The Belize City Council is calling all citizens to join a fitness awareness run on Wednesday morning. The event will challenge runners of all levels to hit the pavement in search of a healthier lifestyle. According to the coordinator of youth and sports for the Belize City Council, Ernest Morris, the purpose is to encourage […]
With the opening of primary schools set for next week, the nation’s feeding programmes are getting ready to supply hot meals to needy children. The task for the kitchen at the Queen Street Baptist School will be a little easier, at least for the first few weeks, thanks to several boxes of groceries and supplies […]
We hear about HIV/AIDS in public awareness campaigns, but we seldom hear about it from the people who are actually suffering, or whose loved ones are infected. This is not surprising, considering that some people in Belize still shun anyone they think has AIDS. In 2001 News 5’s Janelle Chanona did a series of interviews […]
Initial reports swirling around Belize City were that Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord had been murdered. But while Magistrate Lord is alive and well tonight, there was an attempt on his life on Saturday night…and today police were still looking for the suspect or suspects. Lord, who declined an on camera interview, told News 5 that […]
It has become a notorious strip of highway, and this weekend–yet again–police and rescue personnel were called to the scene of another fatal accident. This time it was a collision between a red Toyota Corolla and white Plymouth van. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Thirty-four year old Warren Lee Wade was on his way to Belmopan when […]
A child was knocked down and killed in the Orange Walk District on Friday morning. Nine-year-old Juan Carlos Velasquez was standing on Santa Familia Street when a towhead truck driven by Felipe Leiva of Orange Walk hit him. He was rushed to the Northern Regional hospital, but had sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead […]
It is not yet clear if the incidents are related, but there were two shootings on Kraal Road and another on Mahogany Street in Belize City on Saturday night. Two men, Godfrey Rowland and Albert Chapparo, wound up in the hospital after a man on a bicycle rode by and shot at them while they […]
Those of you who depend on email for business, or to stay in touch with friends and family, probably noticed that over the past several days your messages were slow in arriving at their destinations…in some cases, they didn’t go through at all. While the problem is exclusively with B.T.L. email addresses, for once the […]
There are daily reports of young men and women finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. And while a community frustrated with the crime situation might be tempted to pack these youths up and send them on a one-way trip to Hattieville, human rights advocates are campaigning for a different approach. It’s called […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re rolling out yet another fresh issue of Sports Monday. Over the weekend Rogers Stadium hosted the best of the best in Belizean softball as the top eight ball clubs of the national gathered in a tournament package to choose the best from amongst many. We pick up the […]
Police and prison officials remain tight-lipped about Wednesday’s fatal shooting of notorious inmate Mark “T-Dog” Stuart at Hattieville prison. According to a police press release, a post-mortem conducted yesterday concluded that Stuart died of internal bleeding, the result of liver damage caused by multiple gunshot wounds. Sources close to the case tell News 5 that […]
It may be a case of publicity prompting people to come forward…but two more children have reported to police that they had been raped by their father. The latest case involves nine and thirteen year old sisters in the Stann Creek District who claim they were sexually assaulted on the first of May of this […]
As Belize’s biggest trading partner you wouldn’t think that Uncle Sam would need to do much here in the way of export promotion, particularly in view of the twenty-four seven advertising of U.S. goods on cable TV. But nothing succeeds like excess and today at his country’s second annual Made-in-the-USA exposition, Ambassador Russell Freeman made […]
Shrimp, the product that will likely take over as Belize’s biggest export, is about to gain some new markets. According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade, thanks to a concerted effort by the Shrimp Farmers Association, BAHA, and the Belize Embassy in Brussels, Belize will soon be granted a List One classification for shrimp exports […]
Two weeks ago we were treated to a look at Belize through the uniquely focussed camera lens of Richard Holder. Tonight a photographer from Mexico offers a look at his homeland through his own distinctive prism. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-nine year old Miguel Angel Hidalgo may have a difficult time using words […]
His name is becoming synonymous with Belizean theatre and Curtis Gillett is wasting no time in pulling new talent onto the stage. Gillett, who just produced the well-received “Dear Counsellor”, has already scheduled another show for November. “We Won’t Pay, We Won’t Pay” not only addresses today’s issues, but promises to bring smiles to people’s […]
When played well it’s a beautiful game to watch…and chances are that fans will get their fill of good looks when Belize’s best female softballers compete over the next two days in Belize City. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick Jones, Reporting The diamond at Rogers Stadium will be the venue for high stakes softball […]
Police and prison officials remain tight-lipped about Wednesday’s fatal shooting of notorious inmate Mark “T-Dog” Stuart at Hattieville prison. According to a police press release, a post-mortem conducted yesterday concluded that Stuart died of internal bleeding, the result of liver damage caused by multiple gunshot wounds. Sources close to the case tell News 5 that […]
It may be a case of publicity prompting people to come forward…but two more children have reported to police that they had been raped by their father. The latest case involves nine and thirteen year old sisters in the Stann Creek District who claim they were sexually assaulted on the first of May of this […]
As Belize’s biggest trading partner you wouldn’t think that Uncle Sam would need to do much here in the way of export promotion, particularly in view of the twenty-four seven advertising of U.S. goods on cable TV. But nothing succeeds like excess and today at his country’s second annual Made-in-the-USA exposition, Ambassador Russell Freeman made […]
Shrimp, the product that will likely take over as Belize’s biggest export, is about to gain some new markets. According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade, thanks to a concerted effort by the Shrimp Farmers Association, BAHA, and the Belize Embassy in Brussels, Belize will soon be granted a List One classification for shrimp exports […]
Two weeks ago we were treated to a look at Belize through the uniquely focussed camera lens of Richard Holder. Tonight a photographer from Mexico offers a look at his homeland through his own distinctive prism. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-nine year old Miguel Angel Hidalgo may have a difficult time using words […]
His name is becoming synonymous with Belizean theatre and Curtis Gillett is wasting no time in pulling new talent onto the stage. Gillett, who just produced the well-received “Dear Counsellor”, has already scheduled another show for November. “We Won’t Pay, We Won’t Pay” not only addresses today’s issues, but promises to bring smiles to people’s […]
When played well it’s a beautiful game to watch…and chances are that fans will get their fill of good looks when Belize’s best female softballers compete over the next two days in Belize City. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick Jones, Reporting The diamond at Rogers Stadium will be the venue for high stakes softball […]
One month after he was remanded for the murder of Dean Belisle, twenty-eight year old Mark “T Dog” Stuart is dead, killed by a prison officer at the Hattieville Correctional Facility. Information is sketchy at this time, but what we do know is that the shooting occurred sometime between twelve and one this afternoon. According […]
