A B.D.F. soldier, who caused a fatal crash Friday night, made a bad situation worse by stealing a witness’s car and fleeing the scene. Orange Walk police tell News Five that around 7 p.m. between miles 52 and 53 on the Northern Highway a B.D.F. soldier from Guinea Grass, Hilberto Batun was traveling towards Belize […]
Another driver, who also fled the scene of an accident, is still being sought by police. Reports are that 24 year old Charles Hyde was riding a bicycle on the Northern Highway between miles 9 and 10 on Saturday night when he was hit by an unidentified car that did not stop to render assistance. […]
Police still have no suspects in a brazen robbery at Belize Cable Vision’s downtown office on Friday afternoon. Arwin Arana reported that around 1:30 p.m. three men entered the office on Albert Street and one of them put a small handgun to his head and forced him to lie on the floor. They then ransacked […]
If things had gone differently, right now we would still be rebuilding Belize instead of making preparations for the next round of storms to blow through. The 1999 Hurricane Season begins tomorrow and luckily for us, we not only have our homes this year, but some valuable insight into what we would do differently to […]
Tonight the Belize Audubon Society is holding its annual general meeting at the Radisson Fort George. But while the election of the new executive, the annual report and remarks by Minister of Economic Development will proceed as scheduled, members will no doubt be a little somber with the passing this weekend of one of their […]
Minister of Economic Development Ralph Fonseca is assisting with negotiations to resolve the so-called “US/EU Banana Wars”. Last Thursday, Fonseca joined Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur and CARICOM Chairman Keith Mitchell of Grenada in Washington DC for meetings with Secretary of State Madeline Albright and US Envoy to Latin America and the Caribbean Governor Buddy […]
Today, the Belize Social Security Board announced the winners of their essay and poster contests. The essays were judged on structure, style, content and presentation. The first prize of one thousand dollars was won by Emil Cherrington of St. John’s Junior College. Collecting five hundred dollars in cash was the second place winner, Brenda Serano […]
“Families and Communities Uniting to Build a Drug Free Belize” is the theme of the National Drug Abuse Control Council’s National Drug Awareness Week. The observance, which began on Sunday, featured a primary school parade this morning. According to NDACC’s Belize City Coordinator, Marlon McNab, their target group this year is children. Marlon McNab, Belize […]
Leading the drug awareness yellow ribbon parade was our very own Miss Belize, Viola Jeffery. Jeffery returned on Saturday after participating in the Miss Universe Pageant in Trinidad last Wednesday. Although she did not win the cash, the title or the crown, Jeffery came back with a wealth of experience and memories. Viola Jeffery, Miss […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for another fresh serving of Sports Monday. For some time now football fans have been waiting for a glimpse of the National Football Team in action in an international match but you wouldn’t have known it from the trickle of fans that showed up for […]
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.
