In more crime news, police have arrested two brothers in connection with the armed robbery of a store in the Stann Creek valley. According to the cops, twenty-three year old Robert Chavarria and twenty-five year old Alray Chavarria were two of the four men who conspired to rob a grocery shop in Pomona village on […]
Millions across the world are in the fight to be fit, and here in Belize the message is no different. According to current statistics, our population’s overall health is showing a distinct and disturbing, decline. Fernando Cuellar, Doctor, Belize Medical Association ?Eat healthy, exercise regularly, reduce alcohol intake and stop smoking.? Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting But […]
By day, Carla Sainsbury is a hardworking member of the Habitat for Humanity team in Belize … helping local landowners build their dream house. But in her spare time, Sainsbury has been working on one of her own dreams: becoming a poet. Her first publication is called “From the Heart,” and this morning Sainsbury told […]
Public officers often get a lot of flak but by all accounts, they are the nuts and bolts that keep government’s machine working. And today, they put off their first “open house” in attempt to prove that very fact to taxpayers. Alyssa Noble, Reporting Today Public Service Day was officially celebrated under the theme: ?Belize […]
In clubs across the country, boys and girls, men and women are lining up to learn martial arts. There are three styles of karate being practiced in Belize: Shotokan, Red Dragon and Khukokai. And next month, these highly trained athletes will get the chance to strut their stuff on an international stage. News Five’s Alyssa […]
The media is often criticized–and not unfairly–for over emphasising the negative aspects of the news. That is the highlighting of crime, violence and disaster over more inspiring stories chronicling our society’s many positive developments. While it may not signal a trend, tonight the choice of a lead was easy. What editor could resist the chance […]
While education held the spotlight today, not all the news was inspiring. At the same time the nation’s top primary students were enjoying well deserved congratulations, two gunmen were delivering a crippling blow to one of the city’s major secondary schools. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This black stocking mask is all the robbers left behind as […]
A woman convicted of breaking a car’s windshield today asked a magistrate to forget about any fine and just send her to jail. Twenty-one year old Merlene Clarke of Ladyville was charged with damage to property following an incident on June eleventh at Mitchel Estate. She had apparently been drinking and fighting and at some […]
The Embassy of Cuba is announcing new scholarship opportunities for nine Belizean students to earn Bachelor degrees beginning the next school year. According to a press release issued today, successful applicants will be offered the chance to study physical education, primary education, electrical engineering and computer science, math and even ancient texts and languages. The […]
NGO’s are well known for their highfalutin language and grandiose action plans that often never make it past their initial publication. But today, the National Committee for Families and Children is seeking to overturn that impression with an initiative to actually monitor their progress. According to Elizabeth Talbert, Chairperson of the Monitoring and Evaluation Sub-committee, […]
And while the N.C.F.C. is doing all it can to statistically monitor of our children, Sandra Hall, Chairperson of the Committee says that the real daily monitoring of Belize’s young people is a job for parents. Sandra Hall, Chairperson, N.C.F.C. ?This is a very serious problem that we have identified in Belize. For some reason, […]
As part of our efforts to offer parents and children options for making summer vacation more productive, we’ve been highlighting various programmes around the country. One such initiative is being conducted by the Fort George Community Resource Centre in coordination with three high school teachers. The educators will be conducting classes in math, English and […]
In recent weeks we’ve been following the debate over a large resort development proposed for the top of the Placencia peninsula. One of the major issues in that controversy is the question of beach erosion that could be caused by the construction of a huge marina. And while scientists and laymen may argue over what […]
Tonight an accused murderer is a free man after the prosecution’s star witness changed his story on the witness stand. According to court reports, up until this morning, Jason Paulino had been charged with the murder of Nicholee Lewis. Lewis was gunned down outside the Bismarck Club in Belize City in February 2004. The day […]
Police tonight may not be any closer to finding the man they believe attempted to molest a nine year girl in Camalote … but at least they now know who they’re looking for. An alert News Five viewer in the United Kingdom told us where to find a photo of Matthew Luce on the internet […]
Dangriga police are tonight hot on the trail of armed bandits who attacked a shop in the Stann Creek Valley on Tuesday night. According to investigating officers, around eight thirty, two customers, Wayne Perriott and a minor were shopping in the Ziaona store in Pomona when two men, one wearing a white handkerchief over his […]
When City Hall was burglarized early Friday morning with no signs of forced entry, it was concluded that the heist had to be an “inside job”. Today thirty-three year old Shirley Arzu, a security guard on duty at the time, was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court for the burglary. According to court reports, Lloydia Flowers, Acting […]
Homeowners indebted to the Development Finance Corporation will soon get a shot at a big break. That’s the word from Cabinet which yesterday approved in principle a plan to allow borrowers of less than fifty thousand dollars to pay off their loans on the cheap. According to a Cabinet release, those with loans in arrears […]
About the only good thing to come out of the upsurge in reports of crimes against children in Belize is the increase in public concern over child abuse. Today News Five’s Janelle Chanona visited a place in the Belize District where some of society’s smallest victims are cared for. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Of the hundreds […]
It’s a changing world and nowhere is that change more evident than in the evolving relations between the former colonial powers and the nations that once served them. Where benefits from north to south were once conferred through large grants and heavy trade subsidies for sugar, bananas and other commodities, we now receive loans, technical […]
The last two finalists in KTV 2006 were selected last night at the Palm Court. Here’s how it went. William Neal, Host, KTV ?The first person moving on is contestant number two, Dejon Tucker.? (Dejon Tucker singing ?I Can?t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)?) William Neal ?The next person moving on for this week […]
In recent years we have witnessed an alarming number of child molestation cases … but rarely has an alleged perpetrator been caught in the act. That’s what apparently took place last week in the Cayo village of Camalote, where it is alleged that an Englishman residing in Belize attempted to take liberties with a nine […]
Last week’s incident in Camalote cannot help but make us recall the sickening abduction and murder of five Belizean girls over six years ago. Today Channel Five’s initiative to bring to justice the killer or killers of those children has gotten a boost from the Novelo brothers. David and Tony Novelo, through their company Mobile […]
The human remains found last week in the Orange Walk District have been identified. Following a post mortem, the dead man’s identity has been confirmed as fifty-two year old Misael Cal of Orange Walk Town. Cal, said to be a heavy drinker, had been reported missing in April. Forensic tests continue in an attempt to […]
It was a dramatic tale in July 2003 … a husband and wife ambushed by masked and armed gunmen at their St. Paul’s Bank village home. Percival Flowers and Cecilia Stephenson barely escaped with their lives but on Monday night in the Belize City Supreme Court, the men they accused: Eugene Carter, Aaron Miller and […]
