For the entire week, beer makers from around the region who call themselves the Master Brewers Association of the Americas are meeting in Belize to discuss issues pertinent to their industry. And while the event will focus primarily on technical concerns, two of the issues that will no doubt be discussed have to do with […]
The Keel-billed Toucan may be Belize’s national bird … but in this country, chicken is king. Tonight News Five’s Kendra Griffith takes a closer look at the latest developments in the industry. Kendra Griffith, Reporting According to the Belizean Poultry Association, in 2007 each Belizean consumed approximately one hundred and ten pounds of chicken … […]
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 […]
Guns and airplanes are not a good combination but this morning shots rang out at the Belize City Municipal Airstrip. When the smoke cleared two men lay wounded and two more were on the run. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports from the scene. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Just after nine this morning Atlantic Bank employees, twenty […]
Two more murders occurred in Belize City over the weekend, numbers twenty-eight and twenty-nine for the year. News Five’s Marion Ali has the details. Marion Ali, Reporting The victim, twenty-two year old Floyd McFadzean, fresh out of prison off a six month sentence for marijuana, decided to stay home. Little did he know that trouble […]
The city’s next homicide occurred on Sunday night. Marion Ali, Reporting The second victim of the gun violence was twenty-two year old Ryan “Fatback” Young, of fifty-eight Faber’s Road. Young was not inside his house like the first victim, but as we found out, he was nearby playing cards. Voice of Cousin/Eyewitness to Shooting “Bout […]
It’s called Operation Cycle Breaker and last Tuesday evening it attracted much more than media attention when a combined team of police and B.D.F. personnel conducted a raid at the Kraal Road home of student counsellor, Carolyn Westby. The raid yielded nothing illegal and the way it was carried out left many people criticising the […]
A teenager riding alone in the early morning hours of Friday has reported being raped. According to the seventeen year old, she was in the Mosul Street/West Canal area of Belize City when something hit her in the head. The girl says when she fell to the ground a tall man approached her, dragged her […]
Meanwhile, a stabbing in Placencia has left a food vendor suffering from multiple wounds and the suspect on the run. According to witnesses, forty-three year old Brenda Bernard and her common-law husband, forty-six year old Lincoln Kerr, were at the Barefoot Beach Bar on Sunday night but around seven fifteen the two began to argue. […]
Ladyville resident Lenny Bennett, twenty-three, was charged with Maim when he appeared in Magistrate’s Court today in connection with the shooting of his former friend, twenty-one year old Cristina Zetina. Bennett, a remanded prisoner, was returned to jail until May fourteenth. The charge of Attempted Murder was substituted with Maim because Zetina, who was shot […]
Loss of life this weekend was not confined to gunfire, as on Friday night Coney Drive became the scene of a deadly traffic accident. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the details. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This was the scene around seven on Friday night. According to witnesses, around six-thirty, nineteen year old Zhi Heng Deng, also […]
He was elected as P.U.P. leader at the end of March and this Sunday Johnny Briceño will get the opportunity to put his personal stamp on the party’s machinery. The national convention, to be held in Briceño’s back yard at Orange Walk’s People’s Stadium, will elect a new National Executive. That body, which includes the […]
Belizean consumers took another hit at the gas pump today as prices for fuel have gone up again. Premium is selling at ten dollars a gallon, regular now retails at nine dollars and ninety cents and diesel is a whopping nine dollars and eight cents. The new rates took effect at midnight on Sunday. The […]
As a country, Belize has been talking about dealing with climate change for more than a decade, but on the occasion of World Health Day, officials this morning agreed that if we don’t seriously address this global issue, the national impact could be devastating. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Diane Moore, Environmental Officer, U.N.D.P. “At […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this portion we call Sports Monday. We take you out immediately to the M.C.C. Grounds where game one of the B.P.F.L. Championship series between the number one seed Hankook Verdes and the Belize Defence of Belize City force kicked off amid an opening ceremony that had […]
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 […]
It was called Operation Cycle Breaker and although a series of searches in Belize City on Thursday resulted in two arrests and the seizure of a quantity of weed, it has also produced an undesired effect … an apology from none other than the Commissioner of Police to one of the owners of the targeted […]
One of the people arrested in Cycle Breaker was Darren Banks. Police say when they searched Banks’ Oleander Street home, they found illegal ammunition and drugs. This morning in Magistrate’s Court the construction supervisor was formally arraigned on two counts of Keeping Ammunition without a gun license and possession of a controlled drug before Chief […]
A Corozal importer is in hot water tonight after an official investigation revealed that her products were knock-offs. According to the Customs and Excise Department, on March twenty-first and again on April second, enforcement officers examined a total of four containers bound for the Corozal Free Zone. But when the officials tried to confirm the […]
Recycling is always promoted as a good thing but tonight a Belize City company is accused of trying to salvage stolen goods. Between April first and the second, a warehouse belonging to Ian Haylock was burglarized and a five thousand dollars in equipment, including a lawnmower, weedeater, compressor and drill, were stolen. Police investigations led […]
Meanwhile in the Supreme Court, Justice Adolph Lucas has ordered that a psychiatric exam be conducted on a defendant charged with Arson. Thirty-eight year old Mauricio Banaza has already pled guilty to setting his Mohammed Street apartment on fire in December 2006 but this morning the judge deferred sentencing until a doctor has certified he […]
Nine days after fire destroyed half a city block in the heart of the commercial capital, the cause of the blaze has yet to be determined. According to Fire Chief Henry Baizar, while investigations at the scene have been completed, the department is now in the process of sending several samples including ash, pieces of […]
Every year thousands of Belizeans flock to Belmopan for the annual Agriculture and Trade Show. The three-day event is typically held at the end of April or early May, but today the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries announced that is has moved the date of the show from the weekend of May ninth to that […]
As motorists we’ve come to accept potholes as a way of life in Belize. But in the commercial capital, many streets have come to resemble bomb sites with craters the size of cars replacing the asphalt. For three years the city council has maintained it was too cash strapped to alleviate the situation but today […]
Achieving a tertiary level education was once a rare accomplishment in Belize but these days degree opportunities are practically a dime a dozen. So it’s no surprise that local colleges now find themselves having to compete for students. Today News Five’s Kendra Griffith took a closer look at what the country’s biggest institution is doing […]
