By now all of us know that this week marks the beginning of the hurricane season. And while most of us at least gave some thought to making preparations, no one could blame one family in the village of Biscayne for being caught off guard yesterday in the face of a freak of meteorology. Selfred […]
A twenty year old Dangriga man has been arrested after he allegedly had sexual intercourse with a thirteen year old girl. According to Dangriga police, the minor reported she was sleeping at a neighbor’s house around four in the morning when Theodore Arzu entered the bedroom through a window and had sex with her. Police […]
Perhaps an African man who got in trouble for getting a cash advance for five thousand dollars using a fake credit card should have stowed some of that money away because today he was unable to meet his three thousand dollar bail and was remanded to Hattieville. Forty year old Alcine Eudithia from Ghana, who […]
Ten special constables have been sworn in as part of the Belize Police Force’s village crimes committee in Placencia Village. The special constables were tutored by Inspector Leslie Logan of the National Police Training School and the program was conducted under the leadership of the Village Council Chairman Glenford Eiley. The Placencia Crimes Committee is […]
If you would like to express your concern about the crime situation in Belize City, the City Council is inviting you to a town meeting tonight at 7. Presentations will be made on crime, how it affects school children and the role of the community and churches. An open session will also be held for […]
Those fighting child abuse have a new weapon: the Child Abuse Reporting Hotline. Today the Department of Human Development opened the twenty-four hour hotline, which will be operated from the Family Services Division. It will be answered by a social worker from eight in the morning to five in the evening and the line will […]
Although they are still wrapping up the Festival of Arts, the Belize Arts Council is also preparing for the second Instrumental Music Camp. The camp will run from July fifth to the ninth at Trinidad Farm on the Northern Highway. Music Coordinator, Luis Chan, says this year the musical experience will be a real toe […]
News Five usually only visits the Salvation Army School at Christmas when they have their holiday dinner, but this week we got a special invitation to their newest event. The end of the school year usually means studying for exams but for the very first time it meant something different for the students at Salvation […]
More and more Belizean children are benefiting these days from medical attention abroad thanks to the doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial and their links with doctors and hospitals in the U.S. This month a preschooler will be making the trip to the Mayo Clinic, but his school is asking for your help to make […]
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.
