A routine patrol near Yo Creek Village by officers of the Customs Department ended in a tense confrontation over contraband goods. According to police reports, the customs patrol attempted to stop two vehicles, a van and a car that were travelling along the road. While the car sped off, the van pulled over and its […]
The Senate select committee conducting an inquiry into the Social Security Board continues its work. According to a press release, the committee met twice this week to advance its review of SSB investments, loans and guarantees. In particular, it had requested an urgent response from the Board to questions regarding guarantees given for securitized loans […]
They say that it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease…and today it looks like last week’s cacophony produced by area rep Boots Martinez in Port Loyola did not go unnoticed by some politicians with the power to provide help. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Most of the flood waters have […]
Viewers of this newscast are no strangers to the Youth Cadet Corps…but the programme, which seeks to put troubled youths on a path to good citizenship, is undergoing some changes. This morning News 5’s Patrick Jones was on hand as forty-one young men completed the first phase of their training. Patrick Jones, Reporting They may […]
Diabetes Week may come once each year…but unfortunately for diabetics, they’ve got to deal with the disease 24/7. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods, who is no stranger to diabetes in her own life, profiles one man who’s taking an aggressive approach to his condition. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting For the past twelve years, Leo Lodge, a type […]
We began tonight’s newscast–like we have on many nights over the last few months–on the subject of finance. A number of factors have combined to mark today as what may be looked back on as the point at which the Government of Belize snapped out of several years of economic denial and finally began to […]
While the prime minister was sounding the alarm of tighter fiscal policy, the Central Bank was at the same time slamming on the monetary breaks. To the average Belizean, news of a one percent increase in the reserve requirement is not exactly headline material, but ask anyone with an overdraft at one of the nation’s […]
They say that bad news comes in threes and the last leg of today’s trifecta involves the Development Finance Corporation. A terse paragraph forming part of the regular cabinet press release read as follows: “On the recommendation of the Cabinet Finance Committee, Cabinet has agreed to liquidate the Development Finance Corporation”. Now this may be […]
An American tourist on an outing to Southwater Caye, died on Tuesday morning, but police do not believe that foul play was involved. According to Sandra Jacobs, she and her husband, sixty-six year old doctor, Barry Nock, were snorkelling near the island, located southeast of Dangriga, around nine thirty yesterday morning, but when she came […]
Three people from the Belmopan area have been arrested on charges of forgery, following a report by Minister of Cooperatives and Fisheries Mike Espat. According to Espat, sometime between September twenty-eighth and November fourth, twenty-four leaves went missing from his checkbook. Police press officer G. Michael Reid says about seven of the checks were cashed, […]
A salesman for Cayo Tropical Fruits was the victim of an armed robbery in Belize City around midday on Tuesday. Police reports say Hector Cob was making a delivery to a shop on Caesar Ridge Road when two men held him up at gunpoint. Cob told police that the robbers relieved him of six hundred […]
It is estimated that as many as sixty children in Belize are living with spina bifida, a health condition that severely affects mobility and other bodily functions. How these patients are being managed will be the focus of a one day symposium on Friday at the Princess Hotel. A team, consisting of both local and […]
This evening, Youth For the Future officially opened a drop in centre where young persons can be counselled for HIV and AIDS. The service, situated in the lower flat of the Y.F.F. offices at the Bel-China Bridge, is housed along with the Violence Reduction Unit. According to the chairperson of the National Aids Commission, Ambassador […]
While the controversy over the proposed Carnival Cruise Port dominates the public discourse, a look at Belize City Harbour today confirmed that–whether you like it or not–the cruise industry remains big business. No less than four ships anchored today, two from the Norwegian Line and two from Royal Caribbean carrying a total of close to […]
While the controversy over the proposed Carnival Cruise Port dominates the public discourse, a look at Belize City Harbour today confirmed that–whether you like it or not–the cruise industry remains big business. No less than four ships anchored today, two from the Norwegian Line and two from Royal Caribbean, carrying a total of close to […]
And while things were going fine at the Tourism Village, activities involving a different port of entry were still in a state of flux. News 5’s Patrick Jones has the story. Patrick Jones, Reporting The stevedores today shifted their picket to the corner of Queen Street and Gabourel Lane, to bring their dispute with the […]
The Belize Printers Association has won the latest round in its suit against government, as Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh has found that there was no compelling reason why the contract between GOB and Print Belize Ltd should not be made public. The group of private sector printing companies is now studying the contract in the […]
Tonight, San Ignacio police are investigating an armed robbery on a commuter bus, which involved the use of some serious firepower. According to the cops, just after one Monday afternoon, a bus travelling from Spanish Lookout bound for San Ignacio made a routine stop in Santa Familia. Police sources tell News 5 that the conductor […]
Meanwhile, Belmopan police have arrested and charged several residents of Dangriga who are believed to be the perpetrators of a number of burglaries in the capital city. Twenty-two year old Ian Carr, twenty-eight year old Abraham Ponce and twenty-eight year old Eaton Carr have been charged with burglary and handling stolen property while twenty-five year […]
An Orange Walk man has been arrested and charged with rape following a report over the weekend. Police say twenty-nine year old Ismael Jimenez of Palm Lane in Trial Farm Village is the man who attacked a twenty-four year old woman as she was walking down the San Lorenzo road. Reports are that when the […]
With the action just getting started in U.S. professional basketball, it?s not too early to check in with Belize’s very own NBA representative, Milt Palacio. And the news is pretty good. His team, the Toronto Raptors, is off to its best start ever with a record of three wins and no losses, including a victory […]
While the high level manoeuvring surrounding Jeffrey Prosser’s efforts to buy out B.T.L.’s minority shareholders and purchase a bankrupt Intelco, raise doubts about his corporate style, on the ground in Belize the magnate seems to be keeping his promise of improved service to customers. Today B.T.L. announced that its fibre optic network, which already stretches […]
They come from as far as the Bahamas in the north, Panama in the South and Guyana in the east…all converging on Belize. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting Over the next four days, delegates of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas will enjoy fellowship and discuss the affairs of the organisation. […]
Love animals? Love baseball? On Thursday night, the two will collide as an honest to goodness signed Willie Mays baseball, complete with a certificate of authencity will go to the highest bidder and guess what, the money will go to the dogs. The baseball is just one item to be auctioned as part of fundraising […]
If you have any doubts about the need for an animal shelter in Belize this next story should erase them. It was done by News 5’s Brent Toombs in the year two thousand. One word of caution: if you love your potlicker, you may find some of the upcoming images extremely disturbing. Brent Toombs, Reporting […]
