A rally is being planned at the Phillip Goldson International Airport to send off the Belize Jaguars this Friday morning, but retired football star and assistant coach of the Belize National Team, Charlie Slusher, will not be travelling to Portland, Oregon with the team. That decision was confirmed today by F.F.B. President, Ruperto Vicente. Slusher […]
Late this evening, News Five spoke to Charlie Slusher who told us that he has been pulled from the trip because of the meetings held on Wednesday between the players, coaching staff and executive. According to Slusher, in those meetings he stood up for the players who were demanding that financial agreements be finalized before […]
A Placencia electrician is tonight fighting for his life at the Belize Medical Associates. Dwayne Flowers, who is unquestionably a well liked resident in the peninsula, was seriously injured in a gas explosion as he worked on a leaking tank. His wife of three months told News Five’s Jose Sanchez that Flowers needs to get […]
While Flowers clings to life, the body of twenty-eight year old Alvin “Vinnie” Pascasio was found this morning. Pascasio was last seen by his family last Monday and this morning, their worst fears were confirmed when his body was found in bushes at the entrance of the Vista Del Mar community on the Phillip Goldson […]
The Board of Governors of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital held a meeting today in the Capital. The meeting ended at about three p.m. Of note is that the hospital’s C.E.O., Doctor Francis Gary Longsworth, was not invited to the gathering. During the first press conference on the outbreak, Longsworth said that he first heard […]
Earlier in the newscast, we reported on the suspension of Team Belize’s assistant coach on the eve of the Gold Cup. But there are bigger problems facing the team. Despite setting a target of half a million dollars which should have covered training leading up to the Gold Cup and participation in the games, fundraising […]
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente has confirmed that he will likely not be going to the Gold Cup with the Jaguars because the team has not been able to raise the funds it anticipated. The money has been trickling in slowly, too slowly to provide much comfort, but today Belize Water Services did their part for […]
A Haitian national accused of having sex with an under-aged girl on three separate occasions is tonight a free man. Thirty-two year old Patrick Laurent’s trial began on Monday and concluded with his freedom Wednesday evening before the Supreme Court of Justice Adolph Lucas. He was charged with two counts of Carnal Knowledge of a Child […]
On the morning of July sixth, 2008, the bodies of Michael and Donna Hill were found in bushes close to their home in Cristo Rey Village, Cayo District. They were both shot at close range; one of their vehicles, laptops and personal items and money had been stolen. Police detained Jodean Vidal and Michael Lamb. […]
International students attached to the Archaeology Department were heading to the Philip Goldson International Airport on July third, when their cab collided with a passenger bus. The cab driver, Eliseo Chan, along with passengers Molly Hude from Slatington, Pennsylvania, Ioanna Thomopoulou from Greece and Angela Bugeja from Malta were killed in the accident. The emotional […]
There have been thirteen reported clinical cases of dengue fever across the country since the start of the rainy season a few weeks ago. We say clinical because that number may be less, following the results of definitive testing which can confirm whether or not there is an outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness. The Vector […]
A strong defensive wall that cannot be penetrated—a statement that many would correlate with the national football team, the Belize Jaguars, who will represent Belize next Tuesday in a historic game with the United States in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Twenty-six players strong, along with a contingent of coaches and the executive will travel […]
Everyone has to deal with stress. If you are good at managing your stress levels then most times you’re okay with a bit of added pressure; in these cases some stress is actually beneficial. However, there are instances where a person may be under too much stress that can wear them down and make them […]
A recently released international report says that the number of road traffic deaths went down in Belize between 2001 and 2010; in 2010 only forty-one casualties were recorded. But earlier today, the death toll went up for this year following a horrible traffic accident on the George Price Highway by the bridge near the Bus […]
A Belizean-American woman was executed on Tuesday night in South Los Angeles. Twenty-seven year old Yolanda Smith-Major was killed in front of her two year old daughter as she stood outside of her vehicle on South Hobart Boulevard. Major, reportedly a relative of Minister of Education Patrick Faber, was fatally wounded during a hail of […]
We reported on Tuesday, the death of three international students and a taxi driver. Eliseo Chan was transporting the trio to the Philip Goldson International Airport to catch a flight to the United States where they had planned to celebrate the Fourth of July activities. But their life was cut short when the taxi slammed […]
At its annual general meeting this morning, the Belize Tourism Industry Association expressed support for a policy of pocket tourism in line with the National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan which was passed October of last year. The B.T.I.A. is also looking to increase its membership countrywide. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting […]
And our question for tonight is: Do you think that the Mayor is doing a good job in respects of Belize City streets? Yes or no? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments […]
On Tuesday night, we gave you the numbers that showed most industries were increasing in production up to 2012. Tonight the figures released from the Statistical Institute of Belize show that growth has slowed significantly. For January to March 2013, SIB indicates that the economy had contracted by a negative point five percent, during the […]
The tourism industry is the largest shareholder in the services sector which accounts for a significant portion of the economy. The five point three percent growth is in large part to overnight stays and sustainable cruise tourism. The Belize Tourism Industry Association had a closed door session at midday where the stakeholders discussed cruise tourism, […]
The Belize Tourism Board is without one of its top rides this week. An Isuzu D-Max was used by a staff member who attended the Placencia Lobster Fest over the weekend. The employee returned the vehicle to the parking lot on Regent Street and handed over the vehicle keys to the security guard on duty. […]
At the end of May, the Police Department released statistics which showed a trend of significant reduction in major crimes including murder, rape and robbery. That trend continued through to the end of June, and the half-year stats show that there have been one hundred and seven fewer major crimes from January to June of […]
On Tuesday, we reported on a massive search effort that was underway near the Bay Islands of Honduras, following the disappearance of eight students who went missing on Saturday. Their vessel reportedly ran out of gas when they were returning from a brief trip to Roatan. After combing an area more than four thousand, five […]
The name Christine Perriott might not be as familiar to you now as it was just a few years ago, and that would be because the former Secretary-General of the Belize Communications Workers Union has been studying in Oklahoma for a couple of years. Perriott was terminated by Belize Telemedia in 2007 and she took […]
Tonight, a Senior Immigration Officer, who was accused of abusing his authority by raping and threatening a Guatemalan waitress with deportation, is a free man. Thirty-nine year old Winston Arzu was stationed in San Pedro when he was accused of raping the woman on five separate occasions between January and March, 2010. The woman, who […]
