This morning a number of people came out to the Supreme Court in support of Audrey Matura Tillett, a United Democratic Party Senator and the Editor of the Guardian newspaper who was there to answer charges of contempt of court. Matura Tillett was summoned to court because of an article she had written about the […]
Just when we thought the hurricane season had calmed down, today yet another tropical depression was upgraded to a tropical storm, and it’s in the same general area where Mitch became a hurricane last year. At three o’clock this evening, the fifteenth tropical depression of the season was officially named Tropical Storm Katrina. The storm […]
Today Dennis Codd walked into the Lotto office to claim his prize: a whopping sixty-two thousand, five hundred dollars. Codd says it was not until this morning that he decided to check the tickets he had bought on Saturday, October twenty-third. Codd has been buying Lotto for sometime now and was recently laid off from […]
On every last Thursday of the month, Helpage Belize and the House of Culture organize an event, usually a party, for the elderly. This month was no different and in a festive Halloween spirit, the seniors wasted no time in donning their scariest costumes. Q: “They look forward to these weekly activities?” Joyce Trapp “Yes, […]
If you don’t believe in putting on a mask and going trick or treating for candy, then you won’t be left out this weekend. A concert called, “The Jesus Thing” is well underway in front of the Commercial Center in Belize City. On Thursday concert organizers Robert and Teresa Oliveras stopped by to give us […]
Whether you’re planning to go to the concert, just stay home or pull out a bag of tricks — if there are no treats, — don’t let the feeling of the Halloween weekend take your common sense away. Extra police personnel, the Dragon Unit and traffic officers will be patrolling Belize City and they have […]
In a story aired on News Five on September fourteenth, we said, “much of the Belizean border with Guatemala is an imaginary line.” Right after the report aired, the Ministry of National Security and Immigration called to inform us that there are in fact two principal monuments and thirty-nine border cairns marking the border with […]
Another accident late Wednesday evening has left two young men in critical condition. Eyewitnesses say around eight thirty, the car being driven by eighteen-year-old Omar Zelaya was going fast as it made its way down St. Thomas Street and did not yield at the stop sign at the intersection of Princess Margaret Drive. The car […]
A police search in some cool places netted them hot items in a Belmopan home yesterday. Police went to twenty-five Sinsonte Street where they found seventy grams of cannabis in the refrigerator. Stacked away in a white cooler were a total of two hundred and forty three counterfeit one hundred-dollar Belizean bills and one thirty-eight […]
For the second time this year, the Belize Fire Service held a simulated fire exercise in a congested area of Belize City. This time the “fire” was at forty-two Wagner’s Lane. Operations Manager Ted Smith says the Department was more than satisfied by the work of the firefighters. Ted Smith, Operations Manager “It is always […]
In September, the government announced the sale of its shares in the Belize Electricity Limited. For twenty-one days, the Belizean public could buy into the company. Local bidding closed on October fourth, while internationally, bidding closed on October eight. In a press release today, the government of Belize announced that one thousand, four hundred Belizeans, […]
Since Woody, the baby manatee was recovered from the waters off Buttonwood Bay, the calf remains under a twenty-four hour watch at the Coastal Zone Management and Institute. Although Woody was expected to be transferred to Xcaret, Mexico for continued care, today we learn that the mammal will, if all goes well, be sent to […]
Belizean doctors have often complained about the lack of up to date resources in the medical field which makes it difficult for them to treat their patients properly or any at all. In an effort to stay abreast of the latest improvements of their colleagues abroad, medical practitioners have been meeting on a yearly basis […]
Today a new set of wheels was introduced to Belize and the rest of the Caribbean as Toyota dealerships in the region presented the Toyota Yaris. Belize’s Toyota dealer, Pie Marin, is expecting the Yaris to receive rave reviews and starting today, is offering free test-drives to interested Belizeans. News Five’s Janelle Chanona jumped in […]
Along with the “Mitch Memories,” tonight some are remembering the ill-fated ship Fantome. The ship and its crew of thirty-one sank in the Gulf of Honduras as it tried to escape the deadly path of Mitch. Investigators representing the family of the lost crew are still trying to get to the bottom of what happened […]
New month, new rules. Come Monday, November first, a quick trip in or out of Belize City might also mean a quick stop at a local mechanic or auto parts store. In an attempt to curb city accidents, the Belize City Council will be doing daily car checks at the bridges outside Belize City, to […]
Orange Walk police are asking the public to help them identify the body of a man discovered on Tuesday near Pasture Street. Several laborers told police that they found the body of a Hispanic man shortly before noon. It was partially wrapped in a black plastic bag and had cut wounds to the head near […]
In this week’s Cabinet meeting, development concessions were approved for four businesses seeking to expand and increase their staff. J.S. Espat Limited will get duty exemptions on specialized equipment and raw materials in order to upgrade its paper processing plant. Tiger Run Farms will be assisted in the expansion of Running W Brand Meats processing, […]
On October nineteenth, Florencio Marin, Minister of Sugar Industry felt it necessary to invoke his powers and appoint members to the Patchakan and San Narciso Branch Councils of the Corozal Division of the Belize Sugar Cane Association. The action was taken after a group of association members protested the elections claiming ineligible farmers tried to […]
Bridging Interfaith Network is holding a conference for women this Friday and Saturday on issues facing today’s churches. The group, which formed two years ago, allows women from all religious denominations to come together to give support and share experiences. One of the founding members, Carla Housepien, spoke with News Five about the meeting and […]
For those who think today’s youths aren’t involved in community events or are completely self-absorbed, the students of Wesley College ask you to reconsider. They are looking out for each other and anyone else in the community who is fighting drug addiction or the temptation to start taking drugs. This morning they took their message […]
This week just about everyone in Belize is thinking about where we were at this time last year when Hurricane Mitch appeared to be bearing down on us. If your survival instinct told you to leave everything behind and take your loved ones to Belmopan, you were in good company. What you may not know, […]
Although it was only detected in Belize City at the end of September, the Ministry of Agriculture believes the Pink Hibiscus Mealy Bug has quietly been munching on Belizean plants and fruit trees for as long as nine months. They believe it was brought into the country by someone who arrived by air and did […]
The continuing controversy over a proposed dam and hydroelectric facility at Chalillo on the Macal River is once again in the news. A release from BACONGO, an umbrella organization of Belizean environmental NGOs, announces the completion of a study it commissioned on the economic viability of the Chalillo Project. Not surprisingly the report concludes that […]
The Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Briceño is heading a delegation to the seventh special meeting of the Heads of Government of CARICOM in Trinidad. Discussions will center on issues which arose in the July meeting such as regional cricket, the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, CARDI and the CARICOM Village in Montserrat as well […]
