The nation’s capital has a well-deserved reputation for civilized living…but lately the residents of Belmopan have been suffering. Patrick Jones has more. Martin Greenhalgh, Chief Executive Officer, B.W.S. “It’s just to some extent, bad luck that this double failure occurred at this time.” Patrick Jones, Reporting And with that began the public apology by Belize […]
Tonight, a family from the Cayo District needs your help in locating their daughter, missing now for more than a day. Twenty-one year old Lubia Noemy Casasola, a student of Saint John’s Junior College in Belize City, is reported to have left her home in Saint Matthew’s Village on Monday morning bound for Belize City […]
Residents of Corozal took to the streets of their town this morning, but the mood was far from celebratory. The anger of the placard carrying demonstrators, numbering just over a hundred, was aimed squarely at a court ruling handed down this week, which effectively closes Panaderia Victoria. While there is little today’s protest can do […]
The sound of Blackhawk helicopters will no longer be heard over Dangriga, but what will remain are new classrooms and a community centre. The improvements are the result of a U.S. military humanitarian exercise dubbed New Horizons 2003. Today closing ceremonies for the three month operation were held and for Prime Minister Said Musa it […]
It’s one of the nation’s largest financial institutions and with nearly thirty-five thousand members, the Holy Redeemer Credit Union is an economic powerhouse whose significance is difficult to overestimate. Last night the H.R.C.U. held its fifty-ninth annual general meeting and to absolutely no one’s surprise, once again reported impressive results. Total assets reached almost one […]
Like the U.S. Ambassador, our Minister of Home Affairs was also waiting for the investigation to progress. Today he counselled patience, explaining that white collar crime is a worldwide problem that is not easily prosecuted. Ralph Fonseca, Minister of Home Affairs “One of the biggest problems with the investigation as I understand it from the […]
for his part, Director of Immigration, Colonel Peter Parchue, believes that the days of scandal are a relic of the past…and despite strong evidence that many members of his staff were involved in corruption, he maintains that all is well on his watch. Col. Peter Parchue, Director of Immigration “I’ve maintained the same staff that […]
The Internet is a touchy subject in Belize, with most subscribers caught in a web of daily frustration. But optimistic rumours abound regarding the future…and over the last few weeks News 5’s Patrick Jones has been checking them out. Patrick Jones, Reporting Ask Belizean Internet users what is the biggest problem with the present dial-up […]
She was Queen of the Bay in 1950 and tonight we regret to announce her death. Lita Fuller Lopez passed away suddenly on Tuesday in Miami, Florida. She was the widow of Lloyd Lopez of Dangriga and is survived by daughter Grace and son Dale, also of Miami, sister Doreen Humphreys and brother Alton Fuller. […]
On last night’s newscast we authoritatively reeled off the new lower fuel prices and reported that they would come into effect at midnight. And while the numbers were right, the timing was not. Although the tanker was scheduled to arrive Wednesday afternoon, it was apparently delayed in Honduras and it is not certain exactly when […]
They can sometimes be annoying, especially if you’re in a hurry and traffic gets backed up…but the presence of police checkpoints on our major highways is a high profile reassurance that authorities are serious about law enforcement. Today, the private sector, in a small way, expressed its appreciation for the effort. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline […]
It happened last Thursday afternoon in Ladyville, and while it is clear that a boy has been horribly injured, what is not so certain is how and why. Jacqueline Woods is just back with the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Eight-year-old Jose Luis Ortega received first and second degree burns to forty percent of his body […]
There’s a popular saying in the academic community that goes, “if you educate a woman you educate an entire nation.” According to the experts, seventy percent of those charged with the task of developing the minds of Belize’s youngest citizens are women…yet there has always been the perception that female teachers do not get the […]
Crime and the causes of crime continue to be a hot topic up for discussion, with obvious reason. And while everyone has an opinion on how to effectively deal with the situation, one organisation is putting its money where its mouth is, literally. Since, November of last year the Belize Chamber of Commerce has been […]
It is the tie that binds us as Belizeans…our quest for a piece of land to call our own; evidenced by the hundreds who make a weekly pilgrimage to the Ministry of Natural Resources in Belmopan. In an effort to cut down on the hassle, late last year government launched a land management program. And […]
A U.S. tourist has died while vacationing at San Pedro. According to police, sixty-eight year old William Conrad of Texas was snorkelling at Shark Ray Alley south of Ambergris Caye, when he suddenly collapsed and could not be revived. Heart failure is suspected as the cause of death. Conrad’s body was transported to the Karl […]
Town Councils throughout the country were today without their top brass as Mayors and their deputies travelled to Belize City as guests of the City Council. The occasion was the first meeting of the Mayors Association since the March fifth elections. And while there were some new faces in the room, many of the old […]
The Santiago Castillo group of companies officially launched a new line of multi-vitamins targeted for people over fifty years old and at the same time extended a helping hand to the care giving institutions for the elderly. Multibionta Fifty is a multivitamin supplement designed especially to meet the needs of older people. And while today’s […]
The war in the Middle East appears to be rapidly coming to an end, and Belizeans, along with the rest of the world, have watched the brief campaign with varying proportions of shock and awe. For many residents of Belize City, particularly those in one southside neighbourhood, the U.S. march through Iraq has a familiar […]
Growing up–long considered to be a wonderful stage of life–can also be dangerous. Today, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited an educational exhibition that’s trying to teach our kids how to take some extra care. Damira Noralez, Concerned about child abuse “When people leave their children at home, sometimes the people go out and sometimes a […]
A cool swim on a hot day turned tragic for a group of friends from Sandhill. Police say that on Saturday, twenty-year-old Hilberto Villa went for a dip in the Belize River at Grace Bank just after one, but a short time later disappeared. The group immediately started looking for their friend, but it was […]
They were major issues pushed by the People’s United Party in their campaign leading up to the March fifth general elections. But this week, it looked like reality might override the rhetoric. First, there’s the income tax exemption for Belizeans making twenty-five thousand dollars or less, which was promised to take effect on April first. […]
But today, it was the Prime Minister and his administration that took centre stage as the new government and Senate was officially sworn in as elected representatives. News 5’s Patrick Jones was in the capital this morning. Patrick Jones, Reporting The pomp and ceremony of today’s opening of the National Assembly was the symbol of […]
Homelessness on the streets of Belize City is nothing new, but tonight News 5’s Janelle Chanona talks to the men and women who spend their days and nights on the streets, hustling for their place in society. You might expect to hear sob stories and screams for sympathy, but what she found will surprise you. […]
For many Belizeans who receive their wages on a weekly basis, tomorrow is the first payday of the new financial year. And, if you were paying attention to the Prime Minister’s budget speech way back in January, you know that beginning April first the tax free exemption goes up from twenty thousand dollars to twenty-five […]
