For those who tune in tonight with just a bit of anxiety caused by this evening’s dark clouds and ominous rain, we’ll get it out of the way quickly. Yes, there is a tropical storm near Belize. Its name is Keith. Yes, it is expected to eventually grow into a hurricane…but no, it is not […]
Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu and her hundred strong delegation left Belize this morning, but not before making it clear that relations between her new government and Belize are, if anything, even stronger than in the past. In a press conference held Thursday night Prime Minister Said Musa made his clearest commitment to date that […]
Last Friday, Belize Telecommunications Limited issued a release saying that the use of software or hardware devices to transmit voice over the Internet is illegal. Thursday morning, many people who either bought the I.P. Star box or went to DialPad and Net-2-Phone’s website complained that they could no longer make any calls. As it turns […]
She won her third Olympic medal in Sydney this morning, but the problem is that it was bronze and not gold. After topping the field in the one hundred and 200 metre sprints, Marion Jones had to settle for third place in the women’s long jump. Her last attempt was a heartbreaker as she easily […]
An 82-year old resident of Dangriga has died after being hit by a car on the Stann Creek Valley Road. Augustus Cayetano was riding his bicycle toward Dangriga Thursday evening when before reaching mile 3, he was struck by a gray Toyota. The driver, 25-year old Michael Ramirez, told police that Cayetano was riding across […]
Though the day was hot and rainy, it did not stop some young students of St. Joseph School from coming out on Baymen Avenue for the reopening of a much needed recreation area. The triangular shaped St. Joseph’s Park, neglected for quite some time, has been given a fresh coat of paint and some necessary […]
The Belize Organisation for Women and Development, BOWAND, has a new executive director. Lillette Barkley Waite feels that the job will be a challenging one, but it’s a challenge she embraces. Waite says there are a number of projects she plans to bring on board that will assist in the development of Belizean women. Lillette […]
It’s not exactly the kind of story I look forward to covering, but when the phone rings, I guess somebody has to answer it. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Imagine stepping inside your bathroom to take a well-deserved shower only to find a snake has beaten you to the tub. For the past two months residents in […]
Diplomats and politicians are experts in the art of talking much but saying little. And while the fast paced tour of Cayo by Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu did little to change that impression, by the time she settled in at the Radisson on Thursday night, she was ready to reveal a little bit more […]
She is not a head of state, but visiting Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu got the royal treatment as she arrived for a whirlwind 24-hour visit. News Five’s camera was on hand to document the visit, the first foreign mission by the recently elected Lu, who is the highest ranking Taiwanese official to visit Belize. […]
Tonight Dangriga police are looking for three inmates who escaped from their detention cells at the station. Fredrick Arzu, Chan Elijio and Jason Flores escaped sometime between 11:00 and midnight Wednesday by cutting the bolt for their cell’s lock with a hacksaw blade. 21-year old Arzu, who the previous day had been sentenced to 6 […]
Police are investigating three separate robberies that took place in Belize City on Wednesday. The first incident unfolded at the bus shed by the Palotti High School on the Northern Highway. According to a 25-year old female student, she was sitting under the shed with another female friend waiting to catch a bus to go […]
The government’s effort to see ten thousand new homes built in 5 years took another small step forward today. Two Belizeans moved into townhouses that the Minister of Housing says are not only secure and economically priced, but also pretty to look at. Dickie Bradley, Minister of Housing “We are opening two houses on Welch […]
On yesterday’s newscast we spoke to a Belizean author whose new collection of short stories recounts a more innocent era in Belizean life. Today, we introduce you to another Belizean author… but the autobiographical tale he weaves tells us that whatever innocence may have existed on the surface of Belizean society it was merely a […]
When she won her first gold medal in the hundred metres in Sydney, Belizean hearts swelled with pride… And when she ran her victory lap with the Belizean flag held high those hearts nearly stopped beating from the excitement. So what did Marion Jones do for an encore? Not only did she win the 200 […]
It has been the victim of at least three major outbreaks of water pollution and this morning residents of Dangriga decided it was time to go public with their frustration. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Usually quiet Dangriga town was in uproar this morning as men, women, and children left their homes […]
The first preliminary data has been released from this year’s census. On May 12th, the official census day, the population of Belize stood at 240,204. this compares to the previous census on May 12th, 1991, which showed that a little over 189,000 souls inhabited the jewel. the annual rate of growth over the 9-year period […]
It has only been 11 years since Belize established relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan, and in that short span of time, the dynamic Asian power has become Belize’s most important financial angel. On Thursday morning the highest-ranking Taiwanese official to ever visit Belize, Vice President Annette Lu, will arrive with a 90-person […]
In news from Sydney, Marion Jones will shortly be going for gold medal number two. The semifinal rounds in the 200 metre dash will begin around one Thursday morning Belize time with the final about 2 hours later. A number of other major track and field finals will also be held throughout the night including […]
The National Drug Abuse Control Council, NDACC, in collaboration with the Inter-American Observatory on Drugs, is working towards establishing a national information system on illegal narcotics. According to Ornel Brooks, Executive Director of NDACC, the proposed network is just another step in building mechanisms necessary to combat illicit drugs. Once established, international organizations and government […]
His day job finds him at the Invoice Section of the Customs Department, but in his spare time Karl Tillett is a chronicler of the kind of village life that is rapidly disappearing in Belize. His latest book, “Yenkiman One,” is a collection of short stories that ought to be compulsory reading for today’s Nintendo […]
On yesterday’s newscast we reported on what appeared to be an unfortunate traffic mishap in which a Belize City man lost his life. However, a News Five investigation has revealed that the official report of the incident on Dolphin Street told only one version of the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Linda Middleton says that contrary […]
In an update on another story we reported yesterday, 38-year old Armando Moh has been arrested in connection with a traffic accident that killed his sister and daughter. He has been charged with two counts of manslaughter by negligence and causing death by careless conduct, three counts of negligent grievous harm and driving a motor […]
Somewhere in the nation of Belize tonight there’s at least one person watching this newscast with a glass of Johnny Walker in one hand and a bottle of Chivas in the other. And if the police have their way, this burglar with a fondness for Scotch whiskey, will soon be toasting his luck in a […]
Jayson Jones is a Belizean sprinter who lives in the USA and recently graduated from Florida State University. A little over an hour ago he carried Belize’s Olympic hopes on his shoulders as he settled into the blocks in the opening heat of the 200 metres in Sydney. Here’s the race as called by Caribbean […]
