After a waterlogged weekend, Belizeans all over the country are once again bracing themselves as more rains cause new flooding. The latest from the Ministry of Works and officials at the Meteorology Department is that the Guacamallo Bridge on the Macal River is under four feet of water; there is fifteen feet of water above […]
As residents try to protect life and property in the face of the floods, tonight there is one happy story to report. On Saturday evening, Oswald Young, who we had reported was missing after floodwaters took over his farm situated outside of St. Matthews Village, was found alive and well. On Friday morning a British […]
In other news from the Ministry of Works of perhaps a different kind of flood, late this evening we have confirmed that Minister of Works Henry Canton will be stepping down from his present position as early as September. Canton has worked out an agreement with Prime Minister Said Musa to remain area representative for […]
A San Pedro man is in police custody tonight on the charge of the murder of his uncle. According to officers on the island, twenty-year-old Johnny Leslie Rancharan has been arrested and charged after he stabbed his relative twice in the chest. Reports are that Rancharan and his thirty-five year old uncle, Simeon Williams, had […]
Eight Belize City children are without their father tonight after he was gunned down over the weekend. According to police reports, thirty-seven year old Anthony “Oats” Usher, a popular newspaper vendor, was with friends on the Berkeley Street Bridge around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday. News 5 understands that shortly after a young man, twenty-four year […]
A father is dead, while a young mother and her child are in the hospital tonight after a tragic accident over the weekend. Although the cause of the accident is still being investigated, the stretch of road on the Northern Highway is no stranger to this kind of tragedy. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline […]
Tonight, a local parish is still coming to terms with an early morning break-in that almost cost them their beloved building. Reports are that tourism officers on patrol noticed smoke coming out of the windows of the St. John’s Cathedral after midnight this morning. Fire officials rushed to the scene and managed to prevent serious […]
But not all the news off Albert Street was disheartening today, as just across the street at the House of Culture, one Belizean icon was determined to keep his music alive. Ann-Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The accordion has always been a part of the Belizean music scene, but now it’s an art on […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is another fresh dish of Sports Monday. Things have heated up immensely in the Capital Life Basketball Tournament, so we took our cameras Friday night to the City Centre for the prime-time rematch between five time champions Raiders and archrival B.T.L. Nets, who prevailed in game one. The […]
