Never look a gift horse in the mouth, goes the old adage, but perhaps because it’s an election year, the filly called free textbooks is being examined from head to tail. With primary schools now getting down to post holiday business, News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports that—for the most part— the new books have finally […]
It’s been out of the headlines for months but tonight the Commission of Inquiry investigating the affairs of the Development Finance Corporation is back in the news. According to co-chair of the commission, Merlene Bailey Martinez, her final report is “imminent”. Martinez has been forced to file a separate set of findings after the commission’s […]
A bicyclist killed in a hit and run has finally been identified, but police have yet to discover who knocked him down. The deceased is twenty-seven year old Wilmer Montoya, an employee of Kerbo Farms near Kendal in the Stann Creek District. Montoya was found lying unconscious on the Southern Highway at two a.m. on […]
It’s a story we cover pretty much every week. But while solutions to the problem seem as far away as ever, one group trying to stem the deadly tide is not about to give up. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Thankfully there are no murders to report in Belize tonight, but with a homicide rate approaching record […]
Belizeans will not soon forget the names Dean and Felix, but for the majority of our population those two category five hurricanes will be remembered only as reminders of what could have been. Not so for residents of the Corozal and Orange Walk Districts. Today News Five’s Marion Ali returned to the scene of August’s […]
It was a weekend of high energy and spirits and while much of the positive activity was directed toward the carnival road march and celebration of Independence, a surprisingly sizeable number of Belizeans chose to engage in criminal pursuits. The list is long and the crimes are varied. I’ll begin with the most recent of […]
Meanwhile Belize City police say their investigations reveal that Chinese businessman forty year old Sheng Lin Li was acting in self defence when he shot and killed twenty three year old Keon Villanueva better known as ’Piggy.” The shooting occurred at the Faber’s Snack Shop around six forty on Thursday evening. According to the authorities […]
Police in Benque Viejo are appealing for the public’s assistance in solving the murder of forty year old taxi driver Alfredo Howe. Howe was found lying in the back seat of his Toyota Corolla with stab wounds to the throat, chin, chest, arms and hands. According to the police, they have no suspects or a […]
Orange Walk police do not suspect foul play in the death of a Mennonite couple. Around five on Saturday evening the bodies of thirty one year old Aganetha Rempel and her husband twenty nine year old Samuel Rempel were found inside a large water vat situated on the family’s property in the Blue Creek Community. […]
An unidentified man who was knocked down in a road traffic accident in southern Belize last week has reportedly succumbed to his injuries. The man, described as a Hispanic, was found lying on the Southern Highway shortly before two on Independence Day morning. A damaged silver bicycle was lying near him. He was taken to […]
Police have still not laid any charges against the drivers of the bus or the truck involved in last week’s traffic accident in which six people lost their lives and eighteen were injured. The truck, driven by thirty-four year old Michael Escalante, was heading towards Belize City while the bus, driven by Tyrone Gillett, was […]
The police have arrested yet another one of their own. This time constable Juan Pop stationed in Dangriga has been charged with Carnal Knowledge. The arrest follows a report made by a fourteen year old girl who told authorities that on May twenty third while she was in custody at the police station waiting to […]
Thieves looking for some holiday cash targeted Turneffe Island Lodge before Independence Day weekend and relieved the resort of a number of outboard engines and accessories valued at fifty-four thousand dollars. Manager Tania Batista told police that the theft occurred between nine-thirty on Tuesday night and five-thirty on Wednesday morning. Upon gaining entry to one […]
Last Thursday Belize police escorted yet another American fugitive back to the United States. He has been identified as thirty five year old Ivan Myburch. According to authorities, Corozal police were on highway patrol near the Santa Elena Border Station when they saw a man pushing a bicycle and acting suspiciously. The man was detained […]
The most recent piece of police news unfolded this afternoon in a part of Belize City that is no stranger to confrontation. News Five’s Marion Ali has the story. Marion Ali, Reporting A police operation this afternoon in the George Street area of Belize City yielded these two AK 47 rifles and over one hundred […]
Today the legal community gathered in Belize City for a special sitting of the Supreme Court convened to honour the late Sir George Brown. Brown served more than forty years as a judicial officer, rising from the ranks of Magistrate to only the second Belizean to sit as Chief Justice of Belize. He passed away […]
On Friday Belize celebrated twenty-six years of Independence with tradition and pride. On twentieth night, Memorial Park was host to official ceremonies which included to the raising of the Belizean flag followed by a display of fireworks. The following morning, Prime Minister Said Musa and a distinguished list of dignitaries gathered at the park again […]
On Saturday Belize City was covered in colour as the 2007 Carnival road march hit the streets. Here are highlights as broadcast right here on Channel Five. [Excerpts of Carnival Road March] In the junior category, Black Pearl took first, Mahogany Masqueraders claimed second and Jump Street Posse placed third. In the senior division, Mother […]
No it’s not Tuesday, but we have some news regarding Ultimate KTV. It seems that on Sunday Telemedia’s 588 number was experiencing some technical difficulties and viewers were not able to send in their votes by text message. That service has now been restored and in order to make the competition as fair as possible […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this delivery of Sports Monday. The 2007 Central American Football Tournament saw Belize for the first time in the role of host to four countries, but this session will mostly be remembered for Team Belize’s dismal performance. Let’s take you to Belize’s […]
Tonight six people are dead and eighteen others are injured following a traffic accident on the Western Highway. Just after eleven this morning, a National Transport bus carrying twenty-four passengers was bound for Belmopan when it collided with a delivery truck near mile thirty-five. While investigations into the cause of the crash have yet to […]
A brawl between two women last night ended in a stabbing and the weapon of choice was a broken glass bottle. According to police, the victim, Tanya Estrada was with two friends when she was attacked. The incident took place at the corner of Victoria Street and New Road and as I found out today, […]
James Adderley, Reporting History was made in Belizean football last night as the F.F.B. opened the Under 16 Central American Football Tournament inside the M.C.C. Grounds. The soothing sound of the National anthem as rendered by the Nation Football Team gave pomp to the circumstances as the jewel found itself in the role of hosting […]
The concerts aren’t part of the official celebrations calendar but over the next three days, Belizeans will be able to sample the musical fare of a number of visiting performers. News Five’s Marion Ali has the playbill. Marion Ali, Reporting This weekend, Belizeans will celebrate the country’s 26th anniversary of independence with a variety of […]
And while the entertainment scheduled for this weekend is long and varied, on Tuesday night, our Carnival correspondent Ann-marie Williams hit the streets to get the latest from the “maas camps” in Belize City. And she found out, Saturday’s show will be filled with colour and creativity. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Preparations for the annual carnival […]
