Just a week before the General Elections, P.U.P. Public Relations Chief, Yasser Musa, claimed someone had hacked into his e-mail account and was sending off bogus letters to his contacts. Today, it is a Ministry of Health employee who has become the latest target of an email security breech. Maternal and Child Health Technical Advisor, […]
It happens more often than you think and is usually handled quietly, but every now and then the case of a U.S. spouse illegally running off to Belize with the children goes public. And that’s what’s playing out this week in San Pedro Town. The Douglas County Sheriffs office of Colorado has issued a warrant […]
On Tuesday we offered a preview of a meeting to be held this week by members of the Caribbean Development Bank. And while the official gathering opened this morning, on Wednesday News Five’s Marion Ali traveled with the delegates to see first hand how the bank’s funding has influenced the lives of ordinary Belizean. Marion […]
A vacancy exists for a reporter to join the staff of one of the region’s most highly honoured television news organisations. Applicants should possess the following qualifications: – Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree (Broadcasting experience is an asset) – Strong writing skills – Strong command of the English language – A commitment to excellence – Willingness […]
After almost two days without deadly violence, tonight Corozal police are investigating the thirtieth homicide of 2008. Police reports are that around ten thirty on Tuesday night eighteen-year old San Antonio villager Stanley Matura, twenty-three year old Timothy Sanker and a minor were in front of the San Antonio Government School when two men with […]
One of two men charged with the decapitation murder of a Lord’s Bank woman has been acquitted of the charge. Eighteen year old John Chessman walked out of the Supreme Court a free man after Justice Adolph Lucas ruled that a caution statement given at the time of his arrest and any other statement he […]
A search without a warrant. The tactic has grown more controversial as the police attempt to crack down on increasingly violent crime. News Five’s Janelle Chanona looks at the subject from a legal perspective and finds that just because cops say they’re looking for guns or drugs, it doesn’t mean they can do as they […]
The announcement comes as no surprise but developments this afternoon have confirmed speculation that efforts by the Barrow administration to have the Belize Bank return the ten million U.S. dollars gifted to Belize from Venezuela will be decided in a long legal fight. According to the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary, Delroy Cuthkelvin, on Friday the […]
A second man has died as a result of Friday night’s traffic accident on Coney Drive. Nineteen year old Zhi Heng Deng, known as Dennis, died of his injuries this morning following intensive efforts to save his life. He was the driver of the Lexus which went out of control at high speed and crashed […]
When we last tuned in to the continuing soap opera called the Peoples’ United Party, the losing candidate for the party’s leadership, Francis Fonseca, had written to leader Johnny Briceño declining his offer of a post on the new executive unless Briceño first called a meeting of the current executive. When we checked in with […]
On yesterday’s newscast we looked at conditions in Belize’s poultry industry, noting that producers say it will be difficult to hold down prices in the face of increased costs of feed, fuel, and fertilizer. Tonight, after speaking with people involved in the production of flour and baked goods, it appears that higher prices are also […]
One one coco full basket is a popular proverb in Belize and tonight one social service organisation is glad that a business has made its contribution. On Monday the Belize Chamber of Commerce Western Union handed over two thousand dollars to the Liberty Children’s Home, which provides shelter services to abused, neglected and abandoned children. […]
A school recess went from fun to scary this afternoon after students at Ladyville Evangelical School were attacked by bees. Reports reaching News Five are that someone disturbed a nest of Africanised bees on the compound at mile ten and a quarter on the Northern Highway, causing the insects to go into a frenzy. As […]
In the age of technology and the proliferation of TV, video games, and computers, for many children books are old school. But with a literacy rate of only seventy-five percent the YMCA is concerned and taking action. Starting this Saturday, they are launching a Youth Reading Program to target students in standard two. According to […]
If you have been scouring every Sprite cap you come across looking for letters to form the words, GO NBA, we’ve got some bad news. Before the Bowen and Bowen offices opened on Monday morning Martha Perdomo was already calling to submit her name as the winner of two tickets to see Lebron James and […]
A vacancy exists for a reporter to join the staff of one of the region’s most highly honoured television news organisations. Applicants should possess the following qualifications: – Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree (Broadcasting experience is an asset) – Strong writing skills – Strong command of the English language – A commitment to excellence – Willingness […]
To the victor go the spoils. That’s one of the basic laws of war and politics. But some of those on the losing side of last month’s P.U.P. convention are defying that axiom and are now giving the new leader the same kind of trouble he once gave to former party chief Said Musa. In […]
In the meantime, P.U.P. leader Johnny Briceño is meeting with party members nationwide seeking to reassure the old guard of their role while at the same time looking for fresh faces to move the party forward. One former standard bearer who combines experience with a new approach is Cayo’s Orlando Habet. He spoke to News […]
Having reported on a record number of twenty-nine murders so far this year, tonight I have the pleasure to report that there were no homicides in the last twenty-four hours … or shootings, stabbings or rapes. And the fact that a single day’s absence of violent crime is a news story speaks volumes on the […]
A Roaring Creek father charged with sexually abusing his daughter is being sought by police tonight after he failed to show up to his trial. According to reports from the Supreme Court, the thirty-five year old man is accused of one count of Incest and three counts of an Unnatural Crimes against his daughter which […]
Technically speaking, street paving is not a complicated process but it is costly … which is why City Councils and town boards across the country say road works in their first two years in office have been limited to patching. But with the United Democratic Party in power, the friendlier relationship between the municipal bodies […]
The Caribbean Development Bank is a major player in Belize’s economic development, providing loans and grants for projects ranging from large scale infrastructure to grass roots poverty alleviation. This week meetings will be held in Belize City for C.D.B. member countries and other nations who finance the bank’s Special Development Fund. That fund provides much […]
Traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of death in Belize. But as motorists we all have a different idea of what we should do when we happen to come upon the scene of a recent crash. While a popular first instinct is to run to the vehicle to help the victims, this afternoon […]
While rice and beans is still a staple Sunday dish in Belize, the musical side of Kriol culture has not fared as well as the cuisine. Aside from Mr. Peters, Leela Vernon and a few other local artists, the traditional tunes of the mahogany camps are as scarce as that precious timber. And that is […]
The other Kriol Council project is the publication of a book and accompanying CD entitled, “Traditional Games of Belize Volume One”. It is a compilation of Kriol games and its purpose is to revitalise that type of entertainment among the younger generation. Myrna Manzanares says the project was born from numerous requests by older folks […]
