The Prime Minister is back in town, and while we were not able to hook up with him to talk about the immigration scandal, we did have the luxury of time to make a more thorough examination of the document released by his office. News 5’s Stewart Krohn read the fine print and concluded that […]
Dengue Fever is back in the news, as outbreaks in neighbouring countries tend to find their way across the border. Belize has three confirmed cases of classical dengue, believed to have originated in neighbouring El Salvador and Honduras, where both classical and the more deadly haemorrhagic varieties abound. Guatemala has also been placed on a […]
It’s an epidemic of another kind, and unfortunately it has proven far more deadly than dengue fever. Figures released today by the Police Department reveal that thefts of firearms have almost doubled over the last year. In the year 2000, forty-two licensed guns were reported stolen and in 2001 the number jumped to sixty-six. But […]
Another good reason to leave the guns at home is the likelihood that the whole vehicle may be stolen. Once virtually unknown in Belize, car thefts have become common. Police confirm that one hundred and ninety-six vehicles have been reported stolen in the last eighteen months. Even more interesting is that over one hundred and […]
The last time B.T.L. told us about those new seven digit telephone numbers, it turned out that the old ones were still good for another three months. Not so this time, says B.T.L., as beginning tomorrow the five digit numbers just won’t cut it. Suzette Tillett, Manager of B.T.L.’s Public Relations Department, says telephone users […]
Every child who ever held a basketball has dreamed of playing in the NBA in front of thousands of screaming fans and sinking a desperation game winning shot at the buzzer. This week hundreds of Belizean youths are getting the chance to learn the game from a man who has lived that very dream. News […]
While the youngsters drilled at S.J.C., the Belize Basketball Association announced its honour roll at the Radisson. News 5’s James Adderley was on hand. James Adderley, Reporting The Belize Basketball Association convened a press conference at the Radisson Fort George Hotel today to present the two finalists in Capital Life action, and to announced the […]
The report is in, that is the report on alleged irregularities in the Immigration Department. It was compiled by C.E.O. in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Alan Usher, and presumably faxed or emailed to Prime Minister Said Musa, who is on a working visit to Guatemala. What government has released to the media is a […]
Xtra House Supermarket owner Jitendra Chawla, better known as Jack Charles is tonight having the last laugh after Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh awarded him a handsome twenty thousand dollars in damages for the breach of his constitutional rights by the comptroller of customs. The Chief Justice upheld attorney Dean Barrow’s contention that his clients constitutional […]
They say that every story has two sides… that is at least two sides. Tonight News 5’s James Adderley offers more on a controversy in the sporting world that figures to be around for a while. James Adderley, Reporting The art of football features a frenzy of offensives and counter offensives; so then life must […]
During a summer when it seems like camps for children are sprouting like weeds in an empty lot, it appears to be the most ambitious effort of the season. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on what happened when the fine arts met the deep forest. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Just over seventy boys and girls attended […]
Today was the day that C.E.O. in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Alan Usher, was supposed to present to the Prime Minister his report on the illegal sale of Belizean passports. We don’t know if that deadline was met, since Usher did not answer our inquiries. But in any case, Prime Minister Said Musa left […]
With his problems mounting at home, Prime Minister Musa sought respite from the controversy in a most unlikely place: Guatemala. Two events mark his agenda. The first, occurring this morning, was to act as a witness of honour at the signing of a sister city agreement between the mayors of Belmopan and Guatemala City. The […]
In crime news we are both happy and amazed to report that for the first weekend in recent memory not a single violent fatality occurred in the entire nation of Belize. Yes, there were the usual assortment of shootings, stabbings, jackings, burglaries, drug busts and traffic accidents… but none resulted in death. That such a […]
Today ceremonies were held in the Mountain Pine Ridge for the signing of a long-term agreement for sustainable logging of that forest reserve. The forty-year license for the Pine Lumber Company applies to those areas which have not been affected by the southern pine bark beetle. The thousands of acres that have been devastated by […]
It has been viewed as a quick scorecard that some nations use to claim bragging rights and others prefer to ignore. But the latest UNDP publication–as Ann-Marie discovered–is more than just a measure of who’s ahead. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The United Nations Development Programme has released its 2002 Human Development report premised on “Deepening Democracy […]
The appearance of a flood of bogus tens and twenties has had both merchants and consumers under stress for the better part of a month. Today, the company that sells Belize its dollars arrived to assure Belizeans that their money supply is still safe. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Tim Jones, the regional manager of De La […]
Today is the day that we handle sports on News 5… But it isn’t quite time for James Adderley. Late Friday afternoon Ann-Marie was sent out on the sports beat and while it wasn’t the NBA finals, the competition was no less real. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It used to be a favourite pastime for many […]
James Adderley Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for this Belizean dish of Sports Monday. Orange Walk Music Centre came to the City Centre Friday night needing a win to force a decisive game three against five time champion Raiders. At centre court Wendell Robinson of Orange Walk faces Thomas Gillespie […]
On last night’s newscast we asked for the public’s help in trying to answer some nagging questions about what appears to be the illegal sale of Belizean passports. Specifically, we aired the names, street location and photos of twenty-two applicants for Belizean passports, whose documentation appears to be suspect. These applicants, from Taiwan, Mainland China […]
A late afternoon shooting on Rocky Road in Belize City has sent two men to the hospital. Details are sketchy, but around 3:00 this afternoon two gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on one Alex O’Brien, twenty-six, of a Dean Street address and another man, described only as “Natty”. Reports are that O’Brien received gunshot […]
Meanwhile in Cayo, police report that a fight this morning between two men has left them both dead. When police arrived at the scene on the Bullet Tree Road on the outskirts of San Ignacio at around 2:30 a.m. they found Bebe Felipe Ical suffering from stab wounds to the head, neck and back. He […]
A mid-morning collision on the Northern Highway has left four people injured. Twenty year old Nolberto Meggs, Richard Dominguez also twenty, seventeen year old Roger Bradley and eight year old Megan Leslie were all admitted to the K.H.M.H. after their vehicle, attempting to overtake, collided with another heading in the opposite direction near mile eight. […]
For several years, the efforts of Habitat for Humanity have been helping low-income Belizeans build their own affordable homes. By all accounts the program is a good idea, but for one reason or another, Habitat has yet to become a household word in Belize. Yvonne Bowen, Habitat Homeowner “When you work on your own home, […]
The epidemic known as AIDS is no stranger to Belize or the media, and by now we’ve learned that whatever progress is made against this modern day plague will come in small, but nonetheless important increments. Today I was on hand for one such step forward. Janelle Chanona, Reporting On Monday, nine-year-old Eldrid Martinez died, […]
