Firefighters responded quickly, but it appears that no amount of speed could have saved the life of a Belize City man who died in his bed as fire consumed his wooden house early this morning in Belize City. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Report Investigators still have not determined what started […]
Tonight, police believe the mastermind of an elaborate land fraud scheme is safely behind bars. Thirty-seven year old William Burke was spotted by one of his victims this morning just as he was about to board a water taxi at the Marine Terminal on North Front Street. The police were called in and within minutes, […]
Police have detained a suspect in last weekend’s armed robbery on the Hummingbird Highway and in the process managed to shoot him in the leg. As we reported on Tuesday, three masked men with guns jacked the occupants of a house near Sibun Bridge and escaped with money and jewelry. According to police, their investigations […]
One of the two breaks in the ARCOS undersea cable ring has been repaired and BTL has begun to shift some of its telecommunications traffic back to that system. Viewers will recall that the first of two unrelated and highly improbable cuts in the cable occurred on November eleventh, seven miles east of Cancun. Traffic […]
On Friday night, Belizean music lovers will take a step back in time as an all star line-up will take the stage at the Bliss Centre for Performing Arts to serenade their audience with the classics that made them famous. The event is called the Lord Rhaburn Music Awards Show and will recognise local singers, […]
And the Lord Rhaburn Awards Show is not the only thing going on this weekend at the Bliss. The Mythical Rainforest crew, led by Anansi himself, will take to the stage for two shows which promoters say will give audiences young and old, a chance to lose themselves in an aura of Belizean folklore. Delbert […]
Ask anyone to name a Belizean artist who lives in Germany and the immediate answer will be a resounding “Pen Cayetano”. But guess what? Pen’s not the only child of the jewel painting palm trees in the heart of Europe…and today I got to meet her. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Though she?s lived outside Belize for […]
A group of Belizean women have gotten together and committed themselves to offer to senior citizens and anyone in need of after health care the service right here in Belize. The women, who are former nurses, say that too often patients are being discharged early from hospitals and left on their own to recover from […]
It first appeared in 2000 and five editions later, the Belikin Calendar just keeps getting better. The 2005 version, featuring twelve ladies whose pictures will grace the walls of offices and homes around the country, is hot off the press. This evening, News 5?s Patrick Jones caught up with three of the models as they […]
