A family in the village of Maskall in the Belize District woke up to a horrific scene this morning. Ten of their sheep had been stabbed or had their throats slashed sometime during the night and many of them were still writhing in pain and slowly dying. Today News 5 journeyed to the Castro farm […]
It wasn’t the big announcement we were all hoping for: that INTELCO had finally achieved the elusive interconnection it has been battling over with its arch rival. Instead, the group of journalists who travelled to the company’s headquarters at mile thirteen and a half on the Northern Highway today, witnessed the formalization of an agreement […]
Today, the office of the director of health services confirmed it was Meningitis that caused the death of a nine-month-old baby girl on January twenty-fifth in the Cayo District. Dr. Paul Edwards the epidemiologist who conducted the investigation spoke with News Five about the case and if Belizeans should be concerned. Dr. Paul Edwards, Epidemiologist, […]
On January twenty-eighth 2003 the Belize Unit Trust Corporation, situated at seventy-seven Central American Boulevard opened its doors. Today the company held an open day to celebrate its first anniversary. According to BELUTC Chief Executive Officer, Corine Robinson-Fuller, investments have been good, and between July and December they were able to pay an annual interest […]
Since News 5 ran the heartbreaking story of a newborn baby left at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in December, a number of viewers have been enquiring about her welfare. This evening I caught up with the baby, and as you will see in the following report, not only does she looks pretty in pink, […]
With the current lull in professional sports, attention has shifted to competition in the amateur leagues, and particularly our schools. Yesterday at the Belize City Centre Patrick Jones was in the stands as primary students fought it out for the district basketball title. Patrick Jones, Reporting The competition started out with eight teams, four males […]
The controversy has been going on for so long that it’s hard to believe it’s finally over. This morning in London the Privy Council, Belize’s final court of appeal, handed down its decision in the case of the Chalillo Hydroelectric Project. By a razor thin vote of three judges to two, the court dismissed the […]
Moving ahead was also on the mind of those on the losing side of the four year long controversy. While he admitted that this particular legal battle was over, BACONGO chairman Godsman Ellis vowed that his group and others had forced important issues to be confronted and they still will play a major role in […]
Police report the discovery of human remains today in a bushy area of the Linda Vista neighbourhood at mile two on the Western Highway. What’s left of the totally decomposed corpse has been taken to the forensic lab for analysis. Initial impressions indicate that foul play was involved.
Late reports out of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, indicate that a fire is currently being fought on that island. The blaze is reported at a house approximately one and a half miles north of the river separating the town from the rest of the caye. We could not confirm the extent of the damage or […]
The long arm of the law has finally reached out and touched Darrington Lauriano. Lauriano is the man police believe shot and killed twenty-three year old Kareem Broaster as he sat in front of a house on North Creek on January fifteenth. Lauriano, who lives in the area, managed to elude police until Thursday morning […]
The Ministry of Health says lab results have still not determined if a nine month old baby who died at the Belmopan Hospital on January twenty-fifth had Meningitis, but they do say the child displayed symptoms of the disease. According to Director of Health Services Dr. Errol Vanzie, the victim’s family, who reside in San […]
As anyone who regularly drives the Hummingbird Highway can tell you, there’s nothing like a near collision on a one lane bridge to make you realise the importance of proper infrastructure to a nation’s development–not to mention a motorist’s health. Today there is one less narrow bridge to worry about as the ribbon was cut […]
Negotiations have been taking place for years, and their case has been taken up by the O.A.S. …but so far representatives of Toledo’s Maya residents are not satisfied with the progress being made. This evening Greg Ch’oc of the Maya Leaders Alliance gave a lecture at the House of Culture and News 5’s Stewart Krohn […]
With the tourism industry achieving double digit growth and more Belizeans than ever dining out, logic dictates that there is a shortage of trained personnel in the restaurant trade. Today News 5’s Patrick Jones got a first hand look at some future restaurateurs. Anthony Sanchez, Hospitality Mgmt. Instructor, C.E.T. “Number one, be hospitable, smile, and […]
He’s awaiting trial along with his brother Hadrian for a May 2001 drug bust that netted over a ton and a quarter of cocaine. But tonight Robert Hertular has another fight on his hands: extradition to the United States. Robert, he’s the one wearing a grey shirt in this 2001 file shot, was picked up […]
They were accused in the jacking of a pair of Dutch tourists near the Maya site of Xunantunich. But while on their way from Hattieville prison to court this morning in Benque Viejo, what had been a textbook example of good police work turned into a scene from The Keystone Cops. The three Guatemalan suspects: […]
It is a problem that has been with us for many years, but despite a number of sincere and practical efforts to find proper shelter for Belize City’s homeless citizens, a hard core insist on living outdoors. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the Mayor’s latest effort to solve the problem. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting We […]
Belize has long been self sufficient in poultry, but health and agricultural officials are taking no chances. With Avian Influenza threatening Asia, all poultry imports from that part of the world have been banned. The ban not only includes the nonexistent commercial trade, but also covers individuals from the Far East entering by land, sea, […]
The process known as education is never a static one. Even before a new Minister of Education was appointed earlier this month, a large-scale review of the nation’s education system was already underway. That stocktaking will come in the form of a special Education Summit later this year. Minister of Education Francis Fonseca says it […]
It is getting to be a popular practice in the United States for professional associations to combine business and pleasure. Today that combination resulted in a group of U.S. nurses dropping in on the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Eighty-four year old Norman Simpliss quit smoking almost two decades, […]
The Ministry of Health is investigating a couple of suspected cases of Meningitis in the Cayo District. In the first week of January an adult died after he contracted what doctors believe to be a form of Meningitis, a disease that affects the brain. Then on Sunday, a nine-month-old baby died at the Belmopan Hospital […]
It took almost two years, but on Monday two men were sentenced to death in one of the country’s most sensational cases, the murder of businessman Philip Chin. In delivering his sentence, Justice Troadio Gonzalez said he considered mitigation pleas and testimonies from two character witnesses, but that it was the statements by the two […]
Two weeks after twenty-three year old Kareem Broaster was gunned down and killed in the North Creek area of Belize City, the police have still not been able to bring in the one man they believe can help them solve the murder. Tonight police are looking for this man, Darrington Lauriano, in connection with the […]
Two environmental projects in Belize are tonight receiving grants from automobile giant, the Ford Motor Company. According to the company’s director of environmental outreach and strategy, Andy Acho, the grants are Ford’s way of helping the world’s environment. Andy Acho, Dir., Environment Outreach, Ford Motor Co. “We have two different programmes at Ford Motor Company. […]
