For the last few days on this newscast, we have been featuring safety tips for Belizeans to avoid incidents and mishaps over the Christmas season. On Thursday, police commander for Belmopan, Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett, issued a comprehensive list of his own, especially as it relates to movements on and around the holidays. According to […]
Christmas is less than two days away and the religious festival celebrating the birth of Christ is being observed across the country by various denominations. Earlier today, we spoke with Father Matt Ruhl of the St. Martin’s de Porres Parish and message for the Yuletide season is to keep God and faith at the heart […]
While he has made his name as an activist for Christian and traditional values, particularly when it comes to fighting amorality and homosexuality, Scott Stirm is first and foremost a pastor, and a tender of the Christian sheep. In our interview with him in Belmopan, News Five asked for his perspective on the meaning of […]
It’s less than two days away from Christmas Day and downtown Albert Street was bustling, as residents did their last minute grocery shopping for that traditional turkey dinner, while others were out purchasing those last minute gifts for their family and loved ones. But in the midst of it all, Duane Moody and intern Maria […]
Hundreds of Belizeans gathered today to get a glimpse and take pictures of the world’s best female gymnast Simone Biles. The famed athlete who won five medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, including the gold medal for best all-around gymnast, is in Belize for about a week during the holidays to catch up on a […]
Two weeks ago, a month shy of her second birthday, twenty-three-month-old Janeeka Campbell suffered a most brutal and senseless death in St. Matthews’s village, in the Cayo District. According to statements to police from her parents, Baby Janeeka fell down a flight of stairs, after getting out of bed where her father was sleeping and […]
Police in the Belmopan area have been kept busy recently with several murder cases. Teakettle’s Abner Vasquez was beaten to death in the village on December second. On December fifteenth, the body of Manuel Medrano was found at his farm outside Buena Vista village, off the Spanish Lookout Road. Only a day later, mason Freddy […]
On Monday, a vote at the United Nations General Assembly cleared the way for the appointment of an independent expert, Thailand’s Vi-tit Mun-ta-bhorn, on sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Belize’s representatives at the U.N. had twice previously voted in favour of appointing the expert, but on Monday, a vote was initially and erroneously cast […]
According to Stirm, the U.N.’s endorsement continues and possibly accelerates the slippery slide of humanity toward accepting abnormal and harmful behaviour. He also contends that it harms the freedoms guaranteed under the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights formed in the aftermath of the Jewish Holocaust and the Second World War. To defeat this, he […]
The Church State Commission, first described as a “morality commission,” was announced in the aftermath of August’s Section Fifty-Three decision. Chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber, it was set up to address heavy issues under public morality, as well as to improve on the relationship between government and the churches. Key items on the […]
Late this evening, the Belize Press Office issued a release responding to the Guatemalan Fisheries Regulations, a story that the media broke on Wednesday. The release goes on to state, “The Government of Belize wishes to remind the general public that the maritime spaces of Belize are established by the Maritime Areas Act of Belize […]
Will the Government of Belize pay as much as four million Belize dollars for the Chon Saan Palace Restaurant building in Belmopan? That’s what News Five sources say, though manager and President of the Senate Lee Mark Chang is out of country and not available to confirm. We can tell you that the Ministry of […]
A potentially dangerous house fire was averted this afternoon, thanks to prompt response by personnel from the National Fire Service. Shortly after twelve o’clock, a call was placed to the fire department informing them of a fire near Flamboyant Street in the St. Martin’s de Porres area. A team was immediately dispatched to the scene […]
The Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Project has brought significant changes to the north side of Belize City, particularly the busy residential areas of Belama and closer to downtown on Douglas Jones Street, Cinderella Plaza and along the waterfront. But while most of those are infrastructural, the Belize City Council as a participant in the project is […]
The Belize City Council has been steadily working on its concreting project for Belize City, converting a couple hundred roadways to concrete. However, Christmas season means a break for some projects, particularly on East and West Canal, especially in the downtown area near Orange Street. Mayor Darrell Bradley assured residents that works will begin again […]
The spirit of the season is not only limited to Belize City. This afternoon in the nation’s capital, a special party was organized for the children of police officers in the jurisdiction, many of whom will not see their moms or dads for the next few days, or indeed for the past few weeks, because […]
The Welcome Resource Center held its annual Christmas party for its one hundred and fifty plus persons living with a mental condition. Staff, volunteers and donors engaged the participants in fun activities, lunch and they were given gifts. News Five spoke with Administrator Joyce Ellis about the annual event. Joyce Ellis, Administrator, Welcome Resource […]
There was a party at B.T.L. Park on Wednesday – with live music and lots of gifts. Local charity Group Hug got out two hundred children and treated them to a day of fun as a part of their annual Christmas outreach activity. With the help of sponsors, Group Hug gave the children a much […]
Over eight hundred persons this year will receive Christmas hampers courtesy of the Salvation Army. Today, the hefty bags of goodies were handed over to recipients at several locations across the city as well as Hattieville, Georgeville in the Cayo District and Maskall Village in rural Belize District. The Christmas pantry initiative was possible through […]
Now the Christmas hampers to needy families is just one of the many activities that the Salvation Army does during the season. Those include the annual Christmas party for over seven hundred primary school children and giving gifts to children across Belize City. According to Major Joliker Leandre, it is all part of the organization’s […]
Tonight, there are two developments on the territorial claim to Belize that could explain Guatemala’s aggressive behavior for months. A map released by the Guatemalan government has surfaced showing that fisherfolks from that country are free to fish well within Belizean waters including the Sarstoon River where, as you know, Guatemala maintains a strong military […]
Over the past two years, Guatemala has been asserting sovereignty over the area, going as far as militarizing the remote area and now escorts Belizeans traversing our side of the Sarstoon River. A recent official forty-page document on travels by Guatemalan officials details a meeting between Foreign Ministers Wilfred Elrington and Carlos Raul Morales at […]
He walked free from court on Monday afternoon for the brutal attack on an elderly man, but tonight police are looking for thirty-six-year-old Chester Noralez. He is to be re-arrested and charged for the aggravated burglary and near-fatal assault of ninety-three-year-old Patrick Grant. Grant was the victim of a home invasion at his residence on […]
The Price Barracks residence of Brigadier General David Jones was broken into a few weeks ago, while the B.D.F. commander was out of the country. The discovery that his home had been burglarized and ransacked was made upon his return on the weekend of December second. Stolen from the property was approximately thirty thousand dollars […]
Turning to developments in the agriculture sector…. The Annual General Meeting of the Citrus Growers Association planned for January twenty-first, 2017, is a crossroads in the survival of the multi-million dollar industry. The industry has been suffering from in-fighting between larger growers aligned with Belize Citrus Mutual and medium and smaller growers still loyal to […]
