Two Belizean institutions are tonight better off thanks to the generosity of a group from Houston, Texas. In a ceremony this morning at Stella Maris School, The Word At Work Ministries, led by Reverend Tim Tam, presented the school with a bus to be used for the daily transport of students. Belize City Councillor Yasmin […]
For the past ten years, Salvadoran Omar Sanchez has made Belize– specifically Caye Caulker–his home. And for all that time, the thirty-four year old artist has captured life around him on canvas. This morning Sanchez officially launched his first art show at the Belize City House of Culture entitled, Retrospective. He confesses that he is […]
Most people at some point in their lives think about doing a family tree to trace their ancestral roots… and a few actually get it done, perhaps going back a couple generations past their parents. But twenty years ago a Belizean father, now a university professor in the U.S.A., looked into the eyes of his […]
It has been said that the three greatest weapons in the fight against the AIDS epidemic are education, education, and education. This morning News Five’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand for the latest attempt to move the public toward positive action. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting A Billboard that welcomes you to Dangriga refers to the community […]
Ever since the first significant petroleum find was made on July thirtieth of last year, Belize has been experiencing something of an oil frenzy. Never mind that the speculation has always run far ahead of the facts, beginning with the Belize Times shouting Eureka! almost before the drilling even started. But the gap between our […]
It was just one more shocking incident in December’s violent crime wave… but the New Year’s Eve assault and robbery of an eighty-five year old Belize City woman made even the most hardened observers hang their heads in shame. Today we are happy to report a break in the case as a suspect has been […]
Also charged in Magistrate’s Court today was a man accused of burglary. And while the arraignment of thirty-six year old David Sosa involved just another Belize City housebreaking, what made Sosa special is that this is the forty-third time that he has been brought up on criminal charges. With twenty-two convictions, his batting averages hovers […]
Another cruise ship tourist has died while snorkelling in Belizean waters. According to police, the unnamed sixty-five year old U.S. national was with a group of nine other visitors, all passengers from the Carnival Legend, who were snorkelling with a tour guide near the barrier reef in front of Caye Caulker. He experienced problems while […]
Today we are happy to report that at least one Belizean business has stepped up to the plate to assist a person in pain. On Monday, we ran an update on shooting victim twenty-three year Lisa Garoy who doctors say will never be able to walk again. However, it was reported that an operation will […]
In journalism–particularly when practiced in a small society–there are times when a reporter sent to cover a story cannot help but become part of the story. That’s what happened to News Five’s Jacqueline Woods this morning when she was called out to the Belize City Marine Terminal to investigate a report of a man in […]
It’s already a financial disaster for the Development Finance Corporation and at least one local bank, and the big question now is whether the shutting down of the Novelo’s bus company receivership will also become a disaster for the commuting public. Today I looked for some answers. Janelle Chanona, Reporting As schools across the country […]
The boys may all be between the ages of thirteen and fifteen, but that did not prevent them from being charged for the armed hold-up of a seventeen year old. According to Errol Villanueva, a sales clerk, around seven-thirty on Friday night he was walking along Central American Boulevard when upon reaching the intersection with […]
A stabbing in San Ignacio has left one man critically injured and another facing an attempted murder charge. According to authorities, around seven-thirty Sunday night twenty-five year old Peter August was walking near the corner of Orchard and Bishop Martin streets in Santa Elena when he was attacked by a man armed with a knife. […]
Belize City police are investigating a disturbing report that involves a hold-up and an attack on one of their women police constables. The uniformed W.P.C., who has not been identified by authorities, was on her way to work around one this morning on her bicycle when upon nearing a bridge in the Yabra area, a […]
A burglar has been sentenced to five years behind bars following court proceedings today in San Pedro. According to reports, at a “Quick Trial” this morning witnesses positively identified Arthur Garbutt as the man who broke into the home of Luis Velasquez in the San Pedrito area of the island town. The victim told police […]
He’s had his ups and downs in terms of playing time and performance this season but Belize’s man in the N.B.A., Milton Palacio, received rave reviews Saturday night as his Utah Jazz upended the league leading Detroit Pistons. Milt proved to be Mr. Clutch in overtime when, with his team holding a slim 90-88 lead […]
Smoking may be dangerous to your health, but for one Caye Caulker man a bad habit has earned him a brand new pickup truck. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Forty-eight year old Emmanuel Gabourel, a carpenter and resident of Caye Caulker Village says it took him five packs of cigarettes to win […]
It was one of many violent incidents that turned the Christmas season into a time of tragedy for too many Belizean families. Tonight, while we can report that while one innocent shooting victim will survive, her life will be far from complete. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-three year old Lisa Garoy is having a very difficult […]
Good evening I?m James Adderley, so let?s quickly jump into this week?s output of Sports Monday. The semi-final round of the RFG Cup Tournament got off out in the southern district over the weekend. We caught up with New Site Erei hosting F.C. Belize yesterday at Dangriga yesterday. And indeed the Carl Ramos would have […]
The January sitting of the Supreme Court is expected to be another record setting session, with more than fifty cases already in the dock and more still anticipated to be accepted for trial. According to court officials, there are twelve murders, seven attempted murders, three rapes, six incidents of carnal knowledge, two attempted rapes, one […]
On Tuesday night News Five introduced Belizeans to the amazing person that is thirteen year old Jessica Garcia. Garcia and her four younger siblings were trapped in their Cayo home on Christmas morning when an unattended candle set fire to the floor and bedding. Without thinking, young Jessica helped her three brothers and baby sister […]
Meanwhile, a Belize City teenager is tonight in police custody pending a charge of attempted murder following an attack against a fifteen year old. According to Markel Barrera, on Thursday evening he got into an argument with a sixteen year old. The war of words ended when the older teen left the area only to […]
Belize City police are tonight on the lookout for two men following an armed hold up at a south side nightclub. Reports are that around nine last night, patrons at the Touch of Class Bar on Amara Avenue were ambushed by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. The gunman hit proprietor […]
Across the country today, teachers were hard at work getting their classrooms ready for the second term of the school year. But while classes are scheduled to resume on Monday and more than a few parents are counting down to things getting back to “normal”, tonight there are concerns that the country’s youngest citizens and […]
A Belize District deejay has been arrested and charged with carnal knowledge following a report by a thirteen year old girl. According to court reports, the minor, accompanied by her mother told police that between November and December of 2005 she had sex with eighteen year old Shane Vargas. A medical examination has confirmed that […]
