Tonight the families of seven men missing at sea since Sunday continue to cling to hope that their loved ones are alive and well. The search took a turn for the worse around eleven this morning when a fisherman reported seeing a vessel fitting the description of the missing boat in the area off Gallows […]
And while their families continue to pray for the missing men’s safety, Orange Walk police have yet to recover the body of teenager who is believed to have drowned while fishing in the Honey Camp Lagoon. According to police, eighteen year old Alfonso Cawich, sixteen year old Simon Loria, and nineteen year old Alfredo Buendia […]
On last night’s newscast we reported on a donation of computers by petroleum contractors in Toledo and the imminent commencement of seismic testing by U.S. Capital Energy in the Sarstoon Temash National Park. Not surprisingly, that news did not sit well with the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, a group which has been in […]
Twenty-five year old prison inmate, Deon Slusher, was today formally arraigned before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie for the murder of fellow prisoner, Gilroy “Hootie” Wade. Wade was shot dead inside the Kolbe Prison compound last Thursday while on recreational break. Today in court, Slusher accused prison authorities of beating him in order to make him […]
The situation at the Western border remains uneasy tonight as local importers continue to object to the imposition of new fees by Belize’s Border Management Agency. According to broker Edgar Garrido, the fees now being charged to importers for use of the compound, ramp, and unloading crews is unjustified because the facility is inadequate. Responding […]
The Department of Geology and Petroleum was quick to deny a report appearing in today’s Amandala that another well drilled by Belize Natural Energy has struck oil. Director of Petroleum Andre Cho told News Five that while the well near Belmopan, named “Never Delay Number One” did encounter some zones with petroleum, such has been […]
No matter where you travel across the Caribbean, one of the most imposing buildings in any country is invariably its Central Bank. And that’s fine, because no matter how badly a nation’s economy may be functioning, in the world of high finance, the impression of strength and stability is crucial. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports […]
If you ask any Belizean to name the star of the Belize Zoo, the voting would run heavily in favour or April the tapir, who at age twenty-four reigns supreme as queen of the world famous facility. But without slighting our national animal, April is not the zoo’s only celebrity. News Five’s Marion Ali reports. […]
If you look at old maps you’ll find that a half century ago the village of Monkey River was actually a town, and if you talk to the old heads you’ll hear about a busy sawmill, thriving commerce, and a bustling community. But the big logs eventually grew scarce, the mill shut down, and the […]
Today police have another murder on their hands. The incident occurred sometime after ten on Friday night at a house on Juliet Soberanis Street in the Belama Phase One area. When police arrived on the scene, they found twenty-four year old Calvin Young, also known as Kelvin Young, dead, with knife wounds to the back, […]
Gender based violence is a subject often talked about in Belize…unfortunately because it’s so often practiced. The latest outrage occurred on Saturday night in Belize City. News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting Tonight this young mother of two little boys is recovering from stab wounds she suffered at the hands of her estranged […]
Tonight Punta Gorda police are looking for the driver involved in a deadly hit and run accident on the Southern Highway over the weekend. Reports are that around two-thirty on Sunday morning the P.G. football team was returning from a game in Belmopan but as the driver approached the Big Falls Bridge, he spotted the […]
Seven men are missing at sea tonight having gone on a fishing trip and failed to return. Magistrate Richard Swift, Derrick Escobar, Ismael and Abner Quiros, Egbert “Nick” Nicholson, Ealon Reyes and Gustavo Briceno left Belize City aboard a twenty foot Mexican style skiff around nine Sunday morning en route to their usual fishing grounds […]
The controversy over oil exploration in Toledo’s Sarstoon-Temash National Park has largely been a battle for the hearts and minds of the area’s residents, waged between the oil company, U.S. Capital Energy, and the community group SATIIM. While SATIIM has grabbed the headlines with press conferences and a successful lawsuit against the government, over the […]
The winners of the regional media awards sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization have been announced and a story by News Five’s Janelle Chanona has been singled out for recognition. Janelle’s 2006 stories on the closing and subsequent reopening of Kenji Bakery by Health inspectors earned the F.A.O. award for best television news report. […]
It was an event that may not have registered with many Belizean households but over the weekend, Guatemalan national elections ended with Social Democrat Alvaro Colom topping the polls. The fifty-six year old beat his rival, retired general Otto Perez Molina, with fifty-two point seven percent of the vote to Perez’s forty-seven point three. News […]
Familial relations aside, today Minister of Foreign Affairs Lisa Shoman commented on the implications Colom’s victory could have for Belize. Lisa Shoman, Minister of Foreign Affairs “I think we have to congratulate Guatemala on a very peaceful outcome of an electoral process. I think they’ve held an election that was fairly calm and people have […]
On Friday’s newscast we previewed the upcoming Diwali celebration by Belize City’s East Indian community. Well, last night in the Corozal Free Zone Hindus from Northern Belize got together for their festivities. Here’s how it went. [Highlights from the Festival]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve logged on to this thing we call Sports Monday. Week VI of the RFG Cup Tournament brought the surging Suga Boys Juventus of O.W. to the M.C.C. Grounds for its scheduled shoot-out with the defending champion F.C. Belize who find themselves struggling to get into the top four […]
Late this afternoon, police officials were still locked in meetings with prosecutors following the arrest of three Ghanaian men and a Belizean woman in connection to what appears to be a major immigration scam. Details are still sketchy but we understand tonight that after months of surveillance today Belize City police and immigration officers conducted […]
Late breaking news tonight is that police have arrested and charged prisoner Deon Slusher for the murder of fellow inmate Gilroy Wade. There is very little information surrounding the arrest but we do understand that Slusher is serving a life sentence for the murder of Philip Chin. And while an arrest has been made, the […]
Meanwhile, another shooting in Belize City put three children in harm’s way. The incident took place around twelve-thirty on Thursday afternoon. According to twenty-one year old Clifton Flores, he was driving on Alligator Street with a female friend and the three children when three masked men jumped over a fence. One of the trio fired […]
A Corozal man is behind bars tonight after he was busted burglarizing a local business. According to police, around five on Thursday morning, neighbours of Patty’s Bistro on Fourth Avenue reported that a man had been spotted breaking into the eatery. When cops arrived at the scene, they found that someone had broken the lock […]
Meanwhile, authorities have also made an arrest in connection to the armed robbery of a bus driver. The accused is Ricky Valencia of Queen Charlotte Street. According to Belize City police, Valencia was one of two men who assaulted fifty-five year old Seaford Dawson, who works for James Bus Line, around eight-forty on Monday night, […]
In case you haven’t noticed, there are very few ordinary days, weeks or months left on the calendar. That’s because various businesses, agencies and organisations have decided to celebrate their causes during specific times of the year. This month is no different as the Ministry of Health, the Belize Dental Society and the importers of […]
