With the gun having sounded to mark the unofficial opening of what promises to be a yearlong election campaign, the politicians and their legion of supporters will be working overtime. Over the last few weeks, News 5’s Janelle Chanona has been making the rounds to find out exactly what keeps them going. Janele Chanona, Reporting […]
They were arrested last year in the biggest drug bust in Belizean history–almost three thousand, four hundred pounds of high quality Colombian cocaine. But from the day they were remanded to prison, Mexicans Jorge Moreno, Victor Carasco and Oscar Aguirre represented a nightmare for the Belizean law enforcement system. As their trial dragged on in […]
A traffic accident in Belize City has left one man dead and three injured. Twenty-two year old Marvin Serrano of Wilson Street was killed on Friday night when around 11:30 he lost control of his vehicle after driving too fast over a pedestrian crossing on Coney Drive. Serrano’s Ford Tempo overturned and he was pronounced […]
It is with regret that we report another death tonight, that of Karl Tillett. The forty-three year old author, businessman and former customs officer succumbed to a massive heart attack on Saturday afternoon at his home in Corozal. In 2000 Tillett published a well received anthology of short stories, entitled “Yenkiman One”. His stories and […]
On Friday ceremonies were held for the inauguration of a new police station in the village of Santa Familia in the Cayo District. In his address Prime Minister Said Musa emphasised that while government must work to eradicate the roots of crime, there will be no coddling of criminals. Prime Minister Said Musa “Yes, we […]
The Lotto jackpot had gone unclaimed since July sixth, but today one very happy couple woke up to the realisation that they were eighty-two thousand, five hundred dollars richer. The winning ticket sat for almost two months in the drawer of Gilroy Hendy. Hendy, a twenty-six year old postal worker of Central American Boulevard in […]
It had all the ingredients of a romantic adventure, including a beautiful river and moonlit night. But, as News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports, that’s where the similarities ended. Janelle Chanona, Reporting No, it’s not the Ruta Maya…but these persistent paddlers probably wish it was. Believe it or not, these eight men and one woman started […]
You’d never know it by looking at her, but the subject of our next story needs your help. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting To a stranger, thirteen-month-old Jaesha Daly is a normal active toddler with a healthy appetite and a ready smile. But little Jaesha was born with a condition extremely rare to children […]
James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re logged on to a fresh dish of Sports Monday. The double elimination format had already landed on two of the eight teams when action resumed in the twelfth Women’s Softball Championship Saturday at Rogers Stadium. And yes folks, we’ve got it all. We open things to […]
The town of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye is often described in tourist brochures as a tropical paradise. That may be true, but as the bible reminds us, paradise is not without its problems. For San Pedro the problems of the last few years have been hurricanes and fires…and despite the approaching height of the […]
As the climax of the Belize Guatemala facilitation process draws near, speculation abounds over confidential documents that have made their way into the public domain. According to Belize’s lead negotiator, Foreign Minister Assad Shoman, this deep throat scenario is not only surprising, but threatens to hinder the resolution of the Guatemalan claim. This morning Shoman […]
They found the body late yesterday evening and today police are looking for a suspect in the murder of a Corozal taxi driver. Thirty-six year old Samuel Carter had been missing for almost two days when his corpse was discovered around 6:00 p.m. outside of Corozal Town on the road to the Progresso ferry. Police […]
Controversy brewing in Belizean football peaked this week when an ongoing dispute between the sport’s governing body and its top league ended in an agreement to part ways. On Wednesday, the Football Federation of Belize officially accepted the withdrawal letter from the Belize Premier Football League after attempts over the weekend failed to salvage the […]
With September celebrations just around the corner it’s a time when Belizean recording artists like to release their new music. True to form we were visited this week by one singer promoting a fresh CD. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Since 1996, Len Berzerk has been singing hip-hop. Today, the twenty-seven year old artist is promoting his […]
There is news on the Guatemalan front tonight, some of it exciting and the rest just downright perplexing. The exciting part is that after two years of involvement in what seemed to be a never-ending facilitation process, a date has been set for the final act of the drama. On August twenty-eighth facilitators Sir Shridath […]
In more comforting news from the Foreign Ministry, today a Master Plan of Operations was signed between the Government of Belize and UNICEF. The agreement, which extends through 2006, was initialled this morning by Minister of Foreign Affairs Assad Shoman and UNICEF Country Representative Nadya Vasquez. The programme will focus on enhancing the development of […]
He had been missing for forty-eight hours and this evening the worst fears have been confirmed. A short time ago Corozal police found the body of thirty-eight year old Samuel Carter on the road to Chunox Village. Carter was last seen on Tuesday night around 9:00 and the next morning his abandoned Toyota Corolla was […]
One of Belize’s most wanted is behind bars tonight. Twenty-eight year old Dean Augustine of San Ignacio was handed over to Belizean police on Wednesday by their counterparts across the border in Mexico. Augustine, who was apprehended in Chetumal, was wanted in connection with the April twenty-seventh robbery in San Ignacio of almost one hundred […]
Disputes over how land in Belize is developed are nothing new. But while recent squabbles over the Chalillo Dam and Western Highway landfill have involved government and environmental groups, the latest fight pits angry residents of a seaside community against private landowners. Janelle Chanona reports on the battle for the beach in Hopkins Village. Janelle […]
Just when you thought that basketball was over–at least for the next six months or so–along comes News 5’s James Adderley to serve up another helping of hustle on the hardboards. What the subjects of his next story may lack in height and heft, they more than make up for in heart. James Adderley, Reporting […]
It is often said that local television news is all about crime, violence and traffic accidents. We won’t get into that argument right now, except to say that while the next story began with a horrible automobile mishap, it has a happier ending than most. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Four months after doctors […]
What appeared to be a routine trip to the hospital on Sunday has resulted in the death of a Cayo youth. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods is just off the road with the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting San Ignacio police have launched an investigation into the death of thirteen-year-old Jairo Larios. Inspector Gilroy Nicholas, O.I.C., San […]
Belize will join the Caribbean Court of Justice… and while that intention has been known for some time, it was only yesterday that Cabinet gave its formal endorsement. The actual instrument of ratification will be signed by Foreign Minister Assad Shoman immediately after the Senate gives its approval at its next sitting. The agreement establishing […]
Another international agreement that Belize will soon ratify involves that treatment of turtles. Cabinet has endorsed the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Turtles, a move that will make Belize eligible for training and financial assistance to preserve turtle habitats. The video on your screen shows one of the nation’s most important turtle […]
It took a licking in the record floods of June, and today we are told that the weakened Beaver Dam bridge at mile forty on the Western Highway will soon be replaced. Government has approved the purchase of a modular steel frame span from an Austrian company, which should be in place by February of […]
