If the S.C.A. fair isn’t for you, this weekend you’ll also be able to enjoy band music. On Saturday, Love FM will be holding its second annual Belize Band Fest at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has a preview. Brian Mossiah, Coordinator, Belize Band Fest “The Governor General’s dream is to […]
If you are a football fan, chances are you tuned into the live coverage of the Belize National Team’s face off with its El Salvadoran counterpart. Tonight we have the pleasure of James Adderley’s company as he shares the highlights of a game that ended in disappointment, but still managed to invoke patriotic pride. James […]
James Adderley was working overtime today as this afternoon he also began his official coverage of the M and M Engineering Cycling Tour of Belize. James Adderley, Reporting The M and M Tour of Belize has simply had a meteoric rise in a scant four years. And people you better Belize it, the fifth running […]
As the dry season approaches, more and more Belizeans will seek relief from the heat in just about every body of water. But an incident this week in the Cayo district has prompted renewed concerns that safety must be a priority of outdoor activity. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Around two on Thursday afternoon, eighteen year old […]
An outbreak of common sense appears to be infecting residents of the Stann Creek Valley as the new management committee of the Citrus Growers Association seeks to leave behind the acrimony of the past. According to a release from the C.G.A., the committee, whose membership was reduced from nine to six following the resignations of […]
No arrests have yet been made in the brutal stabbing murder of journalist Richard Hulse, but today his family added three thousand dollars to the growing reward being offered for information on the case. The new funds will be added to the five thousand put up by the Belize Independent Media Association and one thousand […]
Earlier this week we brought you the story of Gesenia Cook, the Belize City mother whose five year old daughter was taken for the weekend by the child’s father and never returned home. Today she had her suspicions confirmed. Gesenia Cook, Mother “It’s like without her, I don’t know how my life will go on, […]
Last Wednesday we reported on an incident at the Fort Street Tourism Village where one of their heavy steel gates fell on a cruise ship visitor. At the time, we were told that sixty year old Patricia Tate suffered a broken hip, but that after remaining immobile for twenty-four to forty-eight hours she would be […]
Educational authorities have finally responded to an incident we reported last week in which a vice principal allegedly pulled a gun–later said to be a toy–on a pair of students. According to a release from the Ministry of Education, on Wednesday the school’s board of management and ministry representatives convened a hearing. The conclusion assigned […]
The man scheduled to next testify before the D.F.C. Commission of Inquiry has written to the Commission raising questions concerning the competence and objectivity of the commission’s forensic auditor. According to David Novelo, auditor Mark Hulse, who tabled his preliminary report last week, should not have been given the job due to several conflicts of […]
Belizeans are seeking university level education in record numbers … and with limited resources, local institutions of higher learning need all the help they can get. Fortunately, as News Five’s Kendra Griffith discovered, Belize is not without friends in high places. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Administrators from tertiary level institutions across Belize and the United States […]
There is a great temptation in the media to run stories on developments in the private sector that are little more than advertisements for the businesses involved. The hope, of course, is that in return the company will bless the media house with increased advertisements. There are times, however, when the size or uniqueness of […]
With a bright sun, dusty roads, and large expanses of glare producing water, Belize is not exactly a nurturing environment for eyes. All the more reason then, to take extra care. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports on an important collaboration that aims to have us seeing twenty-twenty. Janelle Chanona, Reporting San Pedrana Judith Arceo is […]
Public hearings of the Commission of Inquiry investigating the affairs of the Development Finance Corporation have been postponed until next week due to legal concerns. According to Co-Chair Merlene Bailey Martinez, the commission has decided to delay proceedings to give witnesses the right to review the relevant material before the questioning resumes. Merlene Bailey Martinez, […]
A reward has been posted to help find the killer of Richard Hulse. The sum of five thousand dollars has been offered by the Belize Independent Media Association along with a thousand dollars from Crimestoppers, who will also facilitate the confidential payment of the funds. Hulse, a freelance court reporter who has worked for most […]
The murder case may be ten months old, but persistent investigation by police have finally led to an arrest. Corozal police strongly believe this man, identified as twenty-two year old Darwin Salazar, is the person who repeatedly stabbed Adonai Espat at the Santa Rita Ruins in the Corozal District. Today he was charged with murder.
A female tourist on vacation in San Pedro was reportedly raped as the young woman made her way back to her apartment. According to police, the victim told them that around eleven-thirty on Saturday night upon reaching the residence she saw a group of men drinking on the porch, who, she recognised as the persons […]
Four days after twenty-two year old Dison Ezer Diaz was fatally stabbed, San Pedro police have arrested and charged the young man they believe inflicted the wound. Seventeen year old Pedro Andres Cal is the man authorities strongly suspect was involved in the fatal fight with Diaz after socializing with friends in the D.F.C. area. […]
A Belize City teenager is tonight behind bars, accused of stealing a laptop. According to court reports, Errol Gentle of More Tomorrow Village was walking on Neal’s Penn Road around five last Thursday evening when two young men armed with a handgun held him up. The minors demanded Gentle’s silver Dell laptop computer. When the […]
Tonight Belize City police are applauding residents of a Belize City neighbourhood who helped them catch two burglars in the act. It all unfolded inside the residence of Gary Yearwood on Electric Avenue around four on Tuesday evening. Police report that they responded to a call that a burglary was in progress. When a team […]
In last night’s newscast we hinted that the year end statistics released by the Belize Tourism Board may have been shaped by a certain amount of wishful thinking. For example, a figure was presented showing a four point five percent increase in total tourist arrivals. What we weren’t told, however, is that arrivals at the […]
The ancient Maya site of El Pilar near Bullet Tree Village may not boast the tallest buildings or most valuable artefacts but as a continuing source of education for Belizeans the place is definitely on top. News Five Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning Standard Three students participated in the launch of a […]
It may be called a hospital, but the place known as Rockview has never been high on the health system’s list of priorities. Today, however, some people who care lended a much needed hand. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Plans are well underway to finally relocate patients from the Rockview Psychiatric Hospital at mile twenty-one on the […]
For most people-journalists included-the less said about dentists the better. That’s why I was in no hurry to claim this story. News Five Kendra Griffith has more. Steve Acuff, President, Project Smile “We have four dentists and four dental hygienists, a total of eight. In this clinic we have seven stations, seven operatories running at […]
To say that there has been little movement in the labour dispute between the Belize Communications Workers Union and B.T.L. might actually be an exaggeration. Bulletins from the Union indicate that its request for dialogue and the reinstatement of three fired workers has fallen on deaf ears. For its part, B.T.L. management continues to maintain […]
