We broke the story of the rice crisis back on November twenty-fourth. The largest producers in the rice industry from Blue Creek have seen their sales dip since last year. Uncle John has been hit so hard, it is getting out of the business. Recently, there was a lot of heat when it came to […]
The decision was taken almost two weeks ago but went under the radar. At the end of November, the Bar Association decided to challenge in court the status of Belize’s Solicitor General, Cheryl Krusen, as a Senior Counsel. From what we know, this is the first time that the elevation of a senior counsel is […]
A horrific accident occurred in Double Head Cabbage on December ninth; two young siblings were hit and one died shortly after at the KHMH. Two-year-old Rushina McFadzean and her five year old brother, TeJohn McFadzean were both knocked down as they were heading to a baby sister. The tragic accident occurred in the vicinity of […]
A group of seven, including two women, appeared before Magistrate Sharon Frazer today for the possession of a loaded nine millimeter Luger brand pistol. The weapon and ammunition were found inside a vehicle they were traveling in on the Northern Highway on Saturday morning. Earl Gill and Jamie Young, both residents of Sand Hill Village, […]
A first form student has been missing for four days and her family is desperately trying to find her. Twelve year old Kevona Williams was last seen after school on Thursday. She was waiting at the West Collet Canal terminal in Belize City, but no one actually saw her boarding a bus and there has […]
Wood sculpting is an art, a passion and a business for those forming and shaping new life into the grain. At least nine locals joined a team of international artists for the first Belize at Thirty – Sculpting the Vision symposium. The artists brought in their own machinery to cut deep into eight enormous boulders […]
Two organizations of the United Nations this morning donated a heap of books to the national library service. The publications will spruce up the library’s health collection on a wide range of issues from bio-medical to technical literature that have been published by PAHO and the WHO. News Five’s Delahnie Bain also found out that […]
Norman Simplis, the father of the wife of the Prime Minister, Kim Simplis Barrow, passed away on Saturday. Ninety-two year old Simplis was the father of seventeen children and a long serving career public officer. He will be laid to rest later this week.
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It was a chilly morning inside Capital City, Belmopan yesterday as 56 elite riders assembled for the blastoff of the 14th Annual Alpheus Williams Cycle Classic sponsored this year by the Ministry of health and UBDP. Among the hopefuls is the sole female rider, Shalini […]
Deep in the Belize River Valley, a two-year old girl was killed this morning. She is the victim of a terrible accident that has left a school and the entire community of Double Head Cabbage in pain. Rushina MacFadzean was being taken by her brother to a baby sitter when she was hit by a […]
In Belize City, the police provided more details of the tragic accident. Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Press Officer “Well, police visited the scene sometime around seven-forty one, but this child was transported to the KHMH from where she underwent surgery. This child, Rushina McFadzean, two years, was being ferried by her five year old brother […]
There has not been a murder in the Old Capital for weeks, but police need help tonight in identifying the body of man found early this afternoon off Mile three on the Western Highway. From all accounts, the victim had a horrific end; his body was badly mutilated and when it was found following a […]
On Thursday night we told you about the death of forty-nine year old B.D.F. Volunteer Sergeant, Thomas Reyes Senior. On Thursday, San Ignacio police were considering Reyes’ death as a homicide; however, police have now ruled it as a suicide. Reyes, who was working as a supervisor with SOS Security Firm in San Ignacio, was […]
Thirty-one year old Lyndon Flores, an officer of the Belize Defense Force, is remanded at the Belize Central Prison tonight following an appearance in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. Flores is accused of assaulting his common-law wife Shayla Morena with a gun and destroying several household items during a domestic dispute one […]
Two Belize City men will face a jury of their peers for charges in connection to a double murder that occurred earlier this year. On February fourth, seventeen year old Daniel Puerto and thirty-four year old Ian Martinez were killed in a drive-by shooting, while Puerto’s twin brother Darnell was injured. The accused gunmen are […]
With all the bad news, there are good tidings for a senior citizen of Jane Usher Boulevard, who has every reason to be in a festive mood tonight. She was the lucky recipient of a brand new house courtesy of Hand in Hand Ministries and the students of Rush University, who collaborated in the construction […]
In keeping with the spirit of the season, Belize Red Cross also gave Hand in Hand Ministries a generous donation to assist even more needy people. Through its Together We Can Peer Education Program, the Red Cross teaches students about HIV/AIDS and trains them to educate their peers. Program Coordinator, Tina Gill, spearheaded the projected […]
We’ve heard about the plan to introduce medical tourism and tonight two major resorts are looking to develop the less controversial health and wellness tourism. Stakeholders in tourism feel that the Jewel has more than sea, sand and sun to offer and that a healthy lifestyle could attract many more visitors to Belize. News Five’s […]
Children with special needs from all over the country converged at the House of Culture for the launch of the Inspiration Calendar that is themed appropriately to promote peace at Christmas time. That message was captured in the artwork painstakingly done by the children and selected by CARE Belize and Special Olympics. News Five’s Delahnie […]
The Central American Black Organization (CABO) was formed in Dangriga in 1995. The organization, which boasts representation of all Central American countries, has been steadily organizing and growing, while focusing on its mandate to redefine how afro-descendants identify themselves. CABO representatives recently returned from Panama where the Belizean members were appointed as the Chair of […]
Wilfred Peters, one of Belize’s musical icons, passed away in June 2010 but he will forever be remembered as the king of Brukdong music. In his honor, the National Institute of Culture and History, is once again hosting the Mr. Peetaz Brukdong Bram, which takes the audience on a trip down memory lane to the […]
All week our viewers were treated to a trip down memory lane. We dusted off Hi-8 tapes and re-mastered video footage from twenty years ago, or year one for Great Belize Productions. And though you have seen Belize through our retrospective lens, we want to mark our twentieth anniversary tonight by showing you some of […]
On Sunday night, armed men held up at gun point Orange Walk businessman, Rosendo “Chendo” Urbina Junior and his wife Becky as they were leaving their secluded house in the Honey Camp area. The couple and immediate family members have since fled the country to the United States. It’s a major story because Chendo is […]
The seizure of a hundred and eleven bricks of cocaine which resulted in the incarceration of Mexican national Martin Rafael Urias is attributed to a team of law enforcement officers on training near the Belize/Guatemala Border last Thursday. Those officers were deployed to the Belize/Mexico Border where they continued training with the US Customs Border […]
After collecting eighteen thousands signatures in a nationwide campaign, the Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage through OCEANA triggered a referendum on the question “Do you agree to oil exploration and drilling offshore and in its protected areas?” OCEANA is also requesting that the question be put to the people simultaneously with the March seventh […]
