A swarm of deadly Africanized bees descended on a family at Mahogany Heights off the Western Highway. It was a harrowing experience for three persons who were stung, while three others hid inside their new house to avoid what are also known as the killer bees. It took some time to get rid of them […]
There is a Creole saying that goes: When yoh think yoh have it bad, somebody got it worse. That saying applies to Leandro Roches Junior, a man who will admit that he has been through the system but that he has sought to reform his life. But as we found out in our visit with […]
Christmas Eve is one week away and across the country people are hunting for gifts to be wrapped. Safiyyah has interesting gift ideas. And if you’re looking for a jolly old time like, then Safiyyah’s about to unwrap all the entertainment that will come the weekend before Christmas. Here’s What’s Happening Belize. Hey, I’m Safiyyah […]
Christmas is the season for giving. Well, over a hundred students from numerous schools were today made a whole lot happier. The Toys for Tots Committee of the Continental Airlines hosted a party for needy children at the House of Culture. The children practiced their moves, Santa was on hand and there enough to eat. […]
Since the release of the well known Anthropologist, Dr. Herbert Gayle’s detailed social research into Belize’s ever-present crime situation, there have been mixed reactions about the preliminary findings. The comprehensive report has now been released and the research highlights that the social state of the country is in decay. The four hundred page report of […]
The alarm went off early this morning at a business establishment in Orange Walk Town. Thieves had broken into the business, they made away with a small amount of goods worth a couple hundred dollars, but that was only the beginning. The watchman was murdered and his body hidden. Murder victim number one hundred and […]
The House met in special sitting today to approve a sugar loan to the cane farmers. The ten million dollar loan is for five years including a grace period on principal repayment of one year. The interest rate is seven point five percent per annum on the declining balance. It will be disbursed in two […]
There have been several public complaints from Belizeans who headed to Chetumal over the last weekend. The motorists are peeved about being held by Mexican authorities for driving a vehicle with heavily tinted windows. According to Marcelino Miranda, Mexico’s Press Officer, the dark windows are illegal once you cross the border at Subtiniente Lopez. Belizeans, […]
Alfredo Ortega was installed as chairman five days ago to the BSCFA’s Committee of Management. On October thirty-first, a special meeting of the farmers was held to elect new members of the committee. That follows a vote of no confidence in July that stripped the former members of their responsibilities and compensation. Before their tenure […]
The Belize Audubon Society co-manages several national parks in the country. Three facilities have recently been damaged and two of them have been severely ravaged by Hurricane Richard. While you just saw the damage to the forest at Caves Branch, the spectacular St. Herman’s Blue Hole National Monument which is nestled across the highway from […]
Two men, engaged in a high risk job involving the engineering and assembly of communications towers lost their lives. Today two senior employees of Efficient Tower Services were crushed when they plunged from a height of a hundred and twenty feet. While the men may have survived the fall, the tower section they were connecting […]
The threat of bad weather over the weekend forced the cancellation and postponement of numerous activities. In the city and around the country, numerous events were called off due to Tropical Storm Matthew. Safiyyah’s telephone ran incessantly from the many hot spots that had scheduled bashments and other fun activities. This is all to say […]
Separate trials concluded on Monday for two men charged with Possession of Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition. While the charges were the same, the outcomes were very different. Tyson Ysaguirre was busted on June nineteenth, 2009 with a handgun and seven live rounds of ammunition. He was found guilty and sentenced to two years each for […]
Alvin Andrews, a fisherman of Belize City, was found lying on Wilson Street with several cut wounds to his face and body last Sunday morning, but the report did not make the police blotter until today. Residence in the area called for the Belize Emergency Response Team and Andrews was picked up and taken to […]
A sizeable amount of money was cashed in forged cheques at La Inmaculada Credit Union in Orange Walk. On August sixth Yolanda Gomez, the manager, is said to have reported to police that nine Atlantic Bank cheques were cashed between July fourteenth and thirtieth. The signatures on those cheques, which totalled nineteen thousand two hundred […]
Many stores are robbed every day, so it was no surprise when Everyday Grocery Shop at mile nineteen on the Northern Highway was targeted. This morning, four persons, Aaron Bailey and Ron Myvette, both twenty years old, twenty-four year old Ryan Barnett and a seventeen year old minor were charged for Conspiracy to Commit Robbery […]
Two US movie and television stars caused a stir at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. Patients and visitors were excited to see Brody Hutzler of soap operas such as the Young and Restless and Days of Our Lives. He was accompanied by a film crew and Rudy Youngblood of the mega hit movie, […]
News Five’s Isani Cayetano headed to La Democracia to find out more about Fresh Catch Belize Ltd. He found out that once a powerhouse in the fish farming industry, the company is today only a shell of its former self. The estimated seven hundred acre spread, two hundred and twenty-five of which is currently being […]
Our news reporters frequently cover stories about armed robberies, an all too common offence. But on Monday night, News Five’s own Isani Cayetano experienced, firsthand, being held up at gunpoint. Cayetano left the newsroom at our Coney Drive headquarters at about a quarter after seven. He did not get too far and on Princess Margaret […]
In the first day of the budget debate on Thursday, members from sides of the House rose to have their say; whether it was to condemn the budget or to defend it. Former Prime Minister, Said Musa, focused much of his speech on the unfulfilled promises of Musa. Musa spoke on numerous topics from the […]
We’re one week away from the Easter festivities and almost everyone’s plans include a visit to the beach. So tonight Safiyyah has a special presentation on what’s hot in swim wear this year. But of course there’s still a lot to do around the country so your favorite entertainment girl will also tell you where […]
In one of the more disturbing matters before the court today, thirty-three year old Enrique Pandy of Ladyville was charged with Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature. What makes the offence even more sickening is that the victim is a five year girl. All details of the matter were not revealed in court because it […]
Over the weekend the vessels of a Jamaican fishing company came ashore in Punta Gorda. It bore the name PG Fishing Company Limited which was born out of an agreement with the Rio Grande Cooperative, a local fishermen cooperative. This irked the local fishing community and officially the word was that no license would be […]
Although it is not a full member of the CARICOM block, Cuba along with the CARICOM grouping is today celebrating the thirty-seventh anniversary of relations. Back in 1972, a joint decision by Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica led to the establishment of diplomatic relations with the island, a decision which, at the time, […]
There is an art exhibit of the self titled works of Joseph Chiang on display at the Image Factory. Chiang is the artist who won the design competition that resulted in the construction of the hand monument at the roundabout to the entrance of the Western Highway. When we caught up with Curator for the […]
