The rumours have been making the rounds for weeks and confirmed in concept by the Leader of the Opposition at the last House meeting. But today Dean Barrow and the United Democratic Party took it one step further by offering explicit details of what it claims are government’s plans to facilitate the sale of controlling […]
A shooting near the popular fried chicken stand “kick down fence” has left one man hospitalised and police searching for a suspect. Twenty-seven year old Alex O’Brien was at the corner of Dean Street and West Collet Canal shortly after one this afternoon when a man he recognized pulled out a gun and opened fire. […]
A Belize City taxi driver has been charged after hitting three children on a crosswalk Tuesday morning. Six-year-old Akeen Gooding was the most severely injured and is in serious condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Taxman Louis Hynes appeared in court yesterday and was charged with negligent grievous harm, driving without due care and […]
It is one of those tricky cases sure to spark public comment: a thirteen-year-old boy has been charged with the unlawful carnal knowledge of a thirteen-year-old girl. The case was brought to the attention of police by the girl’s mother after she discovered the boy in her daughter’s room early Tuesday morning. The Police Department […]
Two stolen vehicles have been recovered and a young man arrested, thanks to information supplied by members of the public. Police say a fourteen year old of Matron Roberts Street was charged today with theft, handling stolen goods, driving without a license, and driving a vehicle not covered by third party insurance following the theft […]
It has been the scene of some heated battles over the tourism pie in recent months, but the new owners of the Tourism Village are hoping that an expansion to the present infrastructure will help ease tensions at the Fort Street Tourism Village. Patrick Jones, Reporting A new terminal for water taxis is now open […]
There was supposed to be a mass demonstration today to protest the destruction of a Maya mound in Benque Viejo. For whatever reason, the people didn’t turn out, but the work of the bulldozer has been stopped and Institute of Archaeology personnel were on the scene. So was the Mayor, and he was not the […]
Their devotion to their faith drove them to lock themselves inside the Evangelical Mennonite Church in Hopkins on Friday night, but tonight that place of worship stands isolated. Police have confirmed to News 5 that the doors to the Evangelical Mennonite Church have been ordered closed because the facility was being operated without a license. […]
It was supposed to begin yesterday, then again today, but this morning the court martial of three British Gurkha soldiers met even further delays. The problem appears to be the as yet unresolved problem with several Belizean witnesses scheduled to begin testimony this week. Over the weekend, Eugene Zabaneh Jr. indicated he would not be […]
Shortly after three o’clock today, residents of mile two on the Northern Highway became alarmed after they heard a series of explosions. A fire had broken out at the Highway Grocery store. Because the establishment is situated just across from the Shell Depot, people became nervous, concerned that the neighbourhood might be threatened. Jacqueline Woods […]
News 5 has been informed of two scheduled protests for Wednesday. One is planned for the Belize Port Authority where workers say they will go on strike because the Board is refusing to pay the annual five percent Christmas bonus, and is instead offering two percent. In the west, the Mayor of Benque Viejo Del […]
School children rarely give up their break money to buy anything but ideal, chips, or sweets. But don’t tell that to these students at Buttonwood Bay Nazarene Primary School, as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods found out following a visit to the school. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Everyday for the past several months the children willing gave […]
We hear the stories in the news almost everyday: a woman or a child raped. But if you think most of the perpetrators are strangers, think again… and not every reported case is legitimate either. Tonight Jacqueline Woods looks at the reporting and investigating of rape, and the increasing problem of women who make false […]
It was scheduled to resume today, but when News 5 arrived at the George Price Centre this morning we were told nothing would be happening until tomorrow. So what happened to the resumption of the Court Martial of three Gurkha soldiers charged with violent disorder? Well, from what the court officer, Lt. Colonel Jim Bond […]
On Friday, News 5 ran the story of a church in Southern Belize whose members believed a religious prophecy that their village would be destroyed by a series of disasters not heard of since the days of Noah. They were so convinced, they barricaded themselves inside their church with enough supplies to last three days. […]
Chain snatchers and petty thieves may be heightening their activity as Christmas approaches, but so are the police. On Sunday morning, an Orange Street businessman flagged down a patrol unit and reported the theft of two clocks from his shop just moments before. Police promptly caught twenty-one year old Kenton Harvey as he was fleeing […]
A regional occupational safety program got a boost today with the launch of an original song composed by Andy Palacio and performed by Supa G in English, Spanish, and Garifuna. A set of guidelines, called a toolkit, for garment factory owners to evaluate the cost benefits of investing in occupational safety and health was also […]
The House of Culture invites the public to a rare exhibition bow underway at their gallery on Regent Street. The show features African kings and queens who lived between the period of 1500 B.C. and 1923 A.D. The display is sponsored by the National Institute of Culture and History in collaboration with the Institute of […]
They are more than just a blight on the city, they can be a health and safety hazard, not to mention a base for criminal activity. But something is being done to remove unsafe, condemned buildings all over town. Today News 5 was invited on a tour of some residences scheduled for demolition. Jacqueline Woods, […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this edition of Sports Monday. The highly anticipated Regent Insurance Cup championship series got off to a big time start at capital city Belmopan Saturday night with Builder’s Hardware Bandits hosting Kulture Yabra of Belize City. We take you inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium where […]
Additional charges have been filed against a senior police official. Superintendent Ewart Itza now has two counts each of false imprisonment and threat of death, along with one count each of aggravated assault, and using insulting and indecent words added to the list of charges against him. In September, Itza was arrested and charged with […]
Strange as it may sound, reports reaching News 5 are that a group of people have barricaded themselves inside their Mennonite church in Hopkins Village tonight. According to village sources, a new convert–a young woman–claims that God has been using her body to convey messages and has told her to warn the villagers that Hopkins […]
The S.J.C. Gymnasium in West Landivar was overrun with business activity today… but these are not your everyday entrepreneurs. They are the next generation of businessmen and women competing now for an advantage in the future. Patrick Jones reports. Melanie Simmons, Business Dept., S.J.C. Junior College “Our marketing students develop a product and they have […]
Belizean artist Santiago Cal is this month holding his second exhibition at the Image Factory. The show, “Durable View”, opens tonight. The display merges sculpture with installation and uses a variety of materials such as tarpaulin, zinc and plastic. A major theme is violence and brutality in art history, including fourteenth century Christian images of […]
The Green Iguana is one of the most heavily hunted reptiles in Belize. It is mostly caught or killed when the mother is full of eggs or with her young ones. Because the animal is strictly vegetarian, many people consider it a fine food source, so fine that the green iguana is becoming endangered. But […]
