Just because you live in a concrete house it doesn’t mean you’re safe from the peril of fire. One Belize City family discovered that fact the hard way this afternoon around three thirty. By the time the fire service arrived on the scene, the upstairs of the four bedroom concrete house was already in full […]
A Belize City man was killed this afternoon when the vehicle he had hitched a ride in, overturned on the Western Highway. Tony Enriquez was riding in the back of this pickup truck that was heading west towards Belmopan when he was apparently flung to his death. Lawrence Cayetano, driver of the vehicle, told police […]
An eight-year-old girl suffered the same fate on Tuesday evening further up the same highway. Forty seven year old Otto Reimer of Spanish Lookout told police he was driving his pickup truck through Unitedville Village around four fifteen Tuesday evening, when one of two children on bicycles, rode across the highway in front of him. […]
It was significantly less than the dramatic bust at the Port late last month; nonetheless, the cops have chalked up another victory in the war on narcotics. Four people were detained on Tuesday as a result of an anti-drug operation in the Corozal District. Police say they intercepted a blue pickup truck on the outskirts […]
In an update to a story we ran on last night’s newscast, we are happy to report that a fifteen-year-old girl who was reported missing has been found. According to police, Joyce Hemmans was located in San Ignacio and safely returned to her family in Belize City today. Police say Hemmans told them that she […]
Viewers who are familiar with News Five’s Website on the Internet will now find that doing research has become much easier. A new feature of the site now allows visitors to do a keyword search of every story broadcast since January thirteenth. The search can be done by topics, names or places. If you wanted […]
If you’ve ever tried to have furniture made around Christmas time you know that, because of the huge demand, you’ll be lucky to get it by Easter. But now, with the sun shining hot and the sawmills spitting out lumber by the truckload, Belize’s furniture makers are in a mood to show off what they’ve […]
Civilization, in the form of roads, drains, electricity and water, is slowly coming to the wet and wild areas of Lake Independence. The problem, as we found out this morning, is that sometimes there’s a house in the way. It all began Tuesday morning when Shawn Lemmott woke up to the sounds of someone chopping […]
Teachers and students at the nation’s primary schools may be preparing for exams and looking forward to a summer of academic freedom, but today in Belize City one school got a late semester gift that promises to make life better for future graduates. The staff and students of Holy Redeemer Upper School took a break […]
