Another mysterious airplane has been discovered in Belize, this time in a remote corner of the Toledo District. According to police, the burnt out wreckage of a twin engine Cessna was discovered on Tuesday near the settlement of Happy Home along the Sarstoon River. That river forms the boundary between Belize and Guatemala. Sources in […]
It appeared in the newspapers two week ago… two full-page advertisements naming over a hundred and fourteen cooperatives and credit unions that are on the chopping block. But lest anyone get the wrong idea, Registrar of Cooperatives and Credit Unions Zenaida Moya says this is a routine exercise designed to purge the national register of […]
No doubt some of that money this week left the credit unions and banks and was spent right here in downtown Belize City. Earlier today I made the rounds to see how the last minute shopping was going. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting To absolutely no one’s surprise, downtown Belize City was packed with shoppers checking out […]
In the past few weeks we have previewed the Belikin Calendar, the PACT calendar, the CLICO calendar and even the Belizean Jewels calendar. Tonight my colleague, Patrick Jones had the assignment of checking out the latest entry in the crowded field: the Fashion calendar. Patrick Jones, Reporting Six beautiful models, including designer Melenie Matus herself, […]
Best holiday wishes to all News 5 viewers. Please remember that the 25th and 26th are public holidays in Belize. We will rejoin you with news on Monday, December 29th.
Not since those long ago days when Jorge Espat was Minister of National Security, was the public made privy to the vital statistics on crime in Belize. And while for years the conventional wisdom has been that serious crime is running ever more rampant, figures produced today by the Police Department at the request of […]
Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with Sunday’s attack on two tourists at the ancient Maya site of Xunantunich. Twenty-year old Angel Mejia, Jose Teul, also twenty, and a seventeen year old minor, have been charged with aggravated assault, attempted robbery, grievous harm, and various firearm offences. The three are all Guatemalans […]
The body of a Dangriga man was discovered Monday floating in the Havana Creek in that southern town. The corpse has been identified as thirty-six year old Eddy Sebastian. According to Sebastian’s family, he was last seen around three p.m. on the previous day. Sebastian was known to have mental problems and thus far police […]
Police continue to investigate Monday’s armed robbery of two employees of Novelo’s Bus Line. The pair were on their way to the bank with the company’s deposit totalling over ten thousand dollars. At this point authorities have not identified a suspect, but they are asking one Anever Palacio to please contact them, as police believe […]
In other police news, U.S. citizen Donna Reishus today appeared in Punta Gorda Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of committing a mischievous act. The case was adjourned until March second and Reishus, a volunteer nurse, posted the required five hundred dollars bail plus a surety for the same amount. Magistrate Eric Fairweather ordered the police […]
If there is strength in numbers then the latest musical release is as strong as they come. The contributors number a baker’s dozen, all from the Cayo District, who have joined together to bring their talent to the public. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods asked the producer to explain what’s behind the new CD. Nadir Leal, […]
In our twelve plus years on the air there has been no shortage of crocodile stories, as when man continuously builds houses in the swamp he is bound to meet that environment’s fiercest resident. Today one two-legged inhabitant of the mile eight area on the Western Highway told News 5 that she’s had enough of […]
It seems like for every step forward made by the Police Department, at least two are taken in the opposite direction. The latest blow to the image of law enforcement came this weekend in the form of an accusation of attempted rape–allegedly perpetrated by an officer who used his official position to gain his victim’s […]
While the alleged victim of the attempted rape was able to escape unharmed, such was not the case for a pair of tourists who were assaulted near the ancient Maya site of Xunantunich on Sunday morning. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods caught up with the pair this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Jacqueline Woods, […]
Belize city police are still trying to identify the robber who held up two employees of the Novelos Bus Line as they were stuck in a traffic jam sometime after ten this morning. Reports are that the company’s senior cashier, thirty-one year old Lewis Robinson and an office assistant, were on their way to the […]
In other crime news, quick police action led to the arrest of a suspected chain snatcher in Belize City this morning, while two men have been detained in separate armed robberies on Friday. Police are still investigating a hold-up that occurred on Friday afternoon at the offices of U.S. COM on Baymen Avenue. The lone […]
There is nothing that can put a smile on a person’s face like money, and lots of it in the days just before Christmas. But that’s just the kind of good fortune that struck Geraldine Conorquie, who travelled from Georgeville village today to collect her eighty seven thousand, five hundred dollar lotto jackpot. Conorquie says […]
The competition to come up with a new name for the radically rebuilt Bliss Institute is over… and one lucky Belizean is five hundred dollars richer for entering. Today, Director of the Institute of Creative Arts, Andy Palacio unveiled the successful entry and called the winner, Lois Locke, all the way in Brooklyn to relay […]
It’s as common a Christmas staple as ham and turkey…but while holiday drinking is here to stay, drunk driving need not be tolerated. Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting Starting on Tuesday morning, personnel from the National Drug Abuse Control Council will hit the streets in Belize City with a special holiday message for […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. With the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament concluded, we’ve turned our attention to the B.P.F.L.’s B-League currently into its third week of regular season play. So welcome to Sandhill where they pitch today displays the obvious signs of damage from the recent weather, but the show […]
The six months may have seemed like six minutes, but after a half year in the limelight, it was time for Belize to step down from the post of regional leadership. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports on the passing of the Central American baton. Patrick Jones, Reporting The leaders gathered in Belize City for the […]
It was promised to the media for Friday morning, but up to news time, the much-anticipated joint Christian Workers Union/Port of Belize press release with the details of the agreement reached in their labour dispute has still not arrived. So News 5 went to the President of the C.W.U. Antonio Gonzalez for some clarification. Gonzalez […]
We featured it in a story a while back and today the gem known as Davis Falls in the Sittee River Forest Reserve is finally about to acquire upgraded administration. Under a co-management agreement signed between the Forest Department and the N.G.O., Friends of the Valley, the consortium of villages on the Hummingbird Highway and […]
Cruise tourism is growing. I mean really growing. And if you don’t trust the statistics, a stroll through the Fort George area of Belize City on almost any given weekday will convince you. Today, local media houses were treated to a tour of the latest–and largest–member of the expanding fleet now calling on Belize. And […]
He’s a man who needs little introduction, and after I listened to his latest CD its easy to see why. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The new release is titled “Just Like That” and just as the name suggests, the artist, Leroy “The Grandmaster” Young, tells it like it is. The album’s sixteen tracks are based on […]
