The site of B.E.L.’s new gas turbine power station may have taken some time and consumer aggravation to prepare, but now that the preparation has been done, the heavy equipment should now fall into place rapidly. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand at the port as the first big pieces were off loaded. Jacqueline […]
Just a few weeks ago they were the instigators of what appears to be the official kidnapping of two suspected drug dealers; today the U.S. Embassy is making donations to promote the rule of law. According to a press release, the United States Government has handed over forty-five thousand dollars worth of computer equipment to […]
It’s being promoted as one of the biggest national events of the year, and when the curtain goes up on the 2003 Agriculture and Trade Show in Belmopan, organizers say those who visit the fair grounds will find more than the usual attractions. According to Chief Agriculture Officer Hugh O’Brien, the focus will be squarely […]
If you believe that Belize’s radio dial is already too crowded with stations that sound too much alike, you may want to give a listen to the latest entry in the broadcasting free for all. Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting It is the newest sound on the airwaves, and Integrity Radio promises to […]
Tonight police are hoping that a post mortem examination will help them discover exactly what caused the demise of a Belize City man. While foul play is not apparent, the location of the body indicates that this was not your everyday death by natural causes. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This evening Belize City police had the […]
An early morning hit and run in Belize City has left a cyclist in the hospital and a driver under arrest. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from a busy, troublesome intersection. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting “I did not know I knocked down someone.” That is what police say eighteen-year-old Michael Heusner told them after he hit […]
A suspected gang of burglars in Orange Walk has been busted. The five youths arrested over the weekend are Luis Sosa, Marcelino Martinez and Greg August, all seventeen, along with eighteen year old Abram Perez and twenty-six year old Mark Cadle. All inhabit a Keyhole Alley residence in Orange Walk Town. Their arrest followed a […]
In other crime news, the would be chain snatcher run down by two off-duty police constables last week has pleaded guilty in Magistrate’s Court. Twenty-three year old Kevin Staine, caught in the act of ripping off a woman’s chain near the Swing Bridge, has pleaded guilty to the crime of theft. Cadle received a fine […]
In an update to a story aired on Friday’s newscast, we are happy to report that tonight a little boy found wandering the streets has been reunited with his family. According to the boy’s mother, Edelie Lord, four-year-old Ahijah Manzanarez was spending the afternoon with his grandfather, when the boy just took off. Edelie Lord, […]
For many Belizeans, the widespread electrical blackouts that occurred over the weekend made for an irritating Mother’s Day. But according to B.E.L., the load shedding became necessary in order to prepare a key substation for a major expansion. In order to accommodate a new twenty-megawatt gas turbine generator at mile eight, the substation there had […]
On Saturday, Courts held it’s fourth Megabucks draw where one lucky customer spins the big wheel to win as much as five thousand tax-free dollars. Gladys Baeza of Hummingbird Street in Orange Walk was this week’s spinner and her luck was good for a three thousand dollar prize. Courts customers enter by receiving raffle tickets […]
It’s the latest high-tech gimmick in the world of science education: a chance for students around the world not just to visit new places and learn new things via satellite and the internet, but to do so in real time. And beginning Tuesday, Belize’s mangrove and sea turtles will be the stars of the latest […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this latest posting of Sports Monday. Mother’s Day, May eleventh brought the top eight female cyclist of the nation together for the thirteenth edition of the Female Cross Country Classic, and we must say it was the grandest ever after attracting, the biggest participation of […]
There was little advance spin in the run up to today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, but that didn’t mean the issues before the legislature weren’t important. News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports on the debate. Michael Finnegan, Area Rep., Mesopotamia “Because I know that the Prime Minister that heads this government is a man […]
Dry weather and what appear to be some careless or bad-minded children have combined to make three families homeless tonight. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the latest senseless fire to strike Belize City. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It did not take long for fire fighters to out the flames, but there was nothing they could […]
A chain snatcher got more than he bargained for, thanks to quick thinking by a pair of off-duty policemen. Twenty-three year old Chantelle Daly, an employee of the Princess Casino, was walking near the Swing Bridge in Belize City shortly after seven Thursday night when a young man grabbed the chain off her neck. The […]
And while police are celebrating their success in foiling the attempted robbery, tonight they need your help in reuniting a little boy with his family. W.P.C. Rachel Serano of the Domestic Violence Unit stopped by our studios late this evening to make the appeal. W.P.C. Rachel Serano “Well this child was brought to the Domestic […]
The relocation of a number of major components of the University of Belize from Belize City to Belmopan will have to wait a few months longer. In a release issued today the Ministry of Education and U.B.’s board have announced that the move, originally set for the beginning of the academic year in August, has […]
It seems like only yesterday that the Belize City Centre for Employment Training on St. Thomas Street first opened its doors. But the nation’s premier vocational training institution has been teaching valuable skills for over a decade. Yesterday News 5’s Jacqueline Woods stopped in for an update. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Once a year the staff […]
Mention the wild cats of Belize and our thoughts invariably turn to the majestic jaguar. But that awe-inspiring animal is only one of five species of felines that roam the jungles of our country. Last weekend, News 5’s Patrick Jones ventured into the foothills of the Mountain Pine Ridge where he took a firsthand look […]
The Caribbean, according to foreign myth, is supposed to be one of those stress free places where the smiling natives live happy, carefree lives. Well, we all know differently…and this morning the stress that affects the lives of most of us at one time or another reached a point where one Belize City resident could […]
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the victim of what appears to be a traffic accident on the Western Highway. Wednesday night around eleven police observed the body of an unidentified Hispanic man on the roadside near mile twenty-one and a half. The deceased was clad in blue jeans, a green shirt and […]
And in another traffic tragedy, an Orange Walk woman is dead following a freak accident in which she was crushed between two vehicles. According to police, twenty-six year old Aminta Cornejo of San Francisco Street was leaned over the engine compartment of her car trying to get it started when she apparently succeeded. The vehicle […]
Word from Guatemala is guardedly optimistic about the chances of recovery for a grocer critically wounded last week in a robbery attempt. And here in Belize City, two young men have been arrested and charged for the crime. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police say nineteen-year-old Louis Gillette of Oleander Street […]
And in less cheerful medical news, we regret to announce that B.D.F. recruit Rafael Pop has died. According to a spokesman for the K.H.M.H., Pop succumbed to his injuries around eleven Wednesday night. He had been in a coma since Friday after collapsing during a training run in Ladyville. Pop had been declared brain dead […]
