On Tuesday Cabinet formally put its stamp of approval on a policy to provide all Belizean women age sixty-five and over with a pension, whether or not they had worked outside the home or contributed to Social Security. But if you fall into that category don’t be in any rush to pick up your cheque. […]
In crime news police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of Marlon Budd. Twenty-four year old Jerry Bush has been charged with the crimes of attempted murder, dangerous harm and deadly means of harm. Budd was wounded by a single gunshot to the neck at around three-thirty Sunday morning near B.T.L. Park on the […]
As the newly elected government gets settled in, the ministers are making their rounds. Taking a tour of the facilities at Price Barracks in Ladyville this morning was Minister of Defence Sylvia Flores. Flores, accompanied by C.E.O. Anthony Sylvester, inspected a Guard of Honour and met with top officers of the Belize Defence Force. As […]
Lying physically well outside the centre of CARICOM’s gravity, Belize does not get to host many of that organisation’s regional projects. But one initiative in which Belize has long held an edge is in the field of marine resources. Today ceremonies were held to inaugurate the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism. The C.R.F.M., as I found […]
Last week News 5’s Jacqueline Woods attended a workshop held to sensitise journalists to the concerns of the elderly. The session must have worked, because tonight she’s back with another report, this time on efforts by Belize’s oldest citizens to assert their rights and advance their agenda. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting “Last year five Caribbean countries, […]
It’s a medical condition that is a growing problem worldwide…and for one Belize City family, the dangerous reality that is asthma has left them in mourning. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the death of a teenager that, by all accounts, did not have to happen. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The family believes Monday’s hot weather […]
A post-mortem on the body of murder victim Alfredo Morales has concluded that he died from head trauma, the result of a blow from a blunt object. The body of Morales, a car dealer and taxi driver, was found by his family on Sunday near the Western Highway on the outskirts of Belize City. No […]
A Honduran family is asking for your help tonight as they search for their relatives, missing at sea now for three months. According to Guido David of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, his brother, Juan Carlos David and friends Edgardo Munoz, Juan Crivelli Senior and Junior and Eduardo Crivelli, left the coast in a small boat […]
As the U.S. war on Iraq remains on go slow due to intense sand storms, the Muslim community in Belize has called on the Prime Minister to join those nations demanding an end to hostilities. In an open letter to the government, the Islamic Mission asks that Belize officially condemns what it calls an illegal […]
Meanwhile, one Belizean serving in the U.S. Army is probably just waking up to the taste of dust as his unit prepares for a climactic assault on Baghdad. Twenty-four year old Sergeant Frank Kuylen the Third of Belize City is serving on the front lines with the second battalion of the 502nd infantry. News 5 […]
Belize’s banana growers received good news today as the European Union handed over seven point five million dollars to make the industry more competitive. The financing agreement, for three point five million Euros, was signed this morning between Prime Minister Said Musa and European Commission Head of Delegation, Gerd Jarchow. The grant is the fourth […]
Over the weekend the Belize Civil Society Movement selected their candidate for Senator at the organisation’s annual general meeting. According to a press release, forty-three year old Rene Gomez was chosen to represent the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the Belize Civil Society Movement in the new Senate. Gomez, a father of four […]
There’s a new Lotto winner in town and tonight he’s going home with his cheque. This afternoon, sixty-nine year old Enrique Sosa of San Andres in the Corozal District showed up at the offices of Tropical Gaming Company to claim his prize money. Sosa says he’s a first time Lotto player and bought two quick […]
Medical supplies valued at more than thirty thousand dollars have been donated to the Southern Regional Hospital. The contribution is part of a larger consignment of equipment received by the Belize City Council from the Honorary Consul of Belize in New Orleans, Jean Bernard, and the International Hospital for Children. According to Belize City Deputy […]
It has all the elements of a made for TV murder mystery. But the bloody corpse discovered on Sunday outside Belize City, was grim reality, not Hollywood make believe. Today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods joined the victim’s bereaved family to try to make sense out of an act that defied reason. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Forty-one […]
Separate shooting incidents on Sunday in Belize City have left two young men recovering from gunshots and the police with more questions than answers. According to the cops, around three-thirty that morning, twenty-five year old Marlon Budd was standing in the vicinity of B.T.L. Park on Newtown Barracks when a gunman walked up to him […]
A family from Dangriga is in mourning tonight, following a tragic accident over the weekend. According to police, seven-year-old Akeem Davis was swimming with friends at the mouth of the North Stann Creek on Saturday afternoon when sometime after three he disappeared beneath the waves. An intensive search was immediately launched, but just after dawn […]
Rumours and gossip are the daily bread of the news business and over the last week a very load whisper making the rounds in the business community was the alleged sale of the Bowen and Bowen group of companies: that’s right, according to the rumour mill, the brewery, soft drink plant and Crystal water operation […]
The shock at the gasoline pump that Belizeans have been expecting since last week will have to wait a few days more as we are informed that the Esso tanker first scheduled for Friday, then predicted for today, has been further delayed until Wednesday. Officials at the petroleum distribution companies tell News 5 that while […]
One hundred and ten miles of feeder roads will be improved and maintained thanks to a set of contracts signed today in Belmopan. The three point six million dollars in road works is divided between four local contractors and will cover selected rural roads from Corozal to Toledo. Signing on behalf of the Ministry of […]
Several years ago when a small number of tilapia infiltrated the Crooked Tree Lagoon from nearby fish farms, there were fears of ecological disaster; that the hardy and aggressive foreigners would displace the native species and put an end to the small, but crucial local fishing industry. But those fears never materialised and today instead […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re inside Sports Monday. The National Senior Road Championship was staged by the Belize Cycle Association yesterday with some forty riders making a bid in this hundred and ten mile ride. It’s the only major event on the cycling calendar limited to nationals only as we go to the […]
As the war in Iraq intensifies toward a likely climax next week, there are signs that the expected negative impact on Belize and the rest of the world may be less severe than previously anticipated. Sources in the tourism industry indicate that while there have been some short term cancellations due to fear of flying, […]
With the two most important guarantors of our territorial integrity teamed up to get rid of Saddam Hussein, it is no surprise that any qualms Belmopan may have had about the war have remained private. But on the human level there is great concern about casualties, both among the hundreds of Belizeans fighting as members […]
For the fourth time this week, police officers have had the grim task of pulling a dead body out of the water. According to Orange Walk police, early Thursday morning they received reports that there was a corpse floating in the New River near the House of Culture. The body was transported to the Northern […]
