We’ve been tracking him for a week and sometime tonight or early tomorrow, Hurricane Dean will make his rendezvous with Belizean history as he comes ashore with sustained winds of over one hundred and fifty miles per hour just north of the Belize-Mexico border. Our reporters and cameramen fanned out countrywide today and we’ll begin […]
If you are a resident of San Pedro or Caye Caulker and have not yet left those islands, it’s too late; we can only wish you the best. But hopefully those numbers are small as from early in the weekend people have been leaving in droves for the mainland. Before travelling to Belmopan, this morning […]
Buses and boats were not the only means of transport hard at work today. Local airlines ferried people off San Pedro and Caye Caulker, while many tourists opted to leave Belize altogether … if they could find a seat on a plane. Ann-Marie Williams, on special assignment for News Five, checked out the scene at […]
As chairman of the National Emergency Management Organization, Prime Minister Said Musa is the man who must listen to the advice of his experts and then make the key decisions on how best to deal with the situation. This afternoon he addressed the nation from Belmopan. Here are some of the highlights. Prime Minister said […]
While the Prime Minister addressed the nation from Belmopan, residents of northern Belize were waking up to the fact that Dean did not take the hoped-for-turn north toward Cancun. News Five’s Kendra Griffith travelled to Corozal this morning to see how preparations were going. Kendra Griffith, Reporting “Drills, saws, hammers, and cash registers were hard […]
While Belize City is not expected to experience the worst hurricane force winds, the geography of the low lying old capital makes it especially vulnerable to rain and high tide, both of which accompany Dean in abundance. This afternoon, as city residents did their last minute shopping Ann-Marie Williams joined them at a popular discount […]
And while shoppers were stocking up, the police were busy planning how best to secure the city when people leave their homes to seek shelter. At a new conference this afternoon the Acting Officer Commanding Eastern Division, Sr. Superintendent Chester Williams, announced a curfew beginning at eight o’ clock this evening. Sr.Superintendant Chester Williams, Eastern […]
And to end our coverage of Hurricane Dean we will return to a familiar place. San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, is the town in Belize that will be the first to feel Dean’s punch and is likely to be hardest hit. When we spoke to him last week, local NEMO coordinator Jim Janmohamed was making preparations […]
It is still over fourteen hundred miles from our shores … but with nowhere to go but west, the powerful hurricane named Dean will keep most Belizeans on edge this weekend. Today we made the rounds of those agencies at the centre of disaster preparedness efforts and found a mood of hoping for the best […]
While forecasters try to predict the storm’s strength, speed and landfall, other professionals are implementing plans to deal with the situation when and if Dean approaches our shores. News Five’s Marion Ali has more. Marion Ali Head of the National Emergency Management Organization, Colonel George Lovell, says the organization has gone into full swing, reviewing […]
It is the youngest of Belize’s uniformed services and if Dean makes even a close pass at Belize, the Coast Guard will be put to the test. But while the organisation may be new, its personnel are not. Brig. Gen Cedric Borland, Commandant, Belize National Coastguard “Our mission is to support NEMO, particularly with operations […]
When the Coast Guard boats arrive at San Pedro tomorrow they will be visiting the community that is the most susceptible to hurricanes in all of Belize. The reason? That same close-in reef and proximity to deep blue water that make Ambergris Caye such a paradise for divers and fishermen also makes it extremely vulnerable […]
Whether you’re watching local television, listening to the radio or have your eyes glued to the Weather Channel, there’s no shortage of information on Dean and where it may be headed. The question is: what will we do as the hurricane gets closer? News Five’s Kendra Griffith took to the streets to find out. Resident […]
Dean Hyde, found guilty of murder earlier this month, has been sentenced to life in prison. Hyde was convicted of the October 2004 killing of sixteen year old Dual Wagner at the Bismark Club in Belize City. Hyde did not make a statement at this morning’s sentencing by Justice Troadio Gonzalez. Prosecutor in the case […]
Having lost 3-nil to the powerful Costa Rican club, Puntarenas, in San Jose, few Belizeans were expecting miracles in the return match at the M.C.C. And while, true to expectations, there was no divine intervention, F.C. Belize managed to gain some respect. James Adderley has the highlights. James Adderley, Reporting Even FIFA would have been […]
He returned from Venezuela over the weekend, having signed on to a far reaching energy agreement with Venezuela plus a ten million U.S. dollar grant for government projects. Today, Prime Minister Said Musa offered details of the budding relationship’s progress … and problems. Prime Minister Said Musa “The whole purpose of this joint venture is […]
Around eight forty-five this morning, the partly decomposed body of twenty six year old Jermaine Orosco was pulled from the upper Macal River. The corpse was found three hundred yards away from where a search team had discovered Orosco’s boat On Monday with its engine still running. The discovery was made four days after Orosco, […]
The staff of the Family Court has honoured a police officer for heroism in the face of danger. On July first, Police Constable Edgar Poot was on duty at court when Daniel Gilharry who had just lost a child support case, pulled out a knife and began to wave it in the direction of Magistrate […]
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Holy Redeemer Cathedral for well known personality Emory King. King, a successful businessman, writer, historian and perpetual promoter of Belize, died Tuesday night at his home in Tropical Park following a battle with cancer. The seventy-six year old is survived by his son, Emory Junior and two […]
In 2005 the National Committee for Families and Children partnered with the International Labour Organization, which was funding a regional programme to address the problem of child labour. The aim was to discourage the practice, particularly in rural communities. Chairperson of the N.C.F.C., Sandra Hall says another partnership, this time with the Ministry of Education, […]
It happens at least a couple times each year … and every time a house drops off its posts we are amazed that, despite the destruction, no one seems to get hurt. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This coconut tree is the only thing holding up what’s left of the two storey wooden house at number twenty-two […]
Between now and election day we’re going to see and hear a lot of politicians… and indications are that the campaign will be as bitter as any we’ve had in the past. All the more reason to take a good look at this next story, which, as News Five’s Marion Ali points out, opens with […]
Most of us have seen or heard a performance involving the marimba. And while the percussion instrument occupies a prominent place in Belize’s cultural mix, it is not usually the first choice for a serious concert. We’re not sure if an encounter with a group of talented musicians this afternoon has made her a fan […]
We lost a heartbreaker on Tuesday but tonight, despite long odds, another Belizean football team will get a chance for redemption. News Five’s James Adderley has a preview. James Adderley, Reporting UNCAF football continues to capture the Belizean imagination even as F.C. Belize faces formidable odds against Puntarenas of Costa Rica tonight inside our very […]
There are only a handful of people in this country about whom it could be said that without their presence Belize would not be what it is today. Last night one of them died. New’s Five’s Stewart Krohn explains. Stewart Krohn It is difficult to describe the impact that Emory King has had on the […]
