It was big news when a Guatemalan helicopter, allegedly laden with cocaine, made a forced landing on the Belize side of the Sarstoon River after being shot at by Guatemalan authorities. That was in March and in the days following the incident there were hard words between the two countries over who had salvage rights […]
The members of a newly created bilateral panel were sworn in today at the OAS office along the western border. The Belize/Guatemala Border Health Commission is made up of seven health officials from each country who will work toward promoting better health on both sides of the frontier. “Illness respects no borders”, said Minister of […]
This weekend the Institute of Creative Arts invites the public to a show that we don’t often see in Belize. On Saturday master illusionist and hypnotist James Kellogg Jr plans to dazzle you with some of his magical tricks with the hope that by the end of the show he would have raised enough money […]
It is not often that one project can transform a city and it is doubtful that the impressive Fort George reclamation project shown to the media today will by itself turn Belize City around. But it’s an important step that, coupled with the new Carnival Cruise Complex in Port Loyola, will give the nation’s largest […]
There’s a sour taste in the mouths of sugar workers tonight as the country’s only processor, Belize Sugar Industries Limited, has confirmed that approximately ninety members of staff will be laid off. According to BSI’s Chief of Operations, Lennox Neal, effective October twenty-seventh, ninety employees, including factory workers, cultivation personnel and dockhands, will be made […]
Corozal police are tonight slapping themselves on the back after a tip led to the discovery of an arsenal of weapons and ammunition. According to authorities, responding to information from an anonymous caller, members of the Special Branch went to a bushy area near San Victor Village and under a fallen tree, discovered several wrapped […]
A hit and run accident on the Southern Highway has left one man dead. According to police in Independence Village, early this morning motorists informed them that a body was lying on the Southern Highway near the Swasey Bridge. When officers reached the scene, they found the body of a man, apparently dead, with severe […]
Cops in Cayo are tonight investigating what caused a chopping incident between one woman’s brother and her husband. Reports are that at around nine thirty on Wednesday morning thirty year old Rigoberto Villanueva was walking in Georgeville Village with his common-law-wife when her brother approached them and started chopping him with a machete. The weapon […]
It was to have had more fireworks than Independence eve, but the quarterly meeting of the Northern Fishermen Cooperative, scheduled for Friday in Belize City, has been postponed until mid-October. According to Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Fisheries, Michael Tewes, on Friday September seventeenth, the entire executive of the cooperative sent a letter […]
As of Monday, motorists heading to or from the Northern border will see their driving time and aggravation reduced as the Orange Walk Bypass officially opens to traffic. The five miles of new road departs from the Northern Highway at mile fifty-two, skirts the town to the east and then rejoins at mile fifty-seven. The […]
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for UNICEF as the UN agency is using the occasion of its mid-term review to highlight the status of children in Belize. Today, News 5’s Patrick Jones attended the launching of a new study at Bird’s Isle. Starla Bradley Acosta, Programme Officer, NCFC “This publication, “Children Should Be […]
If you are watching this newscast on one of Belize’s many cable systems, chances are there is one button on the remote that’s received more than its share of use: that is the Weather Channel. This morning News 5’s Jacqueline Woods asked the experts at our own weather bureau to explain just why it is […]
To most Belizeans that necessary piece of household furniture known as a hammock is something you buy in Chetumal or Melchor or from a gift shop or street vendor here at home. But there was a time not that long ago when hammocks were something actually made by hand. No, I don¡¦t’ just mean weaving […]
It is one of those many parental admonitions that we all grow up with: “Don’t run with a knife in your hand.” Well, as of today Belizean children will not be so free to ignore that advice, as an eight year old boy from Carmelita Village is dead…after falling on his own machete. News 5’s […]
As the horror stories and depressing pictures continue to pour out of Caribbean Islands suffering from the wrath of Hurricane Ivan, the region is pooling its resources to offer relief to those devastated by the storm. Today Belize dispatched Brigadier General Earl Arthurs, coordinator of the National Emergency Management Organization to the island of Grenada, […]
They were only appointed on Thursday, but this morning the Senate select committee charged with investigating the Belize Social Security Board held its first meeting. The gathering, which convened at the National Assembly building in Belmopan, was called to form a census or the committee’s operational procedures and plan the way forward. Present were Chairman […]
He won his new ride on Sunday and today Amilcar Chuc of Ladyville stopped by Bravo Motors to claim his prize. Chuc won the new 2005 Nissan Frontier pickup in a raffle sponsored by Bravo, Habet & Habet, Brothers Habet, and Brodies. Proceeds from the promotion went to the Belize Cancer Society.
And also picking up a prize today were members of the BTL Nets. The Nets took the Semi-pro basketball title on Monday night when they beat the Kruzzaz in the fourth game of their best of five final.
The Regional Headquarters of the Salvation Army has moved quickly to name a replacement for the head of the church in Belize. Major Errol Robateau and his wife Sheila, no strangers to Belize arrived back in the country over the weekend to take up their appointments as Regional Commanders. Major Robateau replaces James Garth who […]
His work as a journalist has taken him to parts of the country that most people only hear or read about. But now Melvin Flores is giving you a chance to experience Belize through the lens of his camera. He has just released a photo CD of over a hundred images he and his six […]
Although today is not Monday it certainly feels that way…and to confuse us even more we’ve got James Adderley on hand with a special sports report, specifically Tuesday’s major international football match. James Adderley Reporting While the nation was in the middle of celebrating our twenty-third year of Independence, CONCACAF Champions Football play returned to […]
Due to Independence Day celebrations, the next newscast will be on Wednesday September 22, 2004.
A Belizean fugitive will be returned home this week after being apprehended in the United States. According to the US Embassy in Belize, Gouldburne Glenford Adolphus was arrested in the United States on charges relating to possession of a fraudulent U.S. birth certificate. A check with law enforcement authorities in Belize revealed he is wanted […]
The remains of a homeless man were discovered on Saturday on top of a building in the Newtown Barracks. The body, which was badly decomposed, has been identified as sixty-seven year old George Atterstan Wright, who had been living on the third floor of the building with other homeless people. A post mortem revealed that […]
A seventeen-year-old youth has been detained following a stabbing incident Saturday night in Hopkins village, which sent two men, Clement Martinez and Jermaine Hendy to the hospital. Police say their investigations reveal Hendy was fighting with the seventeen year old when three other youths jumped into the fray attacking Hendy and then Martinez got involved […]
