Their devotion to their faith drove them to lock themselves inside the Evangelical Mennonite Church in Hopkins on Friday night, but tonight that place of worship stands isolated. Police have confirmed to News 5 that the doors to the Evangelical Mennonite Church have been ordered closed because the facility was being operated without a license. […]
It was supposed to begin yesterday, then again today, but this morning the court martial of three British Gurkha soldiers met even further delays. The problem appears to be the as yet unresolved problem with several Belizean witnesses scheduled to begin testimony this week. Over the weekend, Eugene Zabaneh Jr. indicated he would not be […]
Shortly after three o’clock today, residents of mile two on the Northern Highway became alarmed after they heard a series of explosions. A fire had broken out at the Highway Grocery store. Because the establishment is situated just across from the Shell Depot, people became nervous, concerned that the neighbourhood might be threatened. Jacqueline Woods […]
News 5 has been informed of two scheduled protests for Wednesday. One is planned for the Belize Port Authority where workers say they will go on strike because the Board is refusing to pay the annual five percent Christmas bonus, and is instead offering two percent. In the west, the Mayor of Benque Viejo Del […]
School children rarely give up their break money to buy anything but ideal, chips, or sweets. But don’t tell that to these students at Buttonwood Bay Nazarene Primary School, as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods found out following a visit to the school. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Everyday for the past several months the children willing gave […]
We hear the stories in the news almost everyday: a woman or a child raped. But if you think most of the perpetrators are strangers, think again… and not every reported case is legitimate either. Tonight Jacqueline Woods looks at the reporting and investigating of rape, and the increasing problem of women who make false […]
