The lifeless body of B.D.F. recruit Rafael Pop tonight remains connected to a respirator machine, but it is expected that the family will soon consent to its removal. Pop collapsed on Friday afternoon during a training run in Ladyville and his demise has raised concerns about the sometimes harsh treatment endured by incoming members of […]
Police continue to keep the city’s heavy equipment busy as this afternoon they knocked down an abandoned building on Sarstoon Street that was being used as a crack house. According to police press officer, G. Michael Reid, the action is part of the department’s plan to keep the pressure on all aspects of the drug […]
This morning, the Belize Police Department accepted a valuable piece of equipment…that is expected to help victims identify the perpetrators of crimes against them. The Belize Chinese Association handed over a computer to the Central Intelligence Unit based at the Queen Street Police Station in Belize City. Both Police Commissioner Carmen Zetina and President of […]
While computers may help catch criminals, they will not prevent crime. Tonight police are looking for yet another rapist, who allegedly struck in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A twenty-nine year old Honduran resident of a Dean Street apartment complex told police that she got up around four a.m. to use the common bathroom […]
A month ago News 5 covered the upheaval at Belmopan Comprehensive School, where eight students had been suspended…and charges flew regarding lax discipline and incompetence on the part of teachers, students and administrators. Tonight we can report that at least a measure of calm has returned to the campus. The eight students have been expelled […]
Placencia’s lobster fishermen will be upgrading their skills thanks to a grant from the United Nations Development Program. In a ceremony held Tuesday, a cheque for over forty-two thousand dollars was presented to Carlton Young Senior, chairman of the Placencia Producers Co-op. This represents the first instalment of a total of ninety-eight thousand dollars that […]
Earlier this week we covered the dedication of a new road to the village of More Tomorrow in the Cayo District. Tonight, we take note of another road project just completed in the Toledo District. On Tuesday, ceremonies were held to mark the completion of eight miles of all weather road to the village of […]
Six down, four to go. That’s the latest tally in Channel 5’s Karaoke Television competition. The latest KTV winner was selected last night at Club Calypso. Here’s how it went. Neil Hall, KTV Host “And our winner is…contestant…number four. Ladies and gentlemen Adilean Coffin is our KTV 2003 winner.” (Adilean sings “Think Twice” by Celine […]
It’s not a programme that runs here on Channel 5, but we’ll still pause to big up a colleague in Cayo. Tonight marks the eleventh year for the ever-popular Pandy Show. Kent Pandy has been hosting his weekly one-man band from the studios of Channel 3 in San Ignacio since 1992…and the children of that […]
