Two suspects whose proximity to drugs is not in doubt were arrested Thursday night not far from the site of Wednesday’s bust. Forty-four year old well known Orange Walk businessman Raul Pelayo and twenty-four year old Melvin Amador were charged with drug trafficking after the van in which they were riding was stopped at a […]
The demand for education of all kinds continues unabated in Belize and as quickly as new classrooms are built they are soon filled with students. Today that process was repeated in Belize City as one southside high school acquired some badly needed space. Ann-Marie reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The song may not be familiar to […]
If you’re planning to watch the Miss Universe Pageant later tonight don’t expect to see Miss Belize among the seventy-seven other beauties. According to Pageants Belize Director Soli Arguelles, a Miss Belize was not chosen last year, as she was in the process of re-organising the local pageant. A contestant will be selected this year, […]
Even though it’s still early in the season semi-pro basketball has already proved popular in both Belize City and district towns. But in addition to courtside, the basketball association is taking the game into to a whole new arena; the World Wide Web. Troy Gabb, Commissioner of the Belize Basketball Association, explained what infotech fans […]
As tourism week comes to a close, the Belize Tourism Board has sponsored several contests for industry professionals. At the Radisson, twelve Chefs have been baking, steaming and frying, all in an effort to appease the palates of the judges in the culinary competition. News 5’s Jose Sanchez stopped by the hotel this afternoon to […]
It’s an annual event that has students and teachers nation wide working overtime for months. Get out your dictionary because it’s time to test your ability to spell words that you will likely never utter in normal conversation. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Twelve students representing primary schools countrywide fought in a war of words to see […]
If your mother is like most in Belize City, she would not mind some special treatment this weekend. One gift sure to please is a trip down memory lane Saturday night at the Belize City Centre. News 5’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Ernie Smith first performed in Belize in 1975. And despite a […]
At two thousand, five hundred and fifty-four pounds of cocaine, it ranks third behind the March 1997 seizure of a Colombian skiff filled with two thousand nine hundred and ten pounds of the white powder and a similar bust two months later with two thousand six hundred and nine pounds. But the latest discovery occurred […]
It was not in the same league as the big cocaine bust, but police have arrested a suspect in two recent robberies of Belize City taxi drivers. Twenty-nine year old Glenford Middleton of Belama Phase One has been charged with two counts of robbery in connection with separate jackings on Monday night of taxi men […]
Police also figured prominently in this next story, but not in a particularly flattering way. Imagine spending the night at a family member’s home and in the wee hours of the morning you’re awakened by at telephone call that a wayward vehicle literally broke your house down. That is what happened to fifty-five year old […]
In a follow up to the story we reported yesterday, a post-mortem performed on fourteen year old suspected poisoning victim Elwin Flowers has been classified as inconclusive. As a result more samples were taken for further analysis. Flower’s mother says that he was given poisoned Guinness by a family friend who had grown angry over […]
They may not have qualified for the upcoming Karaoke Television finals but fifty ladies from Helpage sang their hearts out this afternoon in a special Mothers Day activity at the House of Culture. News 5 was there for the festivities. (Clips of the women singing) The singers ranged in age from seventy to ninety-eight.
We have not followed their progress into the work force, but whenever the Centre for Employment Training opens its doors to the press and public the glimpse of vocational education never fails to impress. Ann Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Three hundred entry level students of the Centre for Employment Training in Belize City […]
Ever since Dr. David Pendergast unearthed the jade head at Altun Ha in 1967, the science of archaeology and the business of tourism have been inextricably linked in the development of Belize. Recently a project has been initiated that formally recognises the economic value of our ancient Maya sites and seeks to improve their appearance […]
A fourteen-year-old Belize City boy is dead in what appears to be a case of deliberate poisoning by an acquaintance. Elwin Flowers, a student of Anglican Cathedral College and resident of the Lake Independence area, complained to his mother of stomach pains on Saturday night, and by Sunday his condition had worsened. Muriel Jones, Mother […]
In news from Cabinet that body has reiterated its earlier decision to remove all duties from imported recordings done by local musicians. It does not matter whether the recording is done at home or abroad, so long as the composition is created by a Belizean and a written request is made to the Ministry of […]
The last winds of Hurricane Keith may have calmed over seven months ago, but the generosity of individuals and institutions both foreign and local continue unabated. One company, which originally pledged twenty-five thousand dollars to the efforts of the Belize Red Cross, decided to make a further contribution to the world’s largest relief organisation. Kevin […]
Belizeans with a taste for contemporary English literature are tonight invited to see two plays being staged at the Mexican Institute of Co-operation and Culture. The first, by Caryl Churchill, examines sexual liberation and colonialism. Amado Chan, lecturer at U.B.’s Arts and Science Department, says tonight’s performance is part of his course in Post-Colonial literature. […]
The first phase of a new housing project on Jane Usher Boulevard in the Port Loyola area was inaugurated this afternoon. Nineteen low-income houses have been constructed in an area where previously London bridges were the order of the day. Area Representative Dolores Balderamos Garcia told News 5’s Stewart Krohn that the homes represent just […]
A packed house at the Bellevue and tens of thousands more at home watched the first semi-final round of Karaoke Television last night. After five stunning performances the judges selected two candidates to move on to the finals. William Neal, Host, Karaoke TV “The first person who will be moving on to the semi-finals is…Tremett […]
Witnesses catching up on last minute shopping at nearby Save-U Supermarket described the sound as the explosions from a long string of firecrackers. But when the noise stopped, the result was plain to see; another body on the pavement surrounded by a pool of blood. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The trend of shootings and murders continues […]
Another taxi driver found himself on the wrong end of a crime Monday night, but in this case the result was not fatal. Twenty-nine year old Jason White picked up a fare at the Pound Yard taxi stand around 9:30. The passenger, described in police report as a Creole man, asked to be taken to […]
Over the weekend San Pedro, Ambergris Caye was the venue for the fifth annual Reef Festival sponsored by the environmental organisation Green Reef. Various sporting events were held on Saturday, and on Sunday the main event was a series of exhibits by and for the town’s school children. Theme of the festival was “Biodiversity: Our […]
It’s Tourism Week and one of the BTB sponsored special events is a photo contest. Ann-Marie visited the opening at the Image Factory and discovered that there’s more to tourism photography than sea, sand, mountains and Maya ruins. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting This is the Belize Photo Challenge Competition 2001. Richard Holder, Winner, Professional Category “The […]
It’s no secret that soft drinks in throwaway plastic bottles are more convenient for the consumer and more profitable for the retailer, since they eliminate the hassle of carting cases full of heavy and fragile glass pints all over the country. But the downside of throwaways… is that they get thrown away… sometimes into already […]
