Life may be returning to normal for most Belizeans following the close call with Hurricane Felix, but some confusion and even bitterness remains in the often fragile relationship between labour and management. The question involves rights and obligations in the time before and after a natural disaster. News Five’s Marion Ali spoke to Labour Minister […]
It’s a newly formed umbrella organisation that deals with the management of our nation’s protected areas: not the kind of group that immediately comes to mind in wake of a hurricane. But the folks at APAMO today delivered … in a very big way. Janelle Chanona, Reporting While many of the assessments of Hurricane Dean’s […]
Today two new additions to the list of locally produced publications officially hit bookshelves. Treasures of a Century is a collection of twentieth century poetry collected and edited by the Poetry Committee of the Belize National Library Service and Information System and Culture Groups of Belize, written by Lawrence Vernon, is a reference guide on […]
Reports reaching News Five indicate that the two pilots of a British Army helicopter that crashed yesterday are uninjured but will undergo routine tests just to make sure. The Bell 212 went down on a training mission around noon on Wednesday at the Nova Shrimp Farm in Ladyville. It was totally destroyed by fire after […]
In another type of correction, the Belize Carnival Association has reversed field and once again changed the dates of the Carnival Road March that had been postponed due to rains and hurricanes. The new date, contrary to what was reported last night, is Saturday, September twenty-second for the road march with Mas Camps scheduled for […]
During July and August this newscast was chock-a-block with our usual run of summer camp stories, covering activities ranging from art to football. That series of reports usually ends when students return to school in September… but with classes postponed for a week by Hurricane Felix we’re able to squeeze in just one more piece. […]
With Belize City’s murder rate approaching Baghdad like proportions, the search for solutions is looking very much like the U.S. dilemma in Iraq. The only difference is that at least the Americans can pack up and go home. The latest fatality in the ongoing gang war occurred last night. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Was it the […]
It was not a case of homicide but criminals have delivered a major hit to scores of students at a Belize City vocational institution. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the story. Sheldon Samuels, Manager, ITVET Belize “It’s a big blow for us. School is supposed to open tomorrow and we need to get back our […]
Details are sketchy tonight but reports are that around noon today British soldiers attached to BATSUB were injured in a helicopter crash. According to our sources, the army personnel were engaged in a training exercise using a Bell 212 helicopter, also known as a Huey, to transport external cargo between the helipad at Price Barracks […]
Residents of the Toledo district went to sleep worried last night after officials raised the possibility of severe flooding brought on by the remnants of Hurricane Felix as it crossed over Central America. But according to Chief Meteorologist Ramon Frutos, while there were several showery outbreaks directly associated with Felix in the south today, flooding […]
Depending on your particular child care arrangements, the school dislocations caused by two hurricanes in as many weeks have been either a blessing or curse. But whatever your situation, News Five’s Marion Ali reports that for teachers, the time to return to class is now. Marion Ali, Reporting Life is getting back to normal for […]
The resources of the Belize Defence Force may be stretched thin following the damage caused by Hurricane Dean and the scare of Felix, but the soldiers are determined to present the annual National Military Tattoo on Friday evening. This year’s event will open with a skydiving demonstration and the fiercely competitive football game between the […]
All clear. For Belizeans they may be the two most beautiful words in the English language. The fast moving Felix, which grew from Tropical Storm to category five hurricane in the blink of an eye on Monday, had its one hundred and sixty mile per hour winds pointed squarely at Belize, but it never did […]
While Belizeans countrywide breathed a collective sigh of relief, there was also business to attend to as the nation demobilized. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from Belize City. Janelle Chanona, Reporting The raising of the all clear flag at around ten this morning officially ended the threat of Hurricane Felix to Belize City. A drive […]
Also weighing in with hurricane relief today was the government of Brazil. This afternoon in his Belmopan office Prime Minister Musa formally accepted a gift of two thousand baskets of basic food staples to be given to victims of Dean in the Corozal and Orange Walk districts. The donation was presented by Brazil’s resident ambassador […]
Belizeans may have survived Hurricane Felix without a scratch but today luck was not on everyone’s side. Around three this afternoon another young man became a casualty of what appears to be a war on the streets of Belize City. Shortly after the fatal shooting I visited with the victim’s family. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The […]
After the frightening experience of the last two weeks we can’t help but wonder what’s going wrong with our weather. According to one of our most experienced meteorologists, extreme events like Dean and Felix may become a fact of life, not only for Belize, but for anyone living in hurricane prone areas. Carlos Fuller, Meteorologist/Deputy […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we feel privileged to present to you this Tuesday version of Sports Monday. Hurricane Felix really could have put a hurt on this small nation, and we are certainly thankful to Jehovah for His mercy. In the meantime folks, before Felix put the country on high […]
For the second night in two weeks Belizeans from north to south will have trouble sleeping as a powerful hurricane charts a tenuous course in our direction. At news time Hurricane Felix was approaching the Honduras/Nicaragua border with maximum sustained winds of one hundred and thirty-five miles per hour. The big question is whether the […]
When you’re not really sure where a storm is going, trying to decide whether to stay or go is never an easy decision. That’s the situation in which residents of Belize City find themselves tonight. Today I made the rounds in the old capital to see how preparations were going. Jacqueline Godwin Today as Belize […]
While most Belizeans spent the weekend fixated on the evolution of Hurricane Felix, some were busy engaging in some man-made destruction, otherwise known as crime. Tonight San Ignacio police have three people detained for questioning following the discovery of a corpse on Saturday morning. According to investigators, the body of forty-eight year old taxi driver […]
Meanwhile cops in Belize City have arrested a teenager in connection with another shooting in the commercial capital. According to police, a mobile unit in the vicinity of St. Ignatius School heard a gunshot and then spotted a masked man riding away in a hurry. Officers set chase and watched as the suspect dropped his […]
News of her coronation has been put on the back burner by Hurricane Felix but over the weekend, the sixty-second Queen of the Bay was crowned. Twenty- three year old Miss Belmopan, Ronnie Coye, was selected from among eight candidates during the Saturday night pageant at the Belize City Centre. First runner-up was Queen of […]
If there is one place in Belize that does not need any additional stress it is the Corozal District. And while latest indications are that Hurricane Felix will make it’s presence felt primarily in the south, Corozaleños, as News Five’s Marion Ali discovered, are taking no chances. Marion Ali In the Corozal District the experience […]
