A week ago he was ousted as general manager of the second largest credit union in the country, but on Tuesday, Vicente Canul will be back behind his desk. That’s right, after protestors staged a demonstration outside the St. Francis Xavier Credit Union in Corozal demanding the G.M. be reinstated, an emergency meeting of the […]
On Saturday, a Belize City man was gunned down and left to die on the street. According to police reports, twenty-nine year old Mark Henry was on Waight Street in the Yarborough Area when he was shot twice. Police have since detained two people: Henry’s ex-girlfriend and another young man. While police have yet to […]
An Orange Walk resident has been charged in connection with a hit and run incident on Saturday. Twenty-six year old Mayola Escalante allegedly fled the scene, near the Mi Amor Hotel, where thirty-three year old Pedro Martinez was knocked down as he crossed the street. Martinez, a Salvadoran, was rushed to the Northern Regional Hospital […]
Today is celebrated as Earth Day and to mark the occasion, the Belize Audubon Society is releasing their Environmental Agenda 2002 and Beyond, a follow-up to a similar document produced four years ago. The agenda is meant to assess the condition of Belize’s natural resources and makes specific suggestions for sustainable development. According to Audubon’s […]
Across the country, other environmental agencies were also celebrating Earth Day. In Belize City, participants in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Project invited community leaders, students and the general public to attend a chain of presentations on Belize’s marine environment. While attendance was good, according to Noel Jacobs, the project’s regional co-ordinator, appreciation for the […]
While Earth Day celebrations focussed on the health of the marine environment, another ceremony in Belize City highlighted those Belizeans who depend on the sea for their livelihood. Members of the Belize Fishermen Co-operative Association, all six hundred of them, will be eligible for technical training, thanks in part to a fifty thousand dollar grant […]
The only connection our next news item has with the sea is that the man we interviewed happened to arrive this morning on a cruise ship. George Castillo, now retired, was only the second black Chaplain appointed to the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons. After thirty years working with the most hardened criminals Castillo […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is the latest serving of Sports Monday. We took our cameras inside the Lewis Leslie amateur basketball competition at the City Centre Friday night, only to be greeted by a monster female opener featuring the defending champion B.E.L. Sparks in action against B.T.L. Hawks. We join the ballgame […]
The ongoing confusion surrounding the increase in bus fares across the country reached a climax this morning after students and teachers from the west refused to pay the new prices. According to bus operator David Novelo, around eight-thirty this morning, passengers, including staff and students of Mopan Technical High, told the conductor that they would […]
In other crime news, a Belize City man has been found beaten and barely conscious. According to police, on Thursday officers were called to an area just off St. Joseph Street where they saw a man with injuries to his face, head and ear lying in the drain. The man was rushed to the K.H.M.H. […]
Meanwhile, police say a man found dead in San Pedro was electrocuted. According to reports, around 10:00 Thursday morning, police went to a house in an area known as Merida where they saw a man lying face up on the ground. The man has since been identified as Jimmy Wade. Police now believe that around […]
If you’re one of B.T.L.’s thousands of voice mail users, chances are when you tried to check your messages on Thursday, you heard a strange, if not disturbing message. While some of the recordings simply said “You’ve been hacked”, others were obscene. Today News 5 spoke to people who were affected by the new announcements […]
This weekend Belize City is going to be inundated with football fans from all over the country. They will pack into the M.C.C. Grounds to witness the season’s peak: Game one of the championship finals in the Regent Challenge Cup. The showdown between Orange Walk’s Fabro’s Juventus Stars and Kulture Yabra is to produce more […]
Taiwan has donated half a million dollars to the Government of Belize. According to a government issued press release, today, Ambassador Charles Tsai presented a cheque valued at five hundred thousand Belize dollars to Prime Minister Said Musa. G.O.B. says the money comes through an agreement between the Republic of China and Central American countries, […]
Whether you’re a fan of the theatre or just like a good show, you would agree that an important component of any production is the sound. But given the poor acoustics many of our auditoriums have, it’s a factor that has affected more than one activity to grace the stage. With that in mind, next […]
This show might not rely on proper acoustics, but chances are if you’re interested in art, you’ll hear about it. The Mexican Institute of Culture has invited another one of their artists to display their work for the benefit of the Belizean public, and this afternoon, News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams got a preview of the […]
During the academic year, schools across Belize host an open day. It’s an event designed to highlight not only the scholastic achievements of the students but to hopefully recruit students for the next school year. This morning, Saint John’s College held an open day for their Belize City peers. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was among […]
The situation boiled over like an overheated radiator that just had its cap removed. And while almost a year has gone by since the rocks, bottles and bullets flew outside of Orange Walk, an official report on the incident now has some major accusations flying. Janelle Chanona, Reporting The unbelievable images captured at the Tower […]
Just two weeks shy of the day he was due to take office, Director of Public Prosecutions designate, Kirk Anderson is already fending off controversy. Reports in the Opposition’s “Guardian” newspaper allege that not only were procedural regulations for his appointment sidestepped, but that the legal community has rejected him as the new D.P.P. This […]
In crime news, late findings in the case of a newborn baby found dead on Monday in a Punta Gorda latrine may result in additional charges against the baby’s mother. A post-mortem concluded that the child died of asphyxia due to drowning, meaning that the baby was born alive. Police have forwarded these findings to […]
Jim Arnold has been writing poems since 1982 and this week the Belizean artist stopped by News 5 to promote his latest work. “Just For You” is a compilation of Creole and English poems written about a number of issues affecting society. Arnold says it’s been a while since his first publication, but he promises […]
Now in its eighth year, the annual Coca-Cola Spelling Bee has become a widely anticipated event for thousands of Belizean school children. As the Belize District competition heated up, Ann-Marie Williams stopped by Parish Hall. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The Corozal and Orange Walk spelloffs of the National Coca-Cola Spelling Bee have been completed, and today […]
The transformation of Belize from a country dependent on the extractive exploitation of timber to one inclined toward the preservation of the environment did not happen overnight nor by accident. Education played a key role…and that effort continues nationwide. This morning News 5’s Jacqueline Woods travelled to the picturesque village of Gales Point where students […]
Located at the junction of the Northern Highway and Burrell Boom Road, it is the most visible symbol yet that come January first, Belize will enter a new era in telecommunications. Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon, representatives of International Telecommunications Ltd, Intelco, officially inaugurated the nation’s tallest freestanding structure. At […]
Today has not seen any more clarity in the dispute over bus fares, but on Thursday, bus operators and government officials will be meeting in Orange Walk to discuss the price hikes implemented by the transport providers on Monday. According to a government press release, Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Briceño, who is acting Minister of […]
