This weekend, Halloween bashes will be taking place all over the country. But there is a tradition to celebrate “El Dia Los Muertos” that is a main feature in Mexico and the rest of the Americas. The Day of the Dead is really a tradition that combines ancient culture with Catholicism. Locally, in Benque Viejo […]
Four month old Xy Li Jiang is the second member of the Jiang family to pass away a day after a devastating accident that occurred at mile sixteen on the Northern Highway. The baby girl succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Her body remains at the morgue until […]
Before the battle over the amendment to the constitution, there was always debate on private property and property rights. On January twelfth, 2010, a Benque Viejo Del Carmen resident was watching television when he heard Minister of Economic Development, Erwin Contreras say that his property would be acquired and given to the Mount Carmel High […]
The man at the center of the land case, Sam Bruce, says it was a surreal experience because he had done charity and community based work for the past two decades in Benque Viejo. He says he couldn’t believe that a hard working taxpayer, who used his own capital to develop his land for community […]
As we reported on Wednesday night, Minister Carlos Perdomo is calling it quits. Even though on December sixth, 2010, he handily beat Councilor Roger Espejo and was re-elected to run in the affluent Caribbean Shores constituency, Perdomo is stepping down and will not contest the next general elections. Aside from ministerial scandals in immigration and […]
In Cancun and Cozumel, residents and visitors are preparing for Rina, which has been downgraded from hurricane to a tropical storm. Belize was spared of Rina when it proceeded on the projected path towards the Yucatan Peninsula. In Corozal, where the effects would have been felt, fortunately, it never happened and Wednesday night was calm […]
Two persons have been arrested in Dangriga for pulling a fast one on the local branch of the Belize Bank. A little over twenty-four thousand dollars were fraudulently withdrawn from the bank. The alleged scheme was busted last week Monday when the bank caught up with the last transaction and bank teller Dencil Leroy Alvarez […]
A second person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Wendell Reimer, who was shot during a robbery at his business, Eagle One Hardware on the Northern Highway. Police today released the name of the suspect who was formally charged today with Murder and Robbery. He is twenty-one year old Ernest Staine, […]
There might have been no murder or shooting victims on the bloody streets of Belize City on Wednesday night, but there is still a victim who is clinging to life tonight. Thirty-one year old Leon Hinds was viciously stabbed three times in an area near 88 Shopping Center on Central American Boulevard. His sisters told […]
The three thousand plus residents of San Pedro and Caye Caulker who left their homes for higher ground when Hurricane Rina threatened the coast returned home today. During evacuation, NEMO footed the bill for the boat rides on San Pedro Belize Express, Caye Caulker Water Taxi and the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative, which also ferried […]
A GSU raid at a residence on Nurse White Street in Belize City earlier today has resulted in charges being brought against four people, including three women. At about three o’clock this afternoon GSU personnel executed a search warrant on the property of Deon Wright where they discovered six kilograms, the equivalent of thirteen point […]
Twenty-seven year old Lionel Waight, a boat driver of Fredrick Street was arraigned before the Chief Magistrate, Anna Marie Smith for aggravated assault of an indecent nature upon a thirteen year old boy from Belize City. He pleaded not guilty and Prosecutor, Sergeant Egbert Castillo objected to bail on the grounds Waight would interfere with […]
A fire on Wednesday morning destroyed a small plycem house on Caesar Ridge Road. After putting out the blaze, fire officials told News Five that the owner of the house had not been identified. Well, today police report that the house was property of thirty-seven year old Gloria Cabanas, but she was not the most […]
Earlier this month it was announced that the Belize Family Life Association, a pillar in the Belizean society for over twenty-five years, is in a disastrous financial predicament. The organization has been on the forefront of promoting sexual and reproductive health but it remains severely cash strapped and is facing the very real possibility of […]
The Gulf of Honduras Project; not much is known about it, but it is an initiative that involves three countries that share marine ecosystems. Its goal is to reverse the degradation in the Gulf of Honduras through a coordinated plan of action that involves a range of components. You have heard about it on the […]
The Pan American Health Organization has played a key role in the development of Belize’s health system. And while a few representatives are often in the spotlight, there are staff members working behind the scenes to keep the operations sailing smoothly. For that, employees of PAHO/WHO are recognized annually at a local and regional level […]
The northern part of Belize was on alert for the best part of twenty-four hours due to the approaching Hurricane Rina. Rina has now diminished to a category one storm and we’ll have full coverage of how residents responded to the threat. But first, there was a terrible accident on the Highway during the lunch […]
Turning to the hurricane, there is a sigh of relief tonight. NEMO declared an all clear from Hurricane Rina at four o’clock this afternoon. Throughout the night, Rina remained on a westward path but as it shifted north this morning it also lost strength, gradually reducing to a category one hurricane. At news time, Rina […]
With the threat called off, NEMO is winding down its operations and students are expected back in the classrooms on Thursday. Residents who evacuated from the cayes are also to head back home. NEMO Coordinator, Noreen Fairweather, gave us the update via phone from the Belmopan Headquarters this afternoon. Via Phone: Noreen Fairweather, NEMO Coordinator […]
The threat of Hurricane Rina has been called off but there are many stories that show the preparedness of residents. At San Pedro, the prime tourist destination, residents and visitors took precautions. Those that stayed on the island boarded up their windows and stocked up their pantries, but thousands left the island for high ground. […]
In news from Belmopan, there is a major political move in the United Democratic Party. Word to News Five is that Minister of Defence and Immigration, Carlos Perdomo, is stepping out of the political arena. Perdomo, who is the area rep for Caribbean Shores has had a stormy tenure as a minister. He was stung […]
The owner of Eagle One Hardware at mile four on the Northern Highway was murdered during a brutal robbery on October seventh. Thirty-five year old Wendell Reimer was gunned down after three assailants robbed the business. Reimer lay dead outside his store while the robbers ran onto the highway with the money from the cash […]
There’s another murder suspect behind bars tonight. On the night of October fourth, a well-known grocer was gunned down at his store on the Old Maskall Road in the Sandhill area. Ernesto Myvette’s body was found behind the counter and his licensed firearm was missing. It is believed the murder was motivated by robbery. This […]
For having two wives, a police officer is facing up to seven years in prison. The interdicted cop, Luciano Jaime Pena, was today found guilty of Bigamy, which is a rare conviction in Belize. Ruby Pena, who was married to Luciano since February 1998, filed the report against him when she found out that just […]
A cruise ship passenger who was in the jewel on a one day visit had a brush with the law after he was busted with weed on Tuesday. When he was arraigned this morning, the forty-nine year US national Douglas Magnuson, a trucker of Wisconsin admitted that it was a really stupid and silly thing […]
