This week, the staff at Family Court has not only been working to resolve problems facing their clients, but has spent the past four days dealing with a problem of their own. Water has flooded the main offices and bathroom, making it difficult for staff to conduct business. The water, which has been pouring in […]
With Garifuna Settlement Day only eight days away, Garifuna communities all over Belize are inviting Belizeans to celebrate. On Wednesday night a Thanksgiving Mass was held at St. Martin De Porres Church. As Janelle Chanona found out it was not only a time to count blessings, but a time to bring the young people into […]
Since 1998, the Ministry of National Security has been strengthening the Police Department to help combat crime. Today the ministry introduced yet another initiative. A National Crime Prevention Council composed of community-based organizations, professional bodies and the private sector has been established to study crime and violence in Belize. They will recommend policies and oversee […]
The Elections and Boundaries Department has embarked on a public awareness campaign. Today a voter’s day was held at the Belize Biltmore Plaza to emphasize to the electorate their right to vote and to encourage those who have not registered to do so. An information booklet on the department has also been produced. Voter’s Day […]
On Tuesday a one and a half year old child drowned in a bucket of water at his home on Faber’s Road. His mother had left him home alone with a three-year-old sibling because she had to leave for work. She told police she had asked a neighbor to watch the children until one of […]
The United Democratic Party is asking the government to give voters in Belmopan some idea of the type of city council they would be getting if they vote “yes” in the November twenty-fourth referendum. They also want the election delayed a year if residents vote to become a city. This evening the party issued a […]
One of the major concerns a country faces after a natural disaster is the quality of water its citizens are drinking. The Italian government decided to donate water quality testing material and equipment to Central American countries affected by Hurricane Mitch. Belize submitted a project proposal and today, the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Antuzi, handed over […]
A Garifuna Mass of Thanksgiving is being held tonight at St. Martin de Porres Church. Although it is an annual event, the focus this year is on the youth and members of the Hamalali Irahuyun or “Voices of the Children” are planning and participating in most aspects of the mass. The Belize City Garifuna Choir, […]
We’ve tried to be patient, we’ve tried to look at the bright side, but the rain has lasted for six days now. If you count the tropical depression at the end of October, it feels like even longer. Today Janelle Chanona, umbrella in hand, found out a lot of people just want the sun to […]
Every time it happens, people ask: where were the parents? This time the mother was at work when her baby fell into a bucket of water and drowned. News Five was on Faber’s Road today to find out who was supposed to be watching the baby. Baby Eric Castillo is believed to have drowned when […]
In police news, almost four thousand marijuana plants were destroyed during a joint police/B.D.F. patrol on Sunday in the Toledo District. Police report that over the course of several hours they discovered five marijuana plantations four miles west of San Pedro Colombia Village. The plants ranged from five to ten feet tall and one hundred […]
As part of its monthly lecture series, tonight the Belize Audubon Society is hosting, “No teef the Reef,” a lecture and slide presentation on the health of Belize’s reefs by Marine Biologist Melanie McField. McField has been studying Belize’s reefs since 1990. When she compares her research to studies done in the seventies, things do […]
The reports of the sexual abuse of children may not seem as frequent these days, but sex crimes against children continue and every day children are battered by their mothers, fathers and other relatives. As part of their public awareness campaign the National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse is sponsoring a week of […]
Bad weather in August may have prevented Grace Primary School’s steel band from participating in the Latin American Cultural Festival in Mexico, but they won’t be disappointed a second time. Thirty members of the band, their principal Gloria Edwards and Edith Gahona of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs left today for Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico […]
While the Pantasticks give festival goers in Cancun a taste of Belizean rhythm, musical ambassador for Punta Rock Andy Palacio is among the Caribbean artists featured on the CD from Putumayo World Music. Palacio’s recording of the song “Nabi” written by Garifuna composer Paul “Nabor” Santino, is included on the album “Caribe! Caribe!”. Artists such […]
If you’re between the ages of nine and fourteen and love to draw, you could win up to one hundred and fifty dollars for coming up with a winning logo design. The Family Services Division is looking for a drawing that will be used for new posters, T-shirts and pamphlets for their “Give Your Heart […]
They were in front of a neighborhood shop Sunday evening when suddenly a car pulled out and a shower of bullets rained down. Three men were hit and children on the street ducked for cover. As the car sped away it riddled a nearby house with bullets. News Five spoke with one of the victims […]
On Thursday night Raymond Williams was shot and killed in his white convertible while parked on one of the streets near the municipal airstrip. His companion Janet Vasquez told police she survived the ordeal by jumping into the sea. Today she told News Five about her swim to safety and denied allegations that she may […]
A fifteen year old boy from Sandhill was killed in a hit and run accident on Saturday night. Clifford Requeña was walking on the Northern Highway around ten p.m. when he was knocked down by a pick-up truck. He sustained head and body injuries and was taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial but pronounced dead […]
A Belize City shopkeeper was shot during a robbery attempt on Sunday night. Zhou Liang Huai reported he was closing up his shop, Eighty-eight Shopping Center on the Corner of Central American Boulevard and Neal Pen Road when a man tried to rob him. When he refused to hand anything over, the robber shot him […]
Prime Minister Said Musa will be in South Africa next week for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The summit, in the city of Durban, will focus on how the Commonwealth can make globalization people-centered, and use it to improve the living conditions of people from all walks of life. Accompanying the Prime Minister is […]
The President of the International Children’s Hospital, the Honorary Counsel of New Orleans and actor Dennis Quaid are in Belize for a tour of medical facilities that have benefited from I.C.H. donations and services. Dr. Mayer Heiman founder of the hospital and Honorary Counsel Jean Bernand and other board members including Dennis Quaid were met […]
She surprised organizers by wanting to enter the contest at the tender age of eleven, but it was no surprise to the audience that little Nirise Martinez took the title. The standard six student from Georgetown became the new Miss Garifuna Saturday night at the City Centre. Organizers tell News Five despite the rainy weather […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re fully tuned into this edition of Sports Monday. The city waited for two weeks to view the B.F.L.’s battle for supremacy and finally on Sunday the only two remaining undefeated teams faced off at the M.C.C. Grounds. As host Culture Yabra gives way to the league leader Sagitun […]
She may just be unlucky, but two men in Janet Vasquez’s life have ended up dead. Tonight police are trying to find out if there is any connection between the murders of her boyfriend Emil Franklin in January near English Caye and the killing of Raymond Williams on Thursday night. Franklin had been detained by […]
