A man drowned fourteen miles north of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye on Saturday morning. According to reports reaching News Five, Luis Javier Campos, who works nine miles outside of San Pedro, went on a fishing trip with his boss Lee Karlston and another male companion. When they reached the Basil Jones area a large wave […]
A man was chopped to death outside Belmopan at the Salvapan Cemetery over the weekend. The body has been identified as Ronald Galdanez. Reports are that he and another man had a confrontation in the cemetery. News Five’s attempts to get additional information from Belmopan police were unsuccessful.
A prison officer has been charged with indecent assault. But the incident for which forty-two year old Leslie Usher has been arrested did not take place at Hattieville, but is alleged to have occurred in his car. A thirty five year old Ladyville resident says she was waiting by the Pallotti junction around ten thirty […]
In an effort to bolster Belize’s foreign exchange reserves and make capital available for housing projects, the Government of Belize secured over a thousand mortgages today with the Royal Merchant Bank and Finance Company Limited. The deal with the T & T bank is described by Minister of Economic Development Ralph Fonseca as “a win-win […]
A workshop on efforts to create the single market for CARICOM countries was held today for members of the private sector. The consultation was hosted by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was conducted by the Technical Action Services Unit of the CARICOM Secretariat. Since 1995 the T.A.S.U. has been assisting member states […]
After surprising Belize and in fact the entire Caribbean with our basketball prowess taking gold in the CARICOM Tournament last year, we had all expected Belize’s team to do well in the COPA Tournament in Cuba last week. But it takes more than heart to win a tournament and our boys did far worse than […]
There wasn’t any basketball game last Friday but if you passed by the City Centre you would have marveled at the crowd gathered to watch a very different kind of event: a pageant for the young at heart. News Five spoke to the woman who captured the hearts of the judges. Seventy-four year old Paulita […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re just in time for a fresh flavor of Sports Monday. We take you out to the Roger’s Stadium here in Belize City for a pair of softball matches as we join the female opener with C.T.C. batting against J.L.’s. It’s Delvorine Mena on the mound for J.L.’s when […]
Channel 5 is looking for a cameraman/editor to work in our news/production departments. Must have experience in a broadcast environment. Reply to personnel director at gbtv@btl.net.
