In tonight’s newscast we start with a report on the health of Lord Michael Ashcroft. Lord Ashcroft has been suffering from a life-threatening illness that left him in intensive care for eighteen days. He was struck down by septic shock that resulted in liver and renal failure, and consequential heart damage. The timing of his illness was particularly unfortunate as it came just […]
In our newscast tonight, we have full coverage of the unexpected extreme weather conditions that went from a long drought to three days of torrential rains. According to forecasters, the City was drenched with as much as twenty-three inches of rainfall causing extensive flooding in many areas that caught residents off-guard. Fortunately, there has been […]
Four areas in the City were the hardest hit by the weekend’s rains: Collet, Port Loyola, Lake Independence and Freetown Divisions. The water poured into houses damaging the little residents had; others simply could not leave their homes and had to be evacuated by the Belize Coastguard. The streets turned into rivers as many residents […]
The waters which covered Belize City in the weekend’s epic flooding have largely receded, allowing the very critical component of recovery to get underway unimpeded. CEMO, the City’s Emergency Management Organization, will play a critical role in that effort. Today that body, headquartered at City Hall updated the media on life in the city after […]
The flooding in Belize City has highlighted the very real poverty which existed long before the rains came. The reality is that in certain zones in the Southside, any real crisis was caused not by the rain, but by the living conditions of those in the area. In the Antelope Street Extension Area, there was […]
While the flooding was arguably the worst in recent memory, by today the waters had subsided and, boasts Mayor Bradley, the cement streets held up. According to Bradley, while the situation is a bad one, it could have been much worse. Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “Our concrete roads have held up substantially. So […]
The Karl Heusner has completely outdone the Western Regional Hospital where wildlife is concerned. Yes there has been a snake or two at the WRH, but on Sunday the K.H.M.H. hauled out a nine foot crocodile. We don’t mean to make light of a potentially very dangerous situation, but what else can you do when […]
There was a pair of unrelated murders in Belize City on Saturday. A deadly attack on North Creek that morning has left one person critically injured and another inside the morgue at the K.H.M.H. Sometime before eight o’clock, fifty-six-year-old Edward Robinson came under fire as he stood along the stretch of road. Robinson was mortally […]
A fifty-three-year-old farmhand in the Stann Creek District was the third person to be murdered over the weekend. On Sunday morning, Jose Rodolfo Sanchez Galeas, a Salvadoran national, was discovered by a family member lying in a pool of his own blood. The caretaker had what appeared to be a wound behind his neck and […]
Back to the weekend floods…At least three houses collapsed due to the velocity of the winds that accompanied the torrential rains. For a family in Lake Independence, Saturday night was horrifying. Their house collapsed under them, trapping a nine year old school boy. Duane Moody has that story. Duane Moody, Reporting The inclement weather […]
Meanwhile, in Port Loyola, thirty-six year old Lisa Flowers was inside her sister’s room when her portion of the house fell into the flood waters. The wooden house on Fabers Road collapsed on Sunday morning during the heavy rains of the weekend. All her belongings and household items were completely damaged and she is now […]
On Sunday, there was no supply of electricity in certain areas of the Southside for most of the day. That’s because Belize Electricity Limited was forced to cut power after illegal connections threatened mass casualties by electrocution. It’s nothing new – hundreds of residents in communities like Antelope Street Extension and Gungulung access electricity through […]
Diarrhea, Hepatitis A, and other related illnesses are among several health conditions that can become an epidemic in the aftermath of floods. Over the weekend, the Ministry of Health issued a release on best practices to implement in respect of water and food safety and concerns relating to dengue, chikungunya and malaria. As images surfaced […]
An electrical fire during the heavy rains on Saturday night has completely destroyed a concrete bungalow structure on Supal Street. The residence of twenty-seven-year-old Roman Riverol and his father was gutted when an electrical short outside of the building ignited their mechanical equipment. The blaze quickly spread into the elderly man’s bedroom, consuming everything in […]
As residents in the Old Capital reel over the weekend’s epic floods, there is yet another low-pressure weather system that lurks just off the coast of Belize and that is expected to make landfall overnight. Today, News Five headed to the National Met Service near the P.G.I.A. and spoke with Meteorologist Ronald Gordon to get […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Verdes FC ventures again on to the international stage as it travels to Estadio Maracama de Panama concluding its appearance in the 2015 CONCACAF champions play. Game time is 4 p.m. at Panama and it is most unlikely Verdes will move on. While a […]
It was Nomination Day today across the country. Candidates from the People’s United Party, the incumbent United Democratic Party, the Belize Progressive Party and independents went through the official process of signing up to contest the November fourth general elections. With nineteen days to go, more than eighty-seven candidates and counting paid up the required […]
The newly-formed Belize Progressive Party formally registered its Belize City candidates during lunch today. The nomination of its wider membership took place simultaneously across the country. Short of the required aspirants needed to contest all thirty-one constituencies, the BPP proceeded as planned, entering the Complex Building with its exponents in tow. Political Leader Patrick Rogers […]
This morning, the challenging People’s United Party flexed its political muscle and this afternoon it was the U.D.P.’s turn to flood the streets with red from U.D.P. Headquarters to the Complex. So in the battle of aesthetics, size and sheer muscle mass who won the trophy? That’s what Mike Rudon tried to determine. Here’s that […]
The Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie issued a directive, dated October thirteenth, to all formations of the Belize Police Department on Tuesday to remove checkpoints across the country. While the brass of that arm of law enforcement has gone on record to say that the easing of random checkpoints is to ensure the free flow […]
No explanation was provided as to the reason why it is now seen fit to call off established checkpoints. But that decision is not going down well and speculation is rampant that that it is a political move to favor the government. This morning, we asked the veteran politician and area representative for Orange Walk […]
In Orange Walk Town this morning, the mood was festive and upbeat. On the heels of the largest rally in this election campaign, party loyalists were joined by others to lend support to the four candidates. Of the four divisions in the district, three are held by the People’s United Party; the opposition party hopes […]
The nomination of the candidates for the Belize Progressive Party and one independent was held following the P.U.P.’s. The mood was subdued and there were no bells and whistles as the aspirants made their way to be officially nominated for Orange Walk North, East, South and Central. A total of thirteen candidates are contesting the […]
The candidates for the ruling party were nominated in the afternoon. Clearly they were well-oiled financially and the atmosphere was festive. The Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega led the crowd and is hoping to break the P.U.P. stronghold in the district. Duane Moody looks as the red tidal wave in the north. Duane Moody, […]
The last redistricting exercise was completed prior to the 2008 general elections. Since then the voter population across all thirty-one constituencies have changed considerably. As we mentioned earlier in the newscast, the VIP has filed a constitutional claim in the Supreme Court challenging a section of the laws of Belize which pertains to the equitable […]
