Two men are hospitalised tonight after they were attacked in Sandhill just after midnight this morning. According to police, sixty-four year old U.S. citizen John Craver and forty-one year old Wayne Cattouse arrived at Craver’s house on mile seventeen on the Northern Highway, only to surprise two men who were in the process of burglarising […]
The sign may read, “Closed for Renovations”, but the management and staff at Xtra House are rearranging more than just the furniture. The store’s owner, Rajesh Chawla, was ordered to close down the establishment until he complies with certain health requirements. The decision was made by the Belize Trade Licensing Board in consultation with the […]
Big businesses and foreign governments are not the only entities contributing to hurricane relief. On Wednesday, forty thousand dollars worth of zinc roofing was delivered to the hard hit banana belt villages of Bella Vista and Cowpen. Funding for the donation was provided by the Irish organisation APSO and co-ordinated jointly by Help for Progress, […]
On Monday, the National Under-21 Male Football Team and the National Women’s Team departed for Guatemala to compete in the Central American Games. Tonight the men will play their first match and according to Dr. Bertie Chimilio, President of the Football Federation of Belize, both squads are ready to play. Dr. Bertie Chimilio, Pres., Football […]
Government has tried to help the local music industry by passing copyright legislation and allowing musicians to bring in their recorded CDs duty free. But now it’s time for Belizean promoters to bring the music to the public. So said, so done. Radio Announcer “Up next I have got for you a selection from his […]
In Belize we have no shortage of protected areas, both on land and sea. But while parks and reserves have proliferated like termites, their financing has not necessarily kept pace. Janelle Chanona reports from Caye Caulker. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today, people involved with Belize’s marine protected areas met in Caye Caulker to discuss the conservation […]
With Justice Meerabux removed from the bench and a new crop of high calibre judges manning the Supreme Court, there is for the first time in years a sense of optimism about the direction of Belizean justice. Today those charged with administrating that judicial system met for an assessment. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The first Bench […]
Police are tonight focussing on a Mexican connection in the murder of two Belize City men early Sunday morning. Investigators believe that Edward Felix and Anthony Haylock, proprietor and employee of Trends Guesthouse on Freetown Road, may have been killed by a trio of guests at the establishment who checked in but apparently left without […]
Police are also looking for a group of men who armed themselves with an arsenal of weapons and robbed two Belize City residents on Tuesday night. According to twenty-seven year old Alex Jones, he was hanging out with a friend on the hood of the friend’s car around 8:30 in the North Creek area, when […]
A Belize City resident is tonight charged with attempted rape after he attacked a woman early Saturday morning. According to police, the victim, a thirty-six year old Salvadoran, was sleeping in her home located near the Haulover Bridge, when a man she knew only as “Neto” broke into her house. She reports that the man […]
Today, the Belize Red Cross received a generous donation of ten thousand dollars to assist that organisation in its hurricane Iris Relief efforts. Since October eighth, Red Cross branches have been working hard in the south helping those people who were affected by the storm. The financial gift, which included two separate cheques of five […]
The collection of money for hurricane relief is only one half the disaster recovery equation. The other is how that money is spent. Today, officials from NEMO, PAHO, The European Community and CDERA visited areas affected by Hurricane Iris and in two villages distributed storm assistance. In Seine Bight Dorothy Ramirez, an unemployed mother of […]
It was an opportunity for academics and intellectuals from around the region to exchange ideas, disseminate research and provoke thought. Ann-Marie Williams reports from the U.W.I. on Princess Margaret Drive. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The Third Annual Country Conference series of the University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies opened this morning in Belize […]
With more families being headed by working parents there is increasing concern about what the children are doing after school. One group of women from Belize City is solving the problem by turning the traditional idea of an after-school programme into what they term “funducation”. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The concept may not […]
The last time the Belize National Basketball Team took to the court they were eliminated by Barbados, albeit with a good measure of help from officials. Next week the venue will shift from the Caribbean to the Central American Games in Guatemala. News 5’s Janelle Chanona caught up with the squad at their final workout […]
As chairman of Belize Electricity Limited and C.E.O. of its parent company, Fortis of Canada, Stan Marshall is the man who opponents of the Chalillo dam love to hate. Over the weekend News 5’s Stewart Krohn sat down with Marshall as he and his board prepared to inspect hurricane devastated areas recently resupplied with electricity. […]
Long weekends are no strangers to violent crime, but even by the steadily sliding standards of Belizean society the double murder which occurred early Sunday morning in Belize City was a shocker. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today police were back at Trends Guesthouse scouring for clues in the brutal murders of […]
The body of a man found lying on the Northern Highway has been classified as a victim of hit and run. Police say that on Monday officers were called to the village of San Jose where they saw a Hispanic man lying on the road with multiple head and body injuries. The man, identified as […]
Gun toting robbers continue to ply their trade at will on the Stann Creek Valley Road. According to police, just after 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, a dark complexioned man entered the offices of the Southern Choice Gas Depot located on mile nine, armed with a handgun and demanded money. Company employee Yvette Salazar handed over […]
Most official crackdowns in Belize last about as long as free food at a press conference…but at least one government department seems to be defying that trend. Today health inspectors were back in action at a familiar address in Belize City…and so was News 5. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The entire staff of the Public Health […]
Over the next four days, representatives of central banks and other monetary institutions from the Caribbean will be in Belize to discuss financial issues affecting the region. The thirty-third annual monetary studies conference is being held under the theme, “Money, Economic Growth and Development in the Caribbean”. Some sessions will focus on the effects of […]
If you’ve taken a drive on Newton Barracks lately, you might have noticed a nice new building in the Fisheries compound. The structure is the home of several marine oriented organisations based in Belize, including the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, the Meso-American Barrier Reef Systems Project and the Fisheries Department. During official ceremonies […]
James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly want to welcome you to our first issue of Sports Monday, since winning the Television Sports Feature category in the recent Caribbean Broadcasting Union Awards. Speaking of awards, the Suppligen Muscle Mania staged at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall Saturday night brought out the best […]
Two days after BTL dropped a bombshell on consumers when they announced a newrate structure, one that will bring substantial increases in local call rates and line rentals, this morning the company held a press conference to, as they put it, explain the new prices to the public. While BTL is convinced they’re selling a […]
One new case of HIV is diagnosed everyday…no that’s not the situation in an African country, that’s the scary scene right here in Belize. According to the National Aids Commission, the latest statistics show that everyday one Belizean tests positive for the deadly disease. The commission is calling for the community’s heightened awareness of the […]
