On the eve of a meeting of the Association of Caribbean States, representatives from Belize and Cuba today took the opportunity to engage in some bilateral diplomacy. The occasion was a “business encounter” and one of the topics addressed was the fact that despite their close physical proximity, the nations of the Caribbean often remain […]
In Tuesday’s action at the Caribbean and Central American Games in El Salvador, Belize’s sharpshooters aimed valiantly but failed to make the finals. Charles Chavannes scored five hundred and forty-six points, finishing tenth in the second round, not enough to qualify for advancement. Ian McIntosh placed twenty-third in the first round. Marksmen from Venezuela are […]
It was a catastrophe that shocked the close knit series of villages along the Hummingbird Highway and Stann Creek Valley Road. But for most Belizeans, the death of two children in a mysterious fire remained a tragedy without a face…until now, that is. This afternoon I travelled south and discovered that there are still more […]
Just hours after a Supreme Court judgment that went against Belize Telecommunications Limited, the company is still trying to absorb the reality of the ruling. According to the company’s attorney, Lois Young Barrow, B.T.L. is calmly planning its next move. But she herself is nothing less than shocked by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh’s conclusion that […]
The quiet of the Valley Community at mile eighteen and a half on the Stann Creek Valley Road was shattered today by a fire which claimed the lives of two small children. Reports are that shortly after 11:00 this morning neighbours heard the children screaming, but thought that they were being disciplined by their mother […]
Meanwhile, police are investigating another tragedy tonight which claimed the life of a child, this time, in Blue Creek Village, Orange Walk. Twenty-one month old Nathan Bergen was reportedly playing in the family’s yard at around 8:30 on Monday morning when he was run over by a pick-up truck driven by his father, thirty-one year […]
A Novelo’s bus driver has been charged in connection with a road accident last week in which two people died. Forty-two year old Daniel Archer has been charged with two counts of manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, and negligent grievous harm. Twenty-three year old Benedicto Cal, who was travelling in the bus, […]
This week Belize will be hosting high level delegations from around the region. The occasion is the eighth regular meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States. The A.C.S., headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago, includes all the nations of CARICOM plus Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the mainland nations stretching from Mexico […]
As the various national and municipal elections draw closer, we will no doubt begin to see a number of stories like the next one…that is where politics is never far beneath the surface. Today’s tale centres around two bus stop shelters built in the Belama area of Belize City. The builder calls them a badly […]
You may have heard that this is World AIDS Week, but you may not be aware that we are also two days into Youth Week. This morning News 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered that today’s activities focussed on the plain old fashioned hard work of cleaning up the city. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The cleanup was just […]
Earlier in this newscast we mentioned the Association of Caribbean States meeting in Belize City. And while government officials gather in meeting rooms at the Princess, athletes from many of those same countries are competing in San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, in the Caribbean and Central American Games. Through an arrangement with Cayo’s Channel […]
Those many cynics in the community will say that they knew it all along: that with so many cruise ship passengers flooding Belize City, our aggressive entrepreneurs would inevitably begin to quarrel over all those U.S. dollars. As for inevitability, we’re not so sure, but as Jacqueline Woods found out this afternoon, all is not […]
A decision in the Supreme Court today may mean an early Christmas for the nation’s telephone users. The ruling is complicated, but essentially Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ruled that the stop order issued late last year by then Minister Responsible for Telecommunications, Ralph Fonseca, is valid, and the price increases made at that time are […]
It’s a sporting organisation that counts its revenues in the billions–that’s billions with a “b”–and today the man at the top paid a visit to our shores. The ostensible reason was to dedicate a new training facility; the more immediate concern, however, was the rift that threatens to kill the sport. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today, […]
Some determined police work in Toledo has led to the arrest of a gang of armed robbers. Guatemalans Justo Martinez, Roberto Garcia and Jose Garcia are behind bars tonight after they allegedly held up a bus and robbed a gas station. Witnesses say that on Saturday morning around nine, three men–two holding a gun and […]
Two cyclists are dead tonight after they were knocked down in separate traffic incidents in Belize City. The first tragedy occurred at the Vernon Street and Magazine Road junction on Friday afternoon and claimed the life of forty-two year old security guard, Nicholas Lewis. Nineteen year old Fabiola Mendez told police that at around 3 […]
A Saturday morning fire has destroyed what was home for two Belize City families. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited the scene this morning. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The blaze that completely destroyed the two storey wooden building on Neal Pen Road left eleven persons homeless. Michelle Young, one of the fire victims, says she had just […]
Worlds AIDS Week kicked off–quite literally–on Sunday with a torch run from Belmopan to Belize City. The volunteer joggers finished up at Rogers Stadium where the week of activities was officially opened by coordinator of the National AIDS Commission, Martha Carrillo. A number of events are scheduled, including the first ever National Conference on AIDS […]
If you’ve got two legs and they’re both working fine, then chances are that you’ve never given much thought to the subject of wheelchairs. But if you’re not so fortunate, and the only thing between you and life as a recluse are those two big tires, then suddenly–as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered–a wheelchair is […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this latest version of Sports Monday. Week ten of the Belize Premier Football League found defending champion Kulture Yabra of Belize City being hosted at the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio by Acros Real Verdes. Actually, this match-up seems to be a tail of […]
Tonight a U.S. national who shot and killed two people is a free man. Charges of murder and attempted murder have been dismissed against forty-nine year Robert Moore, the caretaker at Frank’s Caye in the Sapodilla Range. Moore was charged following an incident on that caye on August eighth in which he fatally shot fifty-four […]
If you were looking for a lawyer today, chances are you were out of luck, as the majority of Belize’s legal community was attending the annual Bench and Bar Summit. The theme for this year’s gathering was “The Family and the Law”…and while that part of the legal system may not generate big fees for […]
On Sunday, World AIDS Week will officially open with a fifty mile torch relay. The run will start in Belmopan and finish at Rogers Stadium in Belize City. A number of top athletes, along with primary school children and high school students have decided to participate in the relay in an effort to help raise […]
With all the hype about computers in the classroom, education via the internet and on-line libraries, you’d think that books have become obsolete. Don’t start the funeral yet, however, as this morning News 5’s Jacqueline Woods found the rumours of their death have been greatly exaggerated. Lascelle Arnold, Businessman “For a long time we profiled […]
It is with great regret that we announce the death of a veteran Belizean educator and religious leader. Sister Yvonne Hunter, also known as Sister Alexander, passed away this afternoon in Providence, Rhode Island. She was seventy-four. Sister Yvonne joined the Sisters of Mercy in 1946 and following her religious training abroad, returned to Belize […]
