A seventy-one year old man lost his life in a traffic accident on the Western Highway Friday evening. Police say Clinton Palacio, a retiree of Camalote Village, was walking along the side of the road at mile fifty when at around 6:45 he was knocked down by Ryan Rhaburn of Teakettle Village driving west in […]
Police say thirty-five year old Andrew Gladden, a patient with a history of mental illness, may have drowned in the Haulover Creek. His corpse was found floating near Sittee Street on Friday around 7:30 in the morning. The body, which had no signs of violence, was clad in short jeans trousers.
A Belizean American, forty-six year old Mark Thompson has been found guilty of raping his goddaughter and second cousin and will now pay the price. Supreme Court Judge Christopher Blackman sentenced Thompson to twenty-eight years in prison, after a jury of four women and five men returned the verdict after deliberating for two hours in […]
No matter how much aid is received in the wake of a disaster, it means nothing if it doesn’t reach the people who need it. Over the weekend News 5’s Jacqueline Woods and Brent Toombs travelled to Punta Gorda to see how NEMO was coping with the situation. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The National Emergency Management […]
In the aftermath of Hurricane Iris, our cameras captured many strange sights, but one recurring oddity was that while some seemingly substantial properties were completely destroyed, others, which to the eye appeared weaker, survived virtually unscathed. But local engineers tell News 5 that this was no phenomenon, rather, the product of sensible engineering. As the […]
As more pictures of the devastation in the south emerge, it is doubly disheartening to think that many of those affected were also uninsured. But for those people far sighted enough to pay the premiums, a cheque from the insurance company will do much to ease the pain. One local insurer, Regent Insurance Limited, has […]
The last time Jacqueline Woods visited Monkey River, in 1998, it was to report on the erosion, which had mysteriously robbed the village of its once formidable beach. This time around, the people of Monkey River have lost more than just sand…and are lucky to be holding on to their lives. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It […]
The first of two Belizean crewmembers who perished while aboard the dive boat Wave Dancer was buried this afternoon in Corozal. Eloisa Johnson, the boat’s cook, died with nineteen others on Monday night when the Wave Dancer capsized in the port of Big Creek while trying to ride out Hurricane Iris. Tonight, one member of […]
Relief efforts in the Stann Creek and Toledo districts continued to expand today as floodwaters recede on the Southern Highway and large amounts of supplies mobilised for distribution to stricken areas. Updated damage assessments by NEMO indicate that over four thousand houses were destroyed or significantly damaged with just under eleven thousand people left homeless. […]
Minister of National Security Jorge Espat’s resignation from Cabinet becomes effective on Monday, but before departing he took the opportunity to hand over the four hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars of the Police Trust Fund to the care of Commissioner Hughington Williams. Jorge Espat, Minister of National Security “This ceremony has both unique and special […]
Police have officially charged five people, four men and one women in connection with the trafficking of three thousand, three hundred and seventy-eight pounds of cocaine found in an apartment on the Northern Highway on Tuesday morning. They are thirty-eight year old Belizean Liston McCord, Oscar Moreno Aguirra, twenty-seven, Zulema Carrasco, twenty-five and Jorge Carlos […]
He was a leading light in Belizean public affairs for the better part of half a century. Today Philip Goldson was laid to rest. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Funeral services were held today at Holy Redeemer Cathedral in Belize City for Philip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson Sr. The elder statesman is perhaps better known for his patriotism […]
It is a path that News 5 reporters have trod many times over the last month…and the problem is that the walk keeps getting wetter and wetter. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Approximately twenty homes have been affected by the floodwater that has spread into the yards off Faber’s Road Extension and […]
Less than forty-eight hours after the one hundred and forty-five mile an hour winds and eighteen foot storm surge of Hurricane Iris laid waste to a forty mile wide strip of southern Belize, a well co-ordinated relief effort is beginning to gather steam. NEMO, after what appeared to be a slow start, has quickly established […]
Earlier today, Mexican officials arrived in Belmopan to hand over the contents of eight trucks to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Chief Executive Officer David Gibson accepted three hundred five-gallon containers of water, over a thousand blankets and mattresses, clothing for two hundred families, six thousand litres of milk, and several thousand bags of food rations […]
In times of tragedy, Belizeans are known to pool their resources to help their neighbours weather the storm. That’s exactly what Caye Caulker residents did when they collected supplies to send down south by boat. Village Council Chairman Fermin Marin told News 5 that he applauds the effort of the Caye Caulker Emergency Committee. Fermin […]
And while we’re on the subject of donations, we here at Channel 5 have been swamped with requests from potential donors asking where they can send money and supplies for the relief effort. At the same time numerous well-meaning groups and individuals have asked us to publicise their efforts in the hope of attracting donations. […]
On Tuesday, News 5’s Janelle Chanona and Rick Romero brought us the first look at the devastation on the Placencia Peninsula. Tonight their colleagues Jacqueline Woods and Brent Toombs are just back with an update from the same area. What they found is that despite an awkward start, the spirit of recovery is beginning to […]
The process of recovery now underway in southern Belize is the product of many different efforts. While the Government of Belize is mounting the largest single campaign, it is direct people to people contributions that have become crucial, particularly in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. One such arrangement has particular significance. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
While it is clear that significant relief is beginning to arrive in devastated areas, it is also apparent that not all of it is being distributed equally. The imbalance, hopefully temporary, may be justified by many factors…but that doesn’t make it any easier for those who believe they are getting the short end of the […]
Tonight many families in both Belize and the United States continue to mourn those lost in the boating accident at Big Creek. There are twenty believed to be dead, including two Belizeans. As investigations continue to probe the cause of the accident, several questions remain unanswered, such as why the passengers and crew of the […]
Not all the drama surrounding Hurricane Iris took place within twenty miles of the eye. As Ann-Marie discovered there were a number of anxious moments far from the wind and water. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting While Hurricane Iris was taking at least twenty lives in Southern Belize, eighty miles away in Belize City in the small […]
Tuesday morning’s drug bust in Belize City turns out to be a new Belizean record. The fifty-five bales of cocaine found in an apartment at mile three on the Northern Highway weighed in at three thousand, three hundred and seventy-eight pounds, over four hundred pounds more than the previous record set in March of 1997. […]
A high-speed police chase on Tuesday has left one Belmopan man dead. According to police, officers at a road block set up between mile seventy-one and seventy-two report that around 3:00 p.m., they were checking vehicles driving through the checkpoint. However, as they were doing so, they noticed that one car had stopped and was […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re on board our first post-Iris edition of Sports Monday. On Monday, we were chased by that vicious little hurricane that hurt our nation deeply. But as all Belizeans know, the show must go on–all praises to Jehovah. Now to the sports business at hand. For Dr. Bertie Chimilio, […]
