A fisherman from Sarteneja Village is tonight recovering from gunshot wounds after he was attacked and robbed at sea. Twenty-five year old Julian Santiago Ricalde told News Five this afternoon that he and his crew were moored near Rendezvous Caye, around sixteen miles southeast of Belize City, around one o’clock on Tuesday evening. Suddenly a […]
The death of a Belize City man whose decomposing body was found on the banks of the Mopan River in Benque Viejo appears to be a case of accidental drowning. According to police press officer G. Michael Reid, thirty-three-year-old Jahlarud Sankey, was apprehended by Guatemalan authorities in Melchor on Tuesday morning, where he was apparently […]
It was the single most deadly month in recent memory…and we can only give thanks that the calendar has turned a page. Beginning with Rubita Oroman Hernandez on the first and ending with Rodney August on the twenty-eighth, a total of sixteen people were victims of homicide during June. The tally included seven in the […]
Intelco is not shutting down. That’s the short answer from C.E.O. Juan McKenzie today in response to questions about the financial crisis the telecommunications company is currently experiencing. In a brief conversation this morning, McKenzie told News 5 that executives had secured additional funding for their operations from Panamanian and European investors. The C.E.O. says […]
The man identified in last night’s newscast as the key player in a proposal to privately develop Belize’s largest Maya archaeological site has strongly defended the project and his involvement in it. In a press release today businessman Eugene Zabaneh referred to his proposal for Caracol as being “in the spirit of national development with […]
This week Belize joined other countries around the world to observe the eighty-second International Cooperatives Day, which is held every year on the first of July. The day highlights the many benefits of cooperatives, speaking about their history, and giving them recognition and support. According to Belize’s Registrar of Cooperatives and Credit Unions, Zenaida Moya, […]
We have not covered many graduations this season, but the one that took place this morning at the Belize City Centre was kind of special. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting Proud parents watched from the sidelines as thirty-four young men took centre stage at the fifth graduation of students from the National […]
The double loss in Canada is history and the 2004 Regent Cup Champion is yet to be decided. So why are we reporting on a midweek football match? James Adderley explains. James Adderley, Reporting The fuel that fires up football in the world is international play, and with the recent kiss and makeup by our […]
He exploded on the local television scene over a decade ago and when Jamaican Oliver Samuels appeared in Belize for the stage version, he was mobbed on the streets virtually everywhere he went. Well, having been off the tube for ten years he may no longer be known to a generation of young Belizeans…but come […]
