This morning traffic came to a temporary halt at the corner of Dolphin and Raccoon streets after a pickup truck crashed into a Trooper at the junction. According to witnesses, both vehicles were on Raccoon Street approaching the intersection when the pickup, which is the property of the Police Department, tried to overtake the Trooper, […]
Since Belize participated in the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has been holding public meetings to review, prepare, and eventually implement the national action plan. According to Patricia Mendoza, the ministry’s Chief Executive Officer, a commitment to coordination is the key […]
It’s one of the country’s newest high schools and even though election fever makes it easy to beg for handouts, the faculty and students of St. Michael’s College are determined to improve their learning environment through their own efforts. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The St. Michael’s Pageant is the high school’s […]
He comes from a clan whose art is expressed with bulldozers, cranes and cement mixers…but today News 5’s Marion Ali discovered that there is at least one member of the Berbey family that has a finer touch. Marion Ali, Reporting His passion is to tell stories through his art. And while many of the pieces […]
For decades, cycling in Belize has been a male-dominated sport. But this year, the women are determined to take their rightful share of the road. The female assault begins with Sunday’s B.T.L. Valentine’s Classic, which has attracted more women than ever in search of a thousand dollar first prize. Early this morning News 5’s Marion […]
He could have confronted the matter head on six months ago when the immigration scandal first came to light, but instead, the P.M. chose to administer a mere wrist slap to Minister Max Samuels, taking away his police and immigration portfolios, but keeping him in Cabinet as Minister of Transport and Communications. At the time […]
Meanwhile, the United Democratic Party wasted no time in trying to capitalise on the U.S. action. With Party Leader Dean Barrow already on record asking for Samuels’ resignation, it was time for the minister’s local opponents to get on his case. This took the form of a brief demonstration downtown by supporters of Samuels’ opponent […]
As for an official reaction to the Samuels affair, I raised the issue this afternoon with the P.U.P. Chairman and Deputy Leader. Vildo Marin, Chairman, People’s United Party “My personal opinion is that it won’t hurt our chances of winning in the elections none at all. I don’t know, sometimes the U.S. Embassy just does […]
In news just in, the Associated Press is tonight reporting that ten Iraqi citizens have been detained in Montego Bay, Jamaica and are being interviewed by the U.S. F.B.I.. Their destination? Belize. Let me read the bulletin as we received it just minutes ago: “F.B.I. agents on Tuesday were questioning ten Iraqi men who were […]
A Belize City man is dead tonight after he was shot on Tuesday. Twenty-four year old Jason Avila, who lived on Bocotora Street, was reportedly riding a bicycle on Iguana Street towards Curassow Street just before seven on Tuesday night when two youths ran up to him from behind and shot him. The bullets penetrated […]
Today, the Belize City Council took delivery of two high powered vehicles that should greatly enhance the Traffic Department’s ability to catch motorists who commit moving violations. The two used vehicles, a Chevy Caprice and Crown Victoria, both 1996 models, are a gift from the city of Evanston, Illinois. The vehicles, which come fully equipped […]
A student from Maypen Village has taken first prize in a poster contest focussing on the Belize River. Jude Moody, a standard four student, placed first in the competition, which involved thirteen village schools. This year’s theme was “My River” and the event was administered by the Belize Community Service Alliance. As first place winner, […]
If you’ve ever had to use your Belize driver’s license to rent a car abroad, you know that its lack of technical sophistication raises more than a few eyebrows on the other side of the counter. That, however, may soon become a thing of the past. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the new look […]
A few months ago a new modern customs and immigration facility was inaugurated at the Western Border–and today its carbon copy made its official debut in the north. This afternoon I travelled up the highway for a look. Janelle Chanona, Reporting If you haven’t been to the Santa Elena border recently, this is the image […]
His mood is relaxed and confident, but as anyone who has ever seen Dean Barrow in court, on the rostrum or debating in the House of Representatives knows, he is not afraid to go for the jugular. Today, in the wake of Monday’s P.U.P. manifesto presentation, News Director Stewart Krohn and I sat down with […]
Yesterday we reported on the wounding of P.U.P. Lake I campaign manager Evan Garnett; tonight it’s the burglary committed at the home of U.D.P. Albert Division candidate Marilyn Williams. According to police, Williams reported that sometime between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Monday her home in Buttonwood Bay was broken into. Stolen were a […]
She was on trial for her involvement in the murder of her cousin, Rodwell “Burger” Neal, but tonight Cherry Mae Howard is a free woman. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh today directed a twelve-member jury to find Howard not guilty on charges of abetment to commit murder and the alternative charge of abetment to commit manslaughter. […]
It’s a familiar story that cuts through a cross section of all our major sports. That is, an abundance of raw young talent that somehow fails to mature to the point where Belizean athletes play any kind of role on the world sporting stage. Today, that analysis was confirmed by an international athletic official who […]
We know this may be getting a little boring…but there is more evidence today that the tourism industry, already the major engine of the nation’s economic growth, is getting even bigger. Statistics just released by the Immigration Department indicate that January arrivals at the Philip Goldson International Airport set a new all time record. The […]
It’s the kind of story that usually shows up on U.S. TV programmes like “Ripley’s Believe it or not”. Well tonight we bring you the homegrown version of a very “Candid Camera”. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the details. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting One-year-old Isaac Herrera was at a neighbours’ house when he accidentally swallowed a […]
Unfortunately, not every medical story has a happy ending. Today, we learned that a young patient featured in this newscast last week has not survived. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting One-year-old Lashawn Gladden suffered from a rare condition called Myasthenia Gravis. The neurological disorder attacks muscles in the throat, eyes and chest. However, complications occurred when the […]
In the past, they would have arrived by other means, but this time it was somehow fitting that the reggae artists coming for this Saturday’s big concert flew in on one of the big birds of Air Jamaica. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It is not the first time that Lloyd “Lover” […]
Election manifestos in most countries are the kind of documents that are read once and promptly forgotten by voters and politicians alike. That practice was certainly true in Belize, but in recent years a funny thing happened: manifestos somehow became serious business. The turning point came in the 1993 campaign when it is widely believed […]
An Orange Walk man lost his life over the weekend, the latest victim of a traffic accident on the Northern Highway. Reports to News 5 are that around 6:00 on Sunday evening, twenty-four year old Israel Nunez was riding his bicycle between miles forty and forty-one when he collided head on with an oncoming car. […]
The Northern Highway also proved deadly for another man, this time a resident of Xaibe Village in the Corozal District. According to police, just after 7:00 on Friday night twenty-six year old Diego Alcoser lost his life when his motorcycle collided with a Chevy Blazer. The driver of that vehicle, thirty-two year old Felipe Galaz, […]
