The nation’s capital is perhaps the most laid back municipality in Belize. That is why an attack on one of the city’s business establishments, PAPI’s Home Centre, and its owners, has stirred up so much anxiety in the Garden City. The attempt on the life of businessman Omar Espejo Jr. over the weekend has shaken […]
It took almost six weeks, but today the police department announced that one of its own has been charged in connection with the death of Leroy Pilgrim on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. P.C. Burton Caliz has been arrested and charged with manslaughter at the conclusion of a police investigation into the February twelfth incident. The […]
Another of our older persons has been brutally beaten in his home by a thief or thieves. This time it was George Hamilton a resident of Cleghorn Street in Belize City. Despite his injuries, he gathered enough strength to speak to News 5 in the hopes that one of our viewers may be able to […]
CARICOM Heads of Government met at the fifteenth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis on March twenty-sixth. The delegates considered the recent developments in Haiti, reaffirming their commitment to the fundamental principles underpinning governance and democracy in the region and the hemisphere. They also called, once more, for a U.N. […]
This evening at the House of Culture a new book on Belizean Archaeology is being launched. It is a compilation of papers presented at a symposium earlier this year and promises to be a valuable resource not only for archaeologists, but educators, students, tour guides, and anyone else who is interested in finding out the […]
It may have taken her a week to claim her prize, but today a very camera shy Aurora Roberts of Orange Walk walked into Tropical Gaming Company and claimed her prize of seventy-two thousand five hundred dollars. Roberts, a single mother with four children, won the money after her numbers were drawn on Wednesday night. […]
March is supposed to be breezy and blustery, perfect for sailing and flying kites. It is also typically dry. But from the soaking Belize got last night and this morning, you might think we were heading into the rainy season a couple months early. News 5 asked our friends at the Met Office about this […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this week’s version of Sports Monday. The fifth National Road Championship spanned three major highways and brought out some eighty athletes in various categories for the only event in the cycling calendar that is exclusive to Belizean riders. We join the eight a.m. start at the outskirts of Dangriga […]
