US gives over one million dollars to boost law enforcement

The United States government has made a sizable contribution towards law enforcement development and interdiction efforts. The fund will also cover narcotics prosecution, administration of justice, maritime law enforcement and administrative support. A ceremony was held this morning at the Raccoon Street Station to mark the occasion. Carolyn Curiel, US Ambassador to Belize “Our investment […]

Shrimp farm employee found dead

An employee of the Nova Shrimp Company’s Toledo branch was found dead in one of the ponds on Independence Day. Police report that the body of Catarino Sho was discovered around five p.m. A supervisor reported seeing Sho feeding shrimp around one thirty that afternoon. It is not clear at this point what happened after […]

Second man arrested for fisherman’s death

A second man has been apprehended for the shooting death of Paul Garbutt and the attempted murder of Paul Welsh on September eleventh. Twenty-two year old Michael Pau of Pinks Alley has been jointly charged with Stanley Bradley for the incidents at separate locations on East Canal in Belize City. The two men are accused […]

Customs officer arrested for firing shots on the twenty-first

A customs officer who reportedly celebrated Independence Day by firing shots into the air has been arrested. Thirty-seven year old Thomas Young of Guadelupe Crescent was charged with discharging a firearm in public at midnight on Independence Day. Police report that he was behind the City Centre apparently under the influence of alcohol when he […]

British helicopter crashes in Chiquibul

Just before nine on the morning of September eleventh, a British Army Gazelle Helicopter went down in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve. According to the British Army Training Support Unit, BATSUB, the helicopter, carrying three soldiers and the pilot on a routine exercise support flight, crashed into the bank of the Macal River. The men were […]

Family Court moves to Commercial Centre

The Family Court has been relocated to the third floor of the Commercial Centre in Belize City. The new offices were opened today. According to the staff, the new site is definitely an improvement. Counselor Lorna Cayetano says their old office at the Paslow Building was far too small and limited their ability to expand. […]

Fernando Cruz’s oil paintings on exhibit

A Belizean artist living in Manchester, England is exhibiting his work at his hometown of San Ignacio in the Cayo District this month. Fernando Cruz, who paints in oil, chooses as his subjects the animals and plants of Belize, and the rituals, including sacrifices, of the Mayas. Cruz, who was born in San Ignacio in […]

Taiwanese await word from Taipei

In the early morning hours of Monday, Belizeans joined a shocked world as news reports trickled in that a massive earthquake had rocked Taiwan’s capital Taipei. The magnitude was seven point six on the Richter scale with the epicenter ninety miles south southwest of Taipei. Today rescuers continue to sift through the debris in search […]

News Five looks back at Independence 1981

Tonight the dignitaries, the B.D.F. band and patriotic citizens will gather at the courthouse wharf in Belize City for a ceremony to bring in Independence. But eighteen years ago, the festivities were up the street at the Government House and it wasn’t only the local media who was paying attention. The international press was also […]

Children burned in fire, mother charged

A fire in Unitedville almost claimed the lives of two children locked inside their home. Police report that around nine thirty p.m. on Saturday September eighteenth, thirty year old Raquel Locke left her home and locked her one-year-old and four-year-old sons inside. Later that night, neighbors saw the house on fire and broke in to […]

Teenager fatally stabbed in Cayo District

A quarrel between two teenagers in San Ignacio turned deadly early Sunday morning. Around one a.m. John Carlos Zetina and Guadelupe August, both age seventeen, were in a Chinese restaurant on Burns Avenue when Zetina reportedly stabbed August in the throat. August was brought to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he died around seven […]

Belmopan resident chopped with machete

Later that same day, Hipolito Gomez a forty-two year old Guatemalan reported to police that eighteen year old Elston Gomez attacked him with a machete and chopped him in the right side of his head. Hipolito was taken to the Belmopan Hospital where he remains in a stable condition. Charges have yet to be filed […]

Earthquake in Taipei destroys hotel

Taiwanese living in Belize are anxiously watching their televisions and using the Internet to get information on a massive earthquake that struck Taipei, Taiwan today leveling a twelve story hotel and a row of houses in a nearby suburb. Initial reports from Taiwanese media confirm at least thirty-eight dead with possibly a hundred or more […]

Barclays to post international flags at roundabout

To celebrate fifty years in Belize, Barclays Bank is working with the Government of Belize and the Belize City Council to turn the roundabout near Pallotti High School into a landmark the city can be proud of. Today the bank unveiled the plans. Omar Espejo, Country Manager, Barclays Bank “The concept is to have a […]

Chamber says Expo ’99 huge success

Whether you were looking for something to decorate your home, complete your grocery list or fill your stomach there was something for everyone at the Chamber of Commerce’s Expo ’99 this weekend. Sixty-five businesses were represented at the two-day annual event which highlights Belizean products and services. Thousands took advantage of the various give-a-ways and […]

Japanese volunteers to offer technical assistance

The Japanese are coming, but not until the year 2001. At that time the first group of Japanese overseas volunteers will arrive to provide their technical expertise in areas of agriculture and fisheries, manufacturing, civil engineering, health, education and sports. This morning the Prime Minister, Said Musa and Ambassador Katsuyuki Tanaka signed an exchange of […]

Rachel Heusner’s watercolors at El Cafe

It used to be mainly musical artists who came back to Belize for the September Celebrations, bringing their latest releases, but this year it seems the painters are also making the pilgrimage. Among them is Rachel Heusner Superville. She may live in Trinidad and Tobago, but her heart will always be in Belize. You can […]

Bodybuilding contest on Sports Monday with James Adderley

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re in tune for this serving of Sports Monday. The softball playoffs at the Rogers Stadium moved one step closer to the showdown between Lady Rebels and J.L.s. With a one game lead in this best of three semi-final series, Lady Rebels gives the ball to ace pitcher Sherlene […]

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Children celebrate Independence with rally

Every year you see them streaming into the City Centre, uniforms of every color and design, their faces full of anticipation. Their purpose for coming together? To catch some independence spirit and meet their peers from around the city, or even the other districts. News Five was at the City Centre this morning for the […]

Taiwan beats B.T.L. Nets

If Wednesday night’s tie between Taiwan and a Belize National Basketball Selection was an exercise in international diplomacy the Thursday night rematch, with B.T.L. Nets as the home team, was not so polite. Although the Nets came out smoking to build an impressive first half lead the determined teamwork and three-point shooting of the visitors […]

Chamber hosts Expo at S.J.C.

This weekend, nearly seventy businesses from all over Belize will participate in the annual Expo, sponsored by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Most of the businesses took time out today to set up at the St. John’s College Gym. Despite the dreary weather forecast, the Belize Chamber of Commerce says the show will […]

Prisoner stabbed at Hattieville

A twenty-year-old Hattieville inmate lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital under guard after he was stabbed at the prison. According to the police, the incident took place around nine forty-five on Thursday morning. Emmerson Middleton was on his free period when Mark Stuart, another inmate reportedly approached him, pulled out a weapon and stabbed […]

Police catch one, seek another suspect in canal side murder

Almost a week after the murder of Levan Hinds on Kraal Road on September tenth, police have picked up their prime suspect and charged him. On Thursday night police located twenty-six year old Anthony O’Connor hiding in an attic at a home on West Canal. He has been charged with murder. Arthur Young and Kimberly […]

Wooddwellas promote “Lion’s Den” CD

They opened for Beenie Man and this weekend you can catch them at the City Fest at B.T.L. Park. Mozes, Indio, and Quinn better known as “The Wooddwellas” may be based in LA but their family roots are in Belize. The September Celebrations is their favorite time of year to come home and share their […]