Less than forty-eight hours after the one hundred and forty-five mile an hour winds and eighteen foot storm surge of Hurricane Iris laid waste to a forty mile wide strip of southern Belize, a well co-ordinated relief effort is beginning to gather steam. NEMO, after what appeared to be a slow start, has quickly established […]
Earlier today, Mexican officials arrived in Belmopan to hand over the contents of eight trucks to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Chief Executive Officer David Gibson accepted three hundred five-gallon containers of water, over a thousand blankets and mattresses, clothing for two hundred families, six thousand litres of milk, and several thousand bags of food rations […]
In times of tragedy, Belizeans are known to pool their resources to help their neighbours weather the storm. That’s exactly what Caye Caulker residents did when they collected supplies to send down south by boat. Village Council Chairman Fermin Marin told News 5 that he applauds the effort of the Caye Caulker Emergency Committee. Fermin […]
And while we’re on the subject of donations, we here at Channel 5 have been swamped with requests from potential donors asking where they can send money and supplies for the relief effort. At the same time numerous well-meaning groups and individuals have asked us to publicise their efforts in the hope of attracting donations. […]
On Tuesday, News 5’s Janelle Chanona and Rick Romero brought us the first look at the devastation on the Placencia Peninsula. Tonight their colleagues Jacqueline Woods and Brent Toombs are just back with an update from the same area. What they found is that despite an awkward start, the spirit of recovery is beginning to […]
The process of recovery now underway in southern Belize is the product of many different efforts. While the Government of Belize is mounting the largest single campaign, it is direct people to people contributions that have become crucial, particularly in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. One such arrangement has particular significance. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
While it is clear that significant relief is beginning to arrive in devastated areas, it is also apparent that not all of it is being distributed equally. The imbalance, hopefully temporary, may be justified by many factors…but that doesn’t make it any easier for those who believe they are getting the short end of the […]
Tonight many families in both Belize and the United States continue to mourn those lost in the boating accident at Big Creek. There are twenty believed to be dead, including two Belizeans. As investigations continue to probe the cause of the accident, several questions remain unanswered, such as why the passengers and crew of the […]
Not all the drama surrounding Hurricane Iris took place within twenty miles of the eye. As Ann-Marie discovered there were a number of anxious moments far from the wind and water. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting While Hurricane Iris was taking at least twenty lives in Southern Belize, eighty miles away in Belize City in the small […]
Tuesday morning’s drug bust in Belize City turns out to be a new Belizean record. The fifty-five bales of cocaine found in an apartment at mile three on the Northern Highway weighed in at three thousand, three hundred and seventy-eight pounds, over four hundred pounds more than the previous record set in March of 1997. […]
A high-speed police chase on Tuesday has left one Belmopan man dead. According to police, officers at a road block set up between mile seventy-one and seventy-two report that around 3:00 p.m., they were checking vehicles driving through the checkpoint. However, as they were doing so, they noticed that one car had stopped and was […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re on board our first post-Iris edition of Sports Monday. On Monday, we were chased by that vicious little hurricane that hurt our nation deeply. But as all Belizeans know, the show must go on–all praises to Jehovah. Now to the sports business at hand. For Dr. Bertie Chimilio, […]
