If the Western Highway between the Zoo and Jaguar Paw is the nation’s most dangerous stretch of road, then the Northern Highway between the airport and Haulover runs a close second. Last night mile six was the scene of an accident that left one man dead and another tenuously clinging to life. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
Another early morning collision, this time between a parked dredge and a speeding skiff has left a San Pedro resort manager dead. According to police, thirty-two year old Logan Gentry, manager of El Pescador fishing resort, located three miles north of town, had been socialising at a local night spot with friends. Reports are that […]
Viewers of this newscast know that tragic accidents can happen anywhere at any time. But are you prepared to help when things go wrong? News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited the Red Cross this morning, where a group of educators was learning that beyond the three R’s comes a fourth… that stands for rescue. Jacqueline Woods, […]
Gas stations continue to be a favourite target for thieves looking for a quick buck. Around 2:00 this morning a pair of armed masked men pulled up to the Texaco Star Mart at the northern entrance to Belize City. Joined by two accomplices waiting in the bushes, the gang overpowered and tied up the security […]
He broke the pattern of traditional opposition politics when in January of 2001 he joined with Prime Minister Said Musa to endorse a new approach to solving the Guatemalan claim to Belize. While at the time UDP leader Dean Barrow endorsed only the process and not any particular outcome, now that concrete proposals are about […]
Their names may not yet carry the same cachet as Ernest “Jawmain” Meighan, Andrew Smiling or Quinton “The Baddest” Hamilton, but Belize’s women cyclists have just as much heart–if not quite the speed–of their better known counterparts. On the eve of their big race News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams talked strategy with some of the competitors. […]
