Tonight the big story of course is Christmas. And what better way for News Five to report it, than to be where the action is: on Albert Street. Janelle Chanona is live in front of Brodie’s and ready to talk to some of the people who are doing that last minute shopping. Janelle Chanona “Good […]
Janelle Chanona “Jackie Woods went around earlier today to find out what was happening in those stores and spoke to some of the merchants here on Albert Street.” Jacqueline Roe, Purchasing Manager, Hofius “Well it has not been bad, it has definitely been better than last year and we feel that possibly last year one […]
Hi and we’re back on Albert Street. Q: “I’m here with Elgene. Elgene, when did you start your Christmas shopping?” Elgene Brown, Shopper “I just started my Christmas shopping about an hour ago and I’m kinda late right now but I’m trying to get everything ready for this Christmas.” Q: “What kinds of things are […]
A Caribbean magazine based in New York has selected one hundred people who made a significant contribution to the region over the last century. Their choice for Belize: George Price, our first Prime Minister and the man many credit for transforming British Honduras into independent Belize. Our current Senior Minister’s photo and a one-page description […]
One day after Oscar Rosado was shot inside his hardware store on Cemetery Road, the fifty-one year old construction supply merchant remains in a stable condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. He underwent surgery yesterday. Rosado and his wife Elena were inside the store when shortly after one Thursday afternoon, two men wearing stocking […]
It seems young people who are prone to violence or giving trouble are always in the news, but what about the youths who are quietly working to make Belize better? The Inter-American Development Bank is looking for these people and will send two of them to a youth summit in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA in […]
It’s the same problem every year: the mail takes a backseat to passengers on the airlines coming to Belize. This week the Belize Postal Service have been bombarded with phone calls and people stopping in to see if their parcels have arrived in time for Christmas. However, because the airlines have been extremely busy, nothing […]
To most of Channel Five’s employees, today it seemed like every other business had given their employees the day off. But contrary to the popular belief in this building, there were many others at the grindstone today and some of them will even be there tomorrow, Christmas Day. We talked to some Belizeans who will […]
Welcome back. We’ll take you back to downtown Belize City where our team has lined up a special guest. A guest with a long white beard, a twinkle in his eye and a belly like a bowl full of jelly. Here he is folks, the man of the night: St. Nick, Kris Kringle or as […]
