It’s being called a burglary but it is not clear just what the thieves managed to get away with. According to Roger Reyes, general manager of the Brodies store on the Northern Highway, when the store was opened this morning, employees saw that two cash registers had been broken into and the empty cash pans […]
Belizean students got a break from government today. Cabinet agreed to increase the amount of money allotted for scholarships to 2 million dollars a year. More than half of the money will be used for students attending tertiary level institutions in Belize. In addition, government will absorb the interest on student loans while the students […]
The Belize Cycling Association is mourning the loss of Jeffery O’Brien, one of the first cyclists to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. O’Brien made his mark by conquering the Cross Country Cycling Classic four times, from 1951 to 1954. In 1954 he set a time of 7 hours, 44 minutes, a record that […]
If you’re one of those people who circles the round-a-bout at the Pallotti junction on your way to work or school, you no doubt glance up at the flag waving in the wind. But do you know how it gets there every morning before you do? It’s not the City Council who puts it there, […]
In the last ten months four Belize City children have been murdered. All disappeared from the area of Belize City near Euphrates Avenue. Last night a candlelight vigil was held in this area to express outrage at the killings and solidarity with the families of the murdered children. The organizers, the National Committee for Families […]
The murders began in October and despite one arrest, the terror continues. To date four little girls from the Southside of Belize City have been abducted, raped and killed. Who is responsible? Is it the same man, or a ring of pedophiles? No one knows. And no one knows when it will happen again, or […]
Open season on Chinese grocery stores continues. On Sunday, four men walked into Jack Lee’s Grocery Store on the corner of Pickstock Street and New Road where they ordered beer. According to Police reports, one of the men produced a gun and ordered the store’s owner, Lou Xiyuan, to hand over the key for the […]
A bus accident on Friday in Corozal has claimed the lives of three men. Around 6:30 a.m. cane farmer Samuel Sanker was driving a white Ford truck and carrying four passengers when he collided with a Venus Bus at the junction of the Old Northern Highway. The truck overturned. Samuel Sanker and two of his […]
On Friday a manatee was found dead off West Landivar. An autopsy revealed it had died after being run over by a boat. On Saturday another manatee was hit and the body was seen floating by B.T.L. Park on Sunday. Today personnel from the Fisheries Department and the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute pulled […]
A little over a year ago Belize established a sister city relationship with Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Today the Belize City Council and representatives from Mexico met for a special sitting at City Hall. They signed several agreements made last May when the relationship was declared. These include promoting trade between the two cities, technical […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this mix of Sports Monday. Mother Nature forced a postponement to the decisive Game III in the National Cricket Championship last weekend but certainly relented Saturday for the conclusion of the series at Lord’s Bank. We open to find Michael Flowers from Surprise of Lemonal bowling up […]
Employees of Nova Industries shrimp farm in Ladyville were rushed to the KHMH after an ammonia leak this morning. Reports to News Five are that several employees collapsed and others complained of feeling faint after exposure to the gas. All work was suspended and the premises were evacuated. Personnel at the KHMH treated those affected […]
The Department of the Environment has solved the mystery behind a fish kill in the New River in the Orange Walk district last week. Their investigation revealed that hundreds of fish died in the section of the river between New River Enterprises and the Trial Farm Creek when organic matter from the lumber mill’s compound […]
Several weeks ago the Ministry of National Security issued an alert about date rape drugs which could be administered in beverages. However, a young woman has reported to police that she believes she was drugged by something in a piece of candy. The 16-year-old girl from Toledo told the Reporter Newspaper that on the 29th […]
The candlelight vigil this Monday night for the four murdered Belize City girls has been rescheduled to accommodate the children who want to attend. Myrtle Palacio, chairman for the National Committee for Families and Children says they would like people to begin assembling at the Corner of Euphrates and Kut Avenues at five thirty so […]
On July 14th, four inmates from the Hattieville Prison tried to escape. They were stopped before they even made it out of the cell whose lock they managed to break. If the men had made it over the wall, their names would have been added to the long list of escapees over the past several […]
Orange Walk residents may have had dead fish to deal with last week, but today a dead manatee was found near Buttonwood Bay in Belize City. It is still not clear what killed the gentle marine mammal but its companions apparently realized something was wrong. Fisheries boat Captain Liston McCord who was the first one […]
Since the beginning of its privatization in 1988 the corporate performance of Belize Telecommunications Limited has been nothing short of spectacular. This year has been no exception with B.T.L. posting record revenues, record profits and for shareholders¼record dividends. While the figures will not be official until presented at next Thursday’s Annual General Meeting, Chairman Lisa […]
Belize’s telecommunications monopoly is not the only business, which intends to respond to the changing needs of its customers. Water taxi operators are also making plans to cash in on growing local and tourist traffic. They will be adding new routes later this summer that will make travel around the country a lot more convenient, […]
Yesterday sixteen year old Kevin Forrester, a member of UNICEF’s Children’s Advisory Committee and thirteen year old Kendra Buller of NOPCA’s Children in Action sat down with a number of other young people to discuss the child murders. This morning the two young people braved the camera, lights and teleprompter in the News Five studio […]
Several weeks after they allegedly broke into the police national exhibit room, the five men accused of stealing seven guns and thirty six rounds of ammunition were handcuffed and escorted over to magistrate court this afternoon. James Hyde, Kareem Young, Norman Reyes Junior, Earl Bodden and Wayne Webster were taken into custody on Sunday, July […]
Police may have nipped one potential cry of police brutality in the bud, but another allegation made it to the papers last week. The Reporter carried the story of Blanca Chinchilla of New Road who claimed Corporal Navarette punched her in the face at the Raccoon street station on July 9th. Today the police refuted […]
Yesterday Leroy “The Grandmaster” Young launched his latest anthology of poems at the Fort George Education Center. Today another poet traveled up to Belize City from Punta Gorda to do a little promotion for his new book. Vet by day, poet by night Luis Palacio spoke to News Five about why he got into poetry, […]
The SAPEROCO clown and comedy troupe from Costa Rica arrives this Saturday for one performance at the Bliss Institute as part of their Central American tour. Their hosts, the Belize Dance Company, say it will be an evening of fun theatre without words for the entire family. The mimes originally from Venezuela have performed South […]
To preview the release of their first CD of gospel music, Elaine and Lyndon Sutherland and Zoe Ministries are inviting the public to a Thanksgiving celebration this Saturday. Elaine Sutherland says she was inspired by passages from scripture and with the help of Errol Robateau, her husband Lyndon and the musicians at Zoe the songs […]
