Two Chinese shopkeepers who fired shots at some customers during an incident at their shop on the corner of Vernon and Mayflower Streets on Thursday have been arraigned on multiple charges. Jun Ming Zhao, twenty-two, and Jun Yang Zhao, nineteen, have been charged with “public terror” and discharging a firearm in public. In addition, Jun […]
It appeared ominously as a quarter page ad in newspapers today, but if the threat of legal action by the Princess Cinema against persons who rent or sell illegal copies of box office movies is carried out, perhaps we’re in for another epic battle in the courts. General Manager of Princess Cinema, Doncho Donchev, says […]
They are one of our best friends in Asia, and tonight, the president and vice president of Taiwan are lucky to be alive, having survived an apparent assassination attempt. President Chen Shui-bian and his deputy, Annette Lu, were shot on Thursday as they campaigned for Saturday’s national election in the city of Tainan, south of […]
The National Occupational Health and Safety Committee is holding an entire week of consultations beginning next Monday to get feedback from the business community on the draft for a new law which will govern occupational safety and health in Belize, something we currently do not have. News 5 spoke with Phillip Waight, a member of […]
For the next six weeks, the Ministry of Health will be holding a national campaign to immunize Belizeans against rubella. The effort is part of “Vaccination Week of the Americas” and will target people between the ages of five to thirty-five because statistically this is the age group most likely to contract the virus. Rubella, […]
Nine villages in the Belize District were invited to a community health fair today sponsored by the Ministry of Health in conjunction with several other agencies. And as News 5 found out, the residents who turned out were eager to learn how they can lead healthier lives. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Tuberculosis was just one of […]
If high fuel prices have you down, or your old car or truck is starting to be a source of embarrassment, you might want to think about getting a new set of wheels. And where can you take a look at all the different new cars, trucks, and S.U.V.’s available in Belize right now? The […]
The comic tragedy or tragic comedy that Belizean football has become reached a new low point today when we read over the Reuters wire that the World Cup qualifying match set for June between Belize and Canada will now be moved from the jewel to the shores of Lake Ontario. That means both games of […]
Seven people have been detained by police following an incident in Belize City in which a group of Chinese shopkeepers got trigger-happy following an argument with customers. The action unfolded around twelve-thirty this afternoon at the corner of Vernon and Mayflower Streets. According to police reports, a pair of customers had a misunderstanding with the […]
Another police officer has been arrested, and the venue once again is Punta Gorda. Forty-one year old Corporal Mateo Cab was charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm and ammunition as well as discharging a firearm in public. According to police reports, around one this morning they visited the Indianville area of P.G. where shooting had […]
A man detained for the sexual assault of a Benque Viejo woman has been charged. Twenty-year old Israel Contreras of Church Street in Benque is accused by a thirty-one year old of grabbing her from behind, taking her to an empty lot and having sex with her against her will. The incident occurred on March […]
They are two issues providing a field day for the opposition: the stalled sale of B.T.L. to Innovative Communication and the bankruptcy of Novelo’s Bus Line. Today Minister of Finance Ralph Fonseca, a man intimately involved with both deals, weighed in for the government. In the case of B.T.L., he says a long and arduous […]
In the case of Novelo’s, according to Fonseca, no amount of government effort could save the company from its owners. Ralph Fonseca “The government’s position is that we had a very good business plan, we thought that was signed off on by some of the best in the world and the business plan was not […]
Over the last month we have presented a series of stories on children in need of adoption, but while adoption is the goal in some cases, a more common measure is foster care. Today a campaign was launched to get more families involved in the programme…and News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was there. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
Most of the publicity about the Chalillo hydroelectric project has involved the legal and political battles over its very existence. But Chalillo is making the transition from controversy to reality. This morning I visited the site to attend a ceremony marking the first pouring of what will be more concrete than this country has ever […]
If the murder had occurred in Belize City or one of the major towns, it may have received more news coverage. But Gales Point Village is one of those quiet out-of-the-way places that–however beautiful–is easy to ignore. But last month a woman was murdered there, her body found floating in the lagoon, anchored to a […]
Seven months after the senseless shooting of a tacos vendor for apparently no other reason than she did not have enough money to satisfy her attackers, police on Monday arrested a second person in connection with the incident. Eighteen-year-old Saddick Cecil Castillo joins Frank Smith, charged for the crimes of attempted murder, dangerous harm and […]
In a world where e-marketing, e-shopping, and e-spending is already business as usual, it was only a matter of time before e-government and e-diplomacy became a reality. And Belize is jumping into the electronic waters with both feet. This afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched its official website. According to Minister of Foreign Affairs, […]
In related news, we took the opportunity of the website launch to have the Minister of Foreign Affairs give us an update on recent developments in two ongoing issues: the crisis in Haiti and bi-lateral relations with Guatemala following national elections in that country. Godfrey Smith “Latest information is that the government of Jamaica, through […]
As everyone knows, Belize’s tourism industry is booming. But how that came to be is the result of a lot of hard work, some of which goes into trade shows like the one previewed by the media today. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting A full six months before the show, organisers of the Belize […]
It is shaping up as a major feature of the Belize District’s entertainment calendar, bringing hundreds of visitors to the picturesque village. It’s time for the annual Crooked Tree Tilapia Fest, and organiser Kenneth Bruce says the massive support the event received in its inaugural run last year has prompted some expansion. Kenneth Bruce, Organizer, […]
Security was tight and the atmosphere at the Supreme Court was tense on Monday night as the twelve-member jury in the trial of Leslie Pipersburg and Patrick Robateau deliberated the fate of the accused murderers. A little over two hours after they received the case from trial judge Troadio Gonzalez, the jury forelady informed the […]
Reports of sexual assault continue to pour into police stations countrywide. In Corozal, a man has been arrested and charged for the rape and carnal knowledge of his twelve year old stepdaughter. The incident occurred in December. In Dangriga another step-dad was booked on the same two charges following a report filed by a fourteen-year-old […]
There may be an indecent amount of crime and violence in Belize today…but there’s also plenty of love. For one Belize City woman: a century’s worth. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting On Saturday, Ethel Fairweather will be celebrating her one-hundredth birthday. She still manages to get up at six each morning and […]
They are the next generation of women who will carry on the work of the Young Women’s Christian Association. And today, as the “Y” celebrates nearly fifty years of service, children from the Y.W.C.A. preschool entertained a group of visiting officials from the city of Evanston, Illinois. According to President of the Y.W.C.A., Dame Elaine […]
