The war of words between the Novelo brothers and the now defunct receivership that took over their failed bus company makes for high drama, not to mention high finance. At stake are both the public’s money and its need for transportation services. This morning I sat down with David Novelo as his family makes a […]
A Belize City mechanic has been sentenced to five years behind bars after his client’s car was found stripped of everything from headlights to wheels. According to court reports, in February 2005 Herbert Wiltshire agreed to do repairs on a vehicle belonging to Ethel Arnold and drove the car to his home slash shop on […]
It’s getting to be a common story on this broadcast, but it’s the kind of news we wouldn’t mind reporting every day. That’s right, Belizean Milt Palacio continues to burn up the N.B.A. hardwood. Last night Palacio scored seventeen points as his Utah Jazz won their seventh game out of the last eight, a 110-102 […]
With nationwide town and city council balloting set for March first, the Election and Boundaries Commission today held a press conference to outline how preparations are going. According to Chief Elections Officer, Stuart Leslie, at the end of 2005 the number of registered voters stood at one hundred and thirty-four thousand, nine hundred and seventeen. […]
The family of twenty-three year old Lisa Garoy is hoping that on Monday doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital will be able to perform the spinal surgery that will help the young mother to sit up for the first time in three weeks. Since Cynthia Gentle started appealing for financial assistance to get the […]
On December nineteenth, News Five introduced viewers to fourteen year old Rosendo Choc. Earlier that month, Choc, a student at the Cayo 4-H Centre, suddenly fell ill and collapsed. A medical examination revealed that the teenager was suffering from the rare illness Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a condition that attacks the spinal cord, nerves, and causes temporary […]
The next patient we visited at the hospital did not require financial aid, only a bit of human kindness. Today News Five’s Jacqueline Woods found Oswald Cadogan in far better shape than when she first encountered him on Tuesday. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Seventy-six year old Oswald Cadogan better known as ?Ozzie? is recovering at the […]
