On Friday night, Channel Five’s Gimme Five show came to an end with one lucky Belize City woman walking away with more than fifteen hundred dollars in cash and prizes. Here’s a recap of the week’s winners, starting with Tuesday night’s lucky caller and leading up to the grand finale on Friday. TUESDAY Caller Gimme […]
This week copies of the 2006 “Destination Belize” magazine hit coffee tables and reception desks across the country. Published yearly by the Belize Tourism Industry Association, officials tell News Five that the mag has been overhauled with a simplified cover, updated articles, and new pictures. And according to Executive Director of the B.T.I.A., Andrew Godoy, […]
For the next week, members of the Belize Defence Force will be bombarded with information about HIV/AIDS. The national awareness campaign is being coordinated by the B.D.F. with support from officers of the United States Southern Command. The initiative is part of a strategic plan by the Department of Defence and the U.S. Army to […]
Good evening I?m James Adderley and here?s a fresh dish of Sports Monday coming your way. Week thirteen of the RFG Cup Tournament finally brought the long awaited visit of Dangriga?s new Site Erei to the M.C.C. Grounds where the south made its presence known by the sound of the cultural drums. However, Kremandala is […]
Tonight three Belize City men have been remanded to Hattieville prison on charges of attempted murder in connection with an early morning attack in Burrell Boom. This afternoon the accused: twenty-six year old Kenrick Reneau, twenty-six year old Aniver Palacio, and twenty-seven year old Giovanni Lauriano appeared before Magistrate Sharon Frazer where they pleaded not […]
A couple from the Stann Creek District is tonight behind bars, having pled guilty to the crime of trafficking in persons. According to police, twenty-one year old Celia Garcia and her common-law husband Walter Swazo were arrested at their home in Bella Vista Village after a thirteen year old female relative of Garcia’s reported that […]
An escape artist who eluded police custody in May was this week sentenced for the offence. On Thursday, twenty-one year old Mark Medina was convicted of escape and sentenced to six months behind bars by Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord. On May twenty-eighth, Medina was shot in his right leg by police when authorities tried to […]
A San Pedro man shot by police this week has been convicted of robbery. According to authorities, twenty-six year old Mark Jones was the man who entered Caye Coffee in the San Pablo area of town and robbed employees at knifepoint of cash and a cell phone. But investigating officers say when they approached Jones […]
This Saturday Belize will join countries around the world in observing International Human Rights Day. Officials at the Belize Centre for Human Rights Studies, based at the University of Belize, will mark the occasion with the launch of its website. This morning News Five spoke with Hilary Hunt who has been a human rights advocate […]
A Belize City man found guilty of rape in the Supreme Court has been remanded to prison until January eighth when he will be sentenced. A jury of nine people this evening convicted twenty-four year old Lauriano Ramirez of the rape and aggravated burglary of his ex-girlfriend. In addition to the rape and burglary, Ramirez […]
A man accused of breaking into the home of the Commander of the Belize Defence Force has been convicted and sentenced to serve five years in jail. Donald King of Democracia Village today pleaded guilty to burglarising the Ladyville home of Brigadier General Lloyd Gillett in the early morning hours of August twenty-sixth. Gillett told […]
An injured osprey rescued by a Belize City family is tonight being nursed back to good health by local veterinarians. The adult bird was picked up by officials from the Belize Audubon Society on Thursday afternoon and later transferred to the Animal Health Centre on Lancaster Street. We understand that the Osprey is suffering from […]
With Christmas only two weeks away, greeting cards are already filling mail boxes across the country. But if you’re running late this year, the volunteers at the Belize Red Cross Society reminds you that you can send loved ones compliments of the season and help out a needy person at the same time. Marylee Ellis, […]
Two thousand toys in two weeks. It was an ambitious venture to begin with, but the folks at the Salvation Army are refusing to give up, even though only a fraction of the gifts they need have been donated. Tonight officials hope to strike a sympathetic chord in your heart. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Since the […]
Football is arguably Belize’s most popular sport, with thousands of fans gathering in stadiums across the country each weekend to see their favourite stars and the plays of the day. But in this country, organised sporting activities don’t come with insurance packages and when a player gets injured on or off the field, reality changes […]
Tonight a Burrell Boom resident continues to recover from gunshot injuries to his hand after a shootout at his home early Tuesday morning. But as News Five’s investigations reveal, this was not a robbery attempt gone bad, as a black cloth bag filled with duct tape, rope, a syringe with liquid inside, and a steel […]
A Belize City man has been arrested after he was busted stark naked running away from his neighbour?s house. According to reports, twenty-one year old security guard Luis Reyes appeared in Belize City Magistrate’s Court where he pleaded not guilty to attempted burglary. Reyes was granted bail in the amount of two thousand five hundred […]
A shooting incident in the St. Martin De Porres area has left a Belize City man recovering from gunshot injuries. According to sixty-two year old Rufus X, around two on Wednesday morning he went to check on his house on the southside of the city and immediately noticed that several pieces of two by four […]
Tonight a postman stands accused of stealing mail after being caught red handed with envelopes in his shoes and pockets. According to police reports, thirty-one year old Brian Luna has been arrested pending charges of mail tampering after concerned citizens reported seeing a mailman removing letters from his carrier bag and putting them in his […]
Tonight police have arrested and charged a mother for procurement after official investigations confirmed that the woman was forcing her teenaged daughter to have sex for money. Authorities have identified the mother as fifty-two year old Petronila Urratio, a naturalised Belizean living in San Ignacio town. We understand that for the past year, Urratio has […]
Usually when we talk of living in a concrete jungle, it’s not meant to include the wildlife that actually does call Belize City home. But this afternoon one family came face to face with an animal that desperately needed their help. According to the Perez family of Berry Street, around twelve-thirty this afternoon a boy […]
A two day workshop called “Making Motherhood Safer” began today in Belize City. Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization, participants include midwives, hospital and health centre workers. The workshop is designed to determine ways of improving the care delivered to Belizean mothers from the first stages of pregnancy, through […]
This weekend Belizean music legends will hit the stage at the Bliss for the second annual Lord Rhaburn Music Awards. This morning News Five’s Karla Heusner caught up with the artists for a preview of the event. Karla Heusner, Reporting As performers for the Lord Rhaburn Music Awards Show arrived today at the P.G.I.A. it […]
Last December, Belize’s small entertainment industry proved to be anything but modest as it stepped out in full regalia for a special award show to honour the top performers of the year. This Saturday night, the second annual Belizean Entertainment Awards Show takes place at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts… And today, public […]
Today drivers from across the country gathered in the southern town of Dangriga in the latest chapter of the bus wars. Demonstrators included fired employees of Novelo’s Bus Line, the recently jobless men and women of National Transport, and of course, commuters. But to absolutely no one’s surprise, while today’s protest may have vented frustrations, […]
