A fire in Maya Mopan last week left over fifty people homeless, most of them children. Today the Prime Minister Said Musa toured the area and found that seven of the twelve thatched houses were already being rebuilt. The Mennonite Community in Spanish Lookout has donated building supplies and this time the homes will have […]
Dangriga police are looking for two men after they robbed a hardware storeowner and one of his employees around eleven-thirty this morning. Employees tell News Five that Orlando Habet had already gotten into his Blazer in front of Habet’s Hardware on St. Vincent Street, when a man rode up on a bike and put a […]
Belize City police have detained a taxi driver for questioning after a young woman reported he raped her early Saturday morning. The twenty-six year old told police she left the Miami Nites club on Central American Boulevard around four a.m. in a taxi. The driver was a relative of one of her friends, but instead […]
For one community organization’s, persistence in achieving its goal has paid off. Today, members of the Toledo Institute for Development and the Environment (TIDE), watched as the Port Honduras area was officially declared a national reserve. TIDE has consistently maintained that the area is being used as a manatee slaughtering ground by Guatemalan poachers. Additional […]
Citizens out west are also promoting the conservation of their natural resources. This weekend the Mayors of Melchor De Mencos in Guatemala, San Ignacio and Benque Viejo del Carmen in Western Belize signed an agreement to protect the Mopan Watershed. The three towns agree that the Mopan River is their most important natural resource and […]
Last year teacher Brian Plummer of Excelsior High was handed a termination letter and told that as of January 10th, his services were no longer required. The letter offered no reason for his termination but Plummer felt it was because around that time, he had been a vocal supporter of a controversial report, which had […]
In an effort to keep Belize’s children safe, BTL has started a phone program in the schools. The company says “Learn ‘n Phone” is in response to a request from the National Committee for Families and Children who noticed that a lot of children have to leave campus to call home for emergencies or to […]
When Yasser Musa opened the Image Factory, one of his goals was to document visual art in Belize. On Friday night, that goal transformed itself into the largest collection of artworks to be displayed so far. The show is called “Art for People.” Musa says one main aim of the display will be to inspire […]
?Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into another serving of Sports Monday. The Santino’s Jamis Cycling Team was invited to participate in yesterday’s one hundred-mile road race inside Merida, Yucatan across the Mexican Border so we tagged along. At the starting line we find Andrew Smiling and Ray Cattouse suited up in Santino’s […]
In Belize City fires are becoming an all too frequent event and it seems like every week a family is left homeless. But this week the fire was in Belmopan in the community of Maya Mopan. Yesterday the blaze swept through nine homes leaving dozens homeless, most of them children. Janelle Chanona visited Maya Mopan […]
While residents of Maya Mopan dealt with the aftermath of a fire, it was business as usual at the Meeting of the House of Representatives. Bills were introduced to establish an autonomous board for the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, to create the University of Belize, and to register non-governmental organizations. Among those bills getting a […]
This afternoon Marlon Budd was escorted over to Magistrate Court. He is charged with the brutal murder of twenty-six year old Oscar Perez on January twenty-second. Perez was in the company of his common law wife, Glenda Castro and his brother Edwin Perez when he was shot in the head near the Salvation Army Primary […]
On Thursday evening some cruise ship passengers received minor injuries on a river trip in the Orange Walk District. The incident occurred after five p.m. on the New River. According to reports the tourists were aboard a chartered vessel from Orange Walk Town and had just finished a tour of the Lamanai Maya Ruin. On […]
The Minister of National Security Jorge Espat was the guest of Mexico’s Minister of National Defense General Enrique Cervantes Aguirre this week in Mexico City. The visit was designed to further strengthen military ties between both countries and explore ways to deal with common threats across our borders. Areas of mutual co-operation discussed include training […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Co-operatives is issuing a reminder to the public that vegetable importation is being monitored. The Ministry has restricted the importation of carrots, potatoes, cabbages, sweet peppers and tomatoes to guarantee a local market for farmers. However, it seems that some people are still smuggling these vegetables from neighboring countries […]
If you are planning to go out tonight the newly formed Millenium Entertainment invites you to a night of good entertainment. The show will feature both new artists as well as some well-known groups and individuals in a talent competition. The show is the first in a series of five competitions. Casey Smith and Germaine […]
Last year the Friends of KHMH circulated a letter to the business community asking for donations of everything from cups and coffee machines for the staff to supplies for the doctors. Belizeans have been responding well and this week, Barclays Bank employees donated some much-needed equipment to the maternity ward. The Friends of the KHMH […]
A fire in Maya Mopan, Belmopan has left fifty people homeless. Sources in Belmopan tell News Five that earlier this afternoon, a fire began in one of the thatched houses of the village and rapidly spread to other homes. We understand that it took some time for villagers to get water to the scene because […]
Today, people of the Port Loyola area are still shocked after a well known resident was arrested and charged with the indecent assault of a little girl. In our newscast on Wednesday night we reported that witnesses claim the child had gone to Port Loyola Shopping Centre on Caesar Ridge Road on Monday evening. But […]
An American tourist has died while diving off Half Moon Caye, but the post mortem says he had a chronic lung disease. Reports are that on Wednesday fifty-six year old Harvey Philip Weiner from Columbus, Ohio died shortly after he came up from a dive that afternoon. Michael Colien, an American dive instructor, said he, […]
With increasing reports of manatees being slaughtered in the Toledo District and requests from area conservation groups and fishermen, the Minister of Agriculture Dan Silva this week signed a statutory instrument designating the Port Honduras area a national reserve. The Port Honduras Marine Reserve covers an area running from Monkey River Village in the North […]
The Prime Minister Said Musa visited the Corozal Center for Employment Training as part of a tour of Corozal on Wednesday. He officially opened the school which has been operating since November. Corozal C.E.T. offers courses in a number of areas from small engine repair to food preparation and catering. Manager Margarita Gomez says the […]
Many residents of Belize City remember going to “matinee” at the Majestic Theatre. But ten years ago, when it became impossible for it to compete with the televisions which were popping up in everyone’s living room, the theatre closed down. It will re-open tonight, but the big screen has been replaced by little ones and […]
The Canadian media is reporting he was deported under Canada’s anti-terrorism laws. He says he left voluntarily and chose Belize because it is English speaking and he wants to start a business here, perhaps in the agricultural sector. Today Iqbal Singh spoke to News Five about the controversy surrounding his arrival in Belize earlier this […]
On Monday, News Five broke the story that the first man to be successfully deported under Canada’s anti-terrorism law had been deported, to Belize on January 6th. Iqbal Singh entered Canada in 1991 with no immigration documents whatsoever and later applied for refugee status. But in 1998, he was arrested for being ?a threat? to […]
