Tonight, twenty-year old Jason Orosco remains at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was stabbed in the chest on Wednesday morning in the Conch Shell Bay area. Although police have been questioning a number of people in the neighborhood, they have only been able to detain one person and are looking for another. Sources […]
The Police Department has been taking a few licks the last few weeks, but it appears they are trying to improve their image in the eyes of the public. A number of police officers are presently undergoing several training courses including a few on human rights, both at home and abroad. The courses promise to […]
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has been working round the clock handling legal cases and making final preparations for a seminar entitled, “Prosecution – The Way Forward.” The meeting is scheduled for July Fourth and will bring together Belizean prosecutors, magistrates, criminal lawyers and police investigators as well as two international lawyers, […]
The PM might have only gotten home on Sunday, but he’s off again tonight. Earlier today, Prime Minister Said Musa left the country enroute to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Musa will be attending the 21st meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government from July 2nd to the 5th. At that meeting, the […]
A house under construction is by no means an uncommon scene, but it’s not every day you see the owner lugging buckets of cement to and fro, or neighbors and friends stopping by to lend a hand. But that’s exactly what’s happening at the corner of Caesar Ridge Road and Reggae Street. For one Belize […]
Just about every student has trouble in one subject or another. Given Belize’s current situation of cramped classrooms and student to teacher ratio, many parents turn to private tutors or after school programs hoping they’ll help their children get better grades. Since 1995, there has been an after school reading program at the Holy Redeemer […]
This weekend, hundreds of Belizeans will be catching boats heading out to one of two destinations, Caye Caulker or Placencia, but they’ll only have one thing on their minds: Lobster. At a whopping $20 plus a pound, the crayfish has become a Belizean delicacy few have the luxury to enjoy. But over the next days, […]
Channel 5 is looking for a reporter to join the staff of one of the region’s most highly honoured television news organizations. The applicant should possess the following minimum qualifications. – Sixth form degree or equivalent broadcasting experience – Strong English language and writing skills – A commitment to excellence – Willingness to work odd […]
A Belize City man is in critical condition tonight at the KHMH after he was shot in the chest early Wednesday night. A trail of bloodstains still remains on the floor at the entrance to the Bistro Caribe club on North Front Street. Reports are that the club’s customers watched helplessly as the bar’s proprietor, […]
For the past forty years, there has been a trade embargo levied against the island of Cuba by the United States Government. But on Tuesday it looked like things might be changing, and for the better, for the Cuban people. The U.S. government announced that it had approved a document that would allow food and […]
Belize has signed an agreement with the European Community that has the primary aim of getting rid of poverty. It’s called the Cotonou Agreement and over the next twenty years, the European community and its member states, as well as the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States have pledged to increase trade and promote […]
On Sunday, thousands of Mexicans will head to the polls to participate in their national elections. While the outcome of the elections will have some effect on Belize, it seems those involved in the Commercial Free Zone should be even more than interested in who becomes Mexico’s next president. Apparently, presidential candidates have promised to […]
It’s one thing to crave a good meal, but it’s a crime when a child goes to school with an empty belly and even less to look forward to for lunch. There are children like that in Belize and it’s a problem several schools have tried to remedy by initiating feeding programs. At the Buttonwood […]
It was also community spirit and a little financial backing that has some residents of San Marcos Village in the Cayo District enjoying running water tonight. Villagers got together with GOB and the World Bank and invested their own time, energy and money into building an extension to their water system. Members of the community […]
If you’ve ever walked down the street and heard someone say, look at that smashed to smithereens rat or do you see that bloated cat floating in the drain, be honest, something inside you makes you look, even if it’s just for a second. Perhaps it was that strange phenomenon that drove reporter/cameraman Brent Toombs […]
Channel 5 is looking for a reporter to join the staff of one of the region’s most highly honoured television news organizations. The applicant should possess the following minimum qualifications. – Sixth form degree or equivalent broadcasting experience – Strong English language and writing skills – A commitment to excellence – Willingness to work odd […]
An argument late this morning between three young men has left one of them in critical condition in the KHMH. Sources tell News Five that two men, one identified as Nathan McKenzie and the other, only known as “Dye Dye,” went into the Conch Shell Bay Area just after 11:00 this morning and approached twenty […]
This morning, Chief Justice Abdullah Conteh handed down his reasons for granting Rhett Fuller bail on June 16th. Besides Fuller’s apparent entanglement in the legal system resulting in over a year and a half of imprisonment, Conteh emphasized that the decision was within the court’s discretion. Attorney for the defendant, Kirk Anderson, is now preparing […]
It seems that the Department of Correction does have some friends, and the good kind, the ones who come bearing gifts. Representatives of Amigos International, a volunteer organization out of the US, has presented clothes, books, medical supplies, a welding machine and a public address system to prison governor Bernard Adolphus. This is not the […]
If you like your dog lock it up in your yard and if it’s a jumper, tie him down because tonight, strychnine is coming to town. That’s right, tonight the City Council’s clean up campaign on stray dogs starts off at midnight. The Council says it’s trying to eliminate the eyesores on the street who […]
Just after 8:00 this morning, our newsroom was flooded with phone calls from concerned citizens, in particular, those who work on Hudson Street. The callers complained that the U.S Embassy in Belize had blocked the entire street preventing them from finding parking. The taxi drivers who operate in the area told News Five that the […]
The plague of cramped classrooms hasn’t missed a Belizean school yet. The latest sighting has been reported in the Corozal District. For the past year, the students of the Concepcion Presbyterian Primary School have been struggling to learn their one, two, threes and ABCs over the din of a typical day at school where all […]
The steady stream of summer programs catering to the youths on summer holidays continues. The latest announcement comes from the Youth Department, who is veering off from the art and dance routines to something a little more upbeat…steel band music. And parents you might want to listen up because this program is free. Icilda Humes, […]
There is no shortage of sculptors in Belize, but there’s also no denying that just about all of them produce high quality goods in their own unique style. Tonight, we feature the work of Curl Gordon, who right from his “office” on Victoria Street, is bringing to life the visions in his head and the […]
Channel 5 is looking for a reporter to join the staff of one of the region’s most highly honoured television news organizations. The applicant should possess the following minimum qualifications. – Sixth form degree or equivalent broadcasting experience – Strong English language and writing skills – A commitment to excellence – Willingness to work odd […]
