Belizeans across the country have been glued to their TVs and radios to monitor the progress of what is probably the worst storm to ever threaten Belize. About an hour ago News Five’s Karla Heusner spoke with the Director of the Climate Change Project Carlos Fuller who is part of the team at the Met […]
While forecasters at the Belize Weather Bureau continue to track the movements of the powerful hurricane, in Belize City and rural areas, shelters are beginning to open for people who are fleeing low lying areas. According to Belize City Mayor Marshall Nuñez, the Shelter and Evacuation Sub-Committee has gotten the green light from Cabinet to […]
This morning the Belize Defense Force held a news conference to outline the B.D.F.’s role in preparing for and dealing with Hurricane Mitch. Major Shelton DeFour, the force operations and training officer went over the operations currently underway and the plans in place for protecting the citizens in parts of the country who may be […]
To assist the public with their plans for their businesses and families the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) issued several bulletins today. Among these was the announcement that several cayes including Caye Caulker and San Pedro are being evacuated and people in low lying coastal areas, low lying planes and near rivers are being asked […]
As Belizeans called relatives inland to arrange temporary housing or contemplated going to shelters, many of the visitors to our shores– and even nearby waters — opted to try and catch a plane home. Needless to say the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport was packed by an anxious, but patient crowd. News Five was there. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and as we stare Hurricane Mitch in the eye, here’s another version of Sports Monday. Yesterday’s B.F.L. showdown at the M.C.C. Grounds brought the struggling Juventus Benqueña to a face off with Acros of Belize City. It’s the visitors who’re off to the quick start looking for goal from this […]
It seemed like a case of deja-vu, but the heat and flames on Albert Street last night and its accompanying blackout were real. In the daylight city residents could only sigh as they passed the burnt out shell of yet another favorite downtown store. News Five was at the scene. Friday’s early morning fire was […]
The tragic accident, which killed three people and left four others burned when a butane tank exploded during a delivery in the Orange Walk District, has left everyone a little nervous about ordering gas for their stoves. To prevent such a disaster from ever happening again representatives from the Butane Storage and Distribution Industry met […]
Forecasters say it’s no cause for concern right now; but the slow moving Tropical Storm Mitch in the western Caribbean should be monitored over the next couple of days. According to head of the National Climate Change Project Carlos Fuller, the potential for Mitch to strengthen into a hurricane remains high. Carlos Fuller, Director, Climate […]
The debate continues over three appointments to the judiciary made by the previous Attorney General Dean Barrow just prior to the elections. Last night on News Five the Prime Minister Said Musa said it is not the individual justices — Manuel Sosa, George Singh, and George Meerabux — that he objects to but the way […]
The stretch of the Hummingbird Highway between the Sibun River Bridge to the Caves Branch Bridge will be rehabilitated with funds secured from the eighth European Development Fund. This afternoon in Belmopan the Prime Minister signed the contract for almost nine million dollars which was awarded to Cisco Construction Company owned by John Woods. Besides […]
In a nation where so many people value education as a means to improving their lives, it is shocking to realize that four thousand children miss school at least three days a week. It may seem like a huge problem to combat, but the Truancy Program begun by the Ministry of Education in September aims […]
In tonight’s edition of the Last Word G. Michael Reid comments on the inevitable changing of the guard after elections and the sometimes unpleasant side effects of wearing your political heart on your sleeve. “The 1993 General Elections was the first in which I was privileged to cast a vote. The four previous elections caught […]
The protection of Belize’s marine resources got a boost today with the arrest of three people caught red-handed with illegal sized conch in their possession. Responding to a tip, fisheries personnel launched an operation early this morning in the area of Glover’s Reef Atoll. Within a couple of hours, three fishermen and their illegal payload […]
This afternoon the attorney, friends and family of Rhett Fuller, the young Belizean businessman presently facing extradition charges to the Unites States for allegedly being involved in a murder over nine years ago in Miami, called a press conference. They wanted to state their dissatisfaction about the way the matter is being handled. Attorney Kirk […]
Police have released details of an incident of domestic violence over the weekend which has the common law husband in custody for reportedly trying to kill his wife with a sawed off shotgun. Police and B.D.F. personnel responded to the scene on Vernon Street Sunday afternoon and were told by Amanda Gabourel that Richard Rudon […]
A report out of the north reveals that one of our modern grannies may be involved in activities other than baby sitting and crocheting doilies. Seventy-seven year old Saturnina Gamboa of Santa Martha Village was on Wednesday arrested and charged with drug trafficking. This is the result of an anti drug and firearms operation carried […]
Police have arrested a Belize City driver for allegedly having sexual relations with a twelve year old girl. The child told police last week that George Abrahams of Faber’s Road had sex with her on several occasions during September. The thirty year old man has been charged with two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge.
Police investigating the theft of almost thirty thousand dollars in cash and jewelry from a store in Belize City last week have apprehended two men and recovered some of the missing money. Li Juan Li told police almost thirty thousand dollars in cash and jewelry were taken from her store at the corner of Mahogany […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Alvan Rowland died this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial after a short illness. Rowland devoted the greater part of his life to law enforcement entering the police force in 1965 and rising through the ranks to become the Commanding Officer for Eastern Division in Belize City and Assistant Commissioner three […]
Last night Channel Five reported that veteran broadcaster Colive Cabral was looking to buy the small Belize City radio station Roots Radio. Cabral told Channel Five’s Stewart Krohn that he and B.C.B. announcer Adrian Harris and B.I.S. Seth Hernandez were in negotiations with station owner and founder Murphy Maclaren to purchase the station. After seeing […]
If you wanted something other than rice and beans today, U.C.B. was the place to be. The International Fest and Dance featured something sweet, something sour and a lot of something spicy. It was like a visit to Epcot Center in Florida, only that the venue was much smaller: held at the University College of […]
Most of us don’t want to hear about it anymore, but turning away won’t make it go away. Tonight Patrick Jones has a startling reminder of the AIDS epidemic that keeps on growing and continues to threaten all Belizeans. The statistics provided by the National AIDS Program indicate that the number of HIV positive persons […]
Earlier this week the Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow sent a letter to the Prime Minister objecting to Said Musa’s proposal to revoke several appointments Barrow had made to the judiciary just days before the General Election. The Prime Minister, who was himself Leader of the Opposition at the time of the appointments, has […]
Belize City businessman Rhett Fuller was today arrested and now faces possible extradition to the United States. Fuller’s arrest is the result of a request by the United States government to hand him over to stand trial for an incident nine years ago in Florida. Although Fuller was arrested this morning and taken to court […]
