With an average of seven fatalities per month, traffic accidents have become a leading cause of death in Belize. In an effort to improve one stretch of road that seems particularly hazardous, the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Inter-American Development Bank, I.D.B., have signed a million dollar project to provide for routine road […]
Belize joins Latin America and the Caribbean countries this Saturday in observing “Inter-American Water Day.” According to a joint release from the Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization, this year’s theme, “Let’s not take it for Granted”, calls for greater attention to water supply, quality, protection and conservation of this vital resource. […]
The Radisson Fort George Hotel today stretched out the hand of corporate assistance in the fight against AIDS. During brief ceremonies this morning the staff of the hotel’s Stone Grill restaurant handed over the proceeds of a fund raising drive to the Alliance Against AIDS. The cheque was for twenty-one hundred and eighty-three dollars. Executive […]
Did you remember this week’s anniversary? It was three years ago that Hurricane Keith hit Belize. In case you forgot what the destruction was like, News 5 has a reminder for you in this next story. Stewart Krohn, Reporting On Friday afternoon it was a distant tropical depression. But by Sunday Keith was a category […]
It’s becoming an all too familiar tragedy: a businessman gunned down during a robbery. But the latest shooting wasn’t at the store; it was at the man’s home. News 5 was in Belmopan today. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Around ten-twenty on Wednesday night the quiet neighbourhood of Sapodilla Street in Belmopan was suddenly awakened by the […]
While police are still looking for suspects in Belmopan, there has been a development in the murder case of Inez Leal, a well-known Belize City businessman. Police told News 5 this evening that they have detained one man and are looking for another: Ernest Hinds. The twenty-year-old Hinds, also known as “Scurvy”, was released from […]
Charges have been filed against a Hattieville taxi man following the death of a five-year-old child. George Lewis was charged today with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct and driving without due care and attention. Tyra Gillett died early Wednesday morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. She never regained consciousness after being […]
Belizeans often visit the Expofer in Chetumal, but this year they are being invited to participate in it as well. BELTRAIDE is calling on Belizean producers, manufacturers and exporters to join them in promoting Belize to the Mexican market. A Belize booth will be open daily from six p.m. until midnight. The effort is also […]
They’ve recently moved back into newly refurbished offices, but the House of Culture has not missed a beat in promoting the works of local artists. The next activity on their calendar is an evening of poetry and prose. Project Coordinator Jason Guerrero, says the forum, which has been a year in the making, will see […]
Younger Belizeans may not know much about jazz music, but those over a certain age will remember Dor Hall’s jazz programme on Radio Belize with fond memories. The radio still gives us a taste of this type of music on Tuesday night’s “Jazz with Dolores” and “Jazz on a Sunday morning” with Frank Rhys… But […]
For most parents, a trip to the doctor with your child generally means a quick diagnosis for a cold, fever, or maybe even pinkeye, and a prescription for medication. But for some, what seems like a small thing can turn into something very big, very costly and very life threatening. Tonight News 5 brings you […]
Tonight we regret to announce that a five-year-old victim of a traffic accident, Tyra Gillett, died early this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Tyra never regained consciousness and doctors had told the family her head and body injuries were so massive it would take a miracle for her to recover. On Friday, Gillett […]
In other police news, three days after he was stabbed by an unidentified man, thirty-six year old Lloyd Anderson died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. On Saturday night Anderson, a taxi driver who operates from the international airport, was at his home in Lord’s Bank Village when a man came looking for him. Reports […]
Police report two incidents of mothers taking their underage daughters into police after discovering they had sexual intercourse. In the first instance, the fifteen-year-old girl is now pregnant, and police are looking for the suspect. In the other case the girl was fourteen, and although her partner was only sixteen himself, he has been charged […]
The flames from a fire on Rivero Street, which destroyed a one-bedroom house on Monday, may be out but there is still a heated exchange going on between the man who lived in it and the man who owns the property. News 5 was on the scene of the fire, and the dispute, this afternoon. […]
In last night’s newscast the former landowner of the area surrounding the Barton Creek cave, Mike Bogaert, claimed that his land was appropriated by government without compensation, and that government workers had threatened him with guns. Today, the Director for the Institute of Archaeology, Dr. Jaime Awe, spoke to News 5 about the attempts of […]
As anyone involved with a non-governmental organisation will tell you, accessing funds to support their programmes is as much fun as a beach party on a rainy day. But for four N.G.O.s, the next three years will be less stressful financially. The government of Ireland, through its Agency for Personal Service Overseas, today entered into […]
