On Friday, News 5 aired a story on a man who regained consciousness after three days in a coma at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Denfield Williams’ mother told News 5 that she had received reports that her son had been beaten by a police officer and tourism police officer in San Pedro. Police Press […]
To say that the debate of the 2004-2005 budget was long, would be and understatement. The marathon session had parliamentarians from the lower house in Belmopan until twelve-thirty on Saturday morning, a full fourteen and a half hours after the meeting was called to order. But before the debate proper got underway with the response […]
With very little time for sleep after Friday’s marathon budget debate, Minister of Finance Ralph Fonseca spent the weekend hosting top-level meetings with his regional counterparts and Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank. The meetings centred on several issues including international economic conditions and good governance. The conference also examined the recent bank collapse in […]
Three men were apprehended by police after a robbery at a shop in Coral Grove on Friday afternoon. Businessman Samir Hamzi reported that around two-thirty, four men entered his store: one wearing a black ski mask and the other carrying a black handgun. When threatened with the weapon, Hamzi handed over one thousand dollars, his […]
Police have arrested a twenty-seven year old man after a shooting on Caesar Ridge Road over the weekend. Jason Paulino was picked up after the incident in which Nikoli Lewis was shot in the neck while he and friend were standing outside a club around one on Saturday morning. Paulino has been charged with attempted […]
The Territorial Commanders of the Salvation Army for Latin America North, which includes Belize, Central America, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela, have concluded a farewell visit to Belize. Colonel Robin Forsyth and his wife Shona spent the weekend meeting with officers stationed in Belize and inspecting ongoing social work managed by the Salvation Army in Belize […]
Some Belizean primary schools got a most welcome gift today with the arrival of hundreds of children’s books from U.S. publisher Scholastic Incorporated. News 5 was there when the children at one Belize City school got their hands on the new reading material. Patrick Jones, Reporting The eagerness with which these children from the Salvation […]
He may not be well known among the younger population, but to those over forty, Ken Boothe is well known for wooing audiences everywhere he goes. Boothe, described as the Voice of Choice, is recognised as one of the greatest artists in the history of Reggae music. Boothe’s singing career dates back to 1962 and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this latest issue of Sports Monday. Week eight of the B.P.F.L. B League took us right back to the Sandhill Field where the Belize Rural All Stars hosted Lazio of Orange Walk on Sunday. From the opening whistle the Stars go offensive and on this first press come up […]
