Belize City police believe another murder may be related to the incident at Olympic Restaurant and are seeking a suspect. On Thursday night, the shooting victim was standing near an alley on West Canal talking to a woman when a young man rode up on a bicycle and fired several shots. This morning a relative […]
It was a point that made all the headlines: Glenn Godfrey’s claim that Belize Telecommunications Limited had made an undertaking to pay the debts of two of his companies, debts now part of a special Senate investigation into the financial affairs of the Social Security Board. But tonight B.T.L. has responded saying, one, the board […]
Tonight two men from the Belize District are behind bars, charged with sexual offences against a seven-year-old boy. Those men have been identified to News Five as twenty-one year old Alder Ulloa and twenty-five year old Ricardo de Jesus Mendez, both from an area of Ladyville called Japan. According to the child, on May thirty-first, […]
Child Labour: it’s a subject that most of us read about or watch on television, and tend to believe is about abuses in far away places. But Belize is very much a part of this global phenomenon. In preparation for “World Day against Child Labour” on Sunday, the Labour Department has released a statistical digest […]
The Ballet Art School is one of Belize’s premier dance schools, and throughout the years their recitals have always been eagerly anticipated, both for the quality of the performances and the costumes and set designs. This weekend the school will be putting on two shows. News Five spoke with Director Mamie Martinez about the programme […]
They came all the way from Hopkins Village to promote their new C.D. But for these young performers, making music is not necessarily about making money…it’s about carrying on their culture. News Five met the young drummers at the House of Culture in Belize City this morning. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting These young boys, who are […]
He was the one man many doubted would ever appear before the Special Senate Select Committee charged with investigating the financial affairs of the Social Security Board…Glenn D. Godfrey. This morning, the driving force of the St. James Building Society, former Chairman of Intelco, and former Chairman of the Development Finance Corporation, showed up at […]
Close to half a million dollars worth of sports utility vehicles are tonight impounded at the Customs Department ready for shipment back to Uncle Sam. Belizean authorities on Tuesday officially handed over the cars to the U.S. Embassy following months of investigations. A U.S. Embassy spokesman says that the vehicles were stolen in Texas and […]
This week the Government of Belize announced that Health Sector Reform continues with the “roll out” of the National Health Insurance to parts of southern Belize. But as Patrick Jones found out, Belizeans won’t be able to reap the benefits of the scheme just yet. Patrick Jones, Reporting The announced June first roll out of […]
Although there are several medical centres in Belize City that offer imaging services like ultrasound or CAT scans, patients admitted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital will now be able to get those tests done at the hospital instead of having to leave the compound. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods went to the K.H.M.H. to view […]
While many high school students across Belize are preparing reports and taking written exams, one first form class in Belize City had to make their exam and then eat it. But like all true cooks know, the joy is not just in the preparation or in the tasting… it’s in the sharing. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
“Bring St. James.” That was the pointed message delivered on April sixth by Social Security Board General Manager Narda Garcia. Garcia was responding under oath to questions posed by members of the Senate Special Select Committee appointed to investigate the S.S.B.’s affairs in the wake of revelations that millions of dollars of public funds have […]
After all the legal hauling and pulling, today in the courtroom of U.S. Federal Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages the case of Innovative Communications Corporation versus the Government of Belize finally got underway in Miami, Florida. Viewers will recall that Judge Ungaro has already dismissed charges of fraud, rescission of the share pledge agreement, and the payment […]
In the midst of graduation ceremonies across the country, tonight a number of Orange Walk residents are protesting one school’s decision to cancel this year’s commencement exercises. We understand that according to a decision by the board of governors of Muffles High School, instead of a formal ceremony, a liturgical mass will be held next […]
A tragic fire in Independence on Monday night has claimed the lives of two of the village’s residents. Sixty-year-old Elizabeth Diego and one-year-old Rudolph Green were burned to death inside their small wooden house, which caught fire around seven-thirty Monday night. Preliminary investigations by police reveal that Diego’s common law husband, Ricardo Lozano, left some […]
The sexual abuse of a child is always disturbing, but when the accused abuser is someone you’re supposed to trust, like a police officer, the act is downright tragic. According to reports, this morning in Belize City Magistrate’s Court, twenty-five year old police officer Wilbert Lanza, attached to the San Pedro formation, was formally arraigned […]
More woes for B.E.L. Around four-thirty this afternoon the entire nation was once again plunged into blackout. The cause was an explosion at the Xul-Ha generating plant west of Chetumal, which cut off the supply of Mexican electricity to Belize. While B.E.L. managed to get the power back online from Mollejon and the gas turbine, […]
This next story is a cautionary tale for anyone considering posting bail for a friend. Tonight one Belize City resident, Napoleon Vicente, is behind bars after his “good buddy” skipped town. According to Vicente, two years ago he agreed to sign a twenty-five hundred dollar bail for Santos Armando Arzu after Arzu was charged with […]
And in a correction to a story we aired on last night’s newscast, one of Belize’s top ten P.S.E students, Oniesha Flores, is a student of Sacred Heart Primary in Dangriga, not San Ignacio. We apologize for the error and take the opportunity to congratulate the school and its students on their performance.
Semi-pro basketball. It may have fallen off the national sports scene, but that does not mean that the hardwood at the Belize City Centre is silent. While an ongoing inter-office competition has been getting much of the media spotlight, a group of city women have been living out their hoop dreams over the last couple […]
There have been a few false alarms raised over the last several weeks, but today we can unofficially declare that the 2005 dry season has come to an end. A light overnight rain over the north and central parts of Belize developed into heavy showers during the afternoon to bring welcome relief to an area […]
The results are in… And while educators will need a few days to analyze their implications, the students are just happy that the waiting is over. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods spoke to some of this year’s top performers in the Primary School Examination. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Belize Elementary School Standard Six student Lilian Shen has […]
It doesn’t exactly come as a surprise, but today Moody’s Investors Service, following the lead of Standard & Poor’s, announced a downgrade in Belize’s credit ratings. The drop covers a number of categories, including the foreign currency ceiling, lowered to B3 from B2; the foreign currency deposits, reduced to Caa1 from B3; and the general […]
The carnage on the nation’s roads continues, this time with the death of a truck passenger in the Cayo District. Forty-nine year old Edmundo de Jesus Montoya lost his life this afternoon when he fell out of a pickup between miles sixty-five and sixty-six on the Western Highway. Driver William Swan told police that he […]
A father is behind bars tonight, accused of raping two of his own children. According to court reports, the girls, ages twelve and thirteen, told their mother that on several occasions over the last eight months, their thirty-six year old father had sexual intercourse with them. The twelve-year-old says he had sex with her in […]
