It’s as regular a seasonal occurrence as cool weather and the appearance of apples and grapes. I’m talking about Christmas crime…and the proactive efforts of police. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from downtown Belize City. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting According to Assistant Commissioner of Police and the officer in charge of Eastern Division Maureen Leslie, Belizeans […]
The driver of a car that veered onto an Orange Walk sidewalk on Sunday, injuring four children, has been arrested and charged. Forty-five year old Carlos Roberto Cruz, a logger from Trial Farm, today pled guilty to driving without due care and attention, failure to report an accident, four counts of negligent wounding, four counts […]
On yesterday’s newscast we reported on the Supreme Court’s decision to grant leave for the judicial review of the Carnival Cruise Terminal contract as requested by the Belize Tourism Industry Association. Today Port of Belize Chief Luke Espat, Carnival’s local partner in the hundred million dollar project, told News 5 that while the starting date […]
The Belize Agricultural Health Authority has imposed a quarantine on the Mennonite Community of Shipyard and two other villages in Orange Walk, restricting the movement of horses out of the area, following the outbreak of a viral disease. Three of the animals have died so far and a number of others have shown signs of […]
Employees of Belize Telecommunications Limited today reached out and touched thirty families countrywide through their community service project called “Christmas in a Can.” Originally the brainchild of business development executive Sharmayne Cadle Saunders, the company’s over four hundred workers pooled their resources and management chipped in to help make the holidays a little bit more […]
If you work in Belize City and are watching the six thirty p.m. version of this newscast then I must offer congratulations. The way holiday traffic has been going, if you left at five, you’re lucky to be home. For drivers, the following scenes may be familiar. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Cars-a-honking, whistles a blowing, tis […]
Earlier in this newscast, you saw the unmistakeable signs: heavy traffic in the City, security forces on high alert, and a rush of corporate charity. Yes, there is no doubt that Christmas is rapidly approaching. But was it always like this? Back in 1999 I travelled around the Belize District in search of what Christmas […]
