In Belize, the Mennonite community is respected as a group of hardworking men and women, deeply religious with no inclination towards violence. Sadly, it is perhaps that very attitude towards life that makes them easy targets to those who would prey on the vulnerable. So it is even more shocking then to report on one […]
In news from the south, tonight residents of the villages of Jalacte and Bella Vista in the Toledo District are feeling a little safer, thanks to their new police stations. The buildings were officially declared open over the weekend by Commissioner of Police Carmen Zetina. According to Zetina, the increased police presence in the area […]
Since the start of the gambling game, it’s been a tradition here at News 5 to interview the men and women on the now lengthy list of lucky Lotto winners. But since January second of this year, we’ve been patiently waiting to meet the holder of one of two tickets that claims half of a […]
There’s a popular saying in the academic community that goes, “if you educate a woman you educate an entire nation.” According to the experts, seventy percent of those charged with the task of developing the minds of Belize’s youngest citizens are women…yet there has always been the perception that female teachers do not get the […]
Crime and the causes of crime continue to be a hot topic up for discussion, with obvious reason. And while everyone has an opinion on how to effectively deal with the situation, one organisation is putting its money where its mouth is, literally. Since, November of last year the Belize Chamber of Commerce has been […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into the show we call Sports Monday. Yesterday the Belize Cycling Association staged the Junior Cross Country Cycle Classic, an eighty-eight mile ride that left capital city Belmopan and headed west to San Ignacio then swung back to finish here inside Belize City at the Marion Jones […]
This morning Cayo’s most wanted man, escape convict Jordy Espat, was shot and killed by police in a dramatic scene in Santa Elena Town. News 5 understands that just after nine today Espat was recognized by residents, who called police and reported his whereabouts. Within minutes of the call, San Ignacio police had surrounded the […]
It’s a strange story that has far more questions than answers. But tonight, one Belize City woman is at home recovering from what she says was a brush with death at the hands of a still unidentified attacker. Twenty-seven year old Norma Serano told police she was alone at her home on Wilson Street on […]
In more police news, four days after a home break-in on the Northern Highway, cops have arrested three men from Ladyville. Authorities allege that sometime between seven a.m. and four p.m on Monday, twenty-year-old Levi Bahadur, nineteen-year-old Bruce Heron and seventeen year old Shane Bahadur, travelled to mile six and a half on the Northern […]
It is the tie that binds us as Belizeans…our quest for a piece of land to call our own; evidenced by the hundreds who make a weekly pilgrimage to the Ministry of Natural Resources in Belmopan. In an effort to cut down on the hassle, late last year government launched a land management program. And […]
With just over a week until one of the biggest national events on the sporting calendar, officials of the Belize Cycling Association say all the pieces are in place for the seventy-fifth ride for the roses. At a meeting last night in Belize City, association executives and members of the technical committee, held a closed […]
Artists all over the world, even talented men and women, have found that it’s difficult to prosper from their romanticized profession. So when an offer like the one in this next story comes along, interest peaks, especially when there’s twenty-five thousand U.S. dollars on the line. CLICO, Colonial Life Insurance Company, based in Trinidad, has […]
Since it’s opening in 2001, the Museum of Belize has welcomed more than twenty thousand visitors from home and abroad. And while there are two main exhibitions on display: the history of the Mayas and Belize City, as time passed, several additions have been made. This morning, the museum added a new segment: a four […]
In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it’s sometimes easy to forget that there’s a whole other world out there right at our feet…one filled with breathtaking vistas and amazing animals. Earlier today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods got her feet wet finding out how one community group is trying save the Haulover Creek from […]
The northern approach to Belize City has a well deserved reputation for vehicular danger, but a fatal accident that took place on the highway last night has the victim’s family, not to mention police, shaking their heads in disgust. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting For the past three and a […]
A scheme to extort money from a Mennonite businessman has earned three Cayo brothers an all expense paid vacation in Her Majesty’s hotel at Hattieville. Norman, Armando and Daniel Cal, ages nineteen, twenty-one and twenty-seven respectively, are reported to have threatened a neighbour, Village Council Chairman Daniel Friesen of Lower Barton Creek, that if he […]
A U.S. tourist has died while vacationing at San Pedro. According to police, sixty-eight year old William Conrad of Texas was snorkelling at Shark Ray Alley south of Ambergris Caye, when he suddenly collapsed and could not be revived. Heart failure is suspected as the cause of death. Conrad’s body was transported to the Karl […]
Town Councils throughout the country were today without their top brass as Mayors and their deputies travelled to Belize City as guests of the City Council. The occasion was the first meeting of the Mayors Association since the March fifth elections. And while there were some new faces in the room, many of the old […]
The chairperson of Helpage Belize, Maria Elena Sylvestre, is the sixth woman to receive the Dr. Marla Holder Achievement Award. This afternoon, the Belize Business Bureau held a luncheon ceremony at the Smokey Mermaid Restaurant to honour her. The award is given each year to a woman who has contributed significantly to society, particularly in […]
The Santiago Castillo group of companies officially launched a new line of multi-vitamins targeted for people over fifty years old and at the same time extended a helping hand to the care giving institutions for the elderly. Multibionta Fifty is a multivitamin supplement designed especially to meet the needs of older people. And while today’s […]
We’re not sure what vitamins they’re taking, but come this weekend a bunch of young men will be in need of all the strength they can muster. This morning I met them out on the Western Highway. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Before dawn these disciples of cycling pay homage to the highway…pacing…sprinting…sometimes struggling to keep up. […]
The war in the Middle East appears to be rapidly coming to an end, and Belizeans, along with the rest of the world, have watched the brief campaign with varying proportions of shock and awe. For many residents of Belize City, particularly those in one southside neighbourhood, the U.S. march through Iraq has a familiar […]
We lead our news tonight with the subject of education–or rather the lack thereof–as two disturbing incidents, one in Belize City and the other in Belmopan, have left observers wondering who is in charge in the classroom. I’ll begin with events that occurred yesterday afternoon at St. John Vianney. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Tonight, seventeen-year-old Ryne […]
The driver detained after the hit and run of a police officer in Orange Walk has been arrested and charged…and they threw the book at him. Thirty-one year old Edilberto Gutierrez has been arraigned on charges of attempted murder, negligent grievous harm, driving without due care and attention, driving with alcohol concentration above the prescribed […]
Police have another new vehicle at their disposal tonight, but it’s not a Ford Focus or Ranger pickup. When the community of Sandhill was left off the most recent four-wheel list, a good Samaritan stepped forward to help out. Sandhill resident John Gongora today presented the police with a new motorcycle that will help the […]
