Whenwe signed off on last night’s newscast, it was with the sun setting and tyres burning amidst a restless crowd on the Belcan Bridge. What happened next was not pretty as a day of political protest morphed into a night of indiscriminate looting. News Five’s Rick Romero and Stewart Krohn ventured into Belize City’s chaotic […]
When the sun rose on an exhausted and anxious Belize City, it became clear the downtown area was not the only part of town hit by vandals. News Five’s Patrick Jones made the rounds this morning as business owners began the sad and sober task of cleaning up their property and assessing the damage. Patrick […]
In the wake of a long night of looting in the streets of the commercial capital, approximately one hundred people detained by police for vandalism and other acts, and the threat of more industrial action from Belize’s educators, this morning Prime Minister Said Musa addressed the nation. Taking a hard line stance against the events […]
But as the Prime Minister pointed the finger of blame at the Opposition, the Leader of the United Democratic Party, Dean Barrow, was pointing right back. Dean Barrow, Leader of the Opposition ?I think he really is in denial and I think he came across as being disrespectful, as unwilling or unable to assume any […]
Members of the Belize National Teachers Union this afternoon had what was called a solidarity meeting at their headquarters on Coney Drive with the Belize Communication Workers Union. General Secretary of the National Trade Union Congress, George Frazer, told News Five what was discussed during the gathering. George Frazier, General Secretary, N.T.U.C.B. ?We are engaged […]
The men and women on the front line of this crisis, the members of the Belize Police Department, are tonight recovering from hits sustained during the clashes with demonstrators. According to officials, ten officers were wounded, several with serious injuries including a fractured skull, broken limbs, cuts, bruises, and blows to the head. This morning […]
The police were not the only ones under pressure on Wednesday night. As officers worked to maintain law and order on the city’s southside, on the northside the nurses and doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital were busy tending to the wounded as they started arriving at the Accident and Emergency Ward. Dr. Fernando […]
Amid all the excitement surrounding the looting, protests and B.T.L. dispute, you might start longing for the peace and quiet of the countryside. But as our next story shows, sometimes life in a village can be just as hazardous as life on Belize City streets. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Five-year-old James Ford, student of St. Edmond […]
