It may not be a massive public event, but the launching of a new book on Saturday could not have come at a more appropriate time. A profile of George Price entitled “Man of the People” does not pretend to be an objective analysis of the Father of the Nation, but the personal profile by […]
Rounding out the series of this weekend’s events is a competition, the likes of which Belizeans have yet to experience. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The choir is only two years old, but the young men and women of Anglican Cathedral College have already established themselves and are looking to win the first ever […]
With the sugar industry suffering from problems ranging from production to marketing to politics, many experts say that the best bet for the future of the north is diversification. And while that advice is nothing new, the project visited today by News 5’s Janelle Chanona seems to present an alternative well grounded in reality. Janelle […]
This afternoon, twenty-three year old Police Constable Martin Castillo, and two BDF soldiers: thirty-two year old Juan Jimenez and Urbanos Teck, twenty-one, were escorted to Magistrate’s Court where they were arraigned on charges of kidnapping. It is alleged that the cop, the two soldiers and civilians Emerson Wade of Belize City and Wallington Russell of […]
If Sunday’s kidnapping and subsequent arrests were all there was to the bizarre incident it would still be a big story. But believe it or not, there’s more. Apparently, whoever wanted information from Juan Mendoza, wanted it so badly that on Tuesday they tried to kidnap him a second time. Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline […]
While most of the nation took advantage of Tuesday’s holiday to either party or catch up on some rest, one Belize City family will always remember the tenth of September as the day their house burned down. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting By the time fire fighters arrived on the scene, the two bedroom […]
In police news a Belize City man has been hospitalized after he was shot on Monday night. Twenty-two year old Herman Morris told police that he was riding his bike on Amara Avenue around seven o’clock when a green pickup stopped and its two occupants opened fire on him. A wounded Morris was taken to […]
No foul play is suspected, but a U.S. tourist has been found dead in his hotel room. On Tuesday police were called to the Biltmore Plaza on the Northern Highway where they were shown the body of thirty-seven year old Roy Self. Self, who had checked in the night before, was found fully clothed with […]
Police say their investigation into the death of six-month-old Amber Brittaney Camal continues. On Monday evening a post-mortem examination conducted on the baby’s body proved inconclusive. According to authorities, tissue samples have been taken and further tests will need to be conducted in order to determine the exact cause of death. Baby Camal died several […]
With Belize’s rapidly expanding population, those responsible for our educational system must run hard just to keep pace with the increasing demand. Today in Belize City News 5’s Janelle Chanona visited two secondary schools to check on their progress. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, Wesley College officially inaugurated their new classrooms. Like many secondary institutions […]
On Thursday, San Ignacio residents will bid farewell to a man who was a pillar in that community for more than sixty years. Pedro Otero Leal passed away on Sunday at the age of one hundred and one. Leal came to Belize from Mexico in the 1940’s and spent the next four decades working as […]
No Belizean who happened to turn on the television on the morning of September eleventh, 2001 will ever forget the images on the screen. A year later, residents of the United States stopped to remember the death and destruction that ravaged New York City, Washington, D.C. and rural Pennsylvania. As News 5’s Janelle Chanona discovered, […]
Due to the St. George’s Caye Day holiday, the next newscast will be on Wednesday, September eleventh.
It’s a story that threatens to permanently and seriously damage the reputation of Belizean law enforcement: a uniformed police officer and two uniformed members of the Belize Defence Force involved in the kidnapping of two Belize City residents. According to Police Press Officer G. Michael Reid, around 11:00 Sunday morning, the officer and BDF soldiers, […]
Tonight a young mother is mourning the loss of her only child, while the cops try to figure out what caused the infant to die. On Friday morning, the parents of six-month-old Amber Camal left her at the babysitter’s, but the next time they saw her, the child was in the hospital and close to […]
Meanwhile, another Belize City mother is at her daughter’s bedside at the K.H.M.H. willing her to live. A single vehicle traffic accident on the Northern Highway in the early morning hours of Sunday has left a young woman in critical condition, but her family still has hope for her recovery. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has […]
If the sights and sounds of Carnival on Saturday haven’t gotten you into the celebration spirit yet, then tonight’s fire engine parade should do the trick. Starting at seven p.m. tonight a motorcade of Belize’s fire fighting trucks will weave its way through city streets. From the main fire station on Cleghorn Street, the parade […]
It’s a situation that should scare you to the centre of your very being…but even now, with Belize boasting the highest rate of HIV infection per capita and thousands of Belizeans unaware that they are infected, as a people, we would rather discriminate than educate ourselves about prevention. But it’s a fight that no matter […]
For years one of the adjectives used to describe life in Belmopan has been “safe”. But recently, incidents of violent crime have threatened to dispel that popular belief. With that in mind, today, the Belize Police Department and the Belmopan City Council broke ground for a substation that is expected to play a pivotal role […]
If you thought the carnival enthusiasts looked just a “mite” tired when they pulled into the B.T.L. Park, most of them had good reason to be. Hours before the road march, the die-harders participated in the first Belizean jouvet. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was in the mix of rum, mud and paint. (Revellers painting each […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve just logged on to this phat version of Sports Monday. Our national celebrations have brought with it the usual flurry of sporting activities. Saturday night at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall it was Belizean bodybuilding in full bloom. We open to this display of abdominals by the three […]
In terms of money stolen and firepower expended, yesterday’s armed robbery in the Mennonite community of Springfield, was not remarkable–at least when compared to the daily shootouts which have become part of life in Belize City. But myths die hard and the vision of tranquillity in the bucolic Belizean countryside is no more accurate than […]
While incidents like the one that occurred in Springfield are difficult to prevent, the chances of apprehending the criminals are greatly increased by efficient communications on the part of law enforcement. Those capabilities have been significantly augmented with the procurement last week of over a hundred thousand dollars worth of new radio equipment by the […]
This morning, members of the House of Representatives met in Belmopan for a special sitting. While some politicians were notably absent, other members were back in familiar form. Business on the table ranged from a contract renewal for the Ombudsman to a bill changing the way gun licenses are issued to security guards, but the […]
But as always, when the talk turned to money, the debate grew testy. One bill introduced was an amendment to the Offshore Banking Act. The antagonists were Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow and Minister of Budget Management Ralph Fonseca. Ralph Fonseca, Min. of Budget Management “The object of this bill Madam Speaker is to […]
