This evening the Prime Minister and the National Emergency Management Committee, NEMO, declared the preliminary phase of Belize’s Hurricane Plan effective as of six p.m. This means that all those living at the cayes are asked to move to the mainland on Saturday and anyone living along low-lying coastal areas should start preparing and also […]
Details are sketchy, but reports reaching News Five are that an armed robbery has taken place late this evening at the Income Tax Department office at the Mahogany Street complex building. News Five understands that a lone gunman, pretending to be a customer, held up a female clerk and made off with fourteen thousand dollars […]
In his first trial there was a hung jury, but today a jury of nine unanimously found Police Constable Sherwood Wade guilty of manslaughter by negligence in the 2003 death of Darnell McDonald. The jury determined he was not guilty of manslaughter, a more serious charge. There was only one witness in the case, Darnell’s […]
An American who says he has “fallen in love” with Belize and is refusing to leave was denied bail again today and sent back to Hattieville prison. Steven Griffith, who has been living in Belize illegally since 1996, was picked up by immigration officials in March and was to be deported back to the United […]
Today the family of Trevor Smith stopped by our studios to categorically deny that their brother was killed because of robbery or drugs. Smith’s sister, Stacey Martinez says while she does not know why her brother was killed, she is trying to find out why anyone would want him dead. Stacey Martinez, Sister of the […]
This weekend, more than a hundred young Belizeans are expected to gather in the old capital as part of the seventh annual National Garifuna Council Youth Arm convention. According to organizers, topics on the table will include HIV/AIDS awareness, Garifuna spirituality, and career development. Belize City branch president Carmichael Polonio told News Five the yearly […]
Although pretty much everyone in Belize had at least one eye on Hurricane Emily, today members of the media kept a pre-storm commitment to participate in a forum on human rights. Issues such as freedom of expression and access to information topped the discussion list, with panellists including representatives of print, electronic, and broadcast media. […]
Despite concerns over an approaching hurricane, today a Jamaican musician arrived undaunted in Belize. Saying whatever happens happens, Capleton intends to share good thoughts with Belize’s young people on Saturday night. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning international reggae superstar ?The Prophet Capleton? arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport to rock the Belize City Centre […]
