A post-mortem has concluded that no foul play–except perhaps his own–was involved in the death of a San Ignacio man whose body was found on Thursday. Medical examinations revealed that fifty year old Santos Velasquez died of asphyxia due to alcohol intoxication. Velasquez was found Thursday morning in Santa Elena lying on the side of […]
It is a brand new road as fine as any in the country…but that did not prevent the death of a Belize City man whose driving skills failed him on Saturday. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods spoke to the passenger who managed to survive. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Doctors are cautiously optimistic that twenty-three year old Kafara […]
New prices for butane gas have been announced effective today for consumers nationwide. The increased rates, which range from a low of sixty-six dollars per one hundred pound cylinder in Dangriga, to a high of seventy-two dollars in Benque Viejo, are the result of increased acquisition costs for the imported fuel. Those new global realities […]
Lilia Mai of New Road, Belize City, collected a hefty amount of cash today. Not the entire one hundred and fifty thousand shown on the big cheque, but even half that amount is no small change. Mai was one of two lucky people who matched the five numbers to those drawn in the big lotto […]
It is a story that arrives with a bang about twice every year–miraculously with few injuries. Jacqueline Woods reports on the latest old Belize City house to call it quits. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The two storey wooden building provided shelter for the Vernon family for the past nineteen years, but around 9:30 on Sunday night […]
Tonight we regret to announce the death of one of the pioneers in Belize’s tourism industry. George Bevier, seventy-four year old proprietor of Rum Point Inn, on the Placencia Peninsula, died early this morning at the K.H.M.H. He had been battling cancer for several years. George and his wife Corol opened Rum point Inn in […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to our first edition of Sports Monday for 2003. The Belize Premier Football league kicked off its four-team playoffs over the weekend and it did bring show time to Belize City. (helicopter landing on field) No, this is not news of an attack on Iraq or […]
For the past two months, it has been our sad duty to report a long list of tragic deaths of Belizean children…the victims of various accidents. This morning, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods travelled to the village of Burrell Boom in the Belize District, the scene of the latest misfortune. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Just after 1:00 […]
San Ignacio police are tonight investigating how a man found dead on the road met his maker. According to the cops, just after 8:00 Thursday morning they received reports that a man was lying on the road near the Santa Elena side of the diversion bridge. Officers transported the man to the San Ignacio Town […]
A man charged in connection with a hit and run accident on Coney Drive in late December will have to answer to several other traffic offences. According to police, thirty-seven year old Elias Alamilla, a Belize City businessman, will also face charges of manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct and operating an unlicensed […]
The plethora of parties may be on hiatus for a while, but thanks to one local band, the soundtrack to your next shindig is already available. Santino’s Messengers spent the past year in the studio working on their latest compilation called “It’s Party Time”. Jacqueline Woods has the beats. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It took Santino’s […]
Traditionally, this time of year is referred to as “Mawga Season”, with more than a few Belizeans downright broke after the holidays. In the interest of helping you organize your finances, this afternoon we stopped in to see Ms. Jane…as in Jane Usher the aptly dubbed Queen of Credit Unions, for her suggestions. Jane Usher, […]
And while Miss Jane has some sound advice, admit it, deep down we’re all hoping for money to fall into our laps and solve all of our problems. Too bad it’s only going to happen to two of you out there. You guessed it, two lucky people have hit Thursday night’s one hundred and fifty […]
There’s big news on the Belizean basketball scene tonight as word trickled through town that our boys have had their bronze medals upgraded…to silver. News 5 understands that organizers of the Nineteenth Central American and Caribbean Games have declared Belize as second place finishers after tests revealed that at least one Puerto Rican player had […]
Every year, hundreds of cyclists all over the world leave home to take on the open road. In 2002, Colombian fire-fighter Henry Cardenas left his family and friends behind, determined to set a world record by pedalling to the Alaskan border and along the way stopping in every country in South and Central America. Cardenas […]
Tonight, a police officer is behind bars at the Hattieville Correctional Facility, charged with murder. Twenty-six year old Police Constable Kevin “Cowboy” Alvarez and his two brothers: eighteen year old Jason Allen Hernandez and twenty-one year old Apolonio Anthony Hernandez appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers to answer to charges of murder and conspiracy to commit […]
A traffic accident on the Western Highway has claimed the life of one man and left another in the hospital, after their vehicle crashed into a house. Police say that just before 9:00 p.m. on January first, twenty year old Manuel Sosa was driving from San Ignacio to Benque Viejo when he lost control of […]
A vicious attack on an elderly couple has left a husband in the hospital and a family in shock. According to police, the attack happened at the home of Norman and Ethel Young, ages eighty-seven and eight-four respectively, at number ten King Street in Belize City. Reports are that sometime around 1:00 p.m. on New […]
A baby has died, this time in the village of Burrell Boom in the Belize district. Details are still sketchy, but according to the cops, sixteen month old Myrna Burgess was at home, ostensibly in the care of a fourteen year old relative. The baby’s body was later found in a pool of water in […]
Tonight we regret to announce the death of AIDS patient Delmi. News 5 understands that just after ten this morning, Delmi died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital from complications due to her illness. Delmi leaves behind her five-year-old son and eleven year old daughter. We understand that the children will temporarily be staying with […]
Refusing to give up hope, search parties were back on the sea today looking for any sign of the vessel “The Demonstrator” and her passengers. News 5 understands that efforts are being made to bring in special equipment from the United States to scan the sea floor for the wreckage. On Friday, December twenty-seventh, Johnston […]
On Wednesday, the staff of the K.H.M.H. held its annual handing over ceremony to celebrate the birth of the first baby of the year. Six pound, eleven ounce Shemar Alexander Williams was born at one fifty-eight on the morning of January first, the second child of Nicole Cruz and Wendell Williams of Belize City. The […]
They are conceived in the mind and solemnly pledged, but New Year’s resolutions may be simple romantic notions because no one ever seems to stick to them. But every year, Belizeans join thousands around the world in making them anyway. Today, News 5’s Marion Ali took to the streets to find out what you are […]
In news from the office of the Governor General, this year seven Belizeans have been chosen to be honoured by the Queen with appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. To be an Ordinary Officer of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order, Chief Meteorologist Carlos Fuller and Chief Magistrate […]
Believe it or not, not everyone was sleeping in late on New Year’s Day. In fact, some sixty cyclists left Corozal town just after 9:00 a.m. as part of the thirteenth annual Krem Cycling Classic. Despite the heat, cramps and flat tires, these pedal pushers made it to Belize City in record time: three hours, […]
