On the morning of August twenty-seventh, 1998 thousands of Belizeans headed to the polls to vote. Many people wanted a change, but no one could have predicted the People’s United Party’s margin of victory of twenty-six to three seats. This sweep represented a rejection of the previous administration and placed an awesome burden on the […]
One day after the remains of a male newborn were found in a pit latrine in Dangriga, police have arrested twenty-seven year old Terene Gonzales. Gonzales is suspected of giving birth at her home on Eleventh Street in Dangriga on Saturday August twenty-first. On Wednesday she was picked up by police who say she confessed […]
Supreme Court Justice John Rivero will be buried Friday in an official funeral in Belmopan. Rivero was killed in a traffic accident on the Western Highway on Monday. Services will be held at the Belmopan Civic Center at two p.m. He is survived by his wife and five children. So far police have not charged […]
Although it has rejected the government’s offer to purchase the land their headquarters is sitting on, the United Democratic Party has agreed to an offer made by the Council of Churches to mediate the dispute between the U.D.P. and the government. Party Leader Dean Barrow says this new development will not change how the party […]
Thirteen years ago, the first AIDS case was diagnosed in Belize. Today, it is estimated that seven thousand people are HIV positive in Belize. As the number is expected to increase, the National AIDS Task Force since 1998 has been working on a National Strategic Action Plan for the year 2000 to 2003. The plan […]
A twenty-one year old man told police he was beaten and robbed and when he regained consciousness he was beaten again, this time by seven men. So far police have only detained one man in connection with the incident and are seeking the others. Kemanie Lacayo told police he was walking on Flamboyant Street on […]
A boat has been reported stolen in Dangriga. Arthur Usher told police around five o’clock this morning, he couldn’t find his boat which he had moored in front of Jungle Huts Resort on Wednesday night. A watchman in the area told Usher that he had seen the boat around one a.m. being driven towards the […]
This new school year, students will have more than just the usual multiplication table and measurements on the back of their exercise books. In conjunction with the Belize Tourism Board, the Angelus Press has released a new series of exercise books. The blanks feature seven different colorful scenes that highlight Belize’s attractions and tourist destinations. […]
When Sherwin Garcia hears about another act of violence or sees the face of a discouraged Belizean trying to get on in life, he does something about it… he writes a poem. Using the reality of Belizean life as inspiration for his work, he says he writes about issues everyone can identify with. He stopped […]
While some express themselves through poetry, others choose a more physical form of personal expression… dance. To encourage more participation in the art, the Belize Arts Council is holding Dance Competition 1999 with a one thousand-dollar cash prize for each of three categories. But as Greg Vernon explains, you’ve got to do more than shake […]
On Tuesday August twenty-fourth, Police Commissioner Ornel Brooks held a press conference to state he believed the police did have strong evidence in the murders of Jackie Malic and Samantha Gordon and criticized the Director of Public Prosecutions Adolph Lucas for ordering that charges be dropped against the men accused of the murders. Today Simeon […]
Fire broke out Thursday evening just before seven p.m. on North Front Street in Belize City, and as usual hundreds turned out to witness the spectacle and generally get in the way. But what was a night’s entertainment for some left four families homeless. News Five was at the scene. The sky was covered with […]
No sooner had the National Fire Service finished their work on the city’s northside, then they were off to the southside to battle the flames of another fire. This time the fire which started shortly after two this morning, totally destroyed the home of forty-six year old Myrtle McKenzie at the corner of Mahogany Street […]
Dangriga police are looking for the woman who abandoned her baby in a latrine. On August twenty-fourth, Phyllis Palacio of Tenth Street reported that she had found the decomposed body of a male newborn in a pit latrine in her yard. So far police have no leads and are asking the public for assistance.
On Tuesday concerned citizens of Benque Viejo del Carmen told police they suspected a Guatemalan mason was molesting a five year old girl. Tomorrow forty-year-old Edgar Rene Hernandez Diaz will be charged in Magistrate’s Court with rape, indecent assault and wounding. Police and a social worker took the child, who was still bleeding, to the […]
On Tuesday an accident on the Western Highway claimed the life of Supreme Court Justice John Rivero. Earlier that day, however, there was another crash. Around eight o’clock in the morning fifty-year-old Harvey Logan had parked his dump truck on the right hand side of the road between miles nine and ten. Shortly afterward, seventy-seven […]
To mark the one-year anniversary of their win in the general election, the People’s United Party has announced that Friday August twenty-seventh will be a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving. The party is urging Belizeans to participate by attending their respective churches and activities planned in each constituency. On September sixteenth, Prime Minister Said […]
Need an extra thousand dollars? Well if you write poetry and aren’t afraid to get up on stage then the first annual National Poetry Contest might be one way of getting that extra cash. Glenn Tillett from the National September Celebrations Committee told News Five why the contest was organized and why it is being […]
While many might love life on the sea, very few demonstrate their affinity like Alvero Vernon. The ex boat captain has become a shipbuilder but on a much smaller scale. He has transformed the simple elements of wood and glue into his very own works of art, using his memories to inspire his projects. He […]
Even though his office only officially opened today, Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez says he has already received an onslaught of complaints, mostly about land claims and police work. He says so far he has had few problems while conducting his investigations. Paul Rodriguez, Ombudsman “Generally good. I think most of the people, all of the people […]
Last night News Five reported that Supreme Court Judge John Rivero was involved in an accident on the Western Highway. Today we learned that he did not survive the crash. While police are still investigating the cause of the accident and exactly how it happened, information at this time is that John Rivero and his […]
Last Week the Director of Public Prosecutions directed that four men accused of murdering fifteen year old Samantha Gordon and another man accused of the murder of ten year old Jackie Fern Malic be released and the charges against them dropped. Adolph Lucas said there simply was not enough evidence in either case, in effect […]
The Commission of Inquiry convened to investigate the death of a Guatemalan at the border town of Arenal has determined that he was killed in self defense by a B.D.F. soldier and no one is to be held criminally responsible. The incident in June sparked strong reaction in the Guatemalan press which claimed that Mateo […]
While no one seems to be able to stop the persistent sexual abuse of children, people do seem more likely now to step in when they see something wrong. Concerned citizens of Benque Viejo del Carmen called police to report that a Guatemalan mason was molesting a five year old child. Police and a social […]
Today B.T.L. held an award ceremony for four high school students who were able to graduate from high school because of their scholarship program. They also presented the names of thirteen students who have been awarded tuition and book scholarships for high schools in various parts of the country this coming school year. Alicia Lopez, […]
