A father and son are dead tonight following a fire at 29 East Canal this evening. Eighty year old Mario Aguilar, the owner of the building, and forty-five year old Lucho Aguilar, died in the blaze, which claimed the upper flat of the cement structure. Assistant Fire Chief, Ted Smith, says his department received the […]
When it departed Big Creek at around 4 o’clock this evening, it seemed like a routine flight to Belize City. However, the pilot, Daniel Perdomo, his co-pilot and four passengers on board the single engine Cessna 206 got a rude awakening upon landing at the Municipal Airport. As it tried to touch down, the plane […]
A pair of traffic accidents have left four people injured and a hit and run driver still on the loose. On Thursday police Sergeant Florentino Salam was driving near mile two on the Southern Highway when he lost control of his Toyota pick-up, which then turned over. Both Salam and his passenger, Police Corporal A. […]
On Tuesday their tiny bodies were trapped inside a burning building and they perished in the inferno. Today, fire officials blame an electrical fault as the cause of the fire which claimed the lives of three year-old Xina Williams and her brother, four year-old Francisco, of eighteen and a half miles on the Stann Creek […]
The meeting took place without much fanfare, as befits a young organization that has yet to find a strong voice in the international arena. But the A.C.S., which includes CARICOM and its non-English speaking neighbours in the Caribbean and surrounding mainland, is a natural for multi-cultural Belize. News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting […]
It was an issue that was not discussed at the meeting of the Association of Caribbean States, but early next week, Foreign Minister Assad Shoman heads to Washington, D.C. for more talks with the Guatemalans. According to Shoman, two main points will be on the agenda. Assad Shoman “One of them is to preserve the […]
If you were watching this newscast at the end of November in 1997, instead of today, the rest of what I am going to say would have seemed odd, if not totally unnecessary. But beginning in 1998, life changed radically for Belizeans as the result of successive visits by unwelcome guests named Mitch, Keith, Chantal […]
And while we give thanks for the weather, we also offer our condolences on the death this afternoon of Leopold Balderamos. Balderamos, following a stint in the Royal Air Force during World War Two, entered the civil service where he eventually became the head of the Civil Aviation Department. He was active in the Scouts […]
Belize has won its first medal in the Caribbean and Central American Games in El Salvador. This morning racquetball star Matthew Anderson defeated his Guatemalan opponent in a comeback victory fourteen-fifteen, fifteen-six, fifteen-two. This afternoon, however, he lost to a Mexican–who happens to be ranked sixth in the world–by a score of fifteen-five, fifteen-two. The […]
It’s a service that started a few years ago, but quickly folded. Now the idea is back…hopefully to stay. What I’m talking about is a ferry service between Tampa, Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula. The Yucatan Express is a luxury cruise ferry that, according to its advertisements, allows passengers to enjoy the fun of a […]
If you are free this Sunday we can recommend no better activity than the one taking place at the Bliss. Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Beverly Smith-Lopez–sometimes affectionately known as Du Du Daaling–entertained us with her comedy and theatrical performances. Director of the Belize Arts Council until the time of her death on […]
The first national conference on AIDS wound up today in Belize City and while there was little good news in the room, as News 5’s Marion Ali reports, some strategies have emerged. Marion Ali, Reporting With a strong consensus on the need to take a more proactive approach in the battle against AIDS, Abigail McKay […]
