A well known personality known as “snake man” is dead. On Sunday, fifty-nine year old Reynaldo Smith lost his battle with AIDS and around ten thirty that morning he died inside the shed in which he lived on North Front Street. According to a close friend, Smith became gravely ill a month ago but refused […]
He’s one of the foremost scientific thinkers to ever emerge from Belize, but Dr. Arlie Petters is determined to replicate his success in others. His latest venture, under the banner of the Petters Research Institute, is to promote excellence in the fields of math and science. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona discovered this morning […]
We’ve seen them in the streets of Belize City as well as the halls of the Supreme Court. But on Friday members of the Toledo based organisation called SATIIM hosted journalists in their own backyard. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The Sarstoon-Temash National Park is named after the two rivers that drain […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley rolling into your living rooms with this delivery of Sports Monday. We take you immediately to sunny San Pedro where Saturday night brought the decisive game five in this year semi-pro basketball title series. As the Tiger Sharks hosted the U.B. Black Jaguars of Belmopan. It is indeed a historic […]
The sale of the Belize City port remains a controversial issue but tonight, the project’s local developer is confident that one day soon, the southside of the old capital will boast a modern cruise terminal and docking facility. Earlier this week, News Five’s Janelle Chanona participated in a quick tour conducted by businessman Luke Espat […]
Tonight a veteran law enforcement officer remains hospitalized following a traffic accident on Thursday. Seventy year old Kent Haylock, a former commissioner of police and the current chief of security at the Central Bank, was travelling from Belmopan to Belize City when he lost control of his white Suzuki Vitara. The careening car hit a […]
A Belmopan family is in mourning tonight following a fatal traffic accident in the capital. Police reports are that around two thirty this morning, cops were called to an area near the hospital, where they found a badly damaged Honda Civic. On the other side of the road lay the car’s driver, twenty-three year old […]
In more disturbing news from Belmopan, this week a sergeant of police was charged with the molestation of a child. In Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, sergeant of police James Cayetano, a member of Belmopan’s Special Branch was formally charged with the sexual offence following a report by a twelve year old girl. The police officer […]
In news from the labour front, today D.F.C. employees who walked out on Thursday returned to work as “a sign of good faith”. According to Vice President of the Christian Workers Union, Emerson Burke, the staff of the Development Finance Corporation was back at full strength at all branches. Burke says meetings were scheduled for […]
The case of a fatal fight over a parking space more than two years ago has ended with a verdict of life behind bars. According to court reports, around five this evening, Kirk Gordon was convicted by a jury of ten women and two men of the murder of Arthur Ellis. Justice Troadio Gonzales immediately […]
Following reports this week that the recent rains across the country have resulted in the reservoir at Chalillo being filled to capacity, the company has released a photograph of the scene. As the picture shows, the level of the water has risen to the point that the dam is overflowing and running down the spillway. […]
On Wednesday night’s newscast, Corozal Free Zone businessman Winston Smiling publicized his strong objections to his being denied the use of proxy forms during elections of private sector representatives to the zone’s board. Today, Smiling’s running mates, Gulab Sharma and Carlos Parra, who were elected to the board, have tendered their resignations as a show […]
As part of official celebrations for the fortieth anniversary of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, today the unionists adopted one of the oldest parks in the city. In partnership with the Belize City Council, N.T.U.C.B. officials say the initiative is an attempt to give back to the community. Laura Esquivel, Councillor in Charge […]
Today, Belizean teachers took centre stage as the University of Belize hosted the third triennial regional conference of the Joint Board of Teacher Education. And while the conference focused on tertiary level education, representatives say the benefits will be felt at all levels. Joan Tucker, Chairman, Joint Board of Teacher Education ?Generally, that the work […]
A significant donation from the Government of South Korea this week will see the construction of schools, one in the Belize District and a second in rural Orange Walk. According to a Government press release, funding for construction will be accessed from the Korean International Cooperation Agency. The initiative includes a primary school in Yo […]
The Belize Defence Force is charged with defending the country’s territorial integrity but today cameraman Rick Romero and I discovered that the men and women in green are also playing a vital role in the nation’s health care. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Fifty-five year old papaya farmer Jose Antonio Soto was working in his Corozal field […]
Across the country today, employees of the Development Finance Corporation staged a walk out as part of a union sanctioned move against the Government owned lending institution. According to the Christian Workers Union, the seventy-two employees they represent in Belize City, Belmopan, Orange Walk and Dangriga left their posts to protest cabinet’s decision to discount […]
From his office in Belmopan today, Prime Minister Said Musa responded to the union’s allegations that Government has not kept its part of the bargain when it comes to keeping the union informed. As for the future of the D.F.C., it would appear that the union’s fears of liquidation may be well founded. Said Musa, […]
Just back from a regional summit in Panama, Prime Minister Musa also addressed the issue of the report of the Senate Select Committee on Social Security. Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize ?I was hoping to have gone through it completely on my recent visit to Panama, on the plane, but I haven?t concluded my […]
Earlier this week we ran a story on meetings being held to establish new protocols for the nation’s search and rescue activities. Tonight we need them more than ever, as police report a fisherman missing at sea. The last anyone saw of Albert Johnson of Cattle Landing, Toledo was Tuesday morning at nine, when his […]
An accused murderer is tonight a free man for lack of evidence against him. According to court reports, this morning, following instructions from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Magistrate Margaret Gabb ordered that twenty-one year old Errol Haynes be released from custody. Haynes was charged with the murder of Delrick Sankey. In […]
Magistrate Gabb also heard the case of a man accused of stealing almost twenty-five thousand dollars worth of household items. Thirty-one year old Dennis Quilter is charged with burglary, attempted burglary, damage to property and handling stolen goods, all in connection with a break in at the home of Veronica Amoa in Ladyville in June. […]
A Belize City burglar picked the wrong house to teef … and now he’s got five years to think about it. Twenty-three year old Sheldon Lewis was this afternoon found guilty of burglary by Magistrate Dorothy Flowers. Shortly after midnight on the morning of May twentieth, W.P.C. Joan Grinage was awakened by the barking of […]
Don’t bother to check those Lotto tickets you left in your pocket last night because there was no winner. Consequently the jackpot for Saturday’s draw increases to a record one hundred and fifty-two thousand, five hundred dollars.
It’s a long way to go but twelve Belizean athletes and several officials departed the country this afternoon en route to Cartagena, Colombia for the twentieth Central American and Caribbean Games. They will compete with top athletes from around the region in athletics, cycling and karate. Riding for Belize are Gina Lovell, Gregory Lovell, Ian […]
