A small team of track and field runners will be a part of history as they participate in the first ever Youth Olympic games. The competition starts on Saturday, but the three runners left for Singapore on Monday. News Five caught them just before they boarded their flight and we were told by the Chef […]
Accountability; we’ve heard about that several times but now there’s another effort on the subject. The Society for the Promotion of Education Advocacy and Research has been working over the past few years with One World Trust, which is based in London. Their project is a toolkit to promote accountability among Civil Society Organizations. It […]
A pastor from the Corozal District tragically lost her life last Friday evening in an unfortunate incident. The victim, forty one year old Leticia Vidal is from the village of Estrella and also ministered in neighboring Libertad Village. Vidal and two minors holidaying at her home were trying to adjust a television antenna to get […]
A thirty-four year old woman claims she was abducted by her ex-boyfriend, police officer Dennis Card this past weekend. This is the same woman, who for months has been alleging that she’s been the victim of abuse by her ex, and that police have not acted on her complaints. Traumatized and still afraid of her […]
In the courts, a jury unanimously found Leroy Gomez guilty of Rape, Robbery and Aggravated Assault just before three-thirty this afternoon. The conviction on all three charges means Gomez could spend a minimum of ten years in prison, but he will not be sentenced until August thirteenth. While he was accused in several sex crimes […]
Just before five this evening the Cayo Emergency Response Team, B.D.F. and Coastguard interrupted a rescue mission in the Old Belize River. The search will continue on Tuesday for a student from Gwen Lizarraga High School, Rudyford Thompson Jr. Thompson and three friends went swimming in the River on Sunday afternoon but the strong currents […]
There is an update to the story of Fresh Catch, the company that was placed in receivership by FirstCaribbean Bank. There is grave concern tonight by employees of the tilapia farm over what appears to be an imminent environmental disaster that threatens to wipe out a substantial amount of tilapia fish at the company’s farm […]
Last Friday in the House of Representatives, a special report by the Auditor General was tabled on land transactions in the period of September 2007 to February 2008. One thousand five hundred cases were examined by the audit which revealed a breach of established practices at the Ministry of Natural Resources in the months prior […]
The Maya Leaders Alliance which won a landmark legal victory in the Supreme Court in June says it is not surprised that the Government of Belize is appealing a decision to have majority of the Maya communities in Stann Creek and Toledo Districts establish lawful indigenous rights over communal lands. The United Democratic Party during […]
Consumers got a small relief back on May twenty-third when fuel prices dipped slightly. But today News Five found out that the prices are back on the rise. As of midnight the price of premium gasoline increased to nine dollars and seventy-five cents from nine dollars and sixty-seven. Regular fuel rose from nine dollars and […]
This past weekend the International Costa Maya Pageant was held in San Pedro. During Sunday night’s finale, rumors were rampant about a plane crash on the island. Reports of it saturated the airwaves of some radio stations this morning. It caused alarm; months ago many were in disbelief when Sir Barry Bowen’s private plane crashed […]
At the House meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow introduced a bill that most elected officials probably don’t want you to know about because it gives you measurable power over that politician. The bill provides for the recall of the divisional representative before the completion of his term in office. In other words you […]
There are several notable cases of Belizeans whose medical conditions are playing out on national television. It’s a sign of the times as well as the desperation that accompanies regular citizens who face the threat of death. Earlier in this newscast we told about the story of Damauri Tesecum, a burn victim who needs financial […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and here’s a fresh delivery of Sports Monday. Week three of the Belize Bank Super League left no doubt that things have surly tightened up inside the four team playoffs. So we take you to the Michael Ashcroft Stadium where Saturday night Placencia Assassin, who are yet to pick up […]
A special sitting of the House was held today in Belmopan. Today’s sitting ended shortly after mid-day and was not characterized by the bows and arrows that are usually slung across the aisle. The government tabled a report by the Auditor General which showed that under the past administration in the period between September 2007 […]
It has been reported that nine different corporations owe the Belize Bank over four hundred and fifty million dollars in a loan portfolio of six hundred and eighty million dollars. According to the governor of the Central Bank, Glenford Ysaguirre, in a recent court affidavit, at least twenty-eight percent of the bank’s loans are non-performing. […]
Wire taps, telephone intercepts, and email snooping, are all going to be a legislative reality. At today’s House Meeting, Prime Minister Dean Barrow said that this type of legislation will allow for better tracking of criminal activity. Since cell phones are an everyday tool for the criminals, tapping of phone lines will be one of […]
This past Thursday it was disclosed that it will take another two years to replace the Kendall Bridge which was washed away back in 2008 by Tropical Storm Arthur. Government is forecasting that when all said and done, the new bridge will be completed in 2012. Many responded to our question on whether it is […]
Early this morning another victim is believed to have succumbed to dengue fever. The thirty-one year old Belize City man, according to the family, was tested at public facilities but the fever was not detected. He was hospitalized, kept under observation and slipped into a coma. The family ran tests at a private lab which […]
The body of a murdered man found near Cotton Tree on August second, was known only by his many tattoos. On Thursday thirty-one year old Guatemalan National, Lesly Larios Catalan, visited the K.H.M.H. morgue and identified the body as that of her brother, Guillermo Larios Catalan Junior. Guillermo was a twenty-six year old resident from […]
And in an update to the presumed suicide of businessman, Mario Varacalli, a post mortem is yet to be conducted to determine what caused his death. Varacalli was the co-owner of the sub-sandwich restaurant, Hungry Monkey on North Front Street. But it is said that business was slow, bills were mounting and the restaurant employed […]
Twenty-eight year old Valerie Sheran, an expecting mother who was stabbed multiple times by a jealous ex-boyfriend earlier this week, is tonight seeking justice for the death of her unborn baby. The incident took place at her residence on Neal Pen Road despite a restraining order against Sheran’s former boyfriend. Sheran was stabbed above the […]
On February twenty-fourth News Five broke the story of the reported beating of a high school student by his girlfriend’s father, a prominent Belize City cardiologist, and his neighbor. Carlos and Sarli Zelaya, the parents of sixteen year old Carlos Jr., reported to police that their son was at the residence of Dr. John Gough […]
As we reported earlier in the week, the Ministry of Housing has amassed a huge stack of non performing mortgages; in fact it has about fifty-two million dollars worth of unpaid housing loans. According to Housing Minister Michael Finnegan, the dust on some of these loan portfolios can be dated back twenty years. Finnegan says […]
There is heart-wrenching news to report tonight as News Five’s newsroom has just confirmed that a woman was electrocuted in the Village of Estrella in the Corozal District. She has been identified as Leticia Vidal. Two other persons, Saria Tesecum and Rosaura Mai, are said to have been injured when they tried to help Vidal. […]
