His name is Felipe Perez Roque, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and tonight, he’s in Belize. His visit is marked as historic and precedes the anticipated arrival of his President, Fidel Castro. This morning, News Five joined the welcoming committee at the airport. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Just after 9:00 this morning, Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Felipe […]
Tonight, a 7-year old student lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after she was sexually abused. According to Belize City Police, the girl showed up at her school on Wednesday afternoon, but immediately one of the school wardens noticed that something wrong. Initial investigations have revealed that the St. John’s Vianney student was on […]
Belmopan Police are on the lookout tonight for the vehicle that knocked down a man on the Western Highway on Tuesday night and didn’t bother to stop. According to 42-year old Francis Young, a labourer of Tea Kettle Village, he was walking along the highway around 8 o’clock Tuesday night when a vehicle, which he […]
On Wednesday, the Requena family told the media that they had called off the search for Julio Requena Junior. Today and probably in their first official announcement on the matter, the government says it will continue to look for the missing skipper and their investigations into the massacre continues. Jorge Espat, Minister of National Security […]
If nothing else, this year’s drug awareness week is showing the National Drug Abuse Control Council the odds its up against. Today, the Council got a few more members in its corner to help spread their message. Jacqueline Woods 12 people representing a cross section of the community were commissioned as members of the newly […]
Come July second, our Belizean boys will head to Barbados to battle basketball teams from all over the region and team organizers say they won’t bring back bronze. It’s the 15th CARICOM Confederation Basketball Tournament and it’s up to Belize to claim back to back victory. To that end the Belize National Basketball Association have […]
There was more than one star on the tarmac of the PGIA today but this time, they brought strings instead of scholarships. If you’ve got an ear for classical music, chances are you’ve heard of the Pacific Strings or Fiddlers on the Reef as they are sometimes called. The “Strings” are back in Belize and […]
