While efforts to put more Belizeans into their own homes continue nationwide, some folks on the south side of Belize City have a different problem–that is, how to get to the homes in which they already live. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting For the past nine years, residents who live behind Police Street in the Lake Independence […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and you’re just in time for this latest dish of Sports Monday. There’s something special happening at the City Centre these days. Very quietly a group of young Belizeans have been using this vaunted venue to be the best they can be in volleyball play. As we head into the […]
If you have traveled in downtown Belize City since the beginning of June you would have noticed some construction going on near the Supreme Court. Well, the seventy-five year old building is getting a new face. Renovations on the Supreme Court, which will include restoring the exterior of the building, improving the interior and landscaping […]
Belize has a new top United Nations diplomat. Stuart Leslie who has been running things since the resignation of Michael Ashcroft has been bumped up to Ambassador. Leslie presented his credentials to the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Anan at headquarters in New York on Thursday. Along with presenting letters of credentials, the new ambassador […]
The Belize Teachers College will be holding it’s final graduation on Sunday July twenty-third, in the St. John’s College Gym. One hundred and fifty-five teachers will be graduating, fifty-seven from the Level two program and ninety-six from Level one. Guest speaker for the commencement exercise will be Professor Errol Miller, Director of the University of […]
This weekend Rastafarians across the country will be celebrating the one hundred and eighth birthday of their emperor, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie. The event is being organized by the Twelve Tribe of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Israel in Belize. According to Fahima Barnett there will be entertainment such as drumming, music, poetry and […]
Over the past few years the YWCA has successfully hosted annual summer camps that cater to anyone from toddlers to teenagers. This year’s camp began on June tenth and today the closing ceremonies for the first phase of the camp were held. News Five’s Faralee Gabourel was just in time to catch some of the […]
This Saturday may be the last day you will have to shop at the old Queen’s Square market as come next week the vendors who occupy the market will be moving into their new stalls. This afternoon official ceremonies opening the new Queen Square market were held at the site on West Collet Canal. Although […]
Members of Belize’s negotiating team returned home today following a series of meetings with officials in Guatemala. The talks, held in Washington D.C. under the auspices of the Organisation of American States, were the first high level negotiations held since the election of Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo earlier this year. While the new president’s assumption […]
They tried to getaway from the police, but were not quick enough for the long arm of the law. Late Wednesday evening, the police conducted a checkpoint in front of the police station in Roaring Creek Village. Things were going smoothly until the cops spotted a green car. The driver of the Toyota Celica also […]
As quickly as the waters rose, they have receded. That’s the story coming from the people of Roaring Creek Village and Toledo where the raging waters, which threatened to hinder traffic on Wednesday have now retreated. Yesterday a police officer stationed in Roaring Creek Village alerted the media that the river was rising dangerously close […]
Belizean softballers are preparing for the Caribbean and Central American Games this week as coaches and players attend an advanced softball seminar at the Rogers Stadium. The workshop, which is sponsored by the Belize Softball Federation, is being facilitated by Diane Warriner of the International Softball Federation. According to the seminar’s coordinator, the main emphasis […]
It’s something we look forward to each year, whether we jump up or not. I’m talking about carnival, and believe it or not, this year’s carnival is just around the corner. On Wednesday we visited with Chairman of the Carnival Committee, Rene Villanueva Senior who reminded us that carnival is only as good as the […]
Usually when we think of movies we think of reaching for the remote control and turning on the television. Things are about to change. News Five’s Arreini Palacio visited Belize’s latest movie theatre. Arreini Palacio “Get your popcorn, candy and soda, the movies are about to begin.” It’s been ten years since the movie theatre […]
The National Fire Service is not only charged with the responsibility of fighting fires, but the department also works hard to prevent them from occurring. This they do through educational campaigns. Today News Five visited the fire station headquarters to find out what we can all do to make our homes a safer place to […]
Problems at the prison have been at the forefront of this newscast for more nights than we care to count…and tonight is no exception. The only difference is that in this instance officials are taking actions which they hope will prevent problems in the future. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Two years ago there were just over […]
There’s good news and bad news in the case of missing teenager Delene Loria. The good news–at least for the Loria family–is that two men have been arrested and charged in the case. They are thirty-one year old Adelito Canul and twenty-nine year old Rangel Canul, both of Santa Clara Village in Corozal. The pair, […]
One month after fifty-six year old James Lemott Sr., founder of JL’s Quick Loan was found unconscious at his home, the man who coined the phrase, “Money in Minutes” has died. Lemott was found on June nineteenth unconscious in the downstairs of his split level home on Benbow Street in Belize City. His daughter Gayle […]
The residents of San Ignacio, Santa Elena and other communities along the Macal River are breathing easier this evening, as it appears that floodwaters, which threatened to cause extensive damage, are receding. These pictures taken by the Government Press Office late Tuesday afternoon show the river after it had already crested and was beginning to […]
On Tuesday we reported on a citrus spill which occurred in the North Stann Creek River for the second time in one month. Mayor of Dangriga, Cassian Nunez told News Five that although the Water and Sewage Authority exercised quick and effective damage control, the dead fish and lobsters retrieved from the river and the […]
It started back in 1992 with a millennium anticipating exhibition entitled “Minus Eight”. Eight years later, having now reached “Zero”, the hyper active minds at the Image Factory are not only older, wiser and wealthier, their art is actually coming together. News Five’s Arreini Palacio dropped by to see what was new. Yasser Musa, Artist […]
Over the last few years most of the talk about the Macal River has centred on how little water it carries and how five years of dry weather have turned the once mighty thoroughfare into a trickle. They won’t be saying that for a while, however, as during the last twenty-four hours torrential rains in […]
Barely a month has passed since Dangrigans had to abandon their Gumagarugu water due to citrus waste pollution and today it appears to have happened again. This morning citizens woke up to an all too familiar smell of rotten citrus, and when checked, it was found that their beloved river had been the victim of […]
There are still no leads in the case of an unidentified corpse discovered Monday morning near mile six and a half on the Western Highway. A post mortem done on the spot revealed only that the body is that of a dark skinned man, forty to fifty years old, who died as a result of […]
An argument between two brothers ended in one of them being shot last night. According to police, Earl and Deshawn Nunez got into a misunderstanding at their house on Lakeview Street when Deshawn took out a gun and shot his brother, Earl in the knee. Earl was taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where […]
