Since Friday, we in the media have been fed with a steady stream of data on the progress of Chantal. Much of that information comes from our hardworking weather professionals. This afternoon Jackie took a look behind the scenes. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Handling storms is the responsibility of the people at the National Meteorological Centre, […]
Tropical storm Chantal is still many miles away, but having had a front row seat for Mitch in 1998 and Keith in 2000, no Belizean is going to take any chances as long as there is a piece of weather with a name attached to it anywhere in the Caribbean. The fast moving storm, which […]
A storm may be brewing to the east, but that has not deterred the family of the late Doctor Ruben Delgado from trying to recover his body from the bottom of the Blue Hole. Delgado became separated from his fellow divers on August fifth as they were ascending from a depth of one hundred and […]
Approximately half of Belize’s population live in rural areas and with recent legislation giving local councils more power, it is no surprise that village leaders are bonding together to advance their common interests. The first annual general meeting of the National Association of Village Councils is currently underway in San Ignacio and this morning Prime […]
You can see them littering virtually every village, town and city, not to mention the highways that connect them. But if the Belize Tourism Board gets its way, Belize’s derelict vehicles will soon be a thing of the past. The BTB is about to embark on a campaign to get rid of the rusting eyesores […]
For many Belizean young men the “cadets” may be the last chance to straighten out before adulthood. This morning News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams visited the Youth Development Centre at Rockville to witness a proud moment in a number of important lives. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Last June forty youths from all over the country entered the […]
A Belize City man, Herbert Wilshire, who’s no stranger to crime and punishment, is complaining of police brutality. Wilshire’s sister, Angela Francis, visited our studio this morning to register her displeasure with the shooting of her brother by police last night as he was apprehended in Ladyville. News 5 spoke to Francis and Wilshire at […]
Last night a team from the Forest Department combed the canals of Belama in search of the crocodile responsible for the death Sunday of thirteen year old Jamaal Swift. The government officers, assisted by crocodile expert Mark Howells of Lamanai Outpost Lodge, snared a croc, which measured between eight and nine feet in length, that […]
The controversy over bus routes that sparked the July thirtieth riot on the Tower Hill Bridge has been resolved. In a meeting today at the Ministry of Works and Transport office in Belize City, officials met with owners of both Tillett’s Bus Company and Castillo’s Bus Service. A government press release says the talks were […]
It’s a scary scenario that at one time or another most people have run through their minds: what would I do if I was diagnosed with HIV? For one Belize City man that fantasy became reality–or so he thought. Ann-Marie has a story that reminds us that when your life is on the line it […]
Last night’s strong tropical wave may have been good for thieves, but it was no fun for fishermen in the Belize City Harbour. Fonciano Copo told News 5 he received a call this morning saying his boat was in trouble. Fonciano Copo, Fisherman “A sugar barge came into the boats and knocked the boats and […]
The tiny house at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Matura Street went up in flames around 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. How the fire started is no mystery, as family members saw one of their own relatives, Albert Matura, douse the floor with kerosene and light a match. According to Dorla Matura, who lives […]
The management of Novelos Bus Line has made its position clear in the wake of last Monday’s death of one of its passengers under controversial circumstances. While police try to figure out whether fifteen year old Taneisha Trapp jumped or was pushed out of a Novelos bus as it sped along the Western Highway, the […]
The calls to this station come in so often that we no longer consider them news. What I’m talking about is the sight of a crocodile strolling through a Belize City neighbourhood. But the tragedy, which unfolded on Sunday afternoon in the Belama area, was not just a sighting; it was a killing. And to […]
Not all Belizeans share the righteous anger of those Belama residents now mourning the death of Jamaal Swift. The Belize Zoo’s Tony Garel, says that man and nature can peacefully coexist–provided we follow some common sense rules. Tony Garel, Curator, Belize Zoo “First of all, let me express my sympathy to the parents. I have […]
Crocodiles are not the only dangerous animals in Belize and Jamaal Swift was not the weekend’s only victim of an attack. On Friday in the Toledo District a farmer died as the result of a snakebite. Police reports indicate that fifty-year old Monico Sho of Mafredi Village was walking to his farm when he was […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association held its sixteenth annual general meeting in Dangriga on Saturday. In his keynote address, Budget Planning Minister Ralph Fonseca told B.T.I.A. members that his government is fulfilling a promise to make tourism a national priority–and the proof is in the numbers. Ralph Fonseca, Min. of Budget Planning “We are sure […]
Another controversial event will soon be the subject of a commission of inquiry. It was announced today that the commission appointed to look into the events of July thirtieth at Tower Hill Bridge will begin hearings at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August twenty-second. Those hearing will run through Friday at the La Immaculada Credit Union Conference […]
Inmates at Hattieville Prison, like many of their counterparts outside the walls, are turning toward aquaculture as a way to improve their economic status. Today a new programme was launched in which the prisoners will engage in fish farming as part of their rehabilitation. Eleven hundred baby bay-snook were released in a fresh water pond […]
It’s Belize’s best-known venture into the world of international entertainment. Having begun life as San Pedro’s Sea and Air Festival and quickly rechristened with the name Costa Maya, the annual bash on the beach is set to kick off on August sixteenth. Jacqueline Woods has a preview. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The festivities have been trimmed […]
While Prime Minister Said Musa was on hand to lend his support to the N.H.I. Project, we also took the opportunity to solicit his views on last week’s turmoil in Orange Walk. Jacqueline Woods “What do you believe could have been done to avert the violence there?” Prime Minister Said Musa “Well whatever I say […]
In news from Cabinet, that body has approved a project to put unemployed young people to work. As many as three hundred youths, not enrolled in any school or vocational programme, will be able to take advantage of a six month paid apprenticeship with various business houses or tradesmen. Government will provide the apprentices with […]
When Elsa Augustine moves into her new home at 6618 Police Street, she will have no shortage of stories to tell her friends and neighbours. After all, how many Belizeans can boast of living in a house built by the likes of Said Musa, Johnny Briceno and a dozen other diplomats and community leaders. It’s […]
Virtually all of the news coming out of the tourism sector in the last couple of years has been good: what with “Temptation Island”, “After the Storm” and Marion Jones filling the world’s TV screens with pictures of suddenly fashionable Belize, it was no wonder that each month witnessed a seemingly meteoric rise in tourist […]
A fifteen-year-old girl is dead and the circumstances surrounding her death are a matter of some uncertainty. Police say Tanisha Trapp boarded a Novelo’s bus around 12:30 Monday afternoon from Belmopan to go home to Camalote Village. The police report goes on to say that she was on an express bus, which does not make […]
