How many of you really know about the first people who settled in our country, or that two board bridges were in place before the manually operated swing bridge? Those are just some of the historical questions primary school students are asked in their social studies class. And while the new Museum of Belize is […]
They come from far away and work like machines for three months. When they are finished, both Belize and the visitors themselves are better for the experience. We’re talking about the volunteers from Trekforce…Yesterday, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods got a chance to spend some time with them in the high bush near Gallon Jug. Jacqueline […]
If you’re standing up, it might be a good time to sit down, because the following news may take a bit of concentration. When we last left the controversy between B.T.L. and government, government lawyers had succeeded in convincing the Supreme Court that a stop order issued by Minister of Public Utilities Ralph Fonseca was […]
One industry in which healthy competition between two companies seems to be working, is domestic aviation. Each day Tropic and Maya Island airlines go wing to wing in an effort to carry the biggest share of the local and tourist traffic. Last week Maya Island celebrated forty years in the air, but today it was […]
In crime news, police are still searching for the man who gunned down thirty-one year old Dwayne Arnold on Monday. The gangland style hit took place at Arnold’s place of business on Cemetery Road in Belize City. Another high profile case has yet to yield an arrest and police are asking for the public’s help. […]
Foreign exchange–or rather the lack of it–is never far from the minds of many Belizeans. While government admits that the situation is tight and is in fact rationing the available funds, it predicts that the position will ease as exports pick up in the second half of the year. In the meantime, according to Chamber […]
If Belize is getting tired of seeing the best entertainers in the Caribbean, performing somewhat past their pinnacle of popularity, you’d never know it by the welcome they received at the airport. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting One of Jamaica’s multi-talented singers, songwriters, producers and composers, Lloyd Lovindeer touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport this […]
The Lovindeer dance is not the only event happening this Valentine’s weekend. If you like steel band music, “Pan Night” just might interest you. Deputy Mayor Yasmin Shoman says the concert is the city’s way of giving back to the residents. Yasmin Shoman, Deputy Mayor, Belize City “We’re gonna have the Grace Primary Steel Band, […]
It’s only been a decade, but sometimes ten years can seem like a lifetime. In January of 1992, the name Hattieville was synonymous with a hurricane, not a prison, and those Belizeans who resided behind bars did so on an appropriately named street called Gaol Lane. In those days, as reported by a rookie journalist […]
The good news tonight is that there were no fatalities reported over the weekend; the bad news is that it wasn’t for lack of trying. Police report no less than eight violent incidents between Friday night and Sunday, including shootings, stabbings and armed robberies in various parts of the country. Perhaps the most startling assault […]
Things got even scarier on the following night in Belize City. This time the motive wasn’t robbery, and the gun was used to harm rather than threaten. Trouble is, the victim was not the intended target. At her request, we have hidden her face from the screen. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police say they do not […]
In other crime news, a Belize City man was stabbed by two assailants on Friday night near the corner of Sittee and Nargusta Streets. Forty-five year old Frank Henry remains in critical condition. On Saturday night thirty-year-old Kenrick Pott was wounded by a shot in the back as he walked down Cemetery Road. Police are […]
And in news just in, police report that Dwayne Arnold, popular cyclist and proprietor of Electrical Zone Rebuilders on Cemetery Road, was shot dead this evening at his place of business. Jacqueline Woods is just back from the scene where she spoke to police press officer G. Michael Reid. G. Michael Reid, Police Press Officer […]
Late this evening, Mayor David Fonseca met with representatives of Novelo’s Bus Terminal Taxi Association to try and resolve issues that had developed between the drivers, the Traffic Department and the management of Novelo’s Bus Company. According to the drivers, they were told to move because their vehicles were creating congestion in front of the […]
After much hemming, hawing and delayed promises, government has announced that the sale of Belizean passports has finally come to an end. The death of the latest version of the money-raising scheme, known as the Belize Economic Citizenship Investment Programme, was made possible by the passage of a constitutional amendment on January fifteenth. According to […]
Brother David Obi and Mohobob Flores, two of Belize’s master musicians, have been invited to become members of the first Central American Orchestra. The band, which is intended to become a permanent group, will be directed by Manuel Obregon, a well known composer and pianist from Costa Rica. According to Music Co-ordinator at the House […]
It is a major thoroughfare on the north side of Belize City, and while most residents could readily identify it as Princess Margaret Drive, few will recall the woman whose 1958 visit gave the road its name. Princess Margaret died over the weekend and News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams takes a brief look back at her […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and it is my privilege to welcome you to this fresh serving of Sports Monday. Valentine’s Day has become synonymous with great cycling in Belize and this sport certainly attracts great fans, in fact, we’ll go as far as sensational fans. Just in case you don’t know, we’re at the […]
Three days after the body of Belize City businessman Phillip Chin was found just off the Northern Highway, tonight four young people have been arrested and charged with his murder. According to police, nineteen year old Deon Slusher, twenty-one year old Jeremy Harris, a seventeen year old woman and fifteen year old girl were all […]
Jermaine Fuentes is not being fingered as the shooter, but he was definitely a friend of the latest murder victim. Early this morning in Roaring Creek, a young man was fatally shot after his attackers tried to burn down his house. Jacqueline Woods went west today and found more questions than answers. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
A Belize City security guard is recuperating at the K.H.M.H. tonight after being abducted, severely beaten and left tied up on the Western Highway in a stolen vehicle. According to police, forty-seven year old Esbart Ramclam, a security guard working at Caribbean Tobacco Company on Thursday night, and a company truck were reported missing from […]
As police continue to post an all-points bulletin for double trouble duo Jermaine Fuentes and Ian Sutherland, we couldn’t help but be reminded of what happened to the last wanted pair: Kirk “Psycho” Thompson and Edmund Velasquez. Even after their deaths were attributed to drowning, the widespread public perception was that the police had a […]
This weekend, over forty medical staff from the United States will arrive in the country to deliver health care to Belizeans in the Toledo District. According to a release from the U.S. Embassy, the three doctors, seven nurses, dentist, eye doctor and other medical personnel, will be conducting a medical readiness training exercise in the […]
As the business community gets ready to work under the revised Liquor Licensing Act, the Mayors Association is still ironing out the kinks. Today, the association held a symposium in Belmopan to address concerns of the amendments. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jcaqueline Woods, Reporting With the amendments to the Liquor Licensing Act almost law, […]
Tonight, San Pedranos young and old are pulling out their paint cans, and counting their eggs as they get ready for the annual street party “Carnival”. If you don’t know what the paint and eggs are for, here’s a look at what happened to Audrey Matura in 1996 when she joined the islanders on the […]
