It’s been eight months since Janay Moguel was hit by stray bullets as she crossed the Central American Boulevard in the company of her grandfather, Steven Rhamdas. Since then she’s been receiving treatment locally and abroad, but young Janay was back at school today for the first time since the tragic shooting. Her teachers and […]
The B.D.F. has been active in Haiti, and much further away in Iraq, a thirty-six year old Belizean/American soldier was until recently on the front lines. Erlyn Cassasola returned to Belize after serving in the war for an extended period. His family was at the Philip Goldson International Airport to greet him on arrival this […]
For days reports have been fast and furious on the sudden departure of the British attorney, Elizabeth Purcell. She had recently transferred from the office of the DPP to the police department where she was named crown counsel. Purcell had also just been tapped as prosecutor in the new fast track court that is being […]
Most of the time, there is more bad news to report, than there is good news. Tonight we bring you a story of a courageous young girl, who was born with a disease that medically she was not expected to survive. We first met her in 2002 and have followed her over the years. Well, […]
After two months in Belize finalizing her adoption, young Anicee Lamaroux headed to her new home in Denver, Colorado this past Wednesday. Before leaving, a party was held to celebrate her seventh birthday. CARE Belize and the Liberty Foundation joined Friends from Radisson in the celebration. Healthy Living was there for an update from […]
The nation held its collective breath last Thursday when news came that the King of Brukdong, Mister Wilfred Peters, had passed away. On Sunday night, musicians and friends celebrated his life with a concert at his home. Today following a fitting official funeral in his honor, he was laid to rest. The streets were lined […]
An official death announcement of Wilfred Peters was issued from the Government’s Press Office today. It highlighted the life of the musician and referred to him as the grandfather of Brukdong Music. Peters was born in Gracie Rock Village on the fifteenth of April, 1931 and died on the ninth of June, 2010 at age […]
Around the country and beyond, musicians, friends and fans are mourning the death of eminent Belizean musician Mister Peters who passed away on Wednesday afternoon. An official funeral is being planned to bid farewell to the man who through his music and lyrics kept the Creole Culture alive. Today, many persons paid tribute to the […]
Belize lost today one of its iconic musicians, Mister Wilfred Peters passed away this afternoon at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The legendary King of Brukdong, in the last few months of his life, performed in a number of concerts: his last at the Cacao Festival on May twenty-third in Punta Gorda. Earlier in the […]
As we reported at the top of our newscast Mr. Wilfred Peters passed away at the KHMH at the age of seventy-nine. His music career spans fifty years and took him across the globe. He was known for his originality and traditional stories of logwood days. Here’s a look back at his life. {nat sounds…montage […]
No one is talking tonight because of the sensitivity of the issue, but is there justice for the Chief Justice? Last week Wednesday, the Prime Minister confirmed at a news conference that G.O.B. will not be extending the tenure of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh who is approaching retirement age of sixty five years. This morning, […]
Mister Wilfred Peters, the Boom and Chime Band and King of Brukdong, was hospitalized on Sunday night. It’s not the first time the seventy-nine year old musical icon has had to take a trip to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Earlier this year, in January, Peters had surgery for an abscess on his leg. In […]
Nine year old Kent Flowers Junior suffered severe burns when a gas pump caught fire as his dad worked on a vehicle. Kent Junior grabbed a container to try to out the fire, but it contained fuel, which spilled on him. He was flown to Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas for urgent treatment sponsored by […]
As we told you, Housing Minister and Mesopotamia Area representative, Michael Finnegan is back in the Jewel. Finnegan was gone for at least two months for treatment for prostate cancer at the Harper University Hospital in Detroit. Since he was diagnosed with cancer, Finnegan has been publically speaking about this deadly disease. When he touched […]
Housing Minister Michael Finnegan has been out of the limelight and the political scene for the past month. Finnegan is in Detroit, Michigan, fighting for his good health and recovering from surgery for prostate cancer. He was diagnosed recently and decided to let the public become aware of his battle. His wife, Dianne, told News […]
He is known for his fiery speeches in the House of Representatives and at the last House Sitting for the Budget debate, he did not show any sign of illness. But tonight, Minister of Housing, Michael Finnegan is in Detroit, Michigan recovering from a prostate cancer surgery at the Harper University Hospital. News Five spoke […]
Members of the judiciary and the legal community gathered in the chambers of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh to pay tribute to one of their own, the late Horace Young, who passed away on April eighteenth. At the time of his death, Young had retired from private practice, but in earlier years, he served in numerous […]
On Monday we reported that two of five fishermen from Jamaican had been rescued after they were lost for more than month at sea. Anthony Hibberd and Jason Noble set sail in the Gentle Breeze from the Old Harbor Bay in Jamaica in mid March and were found on Sunday off the coast of Mexico. […]
Funeral services were held in Belmopan today for Keith Swift, our media colleague who was found dead at his home on Monday evening. The veteran thirty year old journalist had been employed at Seven News since 1998 and was considered to be generally healthy, aside from a bad right knee. Keith was last seen alive […]
Last night News Five broke the news that thirty-three year old Kenneth “Big Tom” Flowers had been shot dead. The reports reaching us were that he suffered several wounds but did not die at the scene. He was rushed to a Utah hospital on Monday where he was pronounced dead. Other reports say Big Tom […]
Funeral arrangements are being finalized for television journalist Keith Swift, who was found dead on Monday evening at this home on Lizarraga Avenue by his roommate, Mark Bowman. Swift will be laid to rest on Friday morning at ten at St. Anne’s Church in Belmopan where his family resides. On Tuesday, pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran […]
The sudden death of TV journalist Keith Swift at age thirty has stunned the country. In life, his stories touched thousands as he came into your living rooms day after day in the evening news on Channel Seven. He earned the respect of many because of the signature style of reporting he developed over the […]
There is more bad news tonight as Luisa Carillo, the nineteen year old student who fell from a D & E bus as two armed robbers held up its occupants, died today. The two bandits jacked the bus on the Western Highway on April eleventh but were overpowered by the passengers even though one carried […]
A former public officer and prominent member of the judiciary passed away in the United States. Horace Walwyn Young, died on Sunday morning at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Miami where he was being treated for some time as age and failing health took a toll on him. Young worked his way through the clerical […]
We begin tonight’s newscast with the tragic death of a colleague in the news industry. The well known television journalist for Channel Seven, Keith Swift, passed away today. He did not report to work this morning and his roommate Mark Bowman reportedly found Swift lying face-up with foam at his mouth after five this evening. […]
