For the next forty-eight hours, it is safe to assume that plenty of people will be celebrating Christmas in the not so traditional way, that is by drinking far too much alcohol. The National Drug Abuse Control Council took the streets today to warn motorists and the general public that if they do plan to […]
The Ministry of Defence has announced today that starting earlier this week, Belize has agreed to conduct joint border patrols with Guatemala in the border area. According to a release from M.O.D., on Saturday, Brigadier General Alan Usher and Guatemala’s Vice Minister of National Defence Brigadier General Hugo Sing Urzua, signed an operative declaration which […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome aboard this yuletide ride on Sports Monday. As Santa and his reindeers were readying their bag of surprises, the Regent’s Cup Tournament was reaching the end of the first round of play. Yesterday at the M.C.C. Grounds one of those surprises showed up prematurely in the match-up between […]
The two facilitators attempting to mediate a solution to the Guatemalan claim have presented their recommendations following an investigation into the November twenty-second killing of three Guatemalans by a BDF patrol…and the news does not reflect well on Belize. Sir Shridath Ramphal and Paul Reichler, having studied the report made by O.A.S. investigator Sergio Caramagna, […]
It seems that the new policy of having Belize and Guatemalan authorities work together near the border is already in effect. Police reports indicate that national security personnel from both countries conducted an anti-drug operation near the San Pedro River in the Toledo district around 5:30 Wednesday evening. Officers found an illegal airstrip with a […]
A woman is in police custody tonight for attacking her boyfriend after she found him with another lover. According to police, fifty-one year old Terry Copeland and Lois Garbutt lived in a house together on Caye Chapel, but on Wednesday evening Garbutt arrived home only to find Copeland with another woman. The couple got into […]
Two shopkeepers were the victims of noontime robberies on Wednesday in the north and west respectively. According to police, a thief or thieves broke into Lindsay’s Discount hardware in Esperanza while the store was closed for lunch. Owner Marthita Lindsay has verified that money was stolen from the cash register. Same hour, different district, other […]
They have been at loggerheads for months, but today government and Belize Water Services Limited along with its parent company, CASCAL, have announced a settlement of their differences. Just before newstime a release was received from the Press Office which outlines details of the agreement. We’ll give it to you verbatim. “Government is pleased to […]
With Christmas less than five days away, the list of evening activities is piling up. They range from concerts in the park to office parties. So if you’re looking for something to do beside shop Friday night, Belize City poet Erwin Jones has a suggestion. Erwin Jones, Poet “We will look on some of the […]
When disaster struck the south on October eighth, News 5’s crews were immediately on the scene to chronicle the devastation. And while for many Belizeans Hurricane Iris today remains only a fading memory, for thousand of people in Stann Creek and Toledo, the effects of Iris are part of everyday life. Over the last two […]
For the last three weeks Ann-Marie has been in hot pursuit of all things Belizean to celebrate the Christmas. Tonight, she makes a slight departure from her usual itinerary and finds herself in the company of one man’s very personal holiday tradition, a delicacy known as Guinness Cake. Ann-Marie Williams “Your recipe has been in […]
After a day of silence, the owners of Black Rock Lodge have issued a statement to the press concerning the murder of two employees and rape of a guest on Monday night. According to a release put out by Black Rock’s proprietor, Caesar Sherard, the killings were the result of an unresolved argument between the […]
Well known political personality Pedro Guerra Mena, also known as Don Jorge, died this morning in Benque Viejo after a long battle with cancer at the age of sixty-seven. A member of the United Democratic Party, Guerra served as Mayor of Benque from 1982 to 1983 and was a member of the House of Representatives […]
News 5 has also learned that this morning Jesuit priest Robert Raszkowski succumbed to illness in the United States. Raszkowski was being cared for at a Jesuit nursing home in St. Louis, Missouri since August of this year. He first came to Belize in 1940 to teach Latin and English for three years at Saint […]
A number of decisions were made by Cabinet at its regular session on Tuesday. Among those made public are a green light for the establishment of casas de cambio at Belize’s borders and major tourist centres. These houses will provide handy foreign exchange services and will be licensed under the Exchange Control Regulations Act. At […]
We often see cyclists from all over the world pedalling the highways of Belize as part of some round the world quest or similar dream. Today, News 5’s Janelle Chanona met one more adventurous soul…but this story is different; he’s one of our own. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the past two and a half years, […]
With much of Belize caught up with Christmas shopping, it’s easy to forget how Christmas used to be celebrated in less complex times. Two years ago, News 5’s Janelle Chanona found out. Joan Burrell “Bram da me di thing fu Christmas, whe wa group a people get together and da wah house to house thing.” […]
A hotel manager and bartender are dead tonight as the result of a vicious armed attack in the Cayo District. Fifty year old John Luce, the manager of Black Rock Lodge and forty-one year old Mario Cocom, the bartender, were murdered around ten-thirty Monday night at the eco-tourism lodge on the Macal River. News 5’s […]
With the Public Utilities Commission languishing in legal limbo, it was left for irate citizens to once again put pressure on BTL to rescind the new rate structure imposed by the monopoly on December first. The protest took the form of another march and rally led by CAPU, the Committee for Action on Public Utilities. […]
While the leadership of CAPU has been careful to keep the anti-BTL movement out of partisan politics, it is not surprising that both parties have sought to put their own spin on the protests. Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow, has been vocal in his condemnation of government’s role in events leading up to the […]
A security guard in Belize City has been shot by an assailant near mile one and a half on the Western Highway. Thirty-six year old Alfredo Alpuche, a Triple A guard posted at Leslie’s Imports, told police that on Monday night a man rode up to him on a bicycle, asked to see the permit […]
One man who didn’t get away is thirty year old David Espinosa of San Pedro Town. Police picked him up on Monday and charged him in the weekend burglary of the National Assembly building in Belmopan. Sometime between Friday night and Monday morning office security was breached, but only one hundred and five dollars worth […]
A Cayo boy is dead after being knocked down by a truck. Eleven year old Aaron Williams of Camalote Village was killed after he ran across the Western Highway into the path of an oncoming vehicle and was run over. That vehicle, a Ford Ranger pickup truck, was driven by thirty-two year old Onan McLean […]
In September, a gang of men intent on inflicting street justice on a patient, stormed through the doors of the K.H.M.H. armed with machetes and created quite a stir before they were detained. Three months later, history repeats itself. Police say two masked men armed with a handgun and a sawed off shotgun slipped past […]
A traffic accident on the Northern Highway has left one man dead and three others hospitalised. According to police, thirty-five year old Elvis Dawson of Gardenia Village was heading north when his white Ford pick-up collided head on with a black Caprice car being driven by Patrick Bryant of Belize City. Dawson died at the […]
