For the past two months, it has been our sad duty to report a long list of tragic deaths of Belizean children…the victims of various accidents. This morning, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods travelled to the village of Burrell Boom in the Belize District, the scene of the latest misfortune. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Just after 1:00 […]
San Ignacio police are tonight investigating how a man found dead on the road met his maker. According to the cops, just after 8:00 Thursday morning they received reports that a man was lying on the road near the Santa Elena side of the diversion bridge. Officers transported the man to the San Ignacio Town […]
A man charged in connection with a hit and run accident on Coney Drive in late December will have to answer to several other traffic offences. According to police, thirty-seven year old Elias Alamilla, a Belize City businessman, will also face charges of manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct and operating an unlicensed […]
The plethora of parties may be on hiatus for a while, but thanks to one local band, the soundtrack to your next shindig is already available. Santino’s Messengers spent the past year in the studio working on their latest compilation called “It’s Party Time”. Jacqueline Woods has the beats. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It took Santino’s […]
Traditionally, this time of year is referred to as “Mawga Season”, with more than a few Belizeans downright broke after the holidays. In the interest of helping you organize your finances, this afternoon we stopped in to see Ms. Jane…as in Jane Usher the aptly dubbed Queen of Credit Unions, for her suggestions. Jane Usher, […]
And while Miss Jane has some sound advice, admit it, deep down we’re all hoping for money to fall into our laps and solve all of our problems. Too bad it’s only going to happen to two of you out there. You guessed it, two lucky people have hit Thursday night’s one hundred and fifty […]
There’s big news on the Belizean basketball scene tonight as word trickled through town that our boys have had their bronze medals upgraded…to silver. News 5 understands that organizers of the Nineteenth Central American and Caribbean Games have declared Belize as second place finishers after tests revealed that at least one Puerto Rican player had […]
Every year, hundreds of cyclists all over the world leave home to take on the open road. In 2002, Colombian fire-fighter Henry Cardenas left his family and friends behind, determined to set a world record by pedalling to the Alaskan border and along the way stopping in every country in South and Central America. Cardenas […]
