And with long stay tourism continuing as the industry’s bread and butter, Smith allowed that the time has come for at least one major luxury hotel chain to plant its flag on Belizean soil. Godfrey Smith “It’s a priority. That’s a decision we’ve taken at B.T.B., that we need attract a major hotel. But the […]
High on the success of recent reggae concerts, this Friday the Belize City Centre will be the venue of choice as an all-star line up takes centre stage. News Five was part of the welcoming committee in Ladyville this afternoon. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning three world-renowned reggae artists: Lady Saw, Half Pint, and General […]
They failed to reach their budgetary targets and have imposed stiff new taxes on free zone and real estate transactions without any warning or consultation… but one of government’s financial point men says that G.O.B. is getting a handle on the situation. According to Works Minister and finance committee member Jose Coye, reforms undertaken over […]
And while Central Government wrestles with the disparity between revenue and expenditure, the Belize Social Security Board is trying to recover some delinquent loans and a good deal of lost prestige. Today at a ceremony at which the S.S.B. donated funds to some worthy causes, Board Chairman Yasin Shoman told News Five that despite recent […]
In some late news from Belmopan, the National Security Council, chaired by the Prime Minister, has decided to offer material assistance to those residents of Louisiana digging out from Hurricane Katrina. The government is offering to send a contingent of B.D.F. soldiers to assist in relief and recovery operations. It will be recalled that Belize […]
The Ministry of Health says that it has identified a probable case of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in the Cayo District. The diagnosis of the case, which is described as mild, was made following examination of blood samples sent to a lab in Mexico. A press release says that the patient had travelled outside the country […]
After a weekend of bullets and bloodshed, police have made at least one arrest, in connection with the Friday night murder of Jason Hill. Eighteen-year-old Leroy Henry has been picked up by police on Mayflower Street in an area known as “Ghost Town”. Tonight Henry remains in police custody pending a charge of murder. Law […]
Police have arrested and charged a resident of Hopkins Village following a fatal traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway over the weekend. Twenty-four year old Morrison Foster has been charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct and driving without due care and attention. Foster was driving a Suzuki S.U.V. on Saturday just […]
In crime news from the west, an eighteen-year old man from San Ignacio has been detained pending a charge of attempted murder in connection with an attack on his teenaged girlfriend. According to police and media reports, around seven on Saturday night, the sixteen year old girl was in the Hillview area of the town […]
While the cruise ship industry has all but washed away the impressive awe of large vessels steaming into Belizean waters, on Thursday a British warship on the horizon should still be an imposing sight. The HMS Cumberland will arrive on the eighth of September for a two-day visit in Belize, anchoring near English Caye. While […]
It may not have anything to do with his rosy financial projections, but Social Security Chairman Yasin Shoman was handing out more cheques today, this time to some very deserving organisations. As part of its continuing programme of assisting worthy causes, the S.S.B. awarded a total of eighty thousand dollars in grants. These included ten […]
It was a good night for Channel Five in the Caribbean Broadcasting Awards. In a programme televised throughout the region last night, News Five took top honours in five categories, more than any other television station in the Caribbean. The winning stories included a piece on Toledo farmers done by myself and George Tillett and […]
Their acts of patriotism have earned them the title of national heroes and a permanent place in the history books. But one local artist has embarked on an ambitious crusade to create bigger than life reminders of the contributions of Belizeans who have altered the course of Belize’s destiny: George Price, Philip Goldson, Antonio Soberanis, […]
According to our records, the nation’s last murder occurred back on August twentieth, a veritable lifetime ago by current standards. Well, that nearly two weeks of relative peace was broken in a big way this weekend by three homicides: two by gunfire and one by machete. The first shots rang out on Friday night. Jacqueline […]
The weekend’s second murder occurred on Sunday night, also on the south side of Belize City. Again, it was the victim’s relatives left with more questions than answers. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Members of his family are having a very tough time dealing with the shooting death of twenty-seven year old Sherwin Requeña. Requeña, who was […]
The country’s third murder of the weekend is believed to have occurred sometime late Sunday night. According to authorities in the Corozal District, at around six this morning, police were notified that the body of a Hispanic man was lying on the road in Caledonia Village. Investigators tell News Five that the victim, identified as […]
In addition to three murders over the weekend, another Belizean lost his life in a traffic accident. Eighteen year old Benson Ramclam Junior was killed on Saturday night when the truck in which he was a passenger collided with another vehicle between miles twenty-one and twenty-two on the Hummingbird Highway. Ramclam was thrown from the […]
If you just read the police report you’d think the failed robbery in the nation’s capital was just another routine jacking. But even though no money was taken, nor lives lost, the videotapes in this next story tell a frightening tale of what might have been. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today, it was business as usual […]
It had been promised as part of government’s agreement with the Unions earlier this year and although it took a while, the Ministry of Finance has published the first of what promises to be a monthly report on G.O.B.’s revenue and expenditure. In its introduction to the first release, which covers April through July, the […]
Two more standard bearers have been chosen by the United Democratic Party in weekend conventions. In Belize City’s Albert Division a sparsely attended gathering saw Thomas Morrison squeak by Joseph Bradley, two hundred and twenty-seven votes to two hundred and two. In Toledo, nearly two thousand voters showed up to give Juan Coy the nod […]
It may be a unique and fascinating part of Belize’s natural heritage, but without proper management the Swallow Caye Wildlife Sanctuary would not be in business very long. Today the protected area east of Belize City received a major boost as fifty tour guides completed a specialized course in dealing with the park’s plentiful population […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and here’s your fresh dish of Sports Monday. Fresh off the presentation of the national softball tournament, the Belize Softball Federation followed up by staging the prestigious invitational inside Roger’s Stadium yesterday in Belize City. Four teams made a bid for the title this year under the double elimination format. […]
The disturbing images coming out of areas of the United States affected by Hurricane Katrina, namely Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, may cause many of us to wonder what we can do to help. Perhaps even more importantly, those of us with family there may be still trying to reach loved ones. Well there is something […]
A child from Roaring Creek is in critical condition after she was hit by a car near her village on Thursday. Police say ten year old Joanna Coc was hit by a vehicle between miles fifty and fifty-one on the Western Highway. She was rushed to the hospital with serious body injuries and remains in […]
A fifteen year old Belize City teen has told police he has no idea who shot him and why. Sherick Trapp reported that on Thursday night he was leaving the basketball court on Kut Avenue when a man approached him and fired a single shot, which hit him in his left palm. Police are seeking […]
