The Young Artists Association has released their first music video. While the lyrics may seem like they are about suicide, song writers Andrei “Bent One” Smith and Jermaine “Jenko” Jenkins say “Deadly Love Story” is really about the tragic consequences of letting other people pressure you into giving up your dreams. Here’s a sample: (Video […]
At five thirty every evening the Belize City Swing Bridge opens so sailboats and other vessels can enjoy safe harbor for the night. In the morning at the same time, the bridge swings again to let the boats go out to sea. But the Port Authority says for the last few years, boats have moored […]
Although the Opposition was noticeably absent, the Prime Minister, members of the House and Senate sat on the steps of the Administrative Building in Belmopan while the public was offered the shade of tents pitched on the lawn. The special sitting of the House this morning had only one article of business: the Prime Minister’s […]
A family trip to Belize City ended in tragedy shortly after eleven this morning. According to police, fifty-eight year old Jesus Ayuso was traveling from Orange Walk to the city, but between miles twenty eight and twenty nine, the vehicle’s left rear tire blew out. Ayuso lost control of the Range Rover and it overturned. […]
On September tenth, Levan Hinds was shot to death allegedly over a tape recorder. Police suspect the incident led to another shootout over the holiday weekend which resulted in the death of one fisherman and the death of another at the fish market by the Vernon Street Bridge. Today police say they are looking for […]
A mechanic has been charged with burglary and rape. According to police, George Waight of a Mahogany Street Extension address was picked up after a twenty-eight year old Guatemalan domestic identified Waight as the man who entered her workplace and raped her. The incident is alleged to have taken place around midday on September thirteenth. […]
Another arrest has been made in connection with the shooting of a University College of Belize student. This time the charge is bribery. Thirty year old David Sosa has been charged with the crime of doing an act intended to pervert the course of public justice after he reportedly approached the victim, Trenton Green at […]
If you missed it, you’ve still got another chance to watch them in action, tonight against the B.T.L. Nets. Last night’s game at the City Centre pitted the Taiwanese National Team against the Belize National Selection. The local boys put up a good, solid fight. Here’s a special report from commentator and News Five Sports […]
They’ve been away for a year but Byron Lee and the Dragonaires are back in town to “mash up the place” all over again. This year they have included San Pedro and Orange Walk concerts. The band arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport this afternoon and told News Five how much they’ve missed their […]
To get all you basketball fans out of that slump you’ve been feeling, the National Sports Council and the Taiwanese government have organized the first ever match-up between two Belizean teams and Taiwan’s National Team. The twelve players representing Taiwan arrived in Belize today after playing in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala. While Taiwan […]
Their players might not be six feet tall but they played to win and win they did. The Police Department Eagles entered the interoffice basketball competition as the underdogs but went on to become the kings of the courts in the final game where they beat the Housing and Planning Team by a score of […]
A San Ignacio police officer has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting at his superior. Around two a.m. on Sunday September twelfth, twenty-six year old Police Constable Denfield Augustine reportedly aimed a nine millimeter pistol at Corporal Lawrence Lopez through a window at the San Ignacio Police Station. He allegedly swore at the […]
In Belize City a security guard was stunned to learn that he was a little too late to stop a burglary from taking place at the TACA Airlines warehouse on the boulevard. Eighteen year old Jeremy Romero told police that when he showed up for work at seven p.m. on Tuesday he was met by […]
Today Trenton Green, the U.C.B. student who received a gunshot wound to his abdomen on Saturday, September eleventh denied he was acquainted with his assailant, Jerome Goff. Viewers may recall that during a police press conference, Inspector Mario Vernon, Head of C.I.B. told the media he does not believe Green was shot simply because he […]
And finally, police report that they have charged three in connection with a burglary at the home of Davidas Sukhlani in Punta Gorda over the holiday weekend. Estuardo Castellanos, seventeen, Westly Emmanuel, twenty-two, and Edwin Henry, sixteen, all of Punta Gorda Town were picked up earlier this week.
In celebrations news, Dell and the Sensations won first place in the National Song Contest at the City Centre on Tuesday night. Their winning entry was “Raise the Belizean Flag”. New Dimensions came in second with “Don’t Touch Pan Di Judge’s Daughter” while Kenny Morgan backed up by Comoso Lebe came in third with “Wild […]
While Belizeans and Taiwanese living in Belize will be watching basketball this week, softball fans also have something to cheer about with two Belizeans inducted into the International Softball Federation’s Hall of Fame. At the nineteenth I.S.F. World Congress in Korea Charles Solis Senior was elected into the Hall of Fame in the Manager/Coach category […]
Earlier this month a preschool opened in the Port Loyola Division thanks to the Beautiful Beginnings Committee of Jane Usher Boulevard. The Black Orchid Preschool is not yet completed and is temporarily housed in a neighborhood building. Today the committee received a donation from Belize Telecommunications Limited to assist with the construction. Fred Howard, Chairman, […]
Over the past several months, a flood mapping exercise was carried out as part of a Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project. The assessment, which attempts to simulate how the Belize River runs and its impact on the communities from San Ignacio to Roaring Creek during floods, was presented to the villages’ chairpersons, representatives of water resource […]
It took a while for the fire hearth to get going, but today visitors to the Culture Village at the Bliss Institute got a chance to sample a variety of Belizean culinary treats. While there was a small fee for each dish, the entertainment was free. News Five was there for the opening day. The […]
A Punta Gorda businessman reported being robbed on the ninth of September of seventy thousand dollars worth of cash and jewelry during a burglary. Davidas Sukhlani told police fifteen thousand Belize dollars and twenty thousand in U.S. currency and an assortment of jewelry was stolen from the house on West Street. Police have detained six […]
The September Celebrations continue with the National Song Contest tonight. Brother David and the Tribal Vibes, Punta Rebels, Dell and the Sensations, Kenny Morgan, Roots Reggaematic, World Culture Band, the New Dimensions and Griga Boyz are competing for a one thousand, five hundred dollar prize. The winner will also receive the Nelson Diamond Award. Guest […]
One of Belize City’s hurricane shelters has been completely renovated through funds from the Social Investment Fund. The Salvation Army School on Orange Street took in three hundred people during Mitch and it became apparent that the facility needed urgent repairs to the roof, termite-ridden floor and restrooms. This week the school’s two hundred students […]
The National September Celebrations Committee in association with the Belize Arts Council invites you to come and experience Belizean culture in an ethnic atmosphere on the fifteenth and sixteenth. The Culture Village will provide you with a wide variety of ethnic dishes for breakfast, snacks, lunch and supper. According to Anita Cheong, Public Relations Officer […]
He never knew his father and has yet to see any of his father’s works of art but Percival Cain knows his father through the gift they share… the ability to capture Belize on canvas. He studied construction through the University of the West Indies Extra Mural Program and has been in the United States […]
