devastated at his tragic death which is […]
