Not all the stories coming out of the world of medicine are sad ones. Tonight comes some news that has brought relief to one Belizean family… and by extension, our entire Belizean family. Arreini Palacio reports. After drinking a corrosive substance in late October of last year, two-year-old Khadedra Paulino was left bed ridden with […]
The Central Bank has released its annual report for the year 1997… and aside from the fact that politicians will selectively use the figures to support their various claims, the seventy five page booklet does offer a comprehensive look at the state of the nation’s economy. A quick look at the statistics shows for example, […]
When it was first conceived over a decade ago it was thought that the Philip Goldson International Airport could handle whatever the future had in store. The boom in international travel caught it by surprise, however, and we’ve been playing catch-up ever since. Tomorrow evening a major addition to the facility will be officially opened […]
A soldier, by the nature of his profession, is always prepared to die… but when death comes by accident and by his own hand that event is doubly tragic. Today the Belize Defence Force confirmed that Private Erasimo Bol died early Sunday morning at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. At around one a.m. on Friday he […]
One man is dead and another has been injured in a freak accident in Ladyville. On Tuesday afternoon Wilfred Aranda and Omar Acosta, both employees of Caribbean Shrimp Limited, were repairing a machine which generates air bubbles for the shrimp ponds. At the time, according to the company’s owner, Charles Mackintosh, B.E.L. had turned off […]
Another death, this time in Belize City, was reported in the early hours of this morning. At around two-thirty police discovered the body of thirty-eight year old David Mejia, a fisherman of number one-twelve Eve Street. He was found in front of the Cuello Brothers depot on Pickstock Street and pronounced dead on arrival at […]
If you watch the American cop shows on television you know all about the system called parole. That’s when a convicted criminal who has behaved well in prison is released early under strict orders to stay out of trouble. Well it’s taken a while but parole, as I found out this morning, is about to […]
Belize’s Young Men’s Christian Association now stands as a full member of the global YMCA organization. The change in status from associate to full-fledged membership was accomplished last week at the fourteenth World YMCA Council held in Germany. Seven hundred delegates from one hundred and twenty five countries attended, including one hundred and twenty youth […]
Music lovers will soon be able to enjoy the voices of Belizean children as the Arts Council prepares for the selection of the first National Youth Choir. Although it won’t be until August twenty-sixth that rehearsals get underway, interested children between the ages of eight and thirteen are being invited to try out for thirty […]
While the National Youth Choir is being formed, the Arts Council is also taking time out to honor outstanding Belizean artists in an awards ceremony to be held next week. According to Cultural Assistant Phyllis Butler, the theme for this year’s awards is “The magic of the theatre and the soul of the art”. Phyllis […]
It was only a little more than a month ago that the nation’s collective heartbeat was racing just about as fast as our national basketball team was running down the court en route to its first ever CARICOM Championship. Now as a new challenge looms on the horizon the winning coaches and the first wave […]
It was until recently known as the Sea and Air Festival but has now taken on the more regionally flavored name of Costa Maya. But whatever you call it, the annual off-season celebration in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, is a hit with a growing number of tourists and Belizeans alike. Patrick Jones was on the […]
At almost this same stage in the 1993 election campaign the issue of aliens registering to vote became a hot one… only then it was the U.D.P. charging that the ruling P.U.P. was up to no good. Today the shoe was on the other foot as the People’s United Party called a press conference to […]
At its press conference this morning the P.U.P. also turned its attention to a matter first raised on this newscast on Monday: that is the use of outside political consultants. Producing what he said was an unsigned contract between Manuel Esquivel and the U.S. political consulting firm of Laszlo and Associates, the P.U.P.’s Godfrey Smith, […]
The N.G.O. sponsored debate promoted by SPEAR and the Chamber of Commerce may be history, but it doesn’t mean that voters will not get to hear the party leaders slug it out. Love FM has confirmed that both Manuel Esquivel and Said Musa have accepted the radio station’s offer to make a joint appearance on […]
More details are emerging on the possible buyout of Belize’s two citrus processors by Britain’s Commonwealth Development Corporation. Today News Five spoke with William Bowman, one of the major shareholders of the Citrus Company of Belize. He confirmed that representatives of C.D.C. have been holding separate talks with both C.C.B. and Belize Foods as well […]
The Mexican Embassy in Belize has announced that entry into our northern neighbor has now been made easier. This is the result of the third meeting of heads of government from Central America and Mexico held last week in El Salvador. The new measures approved by President Ernesto Zedillo will primarily benefit students and tour […]
It seems to be our pet peeve here at Channel Five and if we stand accused we’ll happily plead guilty. But don’t blame us when someone dies as a result of an ignorant driver ignoring our infamous traffic lights. This morning I was back on Freetown Road. Twenty four hours after the new two phase […]
On Wednesday the Belize Postal Service will be releasing three new stamps commemorating the fiftieth anniversaries of two very important institutions; the University of the West Indies and the Organization of American States. In 1948, twenty-one nations met in Bogota, Colombia and signed the OAS Charter that committed each member country to a common goal […]
And in a milestone of a more personal nature the Caribbean Broadcasting Union today announced the winners of its annual merit awards. Channel Five was singled out for recognition in two categories. William Neal, Stewart Krohn and Rick Romero won the award for best feature in the commerce and industry category for their story on […]
They are a band with a message… the kind that has people moving both physically and spiritually. Today News Five’s Arreini Palacio takes a look at the latest from D-Revelation. Paul Flowers, Public Relations Officer, D-Revelation “Payday” is a funny thing, some people look forward to it and honestly some people don’t.” But this is […]
It was a rough weekend for Belizean motorists as three men are dead as the result of separate traffic accidents. This morning twenty-four year old Ronnel Bucknor, a mechanic at Bowen and Bowen workshop, had just been given personal time off from work and was traveling up the Northern Highway around six thirty. According to […]
A Saturday night outing in the Cayo District has ended in tragedy for four friends in the Cayo District. According to San Ignacio police, at about seven they were called out to one and a half miles on the Bullet Tree Road. There they saw a black Toyota pick up truck overturn. Inside the vehicle […]
After returning from the accident scene on the Bullet Tree Road, Cayo police once again found themselves back on familiar territory the following night. This time fortunately no one died, but all six individuals on board a pick up truck received minor injuries. According to police shortly before nine on Sunday they were called out […]
A van loaded with fifteen people overturned on the Western Highway Sunday evening leaving one man dead and two in the hospital. Forty six year old Pan Li Chi Hui died on the spot when a van in which he was a passenger overturned near mile twenty eight on the way from Belize City to […]
