After a long string of near misses stretching literally from Hondo to Sarstoon, law enforcement authorities have finally stopped a drug plane with its cargo intact. The drama unfolded in the skies above the Orange Walk District around eleven Thursday night when residents alerted the police to the sound of a circling aircraft. Members of […]
There was drama of another sort today, in the heart of Belize City. It involved two increasingly negative facts of life in the old capital: the first is a propensity toward drunkenness, the second a reluctance of citizens to ?get involved?. The result was a death that didn?t have to happen. Austin Belisle, Watchman ?He […]
With crime perhaps the number one concern of the Belizean public, the gathering couldn?t be more timely. This afternoon I received a briefing on Saturday morning?s Neighbourhood Watch Summit. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting You may have seen signs like these ones in your neighbourhood or in other parts of the country identifying the location as one […]
It happens each year around this time and seems to get better and better. Today the first contestants began to arrive for San Pedro?s Costa Maya pageant and as Patrick Jones reports, the level of competition is high. Patrick Jones, Reporting The Six contestants in this year?s Costa Maya pageant come with some impressive credentials. […]
When we last touched base with the Belizean canoe team in Texas they were waiting for record floodwaters to recede before embarking on one of the toughest races in the world: two hundred and sixty miles, a day and a half of non-stop paddling in the Texas water Safari. As it turns out, those miles […]
At only thirty-four years of age you?d think that the City of Belmopan would not have much of a history. Perhaps, but what it lacks in length, it makes up for in enthusiasm. Patrick Jones reports from the nation?s capital. Patrick Jones, Reporting To most people the black and white photographs on the wall may […]
It?s never quite clear where the rumours originate—with B.T.L., Intelco or the Belize Government–but the tortilla telegraph, not to mention the internet, is working overtime promoting a detailed version of a deal under which Jeffrey Prosser?s Belize Telecommunications Limited will buy out its down and out rival, Intelco. The main points of the alleged transaction […]
Calls to the Attorney General?s Ministry this afternoon revealed that Solicitor General Elson Kaseke wasn?t in office today, and in fact, won?t be back until Monday morning. As for additional information on the in-flight incident over Washington, D.C. that landed the SolGen in jail, government sources tell News 5 that Kaseke will write a comprehensive […]
Orange Walk police are tonight investigating a robbery report made late last night that has left officers highly suspicious of the alleged victim. According to nineteen-year-old Hilberto Guerra, a trucker working in the north, he was on his way to his home in Indian Creek village around midnight on Wednesday but stopped in Guinea Grass […]
The case of Amir Frutos, the Cayo businessman arrested and charged for production, possession and distribution of illicit material is set to go before the Magistrate?s Court on September thirteenth. And the result of the trial could either prove an embarrassment for the police or a precedent setting judgment, as this could well represent the […]
Budding Belizean photographers got their shot to be in front of the camera this morning as official ceremonies were held at the House of Culture for an amateur competition. Organized by the National Institute of Culture and History, the shutterbugs focussed on images of Belize?s land, sea and people. Ten photographers participated in the event […]
It seems as if there are never enough wheel chairs to go around in Belize. This evening, Care Belize received yet another large donation, this time a gift from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Leonel Allen, Church Administrator, L.D.S. The church has a partnership with the foundation called the Wheelchair Foundation […]
The scientists said it would be an active hurricane season, but here we are on the edge of August and not a named storm yet. Don?t worry, our recent history is still fresh enough to prevent complacency, and today one group of Belizeans was learning to prepare for the worst. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, […]
There are summer camps…and then there are summer camps. He’s probably reported on dozens during his career, but the one Patrick Jones visited this morning particularly caught his eye. Patrick Jones, Reporting It?s a simple slogan, but the ?Can Do? motto of the annual summer camp for the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired is […]
As details of the in-flight fiasco and subsequent arrest of Solicitor General Elson Kaseke continued to emerge today, the man himself returned to Belize this morning. Arriving on the early American Airlines flight from Miami, Kaseke made his way through the Phillip Goldson International Airport where he cleared customs and immigration. As he exited the […]
Quick police work has led to the arrest of two men for the brutal murder of Mary Blondell. Eighteen-year-old Guatemalan Walter Lopez and thirty-five year old Salvadoran Carlos Rene Granillos have been arrested and charged with murder and burglary. Blondell?s body was found Monday morning buried in a shallow grave not far from her farm […]
The summer holidays are a time when many Belizean families pack up the kids and head out to the cayes. But coupled with the fun and relaxation of seaside living is the ever present danger to those who can?t swim, particularly children. That danger proved fatal on Tuesday at Tobacco Caye when a one-year-old boy […]
The Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association today announced the delegation that will represent the jewel at the summer Olympics in Athens. Our hopes of winning will ride on the shoulders of a grand total of two athletes. Emma Wade will compete in the two hundred metres, while Michael Aguilar will run in the four […]
It?s an embarrassment that?s sure to sting Belmopan–not to mention the rest of us–for months to come: a high ranking official of the judiciary led away in handcuffs by Uncle Sam. That?s right. On Sunday afternoon, Solicitor General Elson Kaseke was on an American Airlines flight from Miami to Reagan National Airport in Washington DC […]
He may not hold the office of Solicitor General, but another well-known Belizean has gone before a U.S. court. Robert Hertular, extradited last week to New York on drug charges, made his first court appearance on Monday before U.S. magistrate, Judge Theodore Katz. Hertular pleaded not guilty and Katz ordered him held without bail pending […]
It has taken almost a year to the day for the case to reach the lofty confines of the Supreme Court. But as we are all aware, the wheels of justice turn slowly in Belize…and today they ground to a halt. Accused passport forger Therese Cabral will now have to wait until October fifth before […]
The case of a Cayo businessman busted on Monday for selling pornographic DVD?s today got more interesting as information on what led to the arrest of twenty-seven year old Amir Frutos became public. While cops out west get the credit for cuffing the suspect, secretary of the Board of directors for the Rotary Club, Laura […]
She was known as a fiesty but lovable woman who for over three decades led the life of a trailblazing pioneer in the rugged limestone hills of central Belize. As police investigate her brutal murder, News 5?s Jacqueline Woods travelled south to find out more about the circumstances of her death. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Seventy-three […]
In diplomatic news, it looks like those long postponed ministerial talks between Belize and Guatemala will have to wait a little longer. According to the Foreign Ministry, the meeting, originally scheduled for August third and fourth at the O.A.S. in Washington, has been put off indefinitely, most likely for a month. The reason given is […]
It?s the middle of the summer holidays, but somebody forgot to tell a group of primary school teachers, who we found still working hard in the classroom. The over one hundred and twenty educators that are this week taking part in a three day workshop, are not just improving their skills in multi grade teaching, […]
