Two suspects in last year’s murder of a British resident in Cayo have been apprehended. On September second, David Butner, the proprietor of El Cenote bar and restaurant, was found lying in his bed in the Cahal Pech area of San Ignacio, dead of multiple stab wounds. The police were seeking several suspects known to […]
For several years now the jacking of Chinese owned shops has been a growth industry for young Belize City criminals, not to mention the news media, which faithfully follow their exploits. On Wednesday night another grocery was hit and not even its name: “Lucky” could protect it. Forty-three year old Chee Yiu Chi told police […]
The body of a drowning victim has been recovered from the Belize River. On Thursday police found the corpse, identified as thirty-five year old Dennis Lockwood of Sandhill, lodged along the bank. Lockwood had been missing since Tuesday when he was seen by his cousin trying to swim across the river near Baker’s Ranch. A […]
He was the UDP government’s mouthpiece for much of its last term in office, but following the party’s landslide defeat in 1998, former journalist Delroy Cuthkelvin has just not been able to find his niche. After an aborted flirtation with the PUP in the form of a cushy job at the Arts Council, Cuthkelvin seemed […]
We’ve seen them before, crawling through the jungle and marching with fully loaded packs. Today the rough and tumble was replaced with spit and polish. Ann-Marie Williams After seventeen weeks of blood, sweat and perhaps a few tears, sixty-five soldiers and two cadets of recruit intake number forty-one, today officially became part of the Belize […]
There is something about the sound of small children spelling large words that inspires confidence in our educational system. News 5’s Jose Sanchez was on hand as Parish Hall reverberated with the letters of the alphabet. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The seventh national Coca Cola Spelling Bee contest is underway and today a large crowd of […]
There are not many job openings in Belize for aeronautical engineers or nuclear physicists… but that doesn’t mean that our children cannot excel in science. For a decade now, the Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Centre has been doing its part to acquaint primary school students with the scientific fundamentals, particularly in the field of […]
There’s good news and bad new tonight from Belize Electricity Limited. The good news is that despite the cut off of Mexican electricity caused by a plant failure, B.E.L. has been able to cope with the emergency without resorting to widespread blackouts. The bad news is that the Mexican current is still not online and […]
There are new developments at Belmopan Comprehensive School, the troubled institution whose administration was recently taken over by the Ministry of Education. News 5 has learned that the school’s principal, Rudolph Anthony, will be leaving the nation’s capital to take up the post of deputy inspector of schools in Belize City. In the interim, vice […]
Nature has not been particularly kind to Belize these days as evidenced by Hurricane Keith in October, followed shortly by news of the devastation of the Mountain Pine Ridge by the Southern Pine Bark Beetle. Today we are informed that another insect is threatening to wreak havoc on the economy in the form of the […]
A Sandhill resident is missing and presumed drowned in the Belize River. Thirty-five year old Dennis Lockwood, also known as “Ching” and his cousin Brannon Rosalez were looking for herbs along the riverbank behind Baker’s Ranch on Wednesday afternoon, when they decided to swim to the other side. Both men entered the current, but Rosalez […]
In this business we are often called upon to report news of bad things happening to good people. Once in a while, however, something positive springs from tragedy. That was the case this week as the family of a Cayo murder victim has established an educational scholarship fund in his memory. Jeffrey Mas was the […]
When buying insurance, Belizeans now have one more company to choose from. Barbados based United Insurance Company Limited has been granted a license to operate in Belize with Belize Insurance Centre as its agent. Although the company’s launch takes place on Saturday, their community involvement began weeks ago. General Manager of Belize Insurance Centre, Cynthia […]
It’s been reported before, but this time, hopefully it’s for real. Semi-pro basketball is coming back after a two year hiatus. Plans are underway for clinics to enhance the skills of players on the court and moderate their behavior off the court. Commissioner Troy Gabb, says that within the next six weeks we will be […]
General elections may not be held until 2003, but one hundred and ninety-two villages and communities are preparing to cast their ballots for council elections during the next few weeks. Rural communities make up a large portion of the voting population and Information Officer in the Ministry of Rural Development, Andy Palacio, says that the […]
More and more Belizeans living abroad seem to be rediscovering their roots and returning home to make a contribution, whether in sports, business or the arts. Rolling into town this week from Chicago was accomplished trumpeter Luciano Rosado. News 5’s Jose Sanchez spoke to the master musician as he worked out at the House of […]
Yesterday’s marathon budget debate in the House of Representatives produced some moments of high drama, but as anyone present in the gallery or listening on the radio could attest, there were also some interludes of humour. Using tapes provided by the government press office, we’ve put together a few minutes of comic relief. The compilation […]
It happens every year with the regularity of rice and beans for Sunday dinner or Jim Reeves on Love FM. This year’s debate of the budget presented on February twenty-third ran true to form: long and contentious. Needless to say, the plan that the government found so solidly full of promise was characterized by the […]
There is little official progress to report on the weekend’s theft of over two hundred and seventy thousand dollars from the San Ignacio branch of the Belize Bank, but unconfirmed talk on the street is that some of the stolen notes have surfaced in the Cayo District. Police and bank officials declined to comment on […]
More concrete developments have come to light in the case of the high powered weapons stolen from the Police Training School in Belmopan on January twenty-ninth. One gun was confirmed recovered by police today, adding to the six previously found. Sources in the police force suggest that Thursday may see the collection of the four […]
The government of the United Kingdom has appointed a new high commissioner to Belize. Philip Priestly will take up his appointment in July, replacing the current high commissioner, Tim David. The fifty-four year old Priestly has served in a number of diplomatic posts in Europe, Africa and Asia, including a stint as his country’s Ambassador […]
The case couldn’t have been made better had it been scripted in Hollywood. Yesterday’s message from B.E.L., based on a survey showing skyrocketing electricity rates around the Caribbean Islands, was that Belize should not rely on imported petroleum for its power needs. Today’s lesson, based on a massive generating failure in Mexico, is that we […]
While the two major political parties roll into high gear for the convention season and a fledgling third party seeks to find its wings, the nation’s official electoral machinery is being readied to facilitate the wishes of voters. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports that, like the Boy Scouts, the Elections and Boundaries Department adheres to […]
It may have been the closest competition yet and by the end of the night the judges had the unenviable task of choosing between six entertaining singers on this week’s edition of Karaoke TV. Host William Neal announced their decision and the winner took the mike for an encore. William Neal, Host, Karaoke TV “The […]
It’s an industry that is a study in contradiction. While bringing in almost thirty-eight million U.S. dollars in foreign exchange, that money is divided among only nine farmers. It employs several thousand workers, but most of them have been imported from the neighbouring republics. And although it receives massive subsidies from Europe, those employees are […]
